Paper Eater

So, yesterday, Eloise discovered paper, and it is her new favorite chew toy. (She just had her two bottom teeth come in last week. I can't believe it!) We went to dinner at Happy Sumo, and they have the brown paper over the table clothes, and Micah kept ripping chunks off for Eloise to chew on. Once it got soggy enough to become a choking hazard, he'd take it away and give her a freshly ripped off chunk. It kept her really happy throughout dinner, which was really nice. Here she is chewing on printer paper today.

And this morning she was lying in bed with us while we were still dozing, and Micah found her chewing on my copy of Les Miserables.

See that soggy corner?

She's obsessed.

Sailing with Eloise

Last week we went sailing again, and this time we took Eloise. We got her a life jacket, but I was still so nervous. It ended up being really fun though, and Eloise ended up not hating it. She slept through the whole first part, and then we got out and swam for a little bit. She really hated that at first, but once she got used to it, she was pretty happy. :) Here are some pictures.

Here she is in her life jacket. So cute!

Micah with Eloise, Robyn, and Gabe

Robyn eating some cantaloupe

Gabe furling the sail while we were getting ready to swim

Deer Creek Reservoir

After spending all day in the sun, she was pretty exhausted.

Eloise sucking her thumb while my mom holds her. Aw...

It was really fun! We definitely want to go again with Eloise before summer is really over. :)

Some More Cute

These are just a couple pictures of Eloise being cute today. :)

Eloise after her bath, in her cute strawberry towel (which she loves)

Eloise in her new walker toy from Nana (which she likes until she realizes that I'm not holding her)

Logan Vacation

This last weekend we went up to Micah's Mom's house in Logan. His brothers Gabe and Eli came, and so did his sister Hillary. Also, Gabe's girlfriend Robyn just came to visit from Scotland. It was really fun to spend the weekend relaxing with everyone. Here comes the flood of pictures.

 This is Diana's house up in Logan. It is so beautiful.

 Here's a duck that Diana rescued when his mom was killed. He was so cute!

Robyn and Gabe with Eloise

Diana and Bruce, and Hillary during dinner

Eli and Micah

 More of the duck

Eloise being cute Sunday morning

We drove up to Bear Lake on Sunday. It was really beautiful, but totally flooded. There were so many trees under water, and very little beach. It was overcast, so we didn't swim very much. But it was so much fun.

We went to lunch at Cafe Sabor. While we were waiting for food, we had Eloise bang on the table with silverware. So cute.

Skipping rocks

I LOVE this picture.

Micah was playing airplane with Eloise

Micah went and dipped Eloise's toes into to water

She didn't just love it...

What a cutie. :)

Lazy Daze

So, I've sort of fallen off the blogging wagon recently. So here are some things that have been going on this month. It may be a little bit of a rant, I think our little family has some sort of stomach bug right now. We all felt really sick this morning, and Eloise is sleeping a lot. I tried sewing a little dress for Eloise a couple weeks ago, and it was pretty much crap. Really small, and just not very well done. My mom's birthday was Monday, and I made her this cake. (Well, Micah did a lot of it, but I definitely helped.) I finished Scrubs, but now I've watched first season of Modern Family, and I'm watching the first few seasons of Grey's Anatomy again. And I'm so excited for Project Runway to start up again! (I'm not obsessed with TV, I swear.)

We got our apartment clean this weekend, which was a relief. Things have just piled up for me recently. But I did a ton of laundry, and dishes, and organizing. I absolutely love the feeling of a clean home. I can breathe so much easier.

Anyway, that is all extremely boring, but I felt like just writing something. (Especially since Eloise is taking a nice long nap right now.)

Isn't she just precious?

Lately...

So, it's been a couple weeks since I last posted. Not a whole lot has been going on really. I've been going back to work for a few days to help out with the sale. Just 3 days last week, and I'll work 2 days this week. I love Nordstrom, and I loved working there the 3 years that I did. But working there now makes me so glad that I get to be a mother full-time. I'm glad that I have had the opportunity to go back and make a little extra money for a couple weeks, but it's nice to know that I'm really not missing it.

I've also been watching Scrubs on our Netflix during the day. It's such a silly show, but it's so funny. And it's in nice, manageable, 20 minute bites.

Also, Eloise has started laughing the last couple weeks. I can't believe how cute it is, every time. I just have to keep doing whatever it is that makes her laugh until she runs out of steam. Today it happened when she was on her changing table. I changed her diaper and was getting ready to change her clothes, and I blew a raspberry on her tummy. She went nuts! I do it all the time, but this time she just laughed and laughed. So... I got a video. Enjoy.

Blessed

Yesterday, Eloise was blessed. My dad performed it (and Eloise cried the entire time). Micah and I both had family show up to witness this beautiful event. There was an amazing spirit there. It was wonderful to be able to have Eloise receive the blessings we would like for her, in a way that she can feel our love.