September Catch Up

So, I definitely haven't been posting as much as I would like. Usually it's one of two things. It's either because we're not doing anything exciting and there is nothing to write about, or else there is a lot going on and no time to write. Quite the paradox... Except even when there is nothing exciting to write about, there is still no time to write. Eloise has two bottom teeth now, and is still teething, so she has been having a bit of a hard time sleeping. But she has been crawling everywhere. We have a headboard that has a cupboard built in, and so it has a shelf top. In the morning after Eloise eats, I will usually doze off for a little bit while she kind of plays by herself. Now she crawls right for the headboard, pulls herself up, and knocks over my water bottle, and whatever else I have up there at the time. She is smiling all the time, which is so cute. She makes a cute little cabbage patch face, and sticks her tongue out really far, and basically just spends her time learning how to be more adorable.

The thing is, I think back to when Eloise was first born, and she slept so much more. Even when she was sad, and not sleeping through the night as well, she napped so much. The thing is, I didn't feel like I had any time. Partly because I was so tired and recovering from the birth, and partly because it's hard to get used to managing time around a baby. It's not just the extra time it takes to get her ready, or even changing and feeding her. All my time gets away from me so fast just by her needing me to play with her. Which I love, don't get me wrong. It's just definitely hard to get used to the change in managing time. For instance, before I didn't just love cleaning. But I could wait for the urge to clean, and then I would. Now, it doesn't matter if I'm in the mood. It matters when I happen to have the time, and even then it is stop and go getting anything done. Okay, random ranting over. I love spending time with Eloise, obviously. And being a mother is all about time not being yours, and that is what I signed up for. I love being a mom. Even when I am exhausted and the house is a mess and we are having Easy Mac for dinner. I love it.

Oh, and Micah and I just had our first anniversary on Sunday. We went to dinner at La Jolla Groves on Saturday, and it was amazing. Especially the orange creme brulee we had for dessert. Heavenly. On Sunday we had dinner with my family around 4. Then we came home and took Eloise to the park and pushed her in the swing. When we got home from the park, Eloise had a nice nap. Yay! Then Micah and I ate strawberries and whipped cream, and Martinelli's Cranberry Apple juice. It was nice just to be able to spend some time together. :)

Okay, get ready for Eloise overload. Here are some pictures we took at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival at the beginning of the month.

Perfect, but blurry. :(

So we settle for toy in the mouth.

Okay, not a great post, but it will have to do. Thanks for reading. :)

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. :)