Mommy's Little Helper!

Eli has become quite the little helper. He is so independent too, so he wouldn't let me even touch the vacuum while he used it. That spot got REALLY clean.

Valentines Day and Dance

For Valentines Day Cody surprised me and left a treat for me in the Bathroom. I know what your thinking, but hear me out. His not says, "... I would flush all the gold in the world to spend one minute with you." Or something to that effect. He then asked me to the ward sweetheart dance the following weekend.

This is how I responded...

We had a good time being corny and creative!

February 2009- Eli is 15months

Eli and his valentine stickers. (He didn't put them all on by himself, he had help from mom. So mean).

He loves climbing on the table. It isn't such a big deal when it is cleaned off, but that doesn't happen very often. He likes to draw on paper with pen just like mommy.

Dance night for FHE & Catch me FHE

We like to have dance parties for family home evening and Eli is the best dancer out of all of us.

We also like to rough house for our FHE activity.

Bosie January 2009

Since we weren't able to got Bosie for Christmas we went on New Years day. We saw a lot of Cody's extended family and we saw my Brother Danny's family. We got to see baby Josh for the first time and Eli was loving on him as much as he could. Danny's kids got a trampoline for Christmas and they wanted Cody to jump with them a lot.

Four-wheelers +Sledding= Fun!

Cody's sister Jodi moved out into the country, so they have more land to play around on. We pulled the sleds behind the four-wheelers and everyone had a good time. At first Eli was asleep in the car, but then he woke up and had a good time. He even got over his fear of dogs, by letting them give him a big kiss on the lips.

Christmas Morning (5 am)

We had planned on traveling to Bosie on Christmas morning, so we got up really early to do our gifts. When we got to Jodi's house Eli did his gifts, so we didn't have to wake him up as early. We later decided not to go to Bosie because of weather, so it was for not. We still had fun. Eli was a little upset we had to wake him up, so he didn't enjoy gifts as much as we thought he would. Later when he was more awake, he had a good time.

My "Crafty" Gifts

I made some bags for Eli to put his toys in. I also stitched little pictures on some towels. They were both last minute projects, but I was proud of the outcome.

Christmas Eve Party at Hawes Grandparents!

We had Christmas in Hermiston this year! Everyone came over for Christmas Eve for a party and a gift exchange. Eli got Pajamas from us and a little stuffed dog from Great Grandma Ruth. (His name is now Copper and he loves to take it to bed with him).The last picture is of Eli and Masey giving kisses. They are little buddies!

First "Snow" outing!

I took Eli out to play in the snow since we had so much before Christmas. He loved it. I couldn't help but think of Ralphy on the Christmas Story because he was just as bundled, he had a hard time walking. December 2008