4 months old

I missed this one by a long shot! Ellie turned 4months on June 27. I got home from girls camp that day, and had one thing after another after another come up and forgot to take a 4 month picture :( I'm so sad. I took some a few days later, and have doctor visit pictures. 

We found out at her doctors appointment that she was mis-measured at her 2 month appointment. She is 25 inches long (75%) and weighs 14.25 lbs (50%) She's getting some chub to her, but still isn't very big! She handled her shots like a champ! 

Ellie is an angel baby. Seriously, she is so good. We started feeding her rice cereal, and she is great at eating already! She has found her voice, and squawks and squeals all the time. Especially at church! It gets a little loud, but it's pretty cute. Boston likes to lay next to her because she can't hold still and when she touches his arm or smacks him in the face on accident he thinks it's hilarious. They both start giggling at each other! This usually happens when we're trying to read scriptures at night, we all end up just laughing because it's so cute. I'm sure Boston is just trying to delay his bedtime, and it works! Boston and Ellie both like singing songs. Popcorn popping and Jesus wants me for a sunbeam are both favorites. Often times I'll find him playing quietly and singing songs to himself. Awww. I sure love my kiddos! I just got back from teaching a lesson in Young Women's on the blessings of temple ordinances. I shared my testimony on their importance especially that of eternal families. What a great blessing it is to be sealed to my family forever! 

Kitchen Table

Memorial Day (This article in memoriam of "Fish Binky")

Happy Memorial Day everyone! We had a great day visiting the cemetery in Heber where Jeff's Grandpa and Grandma Tree, and Uncles are buried. I found myself thinking a lot about my two Grandpa's who both died 5 years ago this past spring.
As we got home from Heber that evening, neither of us could find Boston's binky "fish." (it is a blue and green camoflauge binky with a dolphin on it) We both have been trying to figure out how we were going to wean him off of it. He has always loved his binky! Guess we're going cold-turkey. I explained to Boston that we left fish binky at Grandma's house, and asked him if he could sleep without it. He cried, and spent the next hour or so whimpering that he wanted fish binky. I could hear his little voice through the vent in our bedroom. He finally went to sleep and didn't make a sound all night! And guess what??? He has not asked for his binky since then. One sad night and it was over. He has spent all week without it! Hallelujah! I eventually found it in the cupholder of the car, and told Jeff we need to get a box and bury it in the yard somewhere. Then, next year when we celebrate Memorial Day again, we can keep little fish binky in our thoughts, and Jeff said we could get a flower to put on its grave. We'll probably have to bury it without Boston, the services will be too much for him to handle.
So, there you have it. Goodbye binky fish! I am surprisingly very sad you are gone....it just takes you another step away from being my baby, and into the big boy you're turning into!

3 months old

Happy 3 months Ellie! You are such a blessing to our family! You are starting to get some chunk to you, although you're still pretty little. You've got a nice bald spot on the back of your head, and are smiley and happy almost all the time. You've started laughing, although it kinda sounds like you're being tortured haha. Your ribs are so ticklish!
The night before you turned 3 months, I was leaving for mutual, and Boston was crying. I told him not to cry, that he and dad were doing to party while I was gone. Dad says he asked all night for a Mickey mouse party with candles.Whoops! So we told Boston we would throw you a party with brownies and ice cream and candles. He made sure everyone was wearing a Mickey mouse party hat and that you got to blow out candles after we sang to you :-) He sang happy party to you all day! We had pancakes with sprinkles, Boston was in heaven. Happy 3 months baby girl!

Ellie's Blessing Day

Ellie was blessed by her dad on Sunday, May 17th, 2015. It was a very sweet blessing for a very sweet little girl. She wore my blessing dress, and my mom's baby sweater. Here are some pictures from her special day:

One Month

Here are some favorite one month pictures!

Boston and Ellie

I just need to share some sibling pictures, because...boy do these two love each other! It is beyond cute watching them interact. Ellie will smile and has almost laughed at him when he plays with her. Boston will get really close to her face and say GA GA GA GA! Then he'll laugh really hard and do it again. If Ellie is crying and I'm not around, Boston will find her bottle and start feeding her. The pictures down below of him feeding her is done completely by himself! It is so cute watching him take care of her!
Just this week, however, he kind of surprised me when he wasn't so happy with her. He was waiting for his breakfast, and she was sitting on her pillow on the counter waiting for a bottle to be heated up. She had just woken up and was SO hungry. He had just woken up and was SO hungry. She was crying (a little louder than usual) and I was scrambling trying to get Boston his cereal and juice. All of a sudden he stands up on his chair, faces Ellie and yells SHUP ELLIE! SHUP! I immediately stopped what I was doing and just stared at him in disbelief...I had no words. He is yelling at her to shut up??? Let me explain...
Boston loves the movie Brother Bear. He has watched it a gazillion times. You know the scene where the mountain goats are yelling on the mountain at their echoes? "No, you shut up! No, YOU shut up!" Yes, I am going to blame it on the goats. Although, there may have been a handful of times Jeff or I have yelled at the dogs in the neighbors yard to "shut up." Whoops!