Santa's Helpers

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanks Chantell for the funny idea!

Who's Who?

I have been wanting to do a post like this for a long time. I finally got into the pictures and found three that were taken about the same times...as far as age goes. So who looks like who here? I've always said Ellie is our hologram baby. One moment she looks like mommy and the next she looks like daddy. It's almost scarey! Almost.

Tag!

5 things I was doing 10 years ago...
Cheerleading at Pleasant Grove
Coaching cheer at Oak Canyon
Doing crazy things with my friends
Working at Golden Corral
Dreaming about the future

5 things on my to do list...
Finish my bachelors degree
Build a profitable website
Organize the office
Get Ellie in some kind of extra curricular activity
Read all the books on my list

5 snacks I love...
Peanut Butter (I blame the pregnancy)
Homemade baked goods...snickerdoodles
String Cheese
Yogurt
Hot Chocolate

5 things I'd do if I were a Millionaire...
Pay off all debt
Invest in Real Estate
Anonymously give to people in need
Buy a place for people to come and learn digital scrapbooking
Buy Shawn a truck, four wheelers, trailer, and a plot of land for him to dig up with his tractor

5 places I've lived...
Ogden, UT
Roswell, GA
Springville, UT
Orem, UT
Pleasant Grove, UT

5 jobs I've had...
Olive Garden Server
Papa Murphey's Pizza
RC Willey Customer Service (never again!)
Graphic Designer
The Generations Network

5 people to tag...
Megan Bell
Sarah Lloyd
Rebekah Hawkins
Jamie Bingham
Jamie Jones

Halloween

Little Monsters! They loved Halloween!

We all got haircuts this past week. Of course only Ellie's was documented. It was hilarious how she was totally overcome sitiing in the salon chair getting her hair washed. She kept saying "feel good." (So, that's the trick. That's how you gain control over Ellie...hmmm).

Smile Big!

This is the dress that Alexis altered for Ellie to wear at Aaron and Alexis wedding...it's super cute! Too bad we weren't able to make it to Oregon. The drive would've been too long for me right now due to pregnancy. But Ellie loves the dress! I told her to smile big and this is what she did! It was really funny! I guess she thought she was stretching her smile out.

Potty Training

Well, as many of you know, potty training is something I would put on my list of things I never want to do. I hate it. That was before. A couple of days ago, we pulled out the training pants and resolved to try again. Two accidents later (only 15 minutes apart) I decided to try something that my sister told me she heard about. I told Ellie that if she went in her panties she would be rinsed off with cold water. (It took a lot of contemplation and reasoning with myself to decide to try this tactic. I'm pretty sure I have the most stubborn girl born in the year 2006...which is a difficult situation for a softy mom like me. I've really had to learn to be consistent and mean what I say or my life is controlled by a two year old). Anyway, 15 minutes later...again, Ellie found herself in the tub getting rinsed off with cold water. She cried a little but nothing like I had imagined in my mind that it would be. Then we put her panties on and I reminded her that if she went potty in the toilet she would get a treat from the little candy machine we have. (Another fabulous tool...thanks Jamie for the idea). I sat down and said to Shawn "I don't think that's going to work. It hardly seemed to bother her." A few minutes later...to my amazement Ellie came running in to tell me she had to go potty. Those tinkles have never sounded more beautiful! We were ridiculously elated! And Ellie loved it! It took two cold rinses and she has been accident free ever since! WOW! Now every time she goes, Ellie says "I proud a you." Yes. We certainly are Ellie. Way to go! Now on to figuring out how to keep you in your own bed for sleepy time...

Is it always like this?