Cinematography with a Premadonna!

Well, I recently updated my blog for my Lilly Pod Wraps. I needed to do my own videos of the ways that you tie and put babies into the wrap. I wanted to use my adorable daughter as a model. Little did I know that she was a pre-madonna! Don't get me wrong, I love her and she was cute as a button, but she knew that if she spit up on me enough times I would stop pestering her in front of the camera... She was right!

Here is a little blooper. Watch for projectiles!



Eventually we just gave up and both went home to change. (She has made changing time one of my favorite parts of the day because she now plays with and eats her toes!)

She's Here!!!!

Little Girl Cousin has finally arrived and we couldn't be happier!

• Sept 22, 2008
• 7 pounds
• 20.5 inches

Finally It Makes Sense!

I went to a food storage activity last week and was totally lost. It was all so complex and beyond my reach... but I wanted to try getting better at food storage. So I did a search on google for everyday recipes that work with food storage. I found an article in a Utah newspaper and struck gold!

everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com !!!!!!

It has real food, easy recipes, even videos on how to do it! But the best thing it has is conversions for powder milk and powder egg in all the recipes that call for them!

Try it! Love it! Pass it on!

Four Months and More Fun Than Ever!

That's right! Little E is a whole four months old! She loves to talk, laugh, eat her toes, and have her tummy eaten by mom and dad!

Here is a video of her Daddy tickling her tummy and making her laugh and laugh.



Some of the things that make her laugh are shoulder rides with daddy and watching the dogs have fun.





Today we got to wear a new dress! Its a size 12 months but we don't trust sizes any more! Isn't it the cutest thing ever!


Another cute thing is Gaddi the amazing flying dog! Enjoy the video. :)




Lots of fun stuff has been happening around here. There have been scouting camp outs, I have started selling my wraps at a store, Little E has figured out how to use her hands to grab stuff, and we played a new game called Killer Bunnies. It is a very morbid game where you try to kill off the other players bunnies so that you can have the magic carrots! Its actually pretty fun.

We are also hoping for a new little cousin sometime soon! It would be really cool if she came today because then she would have the same birthday as little E just four months off! We are only one month off with our other little cousin who was born April 21st.

Well, we don't have much else to talk about. So enjoy the pics and videos and know that we love you!

Cows and Sheep

A few weeks back I got fed up with Little E waking me up every forty minutes during the night. I had been trying Baby Wise, but it just wasn't quite enough so I added in a different sleep method called Sleep Sense Program. The combination of the two has finally done the trick! Two nights ago I woke up at 3 am realizing that she hadn't woken me up at 11 pm or 2:30 am. "huh" I thought and rolled back over to go to sleep. Then at 4:30 am I woke up again and was really starting to worry. "she has never gone this long before. Is she crying and I just didn't hear her because I closed my bedroom door?! Is she even breathing!! Something must be wrong!!!!" So I rushed into her room only to hear her sigh and see her sleeping contentedly. I was so worked up that I couldn't get back to sleep for a whole hour while I tried to count sheep. I finally fell asleep at 5:30 and woke at 6:30 to her finally wanting something to eat.

By this time I was totally engorged! I have never related to a cow more at any time in my life. I even had to pump after she finished eating and went back to sleep because she only fixed one side.

Last night she did it again only she went an hour longer! I am so happy to be sleeping through the night, but I don't know what to do with myself when I wake up. I no longer know how to roll over and go back to sleep without going in and feeding her. My body is also not sure of what to do with so much sleep. Its like a drug. My body wants more and more of it as I increase my dosage! I'm sure it will all adjust eventually. But until then you can just call me Bessie the Insomniac.

Changes

We've been a little bee hive of activity here, all sorts of things have been going on. About a week ago Jenn and I decided that keeping our truck just wasn't practical any more so we decided to trade it in and get a commuter car that can do well in the snow (which is a requirement in our neck of the woods). We got a screaming deal on a Subaru outback with only 30,000 miles on it! I was sad to see one of the last remnants of my single days go. Lets have a moment of silence for old smokey..... no more games of space pirate in the bed with me nephews, aarg! Oh well I'm still driving a sweet ride!!
Jenn has had some big events, she was inspired by a gift from my sister Kristy to start her own business making hands free wraps. We call them Lilly Pod Wraps. She just made her first sale this weekend and has already been asked to make some for two local stores! So she has bee sewing up a storm. If you want to look at her web site I put a link in the family and friend section of our blog.
Our Little E has had a few big events as well. About two weeks ago E and I were enjoying a little tummy time, Her mother and Aunt had just stepped down stairs to get something when she looked and me and smiled and rolled over (like she'd done it a million times and just wanted to show off for me)! And wouldn't yield to Jenn's pleading to do it again. Life all evens out, a few days later Jen and E were driving in the car when E decided that she found something very funny and started to laugh for a whole 15 minutes! Another first, but not so fun, is her first cold complete with runny nose and slight fever. She's been a very sad little baby.
Well that's about it for now.
-Michael

The end is near!

Well it's been one mighty summer, full of fish, lounging and copious amounts of reading, but like all good thing, you can get sick of it. School starts next Wednesday and strangely I'm excited for the change. I just wanted to post some pictures that we have taken of our Little E. She has been changing so quickly. At the beginning of a week she's scared of the water and at the end she's splashing up a storm. Well here you go I hope you enjoy them.
-Michael