Life according to my phone my seem boring to some because it is filled with pictures and videos of Ellenor. But I love being able to document how she is changing everyday.

This past weekend we went to a Halloween party and had a blast. We got way too much candy and treats. We came home with a bag of candy, a plate of cookies and fudge, cupcakes, and a container of homemade chicken noodle soup. Sunday I ate about half of the plate of fudge (in my defense it was a small paper plate) and I discovered that walnuts don't agree with my mouth as well as they do my stomach. I currently have 15 canker sores left under my tongue which is surprisingly a lot more comfortable than yesterday when it was double that amount.

Ellenor is going to be one in less than a month!!! I am in denial! She is getting so big! At the Halloween party her cousin Tessley (they are only a few weeks apart and are already great at playing together) showed us how good she is getting at walking. Ellie must have been paying real close attention because she started walking a lot more yesterday! She has been taking two to three steps at a time for the past month and yesterday she took the plunge. She is still a little weary of where she walks but can make it across the room in no time! We are some proud parents.

Today was one of those days. Those kind of days where the to do list is a mile long but you could care less. But it was somehow just right.

We did a few projects and felt crafty. I needed to accomplish one decent looking project because of how funny yesterday's were. I attempted to make a hat yesterday that was an adult size. Who actually reads instructions from beginning to end? I didn't notice the part where it said what size crochet hook to use. At least Ellie's doll will have a hat... when she finally gets a doll...

The house was a complete wreck all day long and I just didn't even mind. Cody called and we did one of our infamous dad is on his way home and it is a wreck in here, frantically running around kind of cleanings.  But we finished with time to spare so what did we do? Have a dance party of course! We cranked up Taylor Swift's new cd (from youtube) and jammed. Ellenor is really improving on her dance moves. While giggling the whole time she gave a nice downward facing dog with a nice booty bounce. And a stand in the middle of the room and start bouncing. There is nothing more lovable than those chubby little thighs bouncing to the beat.

Grandma Karin sent Ellie a lovely Halloween package that included two adorable books that she absolutely loves. Too bad Josh doesn't live closer, he has got a nice candy stash going now thanks to mom.

Am I glad it is a new week! I like being busy and having things to do but when everything hits at once its not as much fun. I had a test on Monday and if I didn't ace it I would have had to write a paper due on Saturday. Thank heavens I did ace it! I had a seven page history paper due on Thursday night. I also finished one of my classes on Friday! To celebrate a crazy week and finally finishing that stupid paper that had consumed me all week long I went out to lunch and window shopped on Friday. Much needed girl time well spent!

I did family pictures on Friday and Sunday afternoon, both of which turned out really good. Sunday I taught the lesson at church and we had our nieces birthday party. She came running inside all upset that her brother was throwing tomatoes at her. I started laughing at her as she was giving her mom the best mad face she could muster up and she couldn't help but start laughing to. I seriously love kids!

Wednesday night we had a Halloween party for the girls. I made pumpkin ice cream for it and when I left there was 3/4 of the pan left. It is Cody's favorite so it doesn't surprise me that a 9x13 pan of it was gone in just 3 days! I may have helped out a little bit though. But just a little bit.

I grabbed Ellie and Cody and we took a few pictures. It's easy to forget how much faster babies get colder than you. It's amazing that she stills puts up with having a camera in her face. Now all I need is for her to do her cheesy face when I get the camera out. It's a squinty eyed, wide mouth cheesy grin. I love it!

Having a little girl is a million times better than having a doll. You can play dress up with her, until she screams. It's fun mixing and matching everything in her closet. If it looks too awful I Can just say dad dressed her. Just kidding but I may now have to use that excuse when I'm doing laundry.

This time last year I was making Cody's Christmas and birthday presents. It took a lot of time an I realized I never shared.

I knew with having a baby it would really limit what we were able to do. I had seen on Pinterest a few similar ideas and went for it. A few of the ideas centered around movies that we already had. For example the movie Kung Foo Panda have a Chinese themed night with homemade orange chicken (Cody's favorite) and a funny game I found online. I thought of movies we had and went from there. A few other ideas were things that we. could do with a sleeping baby in the back seat of the car. Some of them aren't really even dates but just something to do after the little one is in bed besides falling asleep to a movie.

Ellenor has been a really good baby and we really haven't used this yet. With winter coming upon us I know we are going to be using it a lot more and I am really excited. So here are a few pictures!

Being able to listen to general conference this past weekend was amazing. I love the lessons that are taught that apply so directly towards my life. Even if I wasn't LDS (a mormon) it is still great council about how to live a rich life, and by rich I mean fulfilling. One of the main ideas that I caught from the entire conference (I think a lot has to do with where I am in life) was the importance of family and those relationships. Spending time doing things that are most beneficial for my family and developing those relationships. I can't wait to reread all those talks. We were able to spend time at Cody's parents this weekend to watch it with a couple of his siblings and their families that came to visit for the weekend. I married into the best family (well besides my own, duh!).

Sunday night Cody and I decided e needed to get out of the house and headed down to the river. It was not chilly but not too warm. The colors on the trees are starting to change and the sun was setting. It was stunning. I will never get sick of walking while watching the sunset.

Last night I went to the straw maze with the youth for mutual. Having 6 dozen donuts in your car is very tempting and hard not to eat a few but I didn't sneak any. Last year it was freezing so this year I put extra coats, hats, and socks in the car just in case. We got going and realized it was so warm! It didn't help that we were running for the first half hour. We stripped down a few layers and then headed back in. We found the entrance 3 times! We were getting bored and really wanted a good donut before they all got eaten so we had the guy up top show us out. It was funny how many people we picked up as he was showing us out, I guess we weren't the only ones who were done with it. One of the young men's leaders and his wife kept popping out from no where. It made it a lot more interesting running through it without any lights and occasionally having someone jump out at you, really encourages the running.

Cody has been working a lot, last night he was up in Idaho Falls area. He is the best dad any girl could have. She screams when he leaves, throws a full blown fit and when he gets home she screams for joy.

I've been staying busy with school work and young women's. I am also lining up family pictures within the next couple of weeks. I love family pictures especially with who I am going to do then for. For young women's we are having a Halloween party next week and the week after we are making flower/bow head bands for girls with cancer. If you have any easy bow/flower tutorials that you know of PLEASE let me know!

Tonight's movie of choice, Beauty and the Beast. We'll just call it Ellie's choice. Cody thinks the ending is weird. I think mainly because the beast has red hair and he has never seen a man with long red hair. Valid point I guess. Dinner of choice? Margarita pizza (fresh tomatoes, basil, Italian seasoning, multiple cheeses). I am considering making it every other night for dinner now! How many weeks do you think I could make it before Cody would hate me? I doubt I could even make it a whole week but I can still try to verbally persuade him right?! Either that or I would be eating a lot of pizza and gaining 5 lbs a day!

Last night we had to pick all our tomatoes because it was supposed to freeze. Have I mentioned before that we have 6 tomato plants? It was cold out and took us a few minutes to pick them all. There were 3 Costco sized diaper boxes full. Let me know if you want tomatoes! Our stomachs wouldn't like us very much if we tried eating all of then.

I bought a Tupperware today for Ellie's clothes. My sister Jen gave us a ton of clothes that are 2T-4T and they are so dang cute! I also bought baby food and left them in the box. Ellie thought it was so much fun to play with. I kept watching and waiting... And the it happened. Her little feet lifted of the floor and started kicking as she fell head first into the container. My eyes were watering from laughing so much. I knew it was going to happen but I was too far away to prevent it. So what do I do? Save my daughter, give her a kiss, and continue laughing. She only cried for a second because she was scared but it made my day!

I consider my sisters my best friends. They really don't have a choice to put up or not and I absolutely love that! I loved spending all day Friday with my sister Jen in all her cute pregnant-ness. They make the cutest babies/kids and I am so excited to meet #4 (boy #3)! It also makes weddings so much more enjoyable to have someone to talk to the whole time so I am not standing awkwardly in the corner zooming in on random people all night.

Today when Cody came home from work he crashed in the middle of the living room floor where Ellie and I were playing. I had just laid my head on Cody's shoulder to snuggle up next to him when I felt a really painful and strong tug on my hair. I looked at Cody really confused... Until I realized that it was not him. Ellie had a strong hold of my hair and when I finally got free of her iron grip I got out of dodge as fast as possible. She climb straight on top of Cody an gave him a big, wet kiss. I guess we are raising a jealous daddy's girl. Whoops!