There's no place like home

Emily's hangin' out with her dad. She's quite accessorized and not really ecstatic about that. She'd like to click those ruby slippers and visit grandma. In the mean time, she can just chill with her hands in her pockets.
Finally! Get the goop out of my hair! Why don't you guys just get me barrettes? I promise not to eat them.

My latest projects

Since I've been home from school and work, I've had a lot more time to work on other projects. So, here is what I've been doing. The pinafore still needs buttons and a couple of years before Em can wear it.



Thanks, Janet, for the sewing machine, rotary cutter, and mat!

Master Joseph

Joseph just defended his thesis today and passed! He now officially has a master of computer science degree. Hooray! Congratulations, Joseph!! Here's a picture of how happy Emily is for you.

Halloween picture

The ward party had a mini-studio setup. We just got the results. The socks in sandals were Amanda's idea.

Zzz....

Emily's new favorite position to sleep in.

She's using her hands!

Em has decided that she doesn't want to let those valuable tools we call hands go to waste after all. She picked this piece of rolled up fabric all by herself! Hooray! And yes, someone did ask me if she was a boy while she was wearing this outfit.


Sorry about the blurriness - I had the camera on the wrong setting.

A Spaghetti Bowl, Monkey Feet, and Pooping

I wasn't sure what to talk about this week, so I just pulled together a random conglomeration of pictures to talk about. This one is the view from our car on the way home from church. Isn't it amazing? So different from the route to church in Orem! I've loved this since I first saw it, I just never remembered the camera.
Little Emily isn't using her hands yet, but she's very dexterous with her feet! Here she is playing with her spiders with her feet while sitting in her pooping chair. This seat is her favorite play place and, unfortunately, her favorite place to poop.
Here is Joseph's favorite play place. His favorite pooping place is somewhere else.

Baby Overload

Today I had the opportunity to help out with the Cedar Park Quintuplets. They were born to a woman named Rachelle Wilkinson who is a member of the other ward that meets in our building. They were born just two days after Emily, but are not really very close to her in size. The smallest is about the weight Emily was when she was born and the heaviest is about 3 pounds lighter than she is now. It was crazy and it made me very grateful that I just have one baby to take care of.
Yesterday Joseph and I went to the ward Trunk or Treat. Joseph dressed up in his Chinese ninja suit and Emily was a cute little Jack-O-Lantern. We found her costume at Goodwill for $1.50.

What a mother will do...

Today when I got back from Target, Emily fell asleep so I put her down on the bed. I then went to straighten up the house and noticed a little bug on the baby bag. So I went outside to the balcony to brush him off. While I was outside, the charley bar, which is attached to the wall on the side of the sliding door, swung down and locked me out! There was no one outside to call to and the balcony is made of concrete so I couldn't get the downstairs neighbor's attention by stomping. My phone, which I thought was in the baby bag with me, was actually sitting inside on the table and Joseph was away at school. I ended up having to climb down off our balcony, which is really really high and run to the office barefoot for a key to get in to Emily. I don't think she noticed I was even gone, but it was not a fun experience for me.

Here is a picture of the culprit, Mr. Charley Bar.


Here is a picture of how high our balcony is so you can appreciate how hard the climb was for me.

Family Pictures

Look at our handsome family! Today, to celebrate Emily's new dress and her 12 week birthday, we decided to take family pictures. We're standing in the area behind our apartment for this one.


Here, we're standing on our balcony. Joseph thought setting the camera timer for 2 seconds would leave him enough time to run and get in the picture. He still argues that it was plenty.