Wednesday, February 16, 2011


We found out on Monday that Eli was accepted into the Masters Nursing program at BYU! I've cheered for a number of colleges, played for a few, and wished I could have gone to some others, but never once dreamed that I'd do any such thing for BYU. It's actually a very highly rated program, and Eli was very lucky to get in only having graduated from nursing school 2 years ago (only 15 people were accepted into the program). His stellar GRE score and awesome letters of recommendation helped. So, I guess for the next 2 years I'll have to suck it up and cheer on the Cougars. Good job babe, you're a male Cougar. But, we already knew that : )

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Elin Danielle @ 4 Months

I can't believe it, but Elin is already 4 months old. She's just getting big SO fast. . . . . a little too fast for me. At her 4 month check up she was 25.5 " long, and weighed 15 lbs 11 oz. She's about the same length Sophie was, but weighs about 1/2 lb more. She's in the 95th percentile across the board, big girls at our house!


Maybe the greatest day ever!

I never thought that someone using the toilet would bring me such joy, but alas, it has!!!! I tried a few months ago to potty train her, but got so frustrated that I just gave up. After buying diapers for two for the past four months, I decided that it might be cheaper to just buy new panties over and over again. Anyway, for lack of a better idea, we did potty training cold turkey. When Sophie woke up on Monday morning, I took her diaper off and replaced it with a pair of Dora the Explorer panties. Day 1 had 12 accidents. Day 2, 9 accidents. Day 3, ZERO!!!! I seriously thought she wasn't getting it, and after mopping the floor a dozen times was about ready to give up again. But, something clicked inside that little head of hers, and now I can officially say that Sophie Melissa is officially potty trained!


Sunday, February 6, 2011

I know that my blogging could be described as somewhat sporadic, and inconsistent at best, but it has now come to a near halt altogether. Our lap top decided to blow up, which has caused some serious frustrations. Eli is all up in arms that he won't have one for school now, and all the important things he does like paying our bills and basically managing our lives, but I'm concerned about the REALLY important stuff, like facebook and blog stalking. I guess it didn't actually blow up, but it did make a really obnoxious noise and have a flashing black and white screen for about 2o minutes, and now it won't even turn on. So, we had do did our old desk top out of storage and plug 'er in. Apparently computers don't do well just sitting uncovered in a storage room for 2 years, because it has become very temperamental. The most annoying part for me is that it will no longer upload photos from an SD card or a USB. So, no pictures for you!