Welcome to Utah

I have been so excited to meet all my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and family on the mainland that I was having a hard time sleeping on the flight from Maui to Utah; but my Mom & Dad had a few tricks up their sleve and before I knew it we were in Utah meeting my Moms side of my family.
We stayed in a big house at Bear Lake where I got to hang out with my two cousins who are only a couple months oloder than me. This is Fisher who is 5 months old; me, I'm 3 months old; and Beckett who is 6 months old. We could almost be tripplets with our chubby bodies & bald heads!This is me & Dad hangin with the boys. I am only the second granddaughter my grandparents have, of their 13 grandkids! Dad tells me I look like a little bull dog when he scrunches my forehead down like this, and while he was shopping at IKEA he found a stuffed bull dog just my size, ao here I am posing for you all to prove that I don't actually look like a bull dog, I am so much cuter!!!
My week in Utah was so much fun! Now I get to go to Connecticut for a couple weeks to meet Dads side of the family, but that will have to wait because it's naptime now.
Arent I cute here with my Mom & Dad!?! Its our first official family photo.And My Moms whole Family...27 and growing !!!

A day at the beach!

I have loved taking baths from day one, but apparently the ocean is nothing like my cosy little tub I get to soak in while my parents suds me up.
I was doing just fine here with only my feet in the water, I actually liked it until...

My mom looked up to smile for a picture, and the wave washed up my back! The ocean is nothing like my tub-so I told my Mom & Dad (and everyone within earshot) that I don't like the ocean and want to stick with my tub for water activities.

Until I'm a little older anyway :)

Miss you Daddy

Hi Dad, while you have been away in Oahu fixing broken boats, me & Mom have been keeping busy...
I have been keeping a careful watch over the yard, and Mom has watered the lawn every day! (At least thats what I am suposto tell you). I went to the library with my friend Travis, and yesterday stayed way out past my bedtime playing with my friends Jack & Kai. And tonight I get to get dressed up like a elf and go to a Christmas party in August (My Mom says all my cousins on the Mainland will think that is wierd, but in Maui August & December look & feel the same - 80 degrees & sunny)

I even put on this special onesie because I was thinking of you working on the poop deck of that baot you are fixing!

But don't wory, me & Suki are keeping your side of the bed warm while you are away!

Barbie Baby

I swear my name is Elle, but my Mom sometimes calls me her little Barbie. I am now just over 2 months old, and I don't think I have worn the same outfit twice.

Just last week Mom tried to put me in three different outfits (of course she took a quick picture of each one she got on me, even though I couldn't breath because some of them were so tight) before she found one that fit.

Apparently I am growing too fast for her to get all the outfits I own on me before I outgrow them; so each morning she digs out a new cute little number and blinds me with flashes from the camera while she documents that days new look.

I am so lucky to have so many cute clothes...Thanks to all my aunties, uncles and friends for the wonderful gifts I have recieved!

Aloha

My first 8 weeks of life have been eventful, it all began in Late May 2009. So there I was, just swimming laps in my ever shrinking pool (fortunately I'm really strong, and was still able to get some good kicks in!) When, without warning, my pool was emptying and some old guy yanked me out of my warm little home.Let me tell you, it was pretty scary with all the people and florescent lights, but then I was in my Dads arms and I felt much better (I knew it was him, because he spent hours talking to me before I was born; I could probably fix any engine with all the information he gave me while I swam laps).Those first few days were full of lots of things, but besides eating lots and lots of food, making faces at the cameras was my favorite part. I am already a pro at posing for pictures, and I'm only 2 months old!

Leaving the hospital was an adventure; with all the straps, clips, harnesses, buckles and multiple hands trying to secure me into the car I thought I might be getting shot into space or something, but all we did was drive down the road & went home to meet my puppy Suki. She was curious about me at first, then became a little jealous, but is now indifferent (unless a stranger holds me, then she stays close & tries to protect me).

Look how much I grew in 6 weeks! The doctors say I'm in the 95% for weight & height, Mom & Dad say I'm a chunky monkey.

I was lucky enough to meet Grandma Coco, who spoiled me, my Mom and my Dad for a few weeks. I have also met my Auntie Marci, My Cousin Beckett, my Auntie Heidi, my Auntie Megan, and my Uncle Dan.

(I am a girl, but my Dad dresses me in blue sometimes! Sorry Aunty Mel & Aunty Nicki)

I did something a couple days after I got home that my Mom and Dad still laugh about: My Dad put me on the changing table to change my diaper, he got the dirty diaper off, and was holding my feet up so he could put a new diaper under me, when I couldn't hold it any more... I shot a liquidy number 2 out that splattered across Dads shirt, onto his face, into his eye ball and over his head across the room. Dad freaked out!!!! I thought he and Mom were both crying, but when I looked closer Mom was laughing so hard tears were coming out of her eyes and Dad had his face under the faucet shouting something about being blind. Once Mom & Dad got themselves together they congratulated me on what an excellent shot I have; Dad even got his tape measure out to record the distance; apparently shooting poo 6 feet across a room was something unique. (If they would leave my diaper off for more than one second I could try to beat that record, but I guess they learned their lesson, because they are real quick these days to get that diaper back on me).

I'll try to keep you updated with my tales as I get older, I'm sure me and Daddy will keep doing things that make Mommy laugh every day!