Exciting news!

I fit into my wedding dress again! Yea! This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago. I have been dieting and exercising my brains out and finally, 11 months postpartum, I am almost the same size I was when I got married. I don't think the "girls" will ever be the same though. Just one of the many joys of motherhood...right?

Noah

A few weeks ago, we had to put our little dog Noah down. He had become really sick, and the vet could have done surgery to fix the problem, but we could not afford it. It was a very sad day for us. We got Noah just a few months after we were married and before I had Elle, he was my baby. He was a very good dog and we really enjoyed the time that we had with him. We love you Noah!
This is Noah with Elle and my friend Chrissie's daughter Rose. It's the last picture I got of him.

Bath Time Fun

Elle loves her bath time. Especially when she gets to play with her toys in the bath. I thought these pictures were pretty cute (not that I am biased or anything) so I had to post them.

Halloween

I know this is a little late, but here are some pics from Elle's first Halloween. She went as a fairy and Jake and I went as Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. No one could tell who we were. I guess I wasn't dressed immodestly enough. :) We went to our friends, Megan and Davey's house. They had a little Halloween party. Jake's younger brother was in town too so he went with us and my little sister, Kaitlyn, who is also friends with M & D went. It was pretty fun. We of course had to leave early due to being parents and all.
P.S. Jake's earrings are fake :)

Alone

Jake has been gone since Thursday for a PRSSA convention in Detroit. (PRSSA is a Public Relations student association that Jake is the Secretary for). The PRSA is there as well which is the national one for professionals. He has been making some really good contacts but I miss him a lot. I just have to look at it like a dry run for when he leaves for the Navy :( .
This is what I have been doing with my time while he has been gone:
Thurs I went to Gardner Village with my cousins Summer and Amber, their mom Tana and some members of the other side of the fam. I had so much fun!
On my way home I called my friend Megan Sellers/Guerrero and found out that she was super sick with the flu and that my other friend who also happens to be Megan's sister in law, Chelsey got it too. So Megan (who was feeling slightly better by then) and I went over to see if we could do anything for her. I felt so bad for the both of them.
Friday I went up to SLC with my friend/old roommate Chrissie and her husband Sevak. Sevak was translating for a reagional conference at the conference center, so while he did that Chrissie and I took our babes to the Gateway. We had a lot of fun shopping and eating Haagen Daas (sp?) Then we went to visit our other old roommate Elizabeth. Not the best angle of us :)
Saturday Megan, Chelsey and my sis Kaitlyn came over to help me clean my house and Kaitlyn and Megan pretty much did it all with out me. I know, they rock! I felt really sick the whole day, and still felt pretty yucky today. No I am not pregnant! Chelsey ended up staying the night and we watched the movie "Married Life". It was okay. Kind of boring. We still had a lot of fun though. We stayed up late talking probably till 2 or 3. I totally miss that part of living with girls.
It's been a fun, busy weekend and makes me less fearful about when Jake is gone on float. Thanks for all the fun, girls!

General Relief Society Broadcast

I was able to go with a couple of my sisters and my mom to the General Relief Society Broadcast. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong there. And I felt like all of the talks were written just for me.
On another note, right before my sister Ganel met my mom and I in the conference center, she ran into one of my best friends and is also my sister's sister-in-law, Christa Cobabe who is serving her mission on Temple Square. I guess you could call us sister's in law-law :) They made plans to meet up with all of us at a specific point afterward so that I could see her. It was so awesome. I hadn't seen her since I had Elle, so I am going to try and go up there on her Pday and take her and her companion out to lunch. I had so much fun.
After the broad cast, my sister Kaitlyn, my mom and I went out to eat at Market Street Grill. Yummy! Here is a pic from the broadcast last year and this year.

Elle Teasing Noah

So Elle figured out how to dangle her food over the side of her high chair and tease Noah.She thinks it is the most hilarious thing ever. I think this is just a preview of the little handful she will be in a couple of years. She is already so independent. Just like her papa :) Enjoy the video!