Put your past in the behind...

Ok, so I'm a little behind. Make that way behind. Summer has been really good to us and we've been super busy. We've been on lots of fun trips, sold our car, bought a new car, moved, started a new job, celebrated our 2 year anniversary, and enjoyed all the silliness and cuteness of Miss Ellie Ann.

These are Ellie's 6 month pictures. A little late, but she's still cute. She's such a happy girl.

   Ellie has become quite the little traveler this summer. We went on an overnight camping trip with Laurel and Randall. She loved being outside. We went to Payson Lakes. It was so beautiful. Fun! 

We also went to our Montague family reunion in McCall, Idaho. Ellie did so well on the drive. It was fun to see family and Ellie definitely had plenty of attention. She became a little social butterfly, which explains why she learned to wave so quickly that week.

 As soon as we got back from Idaho, we had to pack up and move. It was a little crazy, but thanks to a lot of people, we were able to make it. We love our new apartment and we're excited to get to know a new area and start fresh. Danny has started his training and school starts on Monday. G-O! HighMark go!

This is how Ellie spent her time while we packed.

 A couple weeks after the move, Ellie turned 7 months old and Grandma Crane came for a visit. You can totally tell Ellie's a bit more active these days. She had just figured out the whole clapping thing and loved showing us. I think these pictures capture her cute personality and how funny she is.

Clap, Clap!!

Fishy face

Family pic. Ellie was pretty much done with the whole picture thing.

Grandma Crane

Ellie and I went to Texas for a week to see my family. It was her first plane ride and she pretty much slept through the whole thing! We had lots of fun eating yummy food and Blue Bell ice cream, playing with the bunny, playing ABBA on the Wii, going to the drive-in, and being with family. Poor Danny had to stay behind and work. We missed him.

Ellie's favorite toy while we were in Texas.

Waiting in the rain at Olive Garden for Emma's birthday dinner.

Jaymes and Lauren in the rain.

The birthday girl and Pops.

Family picture (minus Danny) at the temple.

Ellie and I at the temple almost 2 years to the day Danny and I were married there for time and all eternity. Kind of a depressing picture without Danny.

Ellie and Pops at the temple.

Happy girl despite the 4 HOUR layover in Vegas.

2 days after Ellie and I got home from Texas, Danny and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. He got me some beautiful roses and took me out to dinner at what has become our new favorite restaurant in Ogden, Zucca's. It was delicious. I love him so much and I'm grateful for all the experiences we've had so far in our marriage. A lot has happened in 2 years and we've grown closer as a couple through it all. I can't wait to see what we have in our future. It will be a wonderful adventure with my eternal love.

And to close, some random pictures of our precious girl.

Lunch Lady. I'll have the sloppy-joes.

This picture is the epitome of redneck baby. Cracks me up.

Moving day :)

Fourth of July. She fell asleep during the parade. Don't know how that happened.

She uses her feet as her second set of hands.

Pretty sure this was accompanied with a high-pitched scream.

Classic "baby fell asleep while eating" picture.

And that's what we've been up to.

Ignore the drool...

We're at the 5 month mark. Holy cow, this girl is growing! Every morning when I get her out of her crib, she seems bigger and older. She is so much fun! She makes every day so perfect and we just love her. So for the past month, Ellie has had several accomplishments. 

The Bumbo is still a favorite. She loves to see what's going on. She's pretty cute in it and spends most of the time there with her arms and legs stretched out as far as they can go because she's just so excited. 

Ellie's first game of miniature golf. She was happy to be there.

We started solid foods. She loves her some rice cereal. No, she really does.

I was pretty excited.

Yum Yum Yum!

Ellie had her first bbq. We were going to go camping, but it got too cold. So we bundled the girl up and roasted hot dogs with our friends, Laurel and Randall. Ellie went down her first slide that day, too.

 Ellie break...Danny got an early Father's Day present. We have the Costco collection of hot dogs, so we invested in a little barbecue for them. We absolutely love it. It opens a whole new world to the dinner area.

Back to Ellie...she is sitting up on her own and averages between zero and 45 seconds. She is smiling pretty much all the time. She has started teething which led to a couple sleepless nights last week. She sings, screams (excited screams), laughs, babbles, and is just so cute all day long. We love her!

So Danny got a job!!! Yay! He'll be teaching at HighMark charter school come August. He's teaching Utah History (7th grade) and U.S. History (8th grade). He's so excited and we've started getting things for his classroom. He's been testing some history questions on me and I'm ashamed to see how rusty I am. Oh well. We'll be moving up to Ogden soon and we're excited to get out of Provo...I mean to start this chapter of life.

Now, more Ellie.

Peek-a-boo!

Love those baby blues!

Showin' some leg.

So sweet.

Oh May!

Ok, so I totally missed posting about Ellie at 3 months. This is what she looked like back then.

Yeah, she's adorable. At 3 months, Ellie was rolling over, grabbing and holding on to toys, and smiling all the time. She's such a happy girl!

Anyway, today she is 4 months old. Where does the time go? She is getting so big and I just can't believe it. Here are her pictures from today...

She is so much fun! She makes me so happy. These days, Ellie loves to listen to classical music, sit in her Bumbo and talk, read/eat books, play with her toys, go on walks, and she loves her toes. She rolls over as soon as you put her on her belly unless you put some toys in front of her to keep her interested. Her hair is awesome. It sticks straight up, but it has a really cool wave to it. Thanks to Granny Montague, she has a fine collection of headbands and bows to go with all her cute clothes. She is such a good baby and we are just completely in love with her.

This picture cracks me up!

Mid-roll!!

I promise she likes it.

Have you ever had feelings for a nun?

In other news, so much has happened the last few weeks. Danny finished his student teaching!! After many, many late nights, anxiety, and pure heck (ha) it is over. He's in the process of applying for jobs and has had a few good interviews. He graduated at the end of April. Both of our families were able to come out and support him. That same weekend, Ellie was blessed. My mom made her dress. Didn't even use a pattern. It was beautiful. We loved spending time with our family and we are so thankful for their love and example.

After many failed attempts at the whole jumping thing, this was my best shot.

After 2 years, I left my job at Deseret Book. I now am a full-time mommy. I love every second I get to spend with my sweet baby girl. She is so worth it! Danny is working at Vivint. He is really loving the food there. Everyday I ask him what he had for lunch and I always regret it. Steak, burgers, salads, and the list goes on and on. Lucky boy. We've started getting in to fishing. Danny got a pole for his graduation present. We finally caught a big one today. All his hard work paid off :) We're excited for the summer and hopefully my next post will bring good news of a teaching job. Yeah! 

Ellie Belly

Our little girl has passed the 2 month mark. What a wonderful two months it has been! We absolutely love her! She's so much fun! She went to the doctor this past week and weighed in at 10 lbs. 9 oz. She's just over 22 inches long. She's growing, growing, growing, which isn't surprising considering how much she eats. Here are a few fun thing about Ellie Ann.

-She LOVES her hand. She'll look at it for a bit and then it's straight to the mouth. She's gagged herself a few times, but still has fun.
-She still enjoys her bath. I had to move her to the big bathtub because she gets so excited, water ends up everywhere! She could splash in there forever.
-She is such a good talker. She has the sweetest little voice. I just can't get enough of it.
-She also loves to sing. Some of her favorite songs include Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Happy Family, Popcorn Popping, "A" You're Adorable, and of course the ones we make up for her.
-She loves walks. Once you put her in that stroller, she's out. This led to some pretty long naps last week when the Montagues were here.
As for dislikes, she's a pretty happy baby. As long as you get the food to her fast enough and let her sleep, she'll always be happy. We definitely lucked out with her!
Anyway, we're doing well. I go back to work this coming week. I'm trying to be brave, but tear up about it a lot. Danny finishes his student teaching in 2 weeks. Not that we're counting. We had a fun-filled visit with my family last week. Ellie had a lot of firsts- Zupas, Sizzler, Park City, Costco, Winco, JDawgs, University Mall, Target. Her love for shopping definitely started to grow while they were here.
Anyway, enough talk. On to the pictures.

Go Cougars!

Silly grin.

Gotta get that hand.

Oh so sad.

Just call her "Bucky."

Love her.

One of her favorite toys.

Meeting Aunt Emma for the first time. They had a good talk. Obviously.

Two month picture. I forgot to take a picture until right before bedtime. Poor baby.

Saying goodbye to the Texas folk. Love ya'll.