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.