Ken's parents came over tonight to eat take-out Chinese from Imperial Dragon and to hang out with the family. The girls have been dying to watch "Where the Wild Things Are" all week and so with it being our Friday movie night, that is what we did. I tried to get them to change their minds and play some games, but the girls' minds were made up. :)
It was a pretty good movie. It's very interesting in the way it taps into all the emotions of a young child. Ellie was watching it intently. When the credits started rolling we were slowly getting ready to head back up stairs. Ken looked over at her and she had her blanket covering her face and she was crying. Ken asked what was wrong, but she wasn't talking. I scooped her up to hold her on my lap and she buried her face in me and continued to cry. I was asking her questions...I thought (and assumed) that she had gotten hurt somehow, but when I asked her about it she shook her head. I asked her if she was sad about the movie and she nodded her head. She was so distraught over what had happened at the end that she was crying pretty hard.
It had been about 15 minutes....Ralph & Elna just had left and so we headed up stairs to get ready for bed and brush Ellie's teeth. After I was done I continued to quiz her about why she was crying...I was still questioning whether she really was sad and not hurt. She proceeded to tell me how sad she was with the ending and she started to choke up again. Ellie had to stop herself from crying really hard...pausing in between words. It was the cutest and most touching thing to see her have such strong emotions, especially towards a movie...she really knew what was going on. When Ken saw her getting emotional again, he got a little choked up too. Looks like it runs in the family. :)
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
This years carving pumpkins was held at our house. Earlier that day Ashlan and I had gone to the dermatologist to get some moles re-removed off my back and foot and shave a little of Ashlan's birthmark off her foot to be biopsied. I had gone in a month earlier to get my 4 moles biopsied and they all came back as Atypical or dysplastic, which meant I needed to get them removed completely. The big freckle on my foot had just appeared maybe 6 years ago, so I was getting a little worried about it. When he originally took the one off my foot, it took me at least 2 weeks to get back to normal walking. It was painful to walk on and so I would walk on my tiptoe. My calf and shin would then get sore because I don't usually use those muscles to walk with. I was a bit nervous going in this time for fear that I would have a hard time walking for 2 weeks again. Thankfully he stitched it up this time and it was a much better recovery. The biopsy came back perfect and I don't have to worry about it anymore.
We had a fun night carving pumpkins. The Watts' decided to paint theirs this year. The Gotti's had theirs pre-carved out which cut down their carving time in half. We decided that is what we will be doing from now on...as much fun it is to get all gooey and pull the guts out, it's too much work with young children. After pictures on the porch we went back inside to eat banana splits.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sophie is finally getting the hang of crawling. She did the army crawl for so long and was pretty fast at it. Within a few days of learning how to bring her knees up under her she was crawling everywhere! She's also become our human vacuum by picking up pennies, Polly Pocket shoes and clothes, paper, food, and pins off the floor. Ashlan had left her pin cushion up on the wobbly card table and Sophie figured out how to wiggle it. She knocked down the pin cushion and then proceeded to pull out a pin and eat it. Luckily no damage was done, but it gave us all a good scare!
Sophie has been chewing on everything and drooling everywhere lately, I think her teeth must be coming in. She LOVES otter pops, so I placed some in her mesh chew toy and she was loving it. Of course you give some to the baby the rest of the girls want one. :)
Friday, October 23, 2009
My sister-in-law Noelle started her busy Skeleton season a few weeks ago. She raced last week in Lake Placid, NY for the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton team trials and won both times. She came back home this past weekend to race in Park City for the World Cup. I'm so glad that I was able to make it work to go up and see her race. It was a little chilly, but bearable. I got some good shots of her starting out and also one during the race. We went down to the curve during her 2nd race so we could actually see her in action. They come around the corner at 75 mph that it's hard to know when to actually take the picture.
This past year her sled broke and she was unable to get a new one. So my awesome brother, Janson, decided to build her one. He researched it out and spent many sleepless nights planning and building this sled for Noelle. She raced it for the first time a few weeks ago and it's done amazing on the ice. She took 1st place in Park City and is on her way to compete for the World Cup....and then hopefullythe Olympics. We are excited to see her do so well and to be enjoying her last year of racing. We're cheering for you Noelle! Bring home the GOLD!!
Noelle secured her spot on the World Cup squad by being the fastest woman on the ice once again, 1.49 seconds ahead of the other 10 women. News people were all over after the announcement of making the World Cup.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
It seems like I just posted her 7 month pictures...these months are going by way to fast! Sophie is starting to understand what her knees are used for. She gets up on them, but doesn't quite know how to use them yet. That doesn't mean she isn't fast with her army crawl though, she knows exactly where she wants to go and she's there within seconds. She gets so happy when we come to get her out of her crib. Once you pick her up she buries her face in your shoulder and gives you a little hug. She loves Otter Pops. When she sees her dad with one she puts her lips together and folds them inside her mouth, then makes a high pitched noise that sounds like she has a hoarse voice. Once she found these leaves next to her she wouldn't stop picking them up and putting them in her mouth.
Ashlan passed a cold onto her, so she has been pretty stuffy lately. We stood in line at the Davis Conference Center last week to get the H1N1 vaccine in the cold rain and I wonder if that had anything to do with them getting sick, or even the shot itself. We hope this winter season will be good for us and we can stay clear of any type of flu.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Every time we try to get the family together for our nightly routine of scripture reading and prayers it's a challenge to get their full attention and participation when Sophie is in the room. They can't concentrate on what is being read while they are trying to make her laugh. Ken tries to quiz the girls 1/2 way through and we know they haven't been listening when they start rattling off answers like "Jesus", "Satan", "Heavenly Father", and "Alma". She's too much of a temptation....who could resist this?
