Is she bored?

Ivy keeps falling asleep in her new Jumperoo. I don't know if she's bored, if she jumps and plays her self to sleep, or if it's just comfy. Anyway, I just wanted to post these pics. She's so cute!

Some of Our Christmas In Pictures.

Christmas Eve at Granny Elrod's.Ben was so exited! Ivy's first Christmas!She is so gorgeous!What are you looking at? Putting out the reindeer food! Reading The Night Before Christmas. Christmas Morning.She's so happy! He loves dinosaurs! Santa brought Ben a bike! Isn't she lovely! Dinosaur Underwear! Ben and Blayton at Grammy's. Ivy and her first baby doll.

I'm back, again!

Ok, I'm finally updating my blog! Things have been CRAZY around the Elrod house hold. I have started back to work @ Hastings and it has been really busy there. Ben is out on break from preschool. They had a pajama party on the last day. He had a blast and he can not wait to go back! He is so excited about Santa coming to our house! Christmas is so much fun when you have kids! I'm probably more excited than he is!

Miss Ivy is growing so fast. We took her to have her shots and she weighed almost 14 lbs already! She is so smart. She loves to smile and talk to you. It's so cute! She's already rolling over and cutting teeth! I told her she needs to slow down a little bit. It's all happening way to fast! I can't believe she is already 3 months old!

Well, I promise to update everybody on everything else soon, but I'm going to hit the sack!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Halloween 08

Lake!

My Spooky Ghost, Little Kitty, and Bag of Money!

Lake as a bag of money! How cute is that?

My Mom and my little kitty Ivy!My sister and my nephew Blayton. (He wan't too happy.)My Ivy!Meow.How sweet!

Laker was adorable!Ben wanted to be a ghost this year. He loved to scare people!

Mommies of Little Girls

I need help. Alan's hours have been cut back at work (Yorozu) and so now we are even more broke than before (if that's possible). I was wondering if any of you have some dressy clothes that you would be interested in selling. Ivy has TONS of casual clothes but only a few dresses. I am sure you know how expensive all of the cute little dresses can be. Maybe you have some in storage that you are going to put in a yard sale or consignment sale. Just leave a comment if you have anything! Thank you so much!

Congrats!

I just wanted to say congrats to my friend Angela. She and Andy welcomed their new baby boy Solace into the world Wensday. He is gorgeous!

Our Day at the Pumpkin Patch

OOPPS!

I titled the blog below "Helping Granny" it should be "Helping Grammy". My mother does not want to be called Granny because she said it makes her think of Granny from The Beverly Hillbilies. She's crazy but I just thought I should clear that up.

Helping Granny

The other day we went to my moms to celebrate Alan and Dad's birthdays. She was baking a cake and Ben loves to help. I don't know how much help he really was but we got some really cute pictures of him licking the bowl clean!

Oops, We Both Forgot!

Ok, so last saturday was the Hobbs family reunion and when they were giving away door prizes they asked who had been married the longest. Well, this made me think of how many years Alan and I have been married (6). Then it hit me, our anniversary was September 28th! I TOTALLY FORGOT! Alan was at work so he didn't get to go to the reunion but he called me that afternoon from work. I asked him if we had forgotten anything and he said OUR ANNIVERSARY. He told me that he was laying in bed a few nights before and all of a sudden it hit him. He was so scared I was just waiting to see how long it would take him to remember! He said he was confused because he knows how I act when I'm mad and it didn't seem like anything was wrong! SO FUNNY! I can't believe I forgot, but considering we just had a baby I think its understandable! So HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ALAN! You are not only my husband, you're my best friend. Thanks for all you do for me, Ben, and Ivy. You make me laugh everyday and I love you so much!

Baby Shower

I just wanted to post a few pics from one of my baby showers. I was bummed because I didn't get to get a picture of everyone who came!

This is me and my grandmother
Tyla, Leslie, Little Aaron, and Shonda.

Shonda, Amanda, and Devin.

Candace, Brayden, and Lake.

Opening the presents.

This cake was made by Leah Sherwood ( in the picture below). She is so talented and the cake is so yummy!

Just me.