60 years apart!!!!

Elly M. and her grandpa on the Schmit side are exactly 60 years apart to the day. i do believe it makes him pretty proud. Jonathan's parent's are here from Sweden and we got to celebrate both elly m. and rocky all on the same day together.

Elly M. got wayyyyyy to many cool presents from her family. We really appreciate all the love and attention each of them give to our baby. for those of you who don't know jonathan's family... the first 2 pics are his dad.... the next one is liel, jonathan's cousin from memphis,

just a few more b-day pics.

You must deal with all the b-day pics i am posting.. i mean my first child is celebrating her first birthday.

Happy 1st Birthday Elly Märta

It is our daughter's first birthday, and i can't believe it. She seems to have changed in the last week. She started walking, well taking steps and enjoying it. She wants to wear necklaces, kiss her dolls, and she got a new cat for her birthday. i will post some more birthday pics. tomorrow when i am not so tired. We are excited about our new cat.... hop-a-long. it only has three legs. so precious. more pics. tomorrow when i am not so sleepy.

Oh, and two more things. My mom has came to visit... it is soooooooooooooooo great having her here of course. she is so great to have here. and my babies are at least a year apart. whooooohooo......my mom is guessing this friday and the midwife is guessing august 8th.... hmm... which one will it be?

The Chair showdown!!!

My mom gets to be here at our house for a couple of weeks and elly m.'s birthday is today. My mom got her a PINK chair. Elly M. loves it, but i don't believe that jonathan is so fond of it. maybe you can tell from his face.

THE VAN!!!!

here is our most recent purchase as a family. we love our van. it is so great!!! I think that we will have it for a long time. i hope it continues to look this good even after we have it for awhile.

Saturday... who are you????

here is elly m. with her hair all up in bows. it took a long time to get those little things in there. oh my... she is not in sit still mode yet.

The other ones are the saturday nap with the daddy on the couch.... so sweet!!!

just because the computer works.

Here are a couple extra, just because the computer works.

Whale or Walrus..... hmm...which one, which one???

Here are a couple photos of me for those of you whom are interested in my royal hugeness. ( mostly dan and joan, i am sure) i mean.... i do believe weight loss is in the plan between numbers 2 and 3. But they are worth it. I met with the midwife yesterday... i am pretty excited about this baby now and my momma is coming, so that is even more exciting. i am very eager to see her. she will make it for elly m.'s first birthday.... we have decided to get her a cat for her birthday, i hope with no regrets.....!!! sometimes animals and i aren't the best of friends. but we can always throw it outside if need be. we aren't quite ready for a dog... a baby is enough responsibility for me right now, someday when the kids are older.

Such a little cheese...

You know i forgot how much elly m. loves the camera. She poses so cheesy sometimes for these pictures. i also forgot how much fun it is to put pictures on the blog. it is a lot of fun to watch her grow. For those of you who are wondering: SHE IS NOT WALKING yet. She is just totally uninterested. it is amazing that she just doesn't care about it at all.

Explaining to do

I feel as though i have some slight explaining to do pertaining to this here blog. Not only has life been a little hairy lately, but we did move into a house and we are still in a slight transition. But to update everyone. It is so great to be back in memphis. i feel like a human being again and jonathan has adjusted fine. elly m. , well let's just say... how did she ever live the first 8 months of life without this many people around her. She is NOT walking yet. she just doesn't give a darn about walking... i think it is hilarious. she just isn't really interested in it. very amusing to me. she puts everything into her mouth, to the point of getting thrush a couple weeks ago, while she also spent about 4 or 5 days with a high fever, her first one mind you and it was to say the least not that much fun for either of us.... but this week isn't much better. She has had the squirty poops pretty bad. i thought changing her diaper 4 times a day was a hassle.... 9 times a day is miserable.

She is such a social creature. she can be so unhappy when she is alone, meaning i walk into the other room, but the moment people are around... she is just fine. she must get that from jonathan... heehehhe.

anyways... we are only a couple weeks away from having 2 children. another transition of course, but hopefully this time a little easier than the first. each one i am sure gets easier. the baby is getting bigger and bigger and probably bigger as we speak. they sure do stretch you out the last month. my goodness.

Almost the entire family is here from sweden... jonathan's parents, sister, aunt, uncle and their three kids. that has been a lot of fun to get to hang out with them here..... mickie.. jonathan's little sister is staying with us and that has been a lot of fun too.

we love you guys... i won't make promises, but i think that you can start checking this more often.....

actually working today... whoa

i told you guys that i had been trying and today... success. i miss putting pics. up here... i will try more and more now... i need to take some. elly m.'s hair is getting very very long... hmm... i think i am starting to understand my sister a little more. i dread that first little hair chop ... so sorry m. for ruining on of your mommy moments. what a foolish person i was.

a little update for you guys.

We are still alive... i know it has been wayyyyyyyy to long since i last posted. here is a little clip to show that we are still breathing. we don't have internet at our house yet, but we are thieving from the neighbors... it only took three hours to download this one picture. i promise that when the new baby comes i will post more pictures.....

life has been a little hectic lately... i was in a car accident. don't worry baby and i are fine, but that has required a lot of our time. dealing with insurance companies is a load of b.s. and looking for a new car has been quite the group effort.. but we love everyone of you and will try to post more pics. soon.