Just a little sun

Between going to Mexico, weeding the yard and just playing around Elizabeth has gotten her first sunburn. It is just a little one, but she is normally so white. It doesn't seem to bother her at all, I just feel so bad. She was in her stroller in the shade but...... I guess there was just no stopping it. It is too bad she is albino white like her Mumma and not tanned like her Dad.

Papa Joel and Grammie

Joel and Glenda came down to visit us this past weekend. It was so much fun. The first night they were here it was fun to watch them play with Elizabeth. Everyone was laughing hysterically. Joel would run around the house chasing the dog holding Elizabeth who is shrieking as they go. Glenda played on the floor with Elizabeth. Elizabeth would throw herself down and then climb back up. I laughed so hard my insides hurt.

We mad e a day trip down to Mexico. It was fun to wander through the shops and look for things to buy. In the end we only spent $20.00, cheaper than a park entrance fee. The guys ate taco's for lunch. Glenda and I were to chicken to try them. (Pig head taco's no way!) The thing that suprised me was how easy it was to get in and out. Going inbetween Canada and the States you have to show your passport, you have to have a customs declaration, they want to know where you are going, how long, what you bought, how much you are taking and heaven knows how many more questions. To get into Mexico you just walk through, no real suprise there. However to get back into the states we stood in a two minute line (how long is the airport customs line in Calgary) We flashed some id, of which a drivers license was fine. and said what country we were citizens from, of which there didn't appear to be any wrong answer. Didn't matter who it was they just walked through. No baggage search, nothing. The funny part is that the city of Nogales is one city. They built a big wall through the middle and call the one side Nogales Arizona and the other side is Nogales Mexico. So if it wasn't easy enough to get through customs you could just climb up onto a roof of a nearby building and jump.

Elizabeth got to try so many new foods while Joel and Glenda were up. One of her new favorites is Peanutbutter M&M's

All in all it was a fun visit. It is always nice to see family.

Baby Scrapbooking

Well maybe it isn't so much scrapbooking, more like making scraps out of books. Trevor signed up to get the Time magazine, one of those free trial offer things. They never get read, just tossed. Well Elizabeth has come up with her own use for it. With her crawling now she has discovered all sorts of new things. Carma taught her the joys of digging through the bathroom trash. Shelves are fun to pull herself up and she can access all sorts of new toys that were formerly unobtainable. Her sleeping has gotten a bit bizarre as well. So in most pictures she has this tired baby look going on maybe it is her signature look. "Elizabeth she's so hot right now." jks

Helping Out

So Mom was trying to clean up a little bit and I decided to help her out. I went and found the paper towels and covered the carpet with them, laying them all out for her. Unfortunatly I got one stuck on my foot. Mom found me as I was going into the other room to see how to help in there. You can ask my Mom if you want me to come and help out at your house. ~Elizabeth~

Good Long Naps

Elizabeth has started this thing where she only takes naps for a about 30 min. And so she ends up grouchy because she didn't sleep for nearly long enough. A month ago she would sleep for about 3 hours. Well today she has surprised me, she is asleep still. She has been out for almost an hour now and is still asleep. I would take a picture of her, but for fear of waking her there is no way I am going to open that door. I never understood why people were so happy when their kids took long naps, I figured a nap was a nap. I was wrong.

Family Pictures

So every once in awhile I convince Trevor that we should do family pictures. We go out and find a nice spot and set up the tripod. It is actually a lot of fun. With us running back and forward diving into position trying to get Elizabeth to look at the camera. Here is my favorite from this run around.

We had a little bit of fun afterwards, playing around, we didn't notice when someone walked by just as Trevor was hanging Elizabeth over the cactus. Yeh we left right after that.

Ducky

Elizabeth and Trevor went on a shopping trip the other day. They went to go get Trevor some new work pants. As they were walking through the store Elizabeth almost leaped out of the shopping cart as they passed the toys. she hung her arms out over the edge grasping at a stuffed animal duck. Trevor picked it up and played with her for a minute. She held on to the duck holding it tight and began to suck her thumb. As an experiment Trevor grabbed a couple of other toys and tried to distract her from the duck, she wanted nothing to do with any of them. So as any father would do he purchased the duck to make her happy. When I got home later that night I found Elizabeth asleep in her crib with the duck.