ITS A BOY!!!!

We are proud to announce that we are having another BOY! 

We are very excited about the new addition to our family and I will have more pictures up as soon as I get them off the camera. 

Ultrasound pictures

So we went to the doctor last Friday and had an ultrasound. They gave me an 'official' due date of July 3rd. They said the baby looks good so far but they want me to go in for a level 2 ultrasound so they can get a closer look. But these are the ones that I have so far...

December went by TOO fast!!!

Ok so I have been REALLY bad this past month. I am sorry, life has been busy! So I'll work backwards in these pictures from  today to november. 

Cory went back to school today from his 2 week break. It was so nice having him home. First day back and he had a test! Great fun for him. I've been staying busy at work, which is good, but I could always be busier... New Years was fun at the Clouse's House. Eldon stayed up all night!! And slept in the next day =) Christmas was great!
We had Christmas Eve dinner at our house with my mom and sister, then did gifts in the morning with them. Eldon got an apple in his stocking and worked on it all morning! We were almost done opening gifts when he decided to kind of play with the paper. Then we went to the McKinnon's house and did breakfast and gifts there. This was the first year since Cory and I have been married that everyone (except Jimmy) was there for gifts and breakfast! It was really fun. We also found out that day that Tyler and his fiance Nikki are going to have a baby! We're excited for that! Then we went to my Dad's house and had all of my favorite side dishes over there. And surprise, Grandma Lou flew home from Nebraska that day. =) 
Dad and Eldon were cheeseing it up in this photo. We are trying really hard to take lots of pictures. Eldon makes so really hilarious faces and its nice when we can catch some on film. My goal for his year is to put together a photo album of Eldons first year. I would love to put together our trip albums as well, we'll see how that goes. We are good at taking photos, just not printing them out... stupid digital!
Eldon started standing without anything to hold onto around mid november. He uses the couch, coffee table, chairs, moms legs, anything really to walk around, then he plops onto his butt and crawls. The last few days he's been getting braver. He's take one or two stpes before he plops. Today he took about five steps and walked from Cory to me! That was SOOO exciting! OMG I almost forgot! He said his first word sunday night. We were at Shane and Josie's and were getting ready to leave and Eldon started waving and said "Bye" Of corse we all got excited and scared him so he'll never do it agian... but he said it and Shane and Josie heard it too! (By the way, congrats to Shane and Josie on thier pregnancy also!) 
I made a roast with mashed potatoes and thought we'd see how Eldon liked them. This was before Thanksgiving. We originally had some on his tray, but he saw the spatula in the bowl of potatoes and he started eating them out of the bowl with the spatula. I thought this was the last picture we took of the night, he was COVERED in potatoes! He has them all over his hands, arms, shirt, face, onhis eyes and I think he had it in his hair. It was so cute. Cory and I laughed so hard! Eldon LOVES real food. he still only has the one tooth but I'm hoping he gets a few more soon. He wants to eat everything and its hard because he chokes on half of it because he cant chew it all the way.

So that is pretty much what has been going on. A lot of running around, chasing Eldon, work, school, OH YEAH and I'm pregnant agian! I'm due the beginnig of July. I got in for an ultrasound the end of January and hopfully they'll tell me if its a boy of girl. =) We're excited. Hard to imagine having two kids though... 

HE HAS A TOOTH!!!!

Eldon has been teething i feels like FOREVER! But after months and months of waiting and wakeful nights and finger chew toys HE CUT A TOOTH! 

More than anything, I'm just excited that I can start letting him try new foods, things he needs a tooth for. Now we can't let him chew on our fingers or faces anymore. So far he isn't liking that, but he loves apples!

Happy Halloween

This was Halloween night. We took Eldon trick-or-treating in Merle and Debbie's neighborhood. I really wanted Cory to dress up as a tiger but he wouldn't do it. In fact he said he wasn't going to dress up at all, and he ended up wearing the same costume as he did two years ago, the ninja turtle. Eldon was Calvin from the comic book Calvin and Hobbes. I thought EVERYONE knew who Calvin and Hobbes were, but I was mistaken, and NO ONE I've told has known who they are. Calvin is a very creative trouble maker and Hobbes is his stuffed tiger, this is who I wanted Cory to be, who comes to life for Calvin and helps him think up his mischief. Very funny stuff.

This was the whole group we went with, Patrick and Jolie, Christy, Cory and Eldon, Ella, and Marin. And I'm the on with the camera. The girls were hilarious! 

This was the Friday before Halloween at the Harmony Park Ward party. Well it ends up being a HUGE thing for the whole neighborhood. I was at work so Cory tried out Eldon's costume and took him over. By this point Eldon was ready to pass out, he was SO tired. They both had a really good time though.

This is my cutie. Sometimes, rare, Eldon will take a really good picture and I LOVE when we can catch the cute smiles and faces he makes on film. He's not quite to the point where he'll pose for pictures. 

8 months old!

Last weekend my friend Jenna got married and asked if I would do her hair. So I went to Wickenburg to do her hair. On the way Cory and I stopped to see one of Ella's soccer games. She was so stinking CUTE! All the kids were actually. I think there were about 5 kids total who understood what was really going on, the rest just followed to ball up and down the field. Ella go to be goalie and no one scored on her! After the game we went to McDonald's so the girls could play and have lunch. From there I went to Jenna's wedding and Cory and Eldon went back to Christy and Alex's house. Eldon ate his first french fry and loved it! This was also the weekend he perfected his crawling. So he his full mobile now and he likes that he can get away from you or follow you. 
Last Saturday I wasn't busy at work so we went for a bike ride up the canal. About half way through our ride Eldon fell asleep in his chair. Sweet boy! It was so nice on our ride. I could have worn long sleeves and been comfortable. Eldon seems to like his chair, but he loves being outside so I don't think he cares much either way.
We parked our car at Merle and Debbie's and got on the canal from there. We tried to lay Eldon down while we loaded the bikes back onto the back of the car, but as soon as Cory laid him down, he was wide eyed and ready to go. We ended up staying for awhile and Eldon discovered the dog dishes. Thankfully he found the ones without dog food in them and just played with the water. He wanted to help grandma clean the floors.
Jolie will be 1 yr in like 4 or 5 weeks! She always looks so much bigger than Eldon until we get them next to each other. Eldon was jealous that grandpa was holding her and not him! Those two are really funny to watch together. Grandpa can't get enough of them. But that is true for all of the kids' grandparents. 
Sunday morning mommy wanted to sleep in. Daddy and Eldon weren't going to let that happen. Eldon thought he was so funny waking mommy up. He was so funny this morning. I love when he wakes up so happy! That night was a whole other story, but all day he was in a good mood, playing, laughing, babbling, making messes. It's fun on the days  that all three of us get to spend time together. Sunday usually ends up being that day. 

Cory is doing really well in school. He really enjoys everything he is learning and making friends with his group. He just took 7 tests over the two weeks and did really well on all of them. He took Eldon to a BBQ that his group put together and Eldon flirted with the girls. The salon is done and we opened two weeks ago. It has been a slow start but I'm staying optimistic. I'm just glad to be done with the place I was at. 

We're staying busy and making as much time as we can for eachother and to see family. I can't wait until we're done with school!

BIG things are happening

So the first thing that is changing is this little guy!  He is growing so fast. He has discovered clapping, and LOVES when you sing to him. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly what was going on when we took this picture, but Eldon just got a bath and that's why hes only in a diaper. I think Cory was singing to him, and Eldon started to clap with him and laughing really hard. 

Next Eldon is in a big boy car seat. He is way too heavy for his carrier and is breaking mine and Cory's shoulders. He doesn't mind the seat too much but he looks so uncomfortable when he falls asleep in it. He does like that he can see out the window as we drive. It's funny to listen to him babble in the backseat.

This was soo cute, Cory sets the boy on his chest and Eldon usually slaps Cory's face, sticks his fist in Cory's mouth, etc. This night Cory was singing patty cake and Eldon sat and clapped his hands and "sang" along. 

Cory is now in his 4th week of PT school and he loves it. It's intense but he's keeping up so far. He comes home and watches lectures of the muscle and tendons of cadavers! In their lab he gets to touch the cadavers! yuck. He likes it though. I guess the anatomy teacher wants to hold a haunted house in the cadaver lab on Halloween.
Eldon has started making his way around the house! He doesn't go forward very well, but backwards, he's all over backwards. He now knows that when he scoots back it gets him somewhere. So he pushes himself back turns and pushes some more. Only problem with that is he ends up under the TV, couch, stuck between something, and starts hollering for someone to rescue him. I swear I don't ever see him do any of it. I take my eyes off him and he's gone. 
This was today. I gave him a Gerber bitter biscuit not knowing it would make such a mess. I had to give him a bath to get the cookie off him. What you can't see is the cookie that is caked onto his legs, arms, and he even got it inside his shirt! But it kept him busy for about 15min. I got the dishes done! It was worth it. 

My big news is I am opening a salon! The way it is set up is, I pay weekly like a booth rent, but I have a room all to myself. We have to have a salon licence and everything you need for your own business. So I now work/own Designer Image Salon.

I am going in with my friend Jeanne who has done this before. I am SOOO excited about this. It will be good. Now I wont be getting color on my counters or my mom's, or Debbie's, I can come and go as I please, I wont have to deal with crazy salon owners, etc. It'll be good. And now everyone can get the salon experience.