Watchdog

Now this is what I call a watchdog. It doesn’t sit around the house all day waiting for someone to walk up to the door or pass by the street; it climbs to the top of the wall to be vigilant in keeping its house protected.

My Valentines

We shot a wedding today from 1:00 to 9:00. It was a long day but very fun. In fact, this was my favorite Valentine’s day ever. Being around a bride and groom helped me realize what life is all about...love. I am so grateful to have found my true love. Elyse is beautiful, talented and funny as hell. I thoroughly enjoyed being with her all day. I did however, get more action from the bride’s grandma than I did from Elyse. The grandma could not climb herself into the bus that transported us from the hotel to the chapel, so I was the lucky one who got to push her from the “rump.” After we Elyse and I got into the bus, she asked Elyse if she was mad.

Asleep...Finally

Today has been one of those days, where you want to rip your eardrums out. Olive has another ear infection, her nose is runny, and her RSV is making it hard for her to breath. She has been cranky and verbal about it. After putting her in 50 positions, we finally found one that was comfortable enough for her and she finally fell asleep. The blinds were shut when I took this picture so it’s a bit fuzzy. She kind of looks like an Angel.

18th Hole

Daniel got his first baby sitting experience while I was golfing this morning. Luckily for him, my mom picked up Olive right when she started getting fussy. After golf, I spent the rest of the day chauffeuring my mom’s brothers and sisters around town. We went to Carolina’s, downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale, then to Nando’s for fried ice cream. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them all.

Study Partner

I finally figured out how to get Olive to behave while I study; I put her in the bumbo and set her on the table next to me. She kept on knocking down the water bottle, pushing the box into my book, and dropping the bib she uses as a teething toy, but those distractions are far less obtrusive than the crying and screaming.

Shars

Olive and I spent the day with Grandma Hall. Our agenda was supposed to include baking wheat bread and cinnamon rolls and cleaning Grandma’s house. We did a little cleaning, got the cinnamon rolls started but never made it to the wheat bread. We did buy some wheat and other ingredients for the bread at Shars. This happens to be Grandma Mackelprangs’ favorite store as well. Olive usually goes in the shopping cart and when there is no room for groceries, Olive gets to hold the goods.

Baker Man, Baker Man

One of my favorite memories was waking up to the smell of homemade bread. I want Olive to have those same memories so I learned how to make bread from my mom. This is my fifth batch and I am getting better each time.