I like to keep track of the top 10 things that happened to our family every year. I keep a big scrapbook and each year gets a page. Kind of fun so I thought I would share.

1. Urgent Care and Emergency Room visit within ten hours of driving home from Utah because Elise had such bad croup



2. Elise plays in the snow for the first time

3. Going to Disneyland with Grandma West


4. Elise goes to nursery

5. Trip to St George trip with friends sans children. Marvelously quiet weekend that was free to play and not worry about children waking you up in the middle of the night or scheduling playtime around naps and not having to be quiet because a baby is sleeping. Thanks again Alli! And Trisha and Kirby for watching Elise!! We still owe you big time.

6. Star Wars Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl

7. Ryan getting a new job. Yay no more busy season!!!!!

8. Moving to Utah

9. Blue Whale Watching including a showing of dolphins

10. Elise learns to talk, count and sing. Our best attempt to capture her Christmas song on film are below. She can be quite shy.

We've been potty training! I haven't changed a diaper in FIVE days. Although I've cleaned up a fair number of accidents I still am totally stoked. Elise has done really well and caught onto the idea pretty fast. We did a three day potty training method and that's pretty much all it took although the last day had the most accidents because I was trying to let her tell me when she needed the potty.

Round 2 Bowling. We went bowling with my family and Elise did so much better than the first time. I don't know if it was that there were less people or that she had some idea of what was expected or that grandpa bought her drinks and fries, but she really was a good cheerleader and loved when it was "Elise's turn."