Brian Allison & Ruby Ellerman

Our life lately...

2012-01-12T21:05:00.000-08:00

Life is good at the Ellerman home! Not a whole lot of things going on, but it's good! Ruby keeps us entertained (especially me) all day long. She'll be 21 months the end of this month and I can't believe it! She jabbers non-stop and has to be doing something AT ALL TIMES. She's a very busy girl! She loves showing off and when she thinks she's doing something tricky she yells "mom" as loud as she can to get my attention... even if its stepping on a book or putting a leg in the air. She still says "hi" to everyone we come in contact with and often gives them a hug if they give her the attention she wants. It use to be cute but now its just frustrating. We added a cute Golden Retriever to our family and Ruby is OBSESSED with him! Every morning she demands she goes outside to hug him. He is an amazing dog, I've never seen a better dog with kids, so I think he's a keeper!

She built this tower of toilet paper all by herself, I was pretty impressed!

If you look close, there's a tiny pink tea cup in her hand and kept filling it up and sipping it! Silly girl!

Family Vacation 2011

2011-09-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

Our first official family vacation-- Success!

Brian, Ruby and I all hopped on a plane and flew to San Diego (Silly you might think, but driving in a car with Ruby for 8 hours does NOT sound like a vacation to me!). Just us 3. And it was a blast!

We got to San Diego and headed straight to the beach but ended up putting on our sweatshirts and walking around to all the fun shops. We checked in to our hotel later that day and went back out to grab a bite to eat and go to the S.D. Temple... Good day!

The next day we got up and ate breakfast at Ihop and spent all day at Sea World. It was probably more fun for Brian and I than it was for Ruby... all she wanted to do was either hold the animals or run around everywhere and she didn't get to do either.

Then the next day we got up and ate breakfast and went to the San Diego Zoo. We'll probably never do that again... First off, the Zoo is stinkin huge and we got a work out walking up and down these huge hills. Second, None of the animals were out... if there was an animal, it was behind a tree or everyone was huddled around it so you couldn't even see. San Diego Zoo-- Overrated! But we still had a fun time and we know what NOT to do next time we go to San Diego! So, we left the Zoo around 3 and drove over to Coronado Island while Ruby slept. Brian and I picked our favorite houses and decided we wouldn't mind living there. Super cute town! Later, we went to the Mormon Battalion in Old Town. That was really really cool and I highly recommend it to everyone!

Next day, we drove thinking to Ocean Beach but the GPS took us to Mission Beach... Lots of fun stores and shops so we hung out there for a while and looked at more fun houses (one of our weird hobbies, obviously). Then, we took our little rental car back and headed to the airport! When Ruby got home, we could tell that she would just much rather stay home! She dragged every toy out and kept running around the house!
I loved our vacation! It was a perfect three day time away from everything!

Family Pictures

2011-08-28T22:48:00.000-07:00

So a few weeks ago my great sister in law took some family pictures for us. Thanks Sarah!

Ohhh Ruby...

2011-08-28T22:30:00.000-07:00

This is my child. My wild and crazy child. This is what she normally looks like by the end of a meal time after demanding that she feeds herself. She acts like life is too short to sit and relax, so she does the EXTREME opposite. I change her clothes AND my clothes usually 3 times a day. Church is torturous... for all three of us. Eating at a restaurant is normally a disaster. Ruby thinks stores are one big race track. She runs up to people and holds her hands up like she wants to be held (strangers in the store--Yeah, scary!) I can honestly say... My hands are full!

On the positive side-- I think she is stinkin hilarious. She thinks she is stinkin hilarious. She full blown dances with hips and shoulders wiggling as fast as they can go with a little foot stompin' in between. She has to say "hi" to everyone that is even kind of close by her. She has two of the biggest front teeth I have ever seen on a baby with about a half inch gap in between. She still takes two good naps during the day and sleeps 11-12 hours at night. She still drinks a bottle and I'm okay with it. She is obsessed with stuffed animals and always has one under her arm. She gives the best hugs and kisses a mom can ask for!

My heart is full of love for this out of control little girl! I would not trade ANYTHING in the world for my life as a mom, I absolutely love it. She just makes me so happy!

Girls Day!

2011-07-12T11:12:00.000-07:00

This past weekend all of us Hoopes girls (minus Elyssa and Carsyn because they live in stinky NM) went to the Cinderella Dinner Show in Mesa. We had so much fun! All the little girls loved it and surprisingly Ruby did too! I thought she was going to be wild and I would end up chasing her around while the play was going on, but she just sat and watched just like all the other big girls! Super fun and super cute and I'd recommend it to everyone! After the show we all went shopping together and laughed and made fun of eachother with the clothes we tried on... Hannah :). So, it was just a great weekend and I loved it!

Ruby's ONE! What the?!

2011-05-02T22:39:00.000-07:00

My heck! This year went by way too fast... and it's been an eventful/fun one! Ruby turned one on Wednesday and we had a fun birthday party for her. She had lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends come (43 people, eek!). It was a little wild and crazy! We had a big blow up water slide and a jumping castle (Thanks Sarah!) and water slides... even though Ruby didn't even get near any of them.. She was glad that everyone was enjoying themselves! It was a really fun party and it makes me sad that she won't even remember it!

Ruby is somewhere in the middle of all of this!

She was a ham!

She thought she was a funny girl when all the kids started laughing at her

Ruby was dancing when we started singing Happy Birthday to her!

Proud momma and daddy!

Ruby is FINALLY crawling... The week before she was 11 months she just started scooting everywhere, and one week after that she started crawling. Now, she's bear crawling to get to places faster and just today she took her first few steps by herself! She still only has two bottom teeth that she's had since 7 months. She says hi, mommy, dada, and baby. She calls all of her stuffed toys, and the ducks and chickens and goose "baby". She blows kisses and dances really wild as soon as she hears music. She nods her head yes when she sees or tastes something she likes and shakes her head when she doesn't want something you're trying to give her. She knows where her bellybutton is and likes it a lot. She likes when people laugh at her when she picks her nose, so she keeps doing it. She holds my cell phone up to her ear (and the baby monitor) and says "hi". When I go to get her out of her crib she lays her head on my shoulder and pats my back and says "hi" in a really soft sweet voice. She loves when you sit on the ground so she can climb all over you. Ruby makes me feel like my heart is literally bursting with love for her! It's a weird feeling, and I never knew I could feel this way about a little tiny girl! I'm a lucky person to get to spend every day with her!

One year old Stats:

Weight: 21 pounds (48%)

Height: 30 inches (75%)

Easter Time

2011-04-26T10:45:00.000-07:00

Easter is a happy day for me! And when we get to celebrate it with a little girl it makes it that much happier! Holidays are definitely more fun when little kids are there to celebrate them with you... in fact, it's probably funner for us parents than it is for the kids.

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for weird little animals and so I talked Brian into getting some little ducks and chickens for Ruby for Easter. We got to the feed store and I think Brian secretly fell in love with the animals... so, Ruby didn't get one or two ducks and chickens... she got 1 goose, 2 ducks and 5 chickens. Just call us Old MacDonald! Anyways, the three of us love them and it made Easter a great day!

Wikie-Up

2011-03-13T21:55:00.000-07:00

I don't know what she does when she's sleeping but this is what she woke up looking like! I sat and laughed for the longest time and she didn't even know why, poor girl! I had her look in the mirror and she kept smiling and trying to touch it. Too funny!

Ruby

2011-03-10T21:31:00.000-08:00

Our little doll is 10 months old! She is the light of our life! She is so much fun to be around and is just happy all the time! She is getting to be so goofy and smart. She has only 2 teeth and likes showin' em off! She absolutely loves looking and waving at herself in the mirror. She instantly starts dancing-- or wiggling as soon as she hears music. She puts her blanket over her head and plays peek-a-boo and thinks its the funnest game in the world. She loves playing the "Im gonna get you Ruby" game, she yells and giggles as soon as you start coming for her. You would think because she's 10 months old that she would be crawling, but not even close... She turns herself in circles or stretches as far as her little body will let her to get what she needs. She sleeps about 11 hours at night and takes 2 naps during the day. She still drinks a 6 ounce bottle every 4 hours and has baby food 3 times a day.

A day at the Ellerman's home

2011-01-29T21:13:00.000-08:00

Ruby and I are home everyday together. We have lots of time on our hands which means lots of funny little pictures of her. She is my best little friend and she couldn't make my life more happy! She completes me! :)

I sat and giggled at this picture for a long time!

Her cheeks get in the way of her smile

She LOVES being outside

Showing off her only two teeth!

Relaxing watchin some TV

A sunny snow day on the mountains

Ruby's first battle wound.

Her favorite part of the day!

And this is what we do all day!

6 Months old... Practically a teenager!

2010-11-28T19:22:00.000-08:00

Miss Roo is 6 months old... actually 7 months now, but it has taken me a whole month to get myself to blog.

6 Month Stats-- Weight 17.2 pounds (58%) Height 27.5 inches (89%)

Ruby LOVES: Her crib, anything to chew on, bath time, carrots, sweet potatoes, and apples, she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, her bouncer thing, looking at herself in the mirror, pulling hair, her carseat, the ibuprofen bottle(the squishy thing on top to chew), outside, being naked, drinking water from a sippy-cup, football/volleyball games, to fake cough and laugh(maybe to make me feel good about myself??) her blanket on her face to sleep, tilting her head to the side to look at something...

Ruby DOESN'T LOVE: Green beans or peas, getting dressed for the day or getting her pajamas on, her nose cleaned out, church(she is so irreverent), when her pacifier falls out...

Ruby can't do anything too crazy yet. She sits up really good and just watches everything whats going on. She sleeps about 11 hours at night and takes 2 2-3 hour naps during the day. She eats around 7 ounces of formula 4-5 times a day and has yummy baby food 2-3 times a day. She wakes up happy and only cries when shes tired or hungry. She doesn't have any teeth yet (although I thought she was teething at 4 months). The doctor said she is very strong and healthy. She doesn't laugh for just anybody but when she thinks something is funny she laughs until she's worn out. When Ruby and I both sit down and look in the mirror she flops both of her hands around like shes waving, and then while Im waving she stops and when I stop she starts floppin her arms again... so, I dont know if she is trying to wave or if its just a funny coincidence. She babbles a lot even with her pacifier in her mouth... she hardly ever goes without a pacifier, when she sees it she grabs it and puts it in her mouth. Ruby pretends like shes just going to softly touch your hair but as soon it touches her hand, she has a death grip on it. She rolled over for about a week when she was around 2 months old but she has ZERO interest in rolling over now. She doesn't like being on her belly for very long which probably means no crawling anytime soon which Im okay with. She rocks back and forth when shes sitting up kinda like shes dancing. She has a high-pitch scream that gives me a headache but its a happy scream so I think its cute. She loves her dad and thinks he's the funniest guy in the world!

She is such a joy in our lives! I can't imagine life without her... well, I lie, I can imagine it but life is much better with her around! She is a SPECTACULAR baby and we ADORE her!

Aloha!

2010-09-07T08:42:00.000-07:00

WE LOVE HAWAII!

Brian, Ruby, my mom, dad and I all hopped on a plane and flew to Hawaii to visit Hannah and her family! It was an absolute blast! I don't think it could have been a better vacation for us. Ruby did AWESOME on the plane going and coming back. I feel like we lucked out on having a great baby, I just know future kids are going to be rotten because Ruby is just so fantastic.

Hawaii is a wonderful place to be and then to have all your favorite people with you makes it 10 times better! We did lots of fun things like:

Go to the beach a few times

Played tennis at BYUH

Nick and Brian went night spear fishing

Went to the Kaneohe Car Show

Had fun looking at cute babies

The Movie Tour at Kualoa Ranch

Tried surfing (Not cool by the way)
Hug my sister!

We also went to the Wet 'N Wild waterpark, ate at yummy restaurants, Brian went golfing with Lamar quite a few times, the Night Show at the PCC, flea market at the Aloha Stadium, went on lots of stroller rides and just loved being there!
It is fun going to visit my sister and her adorable family in Hawaii but I absolutely cannot wait until they move back, nothing is better than having them live 8 minutes away!
I love you sister! Thanks for the FANTASTIC time!

Life is good!

2010-07-02T16:38:00.001-07:00

Life is good when I get to wake up to this adorable little girl every morning. Brian and I just can't believe she is our little girl. What did we do in our life before Ruby?!... We really ask ourselves that everyday! She is super fun and such a good baby! Anyway, these are a few pictures that make me smile!

Pictures of Ruby

2010-06-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

So my super talented sister in law Sarah took these pictures for us and they turned out AMAZING! I love them so much! Thanks again Sarah-- You're a fantastic Sister In Law and a wonderful Auntie!

Ruby is 6 weeks in these pictures, I can't believe how fast it's gone by! I just know I'm going to blink my eyes and she's going to be a teenager! :(

Ruby...

2010-05-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

This picture makes me happy and I just thought I'd post it. Little Ruby can scream her guts out and frustrate the heck out of me but when I look at her when she's like this I just want to squeeze her and kiss her a thousand times! Being a mom is definitely one of the hardest things I've chosen to do in life but absolutely the most rewarding! We love our Ruby and couldn't be more proud of her!

She's here!

2010-05-04T22:05:00.001-07:00

Ruby Ann Ellerman
Born April 27th at 9:55 a.m.
Weighed 7 lbs. 14 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long

I never thought I could love a little baby so much! She is our Pride and Joy! I love her fuzzy black hair and her tiny little heart lips and her very large feet and how she got her daddy's Mexican genes and the way she goes cross-eyed when we are too close to her face and all of her funny/adorable noises she makes... she just makes my heart happy! Brian has always been afraid of newborns and I thought he might just kinda sit back and let me take care of her for the first little while... oh no, He is so stinkin good with her! He wants to hold her all the time and put her in all of her cute outfits, when she starts crying he hurries and makes her happy... He's just fabulous! I'm really impressed and proud of how good of a daddy he is! I can tell she's gonna have him wrapped around her finger!

Labor was surprisingly not bad at all. I expected the absolute worse and I was pretty proud of myself that I did it so easily! Epidurals are truly amazing! Everything went great and simple and I'm so glad she's here!

Eek! Scary picture of me!

Brian putting her first diaper on

Barely born

Momma Diane, Poppa Danny and Ruby
Proud Grandma
Grandma and Grandpa Ellerman with Ruby

32 Weeks, 8 to go... EEK!

2010-02-28T19:14:00.000-08:00

Holy smokes, I can't believe I have only two more months to go. Sometimes I get so nervous and freaked out that I'm actually going to be a mom and then other times I'm super giddy and can hardly wait to get her here!
We got our crib in last week and I ordered a cute little bedding set for her, but other than that... I have NOTHING ready. Is that normal? I don't know, but I feel like I need to start gettin busy with stuff or I'm going to get TOO giant and wont be able to do anything.
Life is good, other than heartburn 24 hours a day and not sleeping good at night! But, what can you do?
Brian putting the crib together

Yes, its weird looking at a picture of me being pregnant. WEIRD!

She's not an "It" anymore!

2010-01-14T09:48:00.000-08:00

Yup, a little girl is in my belly and I'm so stinkin excited! I am 25 weeks and feeling pretty okay. I hate not being able to sleep real well at night and going to the bathroom 20 times a day but I know it will all be worth it at the end! I'm very very nervous about delivering and being a new mom and everything in between, so any words of advice that I could use, I would love to hear!! I asked my sister a couple days ago if I was in for it, and she looked at me and said yep, you have no idea... haha. So, I can say I'm ready for the worst, but I'm probably not! It's okay, everyone does it right?
I feel like I've learned lots of new things I didn't know before I was pregnant, and I thought I'd share just a few...

-You really do cry over the stupidest things, and you don't even know why you're crying.
-It's okay if people look at you then your big belly while you're trying to talk to them.
-My buns and legs are the things that get bigger when I gain weight.
-Thinking about wearing jeans makes me want to throw up.
-Back aches suck
-I get heartburn even drinking water
-I just needed to get pregnant to see what the inside of my belly button looks like
-I feel like a grouchy old person all the time... poor Brian

Only to name a few! But baby is healthy and life is good!

New News at the Ellerman home...

2009-10-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Its not very often when we have new news, so this is a change for us... a big change... I am pregnant! Aahh! I never thought I'd be ready for a little baby to come into our lives, but its happened and we can't be more excited!
In the almost 2 years we've been married, I've been asked when we're gonna get started on a family about four hundred times. I always said never UNTIL Tanner and Elyssa's little baby girl was born in August and we went to go see her and I was holding her and I told myself that I'm totally ready to be a mom! That was either my body telling me I had to be ready or something else because at that time I was already a few weeks pregnant and I didn't even know! So anyways, it couldn't have happened any better for me! Brian has been ready to be a parent for a while... so we are two happy people!
Right now, I'm 12 weeks along and I'm due the end of April! Woohoo!

6 Months Later....

2009-06-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

Yep, it's true... I am not a good blogger and probably never will be. I think I love just putting new backgrounds on my blog to make it look like I'm blogging! So this is another new start for me!

I think the last time I wrote it might have been in November? A few things have happened since then!... I am so stinkin excited to say that we are finally in our new home! We have been living in an RV since we've been married and I was just about to lose my marbles because I just wanted a normal life and not camp anymore! So as soon as the carpet was put in our house, we dragged a mattress in the family room and slept there for a few weeks! We would sleep in the house, and then go get ready for the day in the camper... kinda funny. But as things were finishing up the more we moved in. We still don't have a shower door, curtains, or a stove or microwave (yes, we eat Casa everynight for dinner) and the rock outside isn't finished, but we are dang happy! Its exciting to decorate and paint and pick out furniture, all the normal homeowner stuff!

I'm so not a blogger!

2008-11-20T18:31:00.001-08:00

Okay this is it... I think this is a"blog" people have been asking me to do. This is all a big guessing game to me! We will see how it turns out! I forgot that Brian and I had a blog and figured I should probably start our little journal/blog!

Brian and I met the middle of June, 2007. He was a newly returned missionary and super shy! I called his little sister to see if she wanted to go longboarding around town. When I got to her house I remembered that her older brother had just gotten home from his mission and she asked him if he wanted to go with us. He was cute to me, but just really not my type. He wouldn't even look at me when he walked out of the house, I don't think he even said a peep the whole night. Anyway, he asked me on a date a few nights later and totally proved me wrong with his "shyness" He was such a goober! I loved it! He was so much fun! We talked til about 3 that morning and since then we've been head-over-heels for eachother!

November 2nd 2007, we were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa Arizona Temple. The temple ceremony, pictures, hair, flowers, dress, reception, etc... were absolutely perfect! It would have never happened if it wasn't for my sister! She kinda took the whole "wedding planner" job and did so stinkin good at it. I loved every bit of it! I still don't think she understands how grateful I am for her for doing that for her little sister! Anyway, we went to Cancun for our honeymoon and came back and jumped in to the real life as "adults". I finished school the end of that semester and worked at Casa while Brian was building homes for Ron Cox, which he is still doing.

We've gotten to do a few fun things this past year since we've been married... we got to go to Salt Lake for April Conference, did a few snowboarding trips, went to Six Flags with Amy and Kent, many many trips to Mesa and the temple, flew to San Diego with Adam, Steph, Adysen, Hannah, Nick, Dane and Paige and went to Sea World, and hung out at the beach, had fun birthday parties and this list goes on! Brian actually agreed to let me go on a fun McBride Girls trip to New York City which was an absolute blast! It makes me excited to take Brian to NYC when we get a chance!

Life is absolutely wonderful at the Ellerman's home! Our newest project is building a home! And Brian is actually building it himself, and I am soooo proud of him! He works 8 hours a day on building houses for other people then comes home and works 4-5 more hours on our house! He is a hard worker and am so thankful for him! I'm not a real big help because I don't have big muscles, and get cold too easy to stay outside til 9 at night, so thank goodness we have such supportive families and friends that help out when Brian just can't do things by himself.

Well... thats our first and hopefully not last blog! I'll try to remember that we have a blog and update it every once in a while!

A few of our wedding pictures

2008-02-25T19:51:00.000-08:00