Surprises!

Surprises came in the mail today from Grandma and Grandpa Blackford... here's Berkeley with his new (and now 45 min. later, dead) toy! It is (was) the UC Berkeley bear.

 

And Alida with her new dress 

She drooled all over it, I think thats a good sign!

 

And finally, a video that summs up all our excitement... Alida talks up a storm!

(Sorry Enchanted, the movie, is playing in the background)

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!! We love you!!

Video

Here's another video of Alida- her attempt to roll over once again...

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Some words of advice from Robert Frost: "the best way out is always through." Nothing terribly exciting happened this past week, but here are a few pictures of Alida in her Sunday best, she is such a sweet little girl.

To begin with, here are a few of the most beautiful roses I have ever 

received- how pretty are these! Travis gave these to me after a 

tough day at work, what a perfect guy :)

And as promised, Alida in her Sunday best!

She's all giggles...

Here dad shows off Alida's chubbs...

My cute family.

And our sleeping beauty... the other night she gave us 7 hours of sleep!

Our First Roll!!!

Alida rolls over for the first time- and we catch it on our camera phone!!!

How cute is she!!??

4th of July!!

Our little lady couldn't stop smiling!

waiting for fireworks!!!!

Back to Work

Not very exciting. But hey, I get Friday off!

This and That

Travis jumps over Salt Lake City, a new Sunday afternoon activity :)

Beatrice & Zach's wedding, July 26!

Alida's cute pink robe, this is after her 1st shower-

On Father's Day:

The Berkster is getting so big... if you scroll down to one of our first posts you'll see a picture similar to this one- compare the two and you'll see such a big difference!

Alida's new outfit, courtesy of the Writer family!

The Blackford/Stout/Wilson/Ernst family @ Famous Dave's Restaurant

And finally, what a mess- I washed our red place mats 

with half our white and beige towels.. what a sad, sad story!! :( 

Alida's Blessing Day

Alida's blessing day, thank you everyone for coming out! It was a very special day for us.

Our day at the zoo- and temple dedication

Alida is looking thrilled to be going to the zoo for her first time!

Alida, Mom, and the Elephants...

Grandpa and Grandma, Travis, and Celestie-

Alida, Dad, and the Rhino's...

Alida and the Cougar...

Family picture with the Giraffes:

Waiting for the rain to settle down-

A true sales man for pest control-

 Temple open house

The past week or so-

Memorial Day BBQ & Balloon toss

Berkeley at his best:

Daddy & daughter, "I love you THIS much"

The many faces of Alida Stout-

Play date...