Our hip hop happenings

Oliver Jeffrey Elmer

2010-12-18T21:34:00.003-07:00

It's a BOY! 7lbs 8oz. born at 10pm Dec. 18th.

Our Big Scare

2010-04-26T11:45:00.008-06:00

On Saturday afternoon we loaded up the kids and headed down to Arlington. I have been doing geneology work lately and was able to find the cemetery that my dad's Father and grandparents and great grandparents were buried. This was a neat experience because my dad hadn't really had contact with his father since he was 4ish. Anyway, we get to the cemetery and it's locked! The sign said it was under survailence at all times and to call a number for access (it was in a somewhat sketchy area of town). Well we called and called and nobody answered. Will decided that we would drive around to the back side and hop the fence (Arlington is not super close so we wanted to make this trip count). A man was out doing some yard work across the street so Will talked to him and discovered that there was an area you could squeeze in just past the gate. So off we went to the front of the cemetery again. I got my camera and snuck into the cemetery. A little while later while I was looking for the last of the headstones I saw Will and the kids heading toward me. Of course Ryan refuses to be held, even with a bum leg. The cemetery was not what you would call well kept. There were tons of weeds and very long grass you had to manuver in. Anyway we get back in the car and head for home. About 10 minutes into the drive Will noticed Ryan was breathing funny. We thought she was joking but she continued to Hyperventalate and wouldn't respond to us talking. I look in the rear view mirror at her and through it her face looked a bit swollen. I asked Will what he thought, and he said it looked that way to him also. She was still not responding so we pull off the highway to a gas station and ask directions to a emergency clinic because we thought our daughter was going into anaphylactic (sp?) shock. (since the grass was long I thought she could have been stung by a bee or bit by something or come in contact with something highly allergenic) This gruffy old guy follows me out and wanted to look at her. I thought this strange, but I wanted to get a good look at her myself. He said her pulse wasn't racing so that was a good sign and that we should follow him to a place up the road. On our way we were still trying to get a word or anything out of Ryan, but all I could see was saliva running out of her mouth. Then all of the sudden she just starts projectile vomiting (Owen thought this to be the funniest thing ever and laughed like I have never heard before). When she could catch her breath she said "I Ok momma dadda". Then we realized, of course she was just carsick. (I would highly recommend no long trips in the car after having two sippy cups of milk for this girl). When we pulled up to the ER place the gruffy old man came to our car wondering why we weren't rushing her inside. Then he took one look inside and got his answer. Come to find out he was a medic in the Armed Forces most of his life and his license place said he had a purple heart. He was so helpful and if Ryan really had been going into anaphylactic (sp?) shock he would have been the reason she survived. Lessons learned...if traveling more then 20 min with Ryan in the car, cover her car seat with plastic and really the whole area around her with plastic. Our daughter just naturally has a puffy looking face. And in order to make Owen Laugh hysterically, just have Ryan vomit.

Missy Moo's boo boo

2010-04-05T18:49:00.004-06:00

We started the day off great watching Conference while helping Uncle Joe paint fishing lures
I mean look at how helpful the girl is (or maybe how patient Joe is with her helping)

She even got her nails painted for the very first time. After Uncle Joe painted them she came running into the other room to show me saying "Pretty, Doe do pretty mommie"

Then comes the boo boo. Ryan broke both her tibia and fibula, but doesn't let it get in the way of her playing some galaga and Mrs. Pac Man

Ryan got her real cast on today. She is now to the point where she is walking along furniture just like Owen. The Doctor said she would be able to walk in the cast by next week. I'm guessing within the next two days. If this girl has a task she wants to master, she wastes no time mastering it.

Whats Going On

2010-04-02T18:23:00.005-06:00

Look at me, I can pull myself up, and I have two beautiful teeth that may or may not be growing in crooked.
Which book should i read?

It had been a little while since I had seen Ryan when I heard "go nigh, nigh baby" and a door slamming shut. I was instantly angry at Ryan (Trying to overcome the quick to anger business), rushed to the bedrooms to make sure she knew it was not good to wake up Owen (he had been napping only 30 min) when I realized she was putting her lovey to sleep in my bed. When I reached her she said, "shh..shh...baby sleeping." Then she opened the door to my room, went in and gave her lovey a big kiss and an even bigger hug. What a sweet little girl. See why it is so ridiculous of me to be so quick to anger?

I thought this picture was so silly. Looks like I am training up a couch potato, and he couldn't be happier about the practice.

This little man looked too sweet in this photo to not include it in this post.

Dear Texas...

2010-03-21T08:37:00.002-06:00

Since I provided you with a most beautiful week, I decided to take the weekend off. Don't worry I will back in business Monday.

Hoping you understand,
Spring

A Few of My Favorite Things

2010-03-16T10:18:00.012-06:00

Ryan Loves to read, these are just a few of her favorites right now.

Since we do not currently own Goodnight Moon, we make sure we have a library copy as frequently as possible.

Ryan absolutely loves her heart pajamas. She refuses to wear cloths most of the day, but if it is time to sleep you'd be hard pressed to try to do it if she doesn't have her "jammies, jammies" on.

Her pink ice cream cone ("sucker") isn't absolutely necessary but it definately helps.

When she hears Owen wake up from his morning nap you should see the excitement on her face!

Yeah her "Mister Man, man, man" is awake and ready to play

Don't let the look on her face fool you, this girl loves her some hearts...

"Flyas..."

circles...and not pictured though equally loved are clocks. If Ryan sees any one of these things she goes crazy with joy and says the name of it over and over again, until you confirm to her that "yes that is a circle (or whatever it may be), good job.

But nothing is better than playing with her "Onen"

Piano Man

2010-03-11T20:44:00.004-07:00

Owen absolutely loves piano music. When he hears it he gets so excited and starts clapping, if the song particularly moves him he will even start bouncing and dancing in his seat. We were at Joe and Stephanie's house one night and Luke was playing the piano, Owen was just in heaven, I think his reaction melted his great grammies heart. Now he loves playing his own piano.

2-10-2010=Ryan's Two!

2010-02-14T18:11:00.012-07:00

On Ryans birthday she woke up to one of her presents...

A toy kitchen! Compliments of Grandma (and Will spending near 2hrs putting it together). She was so excited and set off opening all of the doors saying "where food? where food?" So I let her open another present...

FOOD!!!!!!!

As anybody who knows Ryan knows, food is very important to her and loved dearly by her. She proceeded to play most of the morning with her food and didn't even ask to watch Harry Potter. Believe me that is a first. When Will got home from work we played with balloons then went out for Ryan's favorite food, Chicken nuggets with sweet and sour sauce and chocolate milk. After dinner we took the celebration over to the Guys house.

No idea where she gets that look from :)

Jack's laughing because Ryan tried to give him a kiss with a face all covered in frosting

Good thing we have the guys so close by to help unwrap presents

Owen and Charlie playing their own game...who can keep the bottle the longest

Christmas 2009

2010-02-14T18:00:00.008-07:00

We were able to go to Washington for Christmas...We started off in Spokane with the Elmer's. It was the first Christmas in three years we were all able to be together There was lots of game playing, junk food eating, Rockband playing and very little sleep. This was our first year doing a Memory Christmas. Each member of the family had one person to write a memory about. I think it was a hit and hope it is a new tradition.

What a sweet little man cuddling his Grammy

We will just lead you to believe Ryan was sharing the puzzle

Doggie Pile

Owen and Poppy having a very serious discussion

It snowed a little one day we were in Spokane and Casey took Bennett and Ryan out on the sled. Ryan LOVED it.

For New Year's Ryan, Owen and I headed south to my mom's (Will had to go back to work a couple days after Christmas). There were many dogs, cats, cousins and fun to be had. Too bad I didn't whip out my camera for any of it. Ryan and Owen warmed right up to their Grandma so I was able to get some good napping in.

While we were there my dad, Weihua and Wen came up to visit. We went to Chuck E. Cheese with Michelle, Chris and the boys

Ryan's favorite thing was putting the coins in the machines

Owen was just along for the ride, I have a feeling this is going to be a common theme in his life

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T09:38:00.003-07:00

Ryan was a pro Trunk or Treater

Seriously the cutest Scarecrow ever! Don't you just want to give him a good squeeze?

Maybe Ryan has been sneeking Madonna music behind my back because I think she is in the middle of a vogue pose.

Shy cow

Cute snapshots

2009-11-01T09:28:00.004-07:00

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-01T08:46:00.004-07:00

You must resist the urge to eat this little cutie up

Maybe it should say I am this short this fall...

Nemo! She was so happy to see him although she calls him "wa wa" because he lives in the water

Ryan loved the bounce houses

This was taken on our hay ride, which of course Ryan loved as well.

Owen Fix

2009-09-04T09:39:00.003-06:00

For all those who needed one...

A day with Dingo

2009-09-01T14:13:00.005-06:00

They both ignored the photo op

At least they are both looking here

Ryan discovered that Dingo had a nose today
And she couldn't be happier!

Ryan had a great day playing with Dingo. She would go and snuggle up with him under the table. Then a little later she found him on this couch and climbed right up to him and gave him a hugs and kisses and discovered his nose. A little later Dingo grabbed a piece of her other good friend Mr. Potato Head and she ran after him saying "no, no, no dee dee." All in all she had a great day with Dingo. I think she will really miss him when we move.

I'm a little bit crafty

2009-09-01T13:53:00.005-06:00

I wanted to make flash cards for Ryan, so I looked all over the Internet for ideas. Well as many of you may know I don't have a lot of experience with craftiness so I was a bit overwhelmed. I finally found this site. I printed off a set of flash cards and fancied them up. They are not quite done yet, I need to get a ring instead of ribbon to hold them together. I call it "semi-homemade"

EFR 09

2009-08-10T20:12:00.004-06:00

Money dig (Ryan's goal was to get the most sand in her bag. I think she got about $2.75 and 3 pounds of sand)

So the last week of July we were able to attend EFR 2009 in Utah. We flew to SLC. This was Ryan's first time flying and she did pretty ok for a girl of her age. Luckily our cousin Aaron was on the flight to SLC so she was able to fall asleep across his and Will's lap on the last leg. Then Uncle Dan drove us down to Lehi, and to thank him for his amazing driving skills, she threw up and threw up, then threw up a little bit more. This was Owen's second time flying so he is pro. On Sunday Casey with three kids in tow (can't believe he survived flying with all of them by himself) Jeff, Peggy, Malerie, Robby and Brisa all made it down. Ryan was having the time of her life with her cousins she was giving all those under 4 ft tall hugs and kisses whenever she could. She also stayed up hours past when all her cousins went to bed, because she was sure there was still partying to be done. Monday we travelled up to the Elmer Family Reunion. Ryan had no idea this trip was going to be even more fun. When we got there and everybody had on the same shirt she thought she was pretty hot stuff, especially when she saw her Ella and Nate in it as well. EFR was loaded with fun and late nights. Its always fun being able to get together with eachother. Out of the 88 of us (now 89) less than 10 were missing. Can you say tons of Elmers! Amanda and Miles were very missed.

Brother/Sister Love

2009-08-10T19:56:00.005-06:00

So Ryan is a very loving big sister. She loves to hold Owen (especially if it is to show off how cute she is being to anybody in the room), She loves to take Owen's pacifier out just so she can put it back in, she loves to console him by patting him on the back (sometimes more agressive than necessary), and she has recently started juicing Owen, yes juicing him. She even says "ju, ju" when she is doing it, thanks to Sam and Luke for teaching her (or not). She is going to grow up thinking juicing is a common thing that everybody knows about, since you all are wondering what the heck juicing a person is you know how very wrong she will be. Owen loves his sister and smiles when he hears her and crys when she crys, tender, I know.

The Return of Jeff & Peg

2009-07-08T13:23:00.009-06:00

Jeff and Peggy returned to the states on the first of July. There was quite a gathering of people at the airport to welcome them home. After they got over the initial shock of being in America Peggy made this profound statement... "You are all so colorful!" She later explained that was because we didn't all have dark hair, dark skin and dark eyes like the Peruvians. We are so happy to have them back and glad they made a special stop to visit us on their way home. As always we do not have any pictures documenting the moment, but our fabulous photographer Judy documented the baby blessing and baby shower. Thanks Jude!

We really are good parents, sometimes we just forget to fully support Owen's head.

Love Jeffs face in this picture

My dad and Weihua flew down for the festivities

Owen tells great jokes

Stephanie also hosted a baby shower the same evening as the blessing

Ryan, Nathan and Elle "The gang." Ryan calls them "Lella" and "Neigh"

Where have you been all my life tissue paper?!

Pure Joy

Isn't tissue paper great? It sure turns Ryan into a whole new loud mouth party girl!

Who knew tissue paper could be so exciting

Ryan is always taking babys binkies and giving them back, so thoughtful really.

Summertime and the livins easy!

2009-06-23T15:39:00.010-06:00

We have been spending a whole lot of time in the pool lately and Ryan is Loving it! It amazes me everytime she gets into the pool how natural it is for her. Within minutes of having her floaties on she was pro. She is quite the daredevil as well as you will see in the following video.

Check out this sweet spray park!

Ryan has been enjoying all the cousins around to play with she's always talking about her homies and how dope they are. And if you are wondering how Owen is enjoying his summer here are a few pics. For some truly amazing pictures of Owen check him out at Urban Photo

Fathers day

Chilaxin like always

*Contrary to what you may see in these photos Owen sleeps quite nicely in his own bed*

ABC'S of Nicole

2009-06-16T08:53:00.016-06:00

A-Age: 27
B-Bed Size: Queen
C-Chore you hate: Doing day+ old dishes...the dryed on grossness is ten times harder
D-Dessert: I have dessert at least one time a day, it is very important to me. I have a major sweet tooth, I'll eat almost any dessert.
E-Essential(s) to start your day: Breakfast, otherwise i am not pleasant
F-Favorite Flower: Iris
G-Gold or Silver: Silver
H-Height: 5'4"
I-Instrument you play(ed): Not musical at all, i can play mary had a little lamb on the piano
J-Job you had in High School: Never had one, playing sports made that hard to do
K-Kid(s): Ryan 16 months, Owen 1 month
L-Lunch spot: Love Mcdonalds sleezy Cheeseburgers and Fries, but normally it is at my kitchen table
M-Mom's name: Sheryl
N-Newist item bought: Diapers
O-Overnight hospital stay:When I had my children
P-Pet peeve: Right now it is Dingo Pooping in the house after being let out to do so.
Q-Quote from a movie: Pink is my signature color (steel magnolias)
R-Right or left handed: Right
S-Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 stepsisters, and 1 step brother
T-Time you wake up: about 2-3am and 6-7 to feed Owen, then for real whenever Ryan decides to wake up(today it was 8:45!)
U-Underarm deodorant?: Shocking maybe, but I don't use it, ask anyone who knows me well enough to smell my armpits and they will tell you I don't need it. I am allergic to most deodorants so i just gave up and realized I didn't really need it.
V-Very surprising fact: I feel my answer to the last question was surprise enough for one day
W-Ways you run late: My kids
X-X-rays you've had: Of my back, neck, lungs and teeth
Y-Yummy food you make: All my food is yummy, it is just getting me to make it that is hard ;)
Z-Zoo animal: Lion

I tag Aimee, Michelle and Karen

Cousins, Brothers and Waterpark Fun!

2009-05-27T17:50:00.007-06:00

New Pics

2009-05-21T14:54:00.005-06:00

Owen and Ryan

2009-05-17T13:03:00.003-06:00

Owen Eugene

2009-05-16T00:12:00.004-06:00

Born at 11:43 pm on May 15th 2009. 6 lbs 13 oz. 21 inches long.

37 wks

2009-05-10T19:40:00.002-06:00

Owen has been so kind this last week, he dropped out of my lungs so now I can breathe again!

Happy Easter!!!

2009-04-12T22:01:00.003-06:00

Happy Easter to all! So Ryan went to her friend Ella's Birthday/Easter party, where for the very first time she got to experience an easter egg hunt and bubbles.

She picked up on the goodness inside of the eggs really quick, and was immediately snatching as many eggs as she could find. The cute part is she would actually put them in her little bag every time she found one.

This is her "I might be small, but I'm tough" face.

Playing with the bubbles on the grass was a real highlight, she was constantly doing her little dancing feet.

And of course what is a great party without a couple of cupcakes!!

Conference Cuddles

2009-04-05T13:47:00.002-06:00

So Ryan decided that today was the day when she would be willing to sit still for longer than 6 seconds. She asked for her Daddy to pick her up and then sat on his lap for the next hour and watched the whole first half of conference with minimal wiggles and giggles.

There is a Phantom Baby Ghost in our House!!!

2009-04-05T13:22:00.003-06:00

31 Weeks

2009-03-29T10:24:00.002-06:00

So here is Owen at 31 weeks...Isn't he cute!

Marley & Me, and Benji, and a chair

2009-02-26T17:27:00.002-07:00

I got to spend a whole day at my cousin Benji's house, where I played a lot of piano, danced to my hearts content, and played on this chair.

I had to show Benji that I wasn't some sissy, so I did a little Krav Maga move on him that put him right down on the floor.

Marley has become a good bunk buddy and does an excellent job of keeping my feet toasty.

What a silly Cat!

Dancin' Dancin' Baby Girl!!

2009-02-21T18:01:00.004-07:00

I Wanna Be a Missionary Now!

2009-02-15T12:47:00.003-07:00

My Grammy and Poppy sent me this beautiful Peruvian dress, and Grammy sent me one of her old nametags, so I am all set to do some missionary work. Right now I am teaching Marley. He seems to be coming along nicely, but he has a major Word of Wisdom problem that he is not willing to give up. Also he has a live in (the garage) girl friend, who has had countless illegitimate children. Well I am going to keep pushing the work forward, thanks Grammy and Poppy.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

2009-02-10T20:15:00.008-07:00

So my dad wakes me up this morning and says its my birthday. I had never heard of a birthday before so I just ignored him and went on my merry way with playing in the places that I should not be playing. But now I see that a birthday, scratch that MY Birthday, is all about pampering me. I could really get used to these birthday things!!

Dad fed me my favorite lunch. Pizza!! and yeah I like getting all messy

just chillaxin, after I got my grub on.

No woman on earth likes being photographed while they are in the bath!

after intense grubbin, I got my clean on, and then I like to wander in my cute robe

After bath time it was time for noontime nakedness.

Dad caught me trying to sneak out of jail and into the kitchen to go and eat some of those tastey kitty food snacks.

Spent a good amount of time petting my Marley-Man.

He was extra cuddly so I gave him some extra luvs.

This Incredibly cute bow was given to me by my pal Lexi.
I just look too cute in this picture not to blog it.
Some of my girlfriends came over to party.
This is the special lady who made all this cuteness happen.
And this is the cup cake my daddy made for me.

I saw this singing tea set at the store and it just made me want to dance.

Presents, Presents, give me Presents!!!

Apparently I was supposed to spit on the cake before we could eat it, but I didn't really get it so I let my friend Ella do it.
My dad wanted to torture me, by taking so many pictures of me eating cake, of course that didn't stop me from eating it.

I would drink the frosting if they would let me.

I am not going to lie, cup cakes are my thing.

This is my posse, from left to right is Harper, Me, Ella, and Lexi.

This birthday thing just wears me out!!!

Is this real life?

2009-02-06T20:00:00.002-07:00

Great Giveaway!

2009-01-21T13:53:00.003-07:00

Check out this amazing giveaway!

http://inevergrewup.net/giveaway-25-bumbleride-indie-stroller/

I've yet to win any of the countless giveaways I have entered but it would all be worth it if I win this one!

He's Crafty

2009-01-17T20:13:00.002-07:00

So we got this tapestry when we were in Peru about a year and a half ago. We knew we wanted to put it here in our stairwell but didn't know the best way. Will had purchased these bamboo sticks on a massive sale apparently so with our collaborating minds we came up with this and Willie put it all together. I think it looks great and it covers up the horrible taping job that was done on our walls.

Yeah, I can Walk!

2009-01-09T14:31:00.003-07:00

Oh and for all you that are interested, the gender of my little sibling will be found out on Tuesday. I also want to give a shout out to Rob and Kristen, for letting me and my parents stay with them. Those kids are crazy (Cole you know what I am talking about), oh yeah and my dad has been crying ever since the last of Rob's chicken was gone.

My First Christmas!!!

2009-01-08T17:39:00.012-07:00

Welcome to my Christmas Blog. Come on in. Boy I have been pretty busy and have just a bunch to update you on.

So I am a devious little artist, and thanks to Grandma Weihua I look just ridiculously cute doing it.

Apparently Dad says I am a little too devious looking with chalk in my hand and I should put it back. Fortunately this outfit aloud me to hide all sorts of treasures.

So here I am just gettin my cute on. My Dad coined this new word for it. He calls me "Ceutiful", spread it cause it's going to be all the rage.

I look pretty dope in this sweater. It's my favorite, thanks Aunt Mich!

Food might be Oprah's drug of choice, but presents are definitely mine!!

So I was pretty down with the whole present thing; especially with the paper. Man that stuff is amazing!! There are very few feelings in the world great than the crinkly touch of wrapping paper between your fingers. Thanks to my Dad my fingers are more like tiny sausages. There goes hand modeling.

Grandma and Gramps got all the good presents so I kept close by to snatch them away as soon as I got a chance. I don't really know what make-up is, but i find the containers that it comes in to be quite tastey.

This present from Grandma was pretty awesome, its like my fav! though at first it was a real head scratcher to figure out.

These be my DOGGS!! They may be about as big as you can get, but they are really sissy. I ride on em' like I own the place.

This isn't my proudest moment, but in my offense he only got ahold of me because of some trippy Bayou Voodoo!!

I try to stay the center of attention at all times, which is pretty easy to do since I know where all of GG's most breakable possesions are.

I forced all my fans put their presents around me and forced them to watch as opened, and destroyed, all of their gifts.

My cousin Carson is apparently in a gang. His street name is C-man, and this picture shows him giving his gang sign; though my mom says that sign means a bad word. He is tough, FO REAL!!

This is my ride when I go to my grandma's house. It's Tight. Literally, I felt like my legs would fall off any moment while strollin' around.

So here is part of my maternal posse. We like to keep it real, except for my dad which I am pretty sure was hiding behing me to hide is ever growing waste line.

This is me and my peeps just doing what we do, Look Friggin Adorable!! oh and a shout out to Poppy who I can't wait to meet this summer.

Dad did this a lot over the break. I think it was because of all the eggnog.

I promise this was forced, I am not one to kiss boys by my own choice, especially a cousin, cause last I checked that is a violation of all sorts of laws.

What Have I Been Up To?

2008-12-17T19:28:00.005-07:00

My parents have conceded to the fact that you all look at this blog to see me, so let me fill you in on what I have been doing. I am a master at climbing stairs, I can stand all on my own, chase after my kitty kitty or as I call him Ki Ki. Oh, I love my walker, but my parents don't have any pictures of me with it. They aren't the greatest at taking pictures of all my achievements, but hey nobody's perfect. I have three teeth, the fourth is really close to coming in. I love cheese, anything with bananas, peas and squash. Blueberries are a great addition to any meal. I have become the master of destruction, I mean dad needs something to do while moms at work right? Well here our some pictures my parents happened to remember to take. Enjoy!

Love Ryan

Killer Robot Baby

2008-10-31T18:17:00.005-06:00

Ryan won the costume contest!!!!

Baby saves the Day!

2008-10-16T16:37:00.002-06:00

So today I had a big presentation in my advanced estimating class. I and two of my classmates had to meet with a board of faculty members and discuss how we came up with our estimate and so on. Well the meeting was supposed to be only twenty minutes long, and since that was my only class of the day it was pointless to take Ryan to a babysitter. So as I entered the room I told them all it was bring your daughter to work day, then I sat her in the corner with one of her toys. She sat quietly in the corner for about the first 10 minutes, and then she decided to venture off. She crawled right over to the head of my department's chair and pulled herself up into a standing position and just gave him the sweetest puppy dog look. He looked down and just scooped her up and played with her during the remainder of our meeting. Afterwards all the teachers turned to him and just wanted to hold Ryan. They all kept on commenting on how she was just the cutest baby and if they could hold her. They did not mention anything about our presentation, so I asked my teacher how we did, and he said, "Well you brought the goods, but she sold the material."

We've got a crawler!

2008-10-12T17:58:00.002-06:00

Personal Trainer

2008-09-04T19:33:00.005-06:00

Ryan is helping Willie kick it in high gear as his personal trainer. She gets him out of bed and out on a run every morning. She gives positive encouragement from the deluxe seat of her jogging stroller. Since it seems as though winter is around the corner here in good ol' Rexburg (averaging just over freezing in the mornings), Ryan needed some warmer digs for the daily workout. Now who wouldn't want this little munchkin for a personal trainer?

Silly Giggles and New Tricks

2008-08-30T15:01:00.004-06:00

She thinks her daddy is the silliest of all.

You may be wondering who miss Ryan is staring at. She is staring at her Unkie Rob. She can't get enough of him and is always staring at him. Silly little girl

Last Comic Standing

2008-08-29T19:04:00.004-06:00

Ryan just started doing this today, tomorrow it will be Tae Kwon do, then THE WORLD!!!

Have You Ever?

2008-08-26T21:48:00.004-06:00

Have you ever been so hot while you were sleeping that you shouldn't have any covers on, but you just couldn't resist the feeling of a blanket on you?

Miss Ryan in the Grass!

2008-08-20T16:43:00.000-06:00

The Misadventures of Ryan Claire

2008-08-02T16:13:00.008-06:00

Which Way to the Beach?

2008-07-12T15:30:00.003-06:00

Which way to the beach mom? Don't worry about taking me, I'll walk there myself!

Hilarious

2008-06-26T19:08:00.000-06:00

Have Sun, Will Swim

2008-06-23T17:34:00.005-06:00

All suited up

This water is cold!

Take a seat mom, I'll Drive

Tennis Championships

Willie was quite impressed with my skills.

All in all it was a fun Hot day in the sun

I know we have been lazy and there is no excuse!

2008-06-14T21:10:00.007-06:00

I know I know, it has been quite a while since the last time we blogged so I will catch you all up to speed. As of the beginning of May Malerie has moved in with us to be our Nanny, and she is fantastic by the way, but you can't have her so neener neener neener. I have been spending the last two months doing an internship for my major. I am working for a surveying company so I get to spend a lot of quality time outside, which really would not be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that we are still seeing regular snowfall. 4 inches on Wednesday up in Island Park where I have been working a lot lately. Nicole, as ever, is the real trooper in this household. She makes the money, bakes the bread, does the laundry, budgets the money, keeps the babies in line (and there are multiple babies in this house), and still manages to look like a million bucks. There is no need to tell you all that I married up, way up. So today is her 26th birthday!! yay!! So if you think Nikoliolipoki is pretty cool you better send her a quick little comment. If that is too hard you can just send her a $1000 in the mail (all checks are to be made out to W M Elmer). Ryan is about as cool as babies get. Every day she shows some new personality trait. One of her real funny quirks is that she just loves Guitar Hero. Every time we start playing she can't help but wiggle her little butt around and shake her feet and giggle. She especially like the Kaiser Chief's song "Ruby", which we have changed to "Ryan". So a few weeks ago the sun decided to emerge for a day so Nicole and I went to buy a hat for Ryan. We wanted one that had a brim that went around her whole head, well anyway I am just going to post a picture of the only hat for little girls that we could find in the tri-state area. It is just ridiculous.
So Ryan is rolling over now, but she really doesn't like doing it for daddy, so he has only seen it happen once, but mom and aunt Mally say she does it all of the time. She has also taken to jumping up onto ledges and just sitting there and commenting on our cooking techniques.So her 4 month doctor's appointment was this past monday, and she clocked in at a whole 24 inches in length and 11 lbs, 11 oz. She just struts around all the other babies and says "don't hate me because I'm Beautiful". As of late our favorite nickname for her is "mon-chi-chi", you might remember those adorable little hairy monkey dolls from the eighties who sucked on there thumbs. She is not exactly hairy, and she doesn't suck on her thumb, but she does act like a little monkey. though if she is in a bad mood, which does happen on occasion we dub her "crankerpants". The best part about her being in crankerpants mode is that it is usually because she is hungry, and if you are holding her facing towards you she will lung at your open fleshy neck mouth gapping open and just gum it to death. all the while squaking like some kind of baby demon vampire. Oh yeah Marley really likes binky's.

So that in a nutshell is what we have been up to as of late, we will do better in the near future!

Marley's first Adventure

2008-05-23T19:31:00.001-06:00

Full of tricks

2008-05-14T20:25:00.005-06:00

This video is sideways but totally worth the neck ache you may get watching it.

Just like Uncle Jerry!

Tarzan of the jungle and Who are you!!

2008-05-11T16:51:00.002-06:00

Tarzan of the Jungle

Who are You?

Ain't Nothin but A G-thang Baby!

2008-04-28T14:11:00.003-06:00

So our cat Marley is the biggest wannabe on the planet. Nicole must of been blarin' some Snoop Dogg or Tupac recently, because now all K-man (that's Marley's Gangsta name) wants to do is be a thug. Here he is caught in the act practicing his lowrider techniques. This is one bad Kitty that you just don't wanna mess with. YOU FEEL ME!?

Happy Birthday Mom!!

2008-04-21T18:20:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday Mom!! Well your getting to that wonderful age where senior discounts are aplenty. I hope dad takes you out on the town. Most likely you have some busy meetings that are keeping you from doing anything. Well Ryan just wanted you to know that she was thinking of you. We love you and miss you!!

Tricks are for Kids

2008-04-20T16:40:00.003-06:00

Although some of you may think Will is helping her to stand, he is only supporting her from toppling over.

Ryan says hello

2008-04-14T09:49:00.003-06:00

Like Mother Like Daughter

2008-04-11T16:59:00.004-06:00

So my mom found an old dress of hers. She claims she wore it when she was my age. I have yet to see pictures of her in it though. Maybe she doesn't want to make me feel bad for looking cuter in it then she did. Really it isn't her fault that she isn't as cute in it, I just happen to be the cutest thing on the planet.

Also another thing my mom and I have in common, besides wearing the same clothes is we both love to snuggle my daddy. He is really tired in this picture, it is finals week and he was beat. On another note I turned 2 months yesterday. I am now 9lbs 1oz and 21 inches long. Man I am getting big.

Wake up MOMMY and DADDY it's time for Conference!!

2008-04-06T09:54:00.002-06:00

So this morning we wake up to Ryan just yelling us to wake up because we are going to end up sleeping through General Conference, and that she does not want to miss her first General Conference ever. Ok, so maybe this is staged, or maybe she is a genious baby, you will have to figure out that for yourself. Either way she is dang cute!
Just chillin' with my Homies

Smile!

2008-04-04T11:17:00.003-06:00

Every day Ryan starts to show a little more of her personality, she is quite the smiley little monkey!

Thank You Grammy!

2008-03-31T15:23:00.004-06:00

Grammy, thank you for the lovely Easter dress, everyone thought that I was just the bell of the ball. Daddy is a little too far away in this picture to see the real cuteness so I'll have him take a closer picture.

That's a little better but I still think you need to get closer...

Whoa Daddy! I think that's a little too close.

Ryan and Twinkle BFF

2008-03-26T21:22:00.003-06:00

I introduced Ryan and Twinkle yestarday and it was love at first sight. If Ryan is crying about anything but being hungry I can just call Twinkle on over to sing and snuggle her she calms right down. Ryan returns the favor by trying to eat Twinkle, I don't know if it is a fair trade but I guess it works for them.

Time Out!

2008-03-25T12:00:00.005-06:00

I just wanted to take time out of my day to wish my mother a very happy birthday. So Happy Birthday Mom! (shes the one in the red) Thanks for teaching me how to be a strong woman and how to love unconditionally. I appreciate the way you raised me to be independent and the love you give to me and my little family. You are an amazing woman. I mean you even give your little dogs birthday parties.

Curly Hair

2008-03-24T14:51:00.003-06:00

I tried to get a picture of Ryans curly hair, this was as good as it gets.

Better UConn than Duke

2008-03-21T17:44:00.004-06:00

It is no secret that UConn is my number one least favorite college basketball team of all time. This is a disdain that started back in 1999 when UConn and Duke met in the championship game. During a pregame interview UConn player Khalid El-Amin was asked how their team was ever going to defend the Bluedevils. Khalid's reply was "You should be asking how they are going to defend me!" with all the cockiness in the world. The rest of the interview I can't recall because his english was quite improper and very hard to follow. Yes UConn ended up winning that game in the final seconds by three points, which should be impresive since I truly believe that Duke team was one of the top three they have had in the 18 years I have been watching. Since that game I have noticed a trend with UConn superstars...they are all extremely cocky and don't give proper respect to other superstars in the nation...and most of them give unintelligble interview responses. I place blame on Jim Calhoun for not believing it to be important enough to teach these boys to have some respect. Okay my original point was just going to be that I hope the UConn loss will take most of the attention away from Duke's horrible showing on Thursday. Ryan fell asleep sitting next to me while watching the intense game. Here are some pics of the silly position she was sleeping in.

Love the one knee up pose

Her feet are too cute

Sunday Best

2008-03-17T19:47:00.004-06:00

Ryan loves catching up on your guys' lives with me.

I mean look how intently she is reading. Her favorite thing to read are comments

Ryan's Baby Blessing

2008-03-11T17:55:00.003-06:00

So Sunday was Ryan's baby blessing and we had quite the turnout. Unfortunately we forgot our camera but Tanya and Jerry had one and took some pictures of the rather massive group. I think there was about 34 people in all who came to support us. Our Bishop was rather excited since it was daylight savings and everyone forgot to set their clocks forward, so no one was in church. We filled up about a third of the seats. I cried the whole way through the prayer like a little girl (no offense to little girls), so I am sure that nobody understood a word of what I said. My hands were like icicles so I stuck them in Nicole's armpits until it was time to give the blessing. Thank's to all that were able to come, and sorry to all who missed such an enjoyable miniature family reunion. This is basically the only picture we have of Ryan in her little blessing dress, what a cutie!

Ryan's first photo shoot

2008-03-05T12:41:00.010-07:00

Robby's friend Dan was kind enough to take photos of Ryan. Here are just a few of my Favorites. Which one is yours?

Ryan's Dad is Amazing

2008-03-03T19:36:00.005-07:00

So Ryan is a major sucker. All she wants to do is suck suck suck. This led to over feeding and consequently some vomitting. Time and time again we tried to get her to take a pacifier, but like her mom she is a gagger. Well tonight she started acting hungry just 30 min after I had fed her. While I was enjoying a bath Will was trying to calm Ryan. In despiration he tried the pacifier one last time and it worked! I'll be honest I am not the most excited that she needs one, I am nervous about weaning her from it in the future, but for now we are happy to have her stop crying.

My Good Little Sleeper...

2008-02-28T15:21:00.003-07:00

So the other day I was vaccuming the livingroom while Ryan was sleeping in the swing, I was not sure if she would wake up or not, but I was interested to see how loud I could be while she was sleeping. After vaccuming for quite a while I look at the swing and see her still asleep but covering both of her ears, as you can see here. Now this is a common occurence since her daddy just does not know how to be quiet.

Tagged

2008-02-28T08:30:00.005-07:00

Rules:

1. Answer the questions
2. Tag 3 others and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

Questions

10 yrs ago...

I was a Sophomore at Hanford High School in Richland, WA. I was still playing tons of basketball and soccer. I was quite a homebody, but I know during that summer i loved going down to the Columbia River and Jog. not that I really jogged, I walked, but my Best friend Aimee and I still always told our parents we were going down there to jog.

5 Things on my list to do today...

1. Feed Ryan multiple times (sometimes I think she may be part leach)
2.Change Ryan's Diaper multiple times
3.Get the Spare bedroom ready for my sisters family
4. Clean the bathtub so I can take a bath(I have a thing with the bathtub needing to have been just recently cleaned or I cannot relax while I am in there)
5.Call my work to see how much they are missing me

Snacks I enjoy...
Candy, candy and more candy. Resees Peanut Butter Bites are my all time favorite, but the Hersheys company (without consulting me, their biggest customer) decided to discontinue the product. When I was pregnant I would crave them, no other kind of Resees would fill the void, so I would go to the store in hopes they would have some and then get quite emotional when they weren't there honestly I broke down in the middle of walmart, poor will didn't know what to do. Also I love apples. Fuji's are my current favorite diced up with some peanut butter on the side.

3 Bad Habits...

1. I crack not only my knuckles but everything else you can crack on your body. It is an especially bad habit in public because I guess some of you think it is disgusting.
2. Elbowing Willie in the middle of the night if he is breathing too loudly for me to fall asleep
3. Leaving the cloths sitting in the dryer too long, making them all very wrinkly

5 Places I have lived...

I will highlight five, although there are 15 places if i counted them all

Barrington, IL (I was born there)
West Richland, WA (I claim this as my hometown out of the 15)
Wells, NV (Don't blink as you drive by, you'll miss it)
Spokane, WA (where I got myself educated and found the love of my life)
Rexburg, ID(artic jungle of idaho)

5 Jobs I have had...

Pizza Hut (you know the coupons you get on your front door when your not looking? that is what I did, walked through neighborhoods hanging coupons, great job for exercise and tanning)
Wells Rural Electric Company (I did various things there, my favorite experience was when a woman came in to pay her electric bill and she grabbed the cash from her bra as if that were totally normal)
Target (I worked in what they call Softlines, which is the clothing and shoe half of the store, have you ever noticed the shirts being hung a finger width apart to make the store look nice? that is what I did, I graduated from that to the operator silly job for somebody with such a quiet voice)
Shade Clothing( I was basically a warehouse rat, If you ever ordered from the company I was the one who packaged it, also the warehouse was a disorganized mess when I first started so they decided in our spare time to have the 5 girls and 1 boy who worked there move all the 30 plus pound boxes of shirts all around. You should have seen my ripped arms after that.)
Dental Hygienist(I am currently working at my favorite office, I love the people I work with, the patients and not working on mondays)

5 Things you don't know about me...

1. I accidently had a mullet when I was 6 that took far too many years to grow out
2. I used to blast my moms barry manillow 8 track with my sister and do a dance to "jump, shout, knock yourself out"...we are big fanallows
3. I love batman because of my mother, not my husband
4. I recently realized that I am very judgemental about women who don't seem to have an ounce of independence in them
5. I love to dance

What if I suddenly had a million dollars...
I would pay off my student loans, our house, give Willie some to do whatever he wants with without having to run it by me first. Fix our car and invest the rest

I am tagging Alyssa, Karen and Abby

Just like her Daddy

2008-02-25T20:35:00.002-07:00

Sleeping just like her Daddy. Willie is notorious for sleeping in this position, amazingly enough I have not recieved a black eye from this. I say this because at night I roll over from side to side and smash my face into his poky elbows, never fails.

Wanted: Dead or Alive...

2008-02-25T19:58:00.004-07:00

Wanted: Willbilly "the hillbilly" Elmer
Reasons: For importing and exporting dangerous and illegal materials into the U.S. by means of illegal transport. A warrant was posted for his arrest on the 13th of June 2005, where upon said perp disappeared without a trace. He has been known by a number of alias's namely: Sticky Finger's Stew, Big Belly Bill and Bald Butt Bart. Suspect will not have any facial hair due to the fact that he cannot grow any, (even though he is technically a full grown man). We suspect midget blood due to his small hands and constantly reaking of sausages. Suspect is highly dangerous, due to his extensive good looks and karate training.
Reward: $50

So the real boring reality of it all is that I was mistakenly arrested for driving without a commercial license. It ended up that I never needed one, but I am sure it is all my fault because the police never make mistakes. I spent a total of 5 hours in the county lock up which was more like a lobby than a jail. They treated really nice and even gave me complimentary sandals to go with my complimentary cavity cleaning, and I don't mean the Dentist kind of cavities. My bail was $50 dollars which of course I did not have on me since they only take cash, and one of my friends came and paid my bail. It took another 6 weeks and two court proceedings of me doing a bang up job defending myself before the state dropped its case against me. To be honest I kind of miss my sandals.

Tag I'm It!

2008-02-22T11:40:00.001-07:00

Leigh tagged me so here I go.

10 Years ago...I was a sophmore in at Ferris highschool in Spokane, I was not quite old enough to drive, so I was probably still way into bikes. Most likely weekends involved playing Goldeneye on the N64, Oh wait I totally remember that I got asked to a Sadie Hawkins dance by this older chickie and I snuck out of the house in a white 70's leisure suit. She took me to Olive Garden and I ate so much salad that I was gassy all night.

5 Things on my list to do today...1. Finish Subcontractor spreadsheet for estimating; 2. Post a Ryan Blog; 3. Clean up the thousands of dirty diapers strewn around the house; 4. Make Dinner (Probably Macaroni); 5. Brush teeth.

Snacks I enjoy...String Cheese, homemade cookies (we do this a lot now thanks to Matt Elmer's great recipe), chips (any kind), my baby (I can't help myself from taking a nibble now and then).

3 Bad Habits...1. Picking my nose and rubbing it in between my legs (that way when you walk they rub right off, or so that's the theory); 2. Biting babies; 3. Not taking my Asthma Medication (this one Nicole told me to put down).

5 Places I have Lived...1. Spokane, Washington; 2. Las Vegas, Nevada; 3. Orem, Utah; 4. Rexburg, Idaho; 5. San Antonio, Texas.

5 Jobs I have had...1. Tacotime grease monkey; 2. Filer at my dad's office; 3. trucker; 4. Framer; 5. Warehouse supervisor.

5 Things you don't know about me...1. I won a coloring contest when I was 7 from Albertson's; 2. I got an A in Quantitative Reasoning but always called it Quantative Reasoning until my wife just recently corrected me; 3. I forced Robby to turn off the light in our bedroom every night, even when he was already asleep; 4. I was arrested 3 days before I got married (the irony is that it was on the same day Batman Begins came out which is my favorite movie); 5. I sang the National Anthem For Steve Forbes at a luncheon when he was running for president, I also sung with Shania Twain in concert, but here's the real kicker- I really can't sing.

If I suddenly had a million dollars...I would pay off all our school debt, invest most of the rest, start a college fund for Ryan, take an extended trip to europe, and fix our car.

I am tagging Sean, Aimee, and Nicole.

More Faces...

2008-02-22T10:43:00.001-07:00

The Many Faces of Ryan Claire

2008-02-22T10:31:00.002-07:00

Whoops! I Pooped Your Pants!

2008-02-20T15:05:00.003-07:00

So Ryan has been playing a very mean trick on her daddy lately. Every time I get handed the little bugger for a burping and changing she does something that I am sure most parents have had happen to them, but seem to neglect to tell new parents. What I am talking about I am sure you can guess from the title. I have been trying all sorts of techniques to get her to clean out her system before the changing of the guard, but everything I try seems pointless. As soon as her diaper is opened she manages to wiggle just right and shoot poop right on my pants. I really think she does this on purpose because I keep her fairly well covered, but she is such a wiggly one she manages to get her little bum above the guard and start firing. Sometimes she tricks me with a couple of toots to fake me into believing the coast is clear, but then she catches me off guard and it's a done deal. I apologize to the possible graphic nature of my little shpeel, but I wish someone had explained to me that this would happen. So please, let me know what are the tricks you guys use to avoid these little B-52 bombers? I only have 3 pairs of pants so I could really use some advice as to how to make them stay clean for longer than 2 minutes.

My new best friend

2008-02-19T21:36:00.003-07:00

So Ryan decided that 4:30 AM was a perfectly reasonable time to be awake for a couple hours this morning. I tried everything to get her to fall back asleep, but she wasn't having it. I gave up and we went downstairs around 5:30. Needless to say I was exhausted and could barley keep my eyes open. I decided to put her in her swing, that way I new she was safe, well i new she was safe after I put the cat up in his room with the door shut. He just can't contain his need to pounce when Ryan is in her swing. With the worry of the cat taken care of I laid down on the couch and to my surprise woke up at 8AM, i hurried to the swing to check on Ryan and she was sound asleep. So that is how Ryan's swing became my new best friend.

Sleeping Beauty & the Beast

2008-02-18T17:36:00.001-07:00

1 week old

2008-02-17T17:42:00.002-07:00

Well it has officially been one whole week that Ryan has been a part of our family. Already she has met several of her goals namely: 1. Poop in at least 80 diapers; 2. Sleep well over 20 hours a day; 3. Pee on Daddy at least twice; 4. Read Les Miserables; 5. Dunk a basketball. I attribute Duke's game against Maryland this week to Ryan's desire to dunk a ball. Also I told her reading the Cliff's Notes for Les Miserables doesn't really count, but she is counting it anyway. So as you can tell she has been very busy this week. By the way isn't her mom Hot? Ryan's mom has got it going on!

Backseat Driver

2008-02-16T12:51:00.002-07:00

Ryan is just like her daddy, such a backseat driver. She's always like, daddy why are you driving backwards, daddy take a left on West Yellowstone, daddy take the back road to 2nd and turn left on center its the fastest way to Wal-mart. She really knows her directions, I think I am going to nickname her baby Garmin.

Aunt Mally and Ryan, eat your heart out Amanda!

2008-02-15T13:19:00.002-07:00

Sunbathing Baby

2008-02-15T12:09:00.003-07:00

So our mortal enemy Billy Ruben came by the house yesterday and called Ryan a yellow bellied baby. Well needless to say them is fighting words, so she woke up early this morning stripped of her onesie and jumped in her little bouncer, all the while saying, "whose yellow now?". So here she is working hard letting everyone know, especially Billy Ruben, that she is NOT a yellow bellied baby.

Hey Good Lookin Watcha Got Cookin?

2008-02-14T09:57:00.000-07:00

So Ryan was just feeling horrible yesterday for spending all night pooping and eating, so to make up for it she woke up early this morning and cooked us all a big breakfast. Unfortunately by the time that I got the camera she was zonked out by all that cookin'. She was interested though in whether you guys thought that she did a good job with the presentation. She is very self concious about these types of things. Well Happy Valentines day to all!

Naked Baby Photos...

2008-02-13T18:28:00.000-07:00

Poor Kitty

2008-02-12T16:35:00.000-07:00

So our cat Marley used to get all the attention he needed...now that is not the case. His new plan is to get as close to Ryan as we will allow and hope we will throw him a glance or two. See picture below.

Day 3

2008-02-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

For all you adoring fans out there here is the latest shot of the uber-celeb Ryan Claire. Despite our best efforts the Papparazzi seem to find ways to get shots of the girl. For now Ryan is shying away from coming out in public until she feels that the papparrazo's are under control. Unfortunately for her there seems to be a traitor in her entourage who seems to be uploading intimate shots of her and her closest associates. Oh and by the way if you think these pictures are just too cute, just wait until you meet her in person!

Finally a picture that does Ryan justice

2008-02-11T15:39:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Ryan

2008-02-11T13:09:00.000-07:00

Daddy and Ryan

2008-02-11T13:05:00.001-07:00

Baby's First Bath

2008-02-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

Ryan Claire

2008-02-10T14:30:00.000-07:00

She's 6 pounds and 3 ounces and 18 inches long. Already my attempts to teach her kung fu in the womb are paying off as she has already mastered the flying rabbit kick, and the crouching turtle punch. We really lucked out, she is such a cutie and a sweetie pie. Nicole was absolutely amazing, she was busy washing the dishes this morning, having babies at noon, who knows what she'll be doing tonight? She pushed for just about 20 minutes before Ryan popped out. We loved her instantly, and watched as she gave mom one of her own looks. I will be posting quite regularly from now on since we have someting worth posting about now. Get yourself ready for this girl, because she is something special!

There is no end in sight

2008-02-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

Just a few shots of our neverending snowfall here in the winter wonderland of Rexburg. Oh you may think you see the sun in these pictures, but just as you've thought that another storm comes blowing in. Although the forecast is looking good for my drive to work tomorrow, unfortunately when it is time for me to drive home and for the remainder of the work week the snow is just going to keep dumping.

Lounging Kitty!

2008-01-31T19:05:00.000-07:00

So I'm cleaning the bathroom, and hear Marley our kitty purring away behind me. When I turn around to see what he is so enamored by, I see this. Sitting in the sink rubbing up on it like he is in Nicole's arms. Seriously, our cat is a weirdo, he loves sinks, even more strange, he loves water. Any time you turn a faucet on he comes running up and starts sticking his paws in it. The worst is that every time you get into the shower here comes Marley trying to get in, and after your out, he jumps in and plays in the left over water.

My Two Boys

2008-01-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

These are my two favorite boys. Aren't they cute. It is quite rare to get either one to pose for a picture.

36.5 wks and counting

2008-01-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

So here I am today 3.5 wks until Ryan Claire is due! I thought I better get an updated picture on here because I confused so many of you by posting an old picture without saying it was taken weeks ago. I maybe should have picked a better place for willie to take the picture because the blinds make my right side a little blurry, maybe he was going for a little artistic effect.

Rexburg Temple by Night

2008-01-19T22:28:00.000-07:00

We just thought that for those of you who have not seen the Rexburg Temple yet, that we would take a picture and post it. It sits up on the hill just south of the BYUI campus. Its a pretty cool location since you can basically see it anywhere in the Snake River valley. Don't be fooled by its size though, it is technically a small temple.

"Love Bites"

2008-01-19T16:13:00.000-07:00

It may look like our little man is attacking Nicole, but what we actually have here is a case of the "Love Bites". Marley has this thing about cuddling up with any unsuspecting family member, and then he starts purring and licking your face; then in the heat of the moment he starts to nibble on you in an affectionate way!