Welcome everyone to our blogspot. We are the Martin family. Jeff, Courtney and Elise. We've created the blog so we can stay in touch with our family and friends. Hopefully through pictures everyone will be able to watch Elise grow since we are far away from most of our loved ones. So, if everyone will be active participants in the blog, I think we'll have a good time.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Beach babe and bathtub fun

Elise and I have been going to the beach about once a week these days. It is warming up and nice to get out of the house. Elise loves the water! She is not afraid of it at all. The waves knock her down and she just gets right back up without crying. I think she will miss it when it's time to leave.





Here is some bathtub fun with Daddy, he likes to give Elise bubble baths. She decided she wanted to wear some bubbles to try a new style. Lookin' good!

Too silly!! She loves the bubbles!






Sunday, April 13, 2008

Jeff's new ride, Elise having fun and getting a haircut!

Well, Jeff had a great idea of saving money on the ever increasing gas prices, so he bought a moped to ride to work. It gets 150 miles/gallon and it reaches a top speed of 26mph. We live right out the back gate of base and his work is only about 3 miles away. It takes him 12 minutes to get to work now instead of 6 minutes in the car. He hasn't gotten blown off the road...yet..



I think the bike looks pretty small compared to Jeff.



Elise's bangs kept getting in her eyes so we had them trimmed last weekend. This is the after shot.



Karen at Cuts by Us is Elises hairdresser, Elise has visited her two times so far. She has been wonderful!

Elise likes to make new faces now. I think she must get that from Jeff.


Elise I do believe has inherited a cleaning gene. She loves to sweep and use the swiffer. Hopefully, she will keep it up.


This is her car she likes to ride out on the back porch.

Elise looks really innocent in this picture, however she has learned how to throw a fit for no reason. A couple of times a day she will get mad at something and throw herself down and start crying. Have we hit the "terrible twos" early? Elise is saying about ten words now including, dad, dog, ball, meow, woof, mommy, uhoh, byebye, good girl and yes.