The Baker Family

Family Pictures Time

2011-12-03T08:10:00.000-08:00

We finally broke down and had our family pictures taken. A friend of the family was able to take them and we all had a lot of fun with them. The kids did great but by the end of the photo shoot I think they had enough:) Here are the pictures we took.

Oh how time flies....

2011-11-17T16:34:00.000-08:00

Well as most of you know we have had an addition to our little family. Elias James Baker was born Sept.19 at 8:40am. He weighed 7lbs 14oz and was 20inches long. He looks completely different than Noah but just as sweet.

Noah is an amazing older brother and is growing up so fast. He is now 18months old and growing like a weed. He starts nursery soon and I have a feeling he is going to love it. He is such an active little boy.

Noah with his friend Piper looking for pumpkins

In October we blessed Elias and almost the whole family was there. We were so blessed to have them there supporting us. It meant the world to us that they came down from Alberta and Missoula. We had a great time having the family around. We were able to celebrate Canadian thanksgiving at Chuck-a-Rama:)

Dan has recently graduated from BYU Idaho with his Accounting Degree and has landed a full-time job with an accounting firm in Salt Lake. I am very proud of him! The boys definitely keep me busy at home and there is never a dull moment.

Our Noah!

2011-01-25T20:58:00.000-08:00

It has been way too long since I last blogged. Noah is now 7 months old and my has time gone by fast. We are still in Rexburg waiting for Dan to finish school. He is almost done and I can hardly wait!
Noah has been such a blessing and joy in our lives! He is such a happy baby that is full of laughter every day! He is starting to learn how to crawl and learn little tricks. I think the best one yet is coughing. I have been sick this past week and have been coughing quite a bit. At first I thought I got Noah sick as well but then I started to notice that he would only cough right after I coughed. I soon figured out that he was only mimicking me. I would pretend to cough and sure enough Noah would stop what he was doing and cough like his mom. Dan and I thought it was so funny. He also really enjoys listening to music and dancing. It is amazing how fast time goes by! Here are a few pics of Noah over the last 7 months..
First few weeks..
First few months

First Tooth, He now has 6!

So I guess that is a little bit of a over load of Noah but he has grown so fast, where did time go:)

Noah Daniel Baker

2010-06-21T20:51:00.001-07:00

Dan made us a Pregnancy chain to help us keep track of the days until Noah was going to come.

After a painful last month of waiting we had a check up on Friday the 11th and at the appointment the doctor said it would be best to be induced Saturday morning so we headed over to the hospital and stayed overnight preparing for the moment. Below you will see our bracelets, Dan's awful bed, and EJ getting ready for the big day. The video tells all.

The next morning the doctor came, broke the water and started EJ on the serious inducing drugs and there was no turning back. It was a long 25 hours, so we got a few videos of what was happening:

We waited around, got EJ the needle, and before we knew it Noah was born at 5:01 PM on the 12th of June weighing 7lbs 13 ounces (just as EJ guessed). Elizabeth did an amazing job and we are both happy that baby Noah is healthy. Isn't he cute?

These next 2 videos are just after the delivery when they were checking his lungs out, giving him a vitamin shot, and doing the official weigh in. He did not like the bright lights one bit.

After all that traumatizing stuff he calmed down and met his mommy, and we got a family pic.

Yep, Noah thinks he is the new CEO of our family.

After the stay at the hospital we got him home, and we will blog other stuff he's been doing soon. Thanks for all your support family and friends. We love you.

Getting Ready for Baby Noah

2010-05-24T17:24:00.000-07:00

Top picture is us going for a walk. We stopped at the hockey arena and snapped a pic inside the net, we think Noah will play hockey.

Chilling after the Jazz eliminated the Nuggets, we wish we lived in Utah.

This is Noah at his first Jazz game.

Noah started kicking and moving a ton because it was so loud in the arena.

EJ's 37 week belly in her Sunday dress.

This Picture is EJ's happy pregnancy moment I edited on my iPhone for fun. She looks peaceful... hopefully she is this peaceful during labor too.

This was shot with our new Flip Video we got so we can capture all the good moments with our new baby! The weather in Rexburg is different every day.

April means Spring...right?

2010-04-04T16:32:00.000-07:00

When most people think of April, they think early spring, Easter, or even General Conference. Well Mother Nature played a cruel April Fool's joke this year and it look like this....

This is a picture of our front door, pretty funny joke eh?

A lot has happened since the last time we updated our blog 6 months ago. In December Elizabeth finally graduated from BYU Idaho with her B.A in Social Studies Education. She was super excited to finish her student teaching. In a couple of years Dan will be done with his degree as well. He will graduate with an Accounting degree and then go on to get his Master's in Accounting and CPA. We will both be very happy when he is all done school.

Since moving into a new ward we have been given a new calling...sunbeam teachers. The primary in our ward is almost big enough to rival Reid and Lisa's ward, there are 4 nurseries and at least 2 of every other primary class. We have 11 kids in our sunbeams class and needless to say we are spent by the time we get home. Don't let their smiles fool you...

As most of you know we are expecting our first child in June and we are getting both excited and nervous for when the little guy comes. Here are a few pictures of Elizabeth over the last seven months....

This is at 4 months, 5 months, and 6 Months

Hopefully we will be a little quicker in updating our blog next time. That way you all can see pictures of our baby when he comes and not when he is a year old:)

Summer Fun

2009-10-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

Some photos and an update.

Here are some pics from our summer and fall so far. We had a great summer. Dan worked as a landscaper driving tractors and such in Driggs Idaho. Ej started student teaching and can't wait to finish up her degree in December. Other wonderful news: We get to move out of our apartment to a much nicer place cuz Ej got the job managing a large student complex here in Rexburg! Enjoy the pics.

Auntie Ej babysitting her niece Shanny and nephew Matthew up at the McLendon's in Missoula! (Nice new place.)

We are getting ready to take on the river in some cliff jumping and tubing! (sweet summer beard eh?)

What was Jayden looking at? The river was a blast ya'll!

Dan and Shanny having one of Phil's delicious burgers before hitting the river on the tubes!

This summer was all about the golfing. Dan played in two golf leagues and got his handicap down to eight. Ej got some new clubs and has even beat Dan on a few holes.

Ej has a beautiful swing, and has only improved this summer! What a natural.

I don't know why I always end up in that fairway bunker. It is my nemesis. Pretty sure I still shot par on this one... or birdied... Ya, birdied.

When Merle came down she got into the golfing spirit too. She isn't half bad, Mother like Daughter I guess.

There is no better way to greet the day. Amen.

I had my first experience hunting. I went up to Salmon Idaho with my buddy CJ and we wanted to find a young buck we could turn into some jerky.

We got him, but only after I scoped myself in the forehead and nose. Ha ha, gotta learn somehow I guess.

Oh yeah, Ej has a new shirt...

Quick Update

2009-04-27T11:16:00.001-07:00

I don't have my camera with me right now so I will have to add pictures later but I just wanted to give a quick update. Life is going good for Daniel and I. We finished our semester earlier this month and are looking forward to our summer. I am officially finished with all my on-campus course and will be doing my student teaching this September. I am really excited about finally graduating come December. Daniel has a few more years left so it is a good thing I like Rexburg:) We are currently managing a BYU Idaho approved housing complex called Appletree Apartments. It is actually a house and we live in the basement but it is pretty easy work and the rent cheap so we like it. Daniel is working for a landscaping company out in Driggs for the summer. The company is doing work on this Ranch that has a 30 foot Native American Statue in the back yard. It is a pretty cool statue, I will post a picture of it soon. Since the ranch is fairly large, has one of the nice views in Driggs, and has a 30 foot statue in his backyard, the owner must be fairly rich! I will make sure I post some pictures soon!

Wedding Pictures

2009-02-28T20:19:00.001-08:00

Here are just some of our favorite wedding pictures!

Our First Blog

2009-02-28T19:22:00.000-08:00

I decided that it was finally time to create a blog for Daniel and I. We have only been married for 2 1/2 months now and already so much has happened. We got married on Dec 13th, just in time to spend our first Christmas together. We decided that since we got married in Utah that we would spend Christmas with the Blumells up in Canada. It was nice having the whole family around for the first time in a really long time! It had been awhile since I was home during the winter time so it was a shock to Daniel and I getting out of the car in the -30 degree weather. Mom, Dad, and any other family member that was around worked really hard to have the new house done before Christmas and it looked great! While we were there we had the opportunity to have an open house with everyone that wasn't able to go to the wedding. It was so nice seeing everyone from the ward!
Another big event was Daniel's first game of hockey! Our soon to be brother-in-law Jayden was kind enough to take Daniel out for a game of hockey before we all went to see the Flames play that night. It was love at first sight for Daniel and he has been playing ever since!

Soon after we got back to Rexburg we experienced a terrible loss with the passing away of Daniel's younger brother Noah. On Jan.7th Noah (age 13) passed away in the Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City from heart failure. The loss was felt by many because Noah was loved by all who met him. We have received much strength and support by friends and family and can feel Heavenly Father comforting us always.

Daniel and Noah

Both Daniel and I are students at BYU Idaho here in Rexburg. I will finally be graduating in December with a Bachelors of Education while Daniel will eventually graduate with his accounting degree. We really like it here in Rexburg, the winters aren't the funnest but there are a lot of opportunities for us here.

We just want to thank both our families for all their love and support! We love you guys very much and are so grateful for all that you have done for us!!