Elizabeth in her (almost) 8 month glory. She is having such a great time being so pregnant with a crazy 2 yr. old jumping all over her, whinning and crying (sarcasm, if you weren't sure).

We went to Shark Reef at the Mandalay Bay when Noah was up for a week. It was great! This picture was in the "tube" where the sharks and stuff would swim right over our heads. We couldn't use the flash, or the fish would disappear. There was another part where we could reach in to a shallow tank and "pet" the sting-rays. They are squishy and slime-a-licous.

Elijah in his Sunday best. What a stud huh?

Puerto Penasco pictures and Noah in LV

So Liz and Eli D. had a great time in Rocky Point (no surprise). I'm really not bitter about it... even though my last post was a tad on the jealous side. :-)



I forget what kind of fish this is, but it tastes 100% better than it looks. It is a fresh fish right there in Rocky Point, and you put some fresh lime and Pico de gallo on it an it is authentic Mexico for sure.

Elijah with Noah's spiderman towel/backpack. PACK-PACK!! (what Eli calls a back-pack)

And Noah is up here right now! We are love, love, loving his company and I had the best Father's day on record with my family all complete. Life is good.

Elizabeth and Elijah are here. (generic picutre of Mexico)


While I'm stuck here. (generic picutre of a classroom)
THAT'S MESSED UP HUH? It's OK, I guess... I just hope they are having fun and staying safe. I miss them somethin' fierce though.

the benefits of dental school...

FREE (relatively speaking of coarse, "there's no such thing as a free lunch"), all you can eat, PANDAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a picture of all the 'tins'.

This is a blurry picture of me with all of the tins. I'm happy.

Here you can see the splendor of Panda's goodness. Ohhhhhhh, yeahhh!!!

nothin' new

So... nothing real big is going on. I did pass the part 1 board exam, which I guess is pretty big news... but not exactly something I could have captured on camera. he he. Thank you to everyone who prayed for my safe passage over that mountain. It was a dooooooooosey.
Elijah will be going through some milestones in the next month when the binky goes bye-bye and we transition to the "big boy bed". Potty training still seems a ways away, even though he say's "poo-poo" and "stinky" before, during and after he takes care of his 'business'. We've put him on the toilet and he just laughs and looks at us like we are crazy. Its crazy how challenging he can be one minute and then the next minute Liz and I want to kiss his face off. We love our boys.
That's pretty much it. I am dreading the oncoming summer months, but I guess it is what it is.

what is the best thing to see in the middle of a 5 and a 1/2 hour drive...?

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Elijah's Birthday Party!

We celebrated Elijah's 2nd birthday this week here in Mesa. It was a great time. Liz has been watching Ace of Cakes ("I love Food Network!" -Liz) and put together a friggin' sweet Elmo cake. I did individual cupcake Elmo faces, which were pretty awesome... if I do say so myself. By the way, Liz is 6 months pregnant, and not "just hanging her belly out".

No, seriously... Liz made this cake from scratch. Professional huh?!

Elijah was pretty much pooped out by the end of the night. How do I stop my boys from growing up?!

Good Weather Days

We have been enjoying some great weather here for the last couple of weeks and have been going on several "BIKE-IDE"s (that's how Elijah says it). Mary Catherine and Chloe Rebecca came up for a few day visit and it was nice for me to know Liz and Eli were occupied while I was/am in the thick of finals.

Our kids look so darn cute in this picture. The bike trailer is a great thing to have.

I love my phone

I took this video of Eli doing his first 'rail-swing' at Arby's. He is so entertaining.


Then we went to Old Navy on our hot date night to look for some maternity pants for Elizabeth. I walked up on Elijah checking out this headless manniquin. He couldn't figure out what was going on!


Elijah laying his head on mine. I love my phone.

Thatcher and Easter

This last weekend we flew (thx again Mom) to AZ for a quick Thatcher visit and Easter celebration. Thatcher was great but short and Easter was fun. It was so great to see my Grandpa and Grandma Udall and the other Gila Valley regulars.

Leona Udall

My Grandmother is the definition of altruism. Her legacy of steadfast love and caring is the glue that holds our extended family together. She is a such legendary person. She is unique in many ways... probably best illustrated by her undeterred frugality which, on occasion, includes the washing and reusing of plastic plates, forks and cups. We love you Grandma!

My Grandpa has this old tractor out back that we decided to take some quick family pictures on. Needs more tractor in my opinion.

It's a(nother) BOY!!!

We found out the other day that we are expecting another Wolfington boy! We are very excited about having so many brothers mixin' it up. Elizabeth actually felt the little one kicking for the first time last night. I decided not to paste the "it's a boy" ultrasound pic becuase... come on, it's a little personal. Ha ha.



Elijah lets Liz give him little massages once and a while. She took these funny pictures a couple weeks ago from underneath the table.


Elizabeth and her D-school wives crew took the kiddies out to a local hike this past weekend while we were finishing up with mid-terms. Eli had such a good time and got nice and dirty.

mirror mirror, on the wall...

So Elijah had a milestone day today. We have been getting him to say his name when we say "where is Elijah?" and he'll baby-talk "ijah" and it's so cute. But today, Liz had him in front of the bathroom mirror and he looked and pointed at himself, got a big smile on his face and said "YIJAH" and giggled.

So cute huh?

We have an 11 year old!!!

Crazy, I know.
We went down to AZ this Presidents Day weekend to celebrate Noah's 11th birthday. His B-day isn't until the 4th of March, but we took advantage of this 3 day weekend in conjunction with a lull in exams. We had a great, GREAT time. We finally broke down after several failed Christmas and birthday attempts to be creative and non-traditional with our gift giving... by buying him a little portable Nintendo game system. Our safe bet paid off and he loved it. We also took him and his best buddy David to Castles and Coasters for the day and they had a blast. Sorry for those of you whom we didn't visit, but it was a quick trip.

2 months of checking Craigslist twice a day for Nintendo DS lite w/ case and charger - $90,

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Homemade ice cream pies - $20,

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12 hours of driving w/ screaming 2 yr old + gas ($500,000 + $60),

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Eye popping, jaw dropping smile on 11 yr old's face ----> PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Luckily they came around twice... you can just barely see Noah and David in the front of the coaster.


Noah is in front on this lap. David (white shirt) came back from behind for the win.

Odd request

After extensive searching in multiple Nevada locations and online... I am sad to inform all of you regarding my inability to replenish the supply of my favorite pair of socks. Yeah, socks. I'm sure many of you can agree there are many factors to consider when buying socks, so you can undoubtedly understand my current plight.

To my AZ connections... will you, the next time you go to Wal-Mart, meander over to the Men's sock section and look for this much sought after sock?

Description: Black, crew-length, Wilson (the brand), with a little white 'W' at the very top (closest to the calf). 80% sure they came in a package of 6.

I can't recall exactly if the socks were packaged in a bag or just in the cardboard sock holder thinga-ma-jig.

I'm not sure what to offer the winner of this little scavenger hunt... but we can work that out later. THANKS!

FYI...s...

As a reminder, this Saturday the 9th of February is the day set aside to celebrate and feast for St. Apollonia (seen below). She is the regarded as the 'patroness of dentistry'. Saint Apollonia was martyred in a violent manner involving her teeth, and prayers of Roman Catholics are directed to her when suffering from common dental ailments.

Oh yeah, Liz is pregnant. YEE-HAW!!!!!!!!!!!! She had an ultrasound last week and everything is looking good with the heartbeat beating strong. She is 10 weeks and has her first appointment with our new obstetrician today. Good job Noah for keeping the secret! Liz is dealing with her first trimester nausea, which is extra tough with a near 2 yr. old. On a side note and speaking of Elijah, he says "mine-in" for Vitamin. It's so freaking cute.
(This is not Martha's ultrasound, just a generic one from Wiki... we don't have a scanner to put the real deal on the blog.)