Thursday, November 29, 2007

Reading with Daddy


I know it has been awhile since we've updated anything. To tide you all over, I thought I would share one of my current favorite pictures. This was our Thanksgiving . . . Eli & Daddy read the newspaper together.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Peek-a-Boo


Squash, anyone?


Squash is WAY better than peas!

Can you do this?!?


Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Giggles


This is an experiment to see if I can upload a video. Thought you might like to see and hear this. Apparently, Uncle Ryan is the funniest person EVER!

Peas





Eli is less than impressed with peas.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Happy Half Birthday!


Today Eli is 6 months old!

Cereal!




Eli joined the exciting world of eating "real" food this week. He is learning to eat cereal and so far, he loves it!! What a surprise?!?

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

My Men


These are the smiles that melt my heart!

More Chicago



In Chicago we also went to Kris' cousin's wedding. Congrats Ryan and Laurie!



Eli even got a little dancing in. This is Kris' other cousin, Rachel, with her son Cody. The boys had fun together, until Eli decided he had enough and went to sleep.

Friends in Chicago


We just got back from a ten day trip around Chicagoland. This picture was taken with Thinh, my former co-worker. We had lunch with her and enjoyed catching up on the past four years. We had such a great time visiting so many friends. Unfortunately, we didn't do a very good job taking many pictures. You will just have to take our word for it, we saw lots of fun people!

Mommy & Eli

Toes are the best


Ducky!



Fun to play with! Fun to eat!

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Silly Daddy


The things Daddy lets him get away with!


And, yes, this is a coaster that says "No Worries" and yes, he chewed on it until it fell apart!

Carrots


Not eating them yet, just playing with them. I couldn't resist this picture. He played with this box of carrots for at least fifteen minutes!

Just Relax


This is Eli's favorite way to sit in his highchair. Comfy, don't you think?

Sitting

Through this last month, Eli has been working very hard to sit up on his own. Look at this progress. This was Eli sitting up a few weeks ago.

This is Eli sitting up today. Look! No pillows!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Our little family

Playing with Evelyn


This is Eli's cousin Evelyn. She is seven weeks younger than him. We captured this rare moment of playing together - rare right now because Clarissa was safely strapped into her highchair eating dinner, and not harassing the babies. She loves having the babies around. . . and sometimes she loves just a little too hard.

Cousin Clarissa


So this isn't a picture of Eli but it is adorable! This is Eli's cousin Clarissa. She is turning two next week. Last night the whole family went out together so that Grandma could introduce Clarissa to the wonders of ice cream cones! She obviously enjoyed it very much.

Books!


Although Eli is not always fond of tummy time, he does love books. So I have found a way around the hatred of tummy time! Can you believe the fascination with large trucks starts this young?!?

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Big Boy!


Eli loves to talk and smile these days! We love it! He jabbered away at me for almost half an hour while we made dinner tonight.

Hanging out with Lilly


Do you remember Eli's friend Lilly? She was born exactly one week before Eli. Look how big they are both getting! Eli has passed her up in size but they still have lots of fun together.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Smiles!!




We have been waiting impatiently and the time has finally come! Eli has begun to bless us with many smiles in the past week. We think he is quite adorable. Wouldn't you agree?!?

New cousin


Eli has a new cousin! Baby Evelyn was born on Thursday, April 26, seven weeks after Eli. Welcome Baby Evelyn!! We are going to have so much fun playing with you!

Staring contest . . .


Eli's favorite new thing is to challenge his toys to staring contests. Can you guess who won this one?!?

Nap time with Daddy

Ready for Summer

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Little Man



Isn't he a handsome little man!

Bath time


Eli loves bath time . . . as long as Daddy is giving the baths. It seems that Mommy takes too long.

Sleeping







Who needs a crib when you have the whole house?!?!?

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Maybe we share the same barber . . .



Daddy calls Eli his little Orangutan. What do you think?!? We think the hair is awfully cute!