Where’s Eli?

Easter Egg Hunt

I can not believe it I am actually going to post something that happened this weekend. We had my family’s annual Easter Egg Hunt today. It is fun now Eli is older and understanding more of what’s going on.

We went to my sister Kathryn’s house to dye Easter eggs

Maybe one day I will actually be able to get a picture of both of them smiling and looking in the same direction.

Eli hunting for eggs

Allie enjoying her eggs

Our attempt for a family picture

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Has it really been that long??

I guess it has…well there goes starting the year off with blogging more. Things around here have been I guess what is our normal…crazy!

Allie - I cannot believe she is almost 10 months old (she will be on April 10th) I think with each child time goes even faster. She started crawling back in January when she was 7 months and is now everywhere and into everything. She will eat anything you give her and is starting to hate being spoon fed. She loves to feed herself and makes a huge mess doing it. Allie still is always all smiles. She has a special way to make you smile too just by looking at her which is exactly what I need on some days. She is starting to really show her personality by letting you know if there is something going on she doesn’t like. But overall she is the most mellow baby I know even when Eli is throwing one of his all too common fits she just sits there like nothing is going on. On a negative note this little girl is a horrible sleeper. Still waking up 1-3 times a night and her naps aren’t that great either. Every now and then we will have a good day but mostly we are still living on very little sleep around here. Some other highlights, she got her first tooth 2 weeks ago and is walking along the furniture, oh she also will drive Eli’s cars and make what sounds like car noises, too cute. She is one happy little girl 

9 month stats weight 18.4  height 27 3/4

Eli- where to begin with that boy. He is the sweetest little guy but then can throw your typical 2 year old tantrum like the best of them. He is starting to want to do everything by himself which is good and bad. He still loves everything Toy Story. Even though the other day he told me he wanted to be Megamind for halloween. This week we started the dreaded potty training. It is going ok he still will have accidents but slowly getting the hang of it. (ok it is pretty much horrible but I feel like now that we started we can’t stop) I was just tired of buying and changing 2 sets of diapers. Eli wears me out pretty much everyday but it is all worth it to have him old enough to say “I love you momma”

Troy –still busy busy busy. We can now officially say he graduates next month…yay!! Between work, school, and church he is always on the go. But when he is home he is the best daddy ever. Eli and Allie love wrestling on the floor with him, Yes Allie can already handle her own I guess that is what you get when you have an older brother. Right now we are trying to figure out what we are doing after graduation so if you know anyone that has an entry level accounting position available let us know.

Steph- well pretty much my days roll together taking care of these two munchkins. Crazy. Tiring, But all worth it. At least that is what I keep on reminding myself. I really am trying hard to having a more positive outlook and not taking any moment for granted. It is hard when you are always cleaning up pee or considered the bad guy because you are trying to show some type of discipline.Or when you are always being pulled at or climbed on.  Or when you can’t remember the last time you showered. Or it is dinner time and you realized you haven’t even taken time to use the bathroom yet. But then I have those its all worth it moments. Like the other day Eli was “reading” a book to Allie. Or when all four of us where having a pillow fight on the bed. Yes life is hard but isn’t that why it is also so good.

Here are some pictures of the last few months. Sad to say but I feel like I have completely fallen into the category of slacking off with the second child.  Compared to all the video we have of Eli we barely have any of Allie. Horrible I know. I do have some of her crawling and her cute little laugh that I will hopefully get up before she turns 1.

Christmas 2010

 

 

 

 

Snow on Christmas…Eli knocking over the girl snowman…sorry Emily.

 

 

 

 

 

New Years, Letting Eli and Allie in on the confetti tradition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Eli has been up to this last little while…being his crazy self!

 

 

 

 

Allie has discovered she loves the swings only if her big brother would stay still long enough so she could swing.

 

 

 

 

Every time you pull out the camera Allie has started scrunching up her nose. 

 

 

 

Playing together, seeing this makes it all worth it!!

 

 

 

 

In March I , (with the help of others of course!) put on a baby shower for my sister Elizabeth it is so much fun and loved how it turned out

Some more...

Here are a few more pictures of what we have been up to

First taste of a "real" banana
He wishes he could play on the computer all day

Making gingerbread cookies at the discovery museum

Playing at the Discovery Museum

Such a big help...Eli teaching Allie how to use her cup

Allie has started scooting around. She has pretty much mastered the going backwards and going in circles. She will get up on her hands and knees and try to go forward. I am NOT ready for a crawler but it is exciting to see her growing up

Halloween Before Christmas

Before Christmas gets here, here is a quick update with pictures

(some are out of order)

After a night of trick-or-treating these two were worn out!
First "girl" alien

Of course Eli HAD to be Buzz Lightyear. He loved it!!

Playing at the park

Such a happy baby

This is Eli's idea of Thanksgiving Dinner

Pretty Girl

Playing at the park, again

Trying baby food for the first time was a success

The traditional 6 month cupcake, Allie LOVED it!

Enjoying her cupcake with her cousin Ava who is 2 days younger

Ready to dig in

Having fun

Every now and then Buzz makes an appearance

Chicken Noodle Soup

This weekend I got the horrible stomach bug that always seems to be going around this time of year. Being sick with two young kids puts a whole new spin on being sick...not being able to lay around until you feel better. But fortunately I have an AMAZING husband who went above and beyond taking care of me! He not only took care of the kids (which right there would of been plenty) and me he cleaned the house went to the grocery store and made me chicken noodle soup from scratch, homemade noodles and all. Yes he is amazing. I love you babe!!!!

Since every post needs a picture here we are at the pumpkin patch about a month ago. I can't believe I still have posted Halloween pics...wait yes I can.