Monday, March 4, 2013

Cake Smash!

Eli is ONE!!!

Wow.  I know it goes fast, but wow. How is it possible that this child is one?? 

So, of course we had to have a little party last weekend.  This one was a little different than the other first birthday parties I've thrown.  Simple was the name of the game.  No theme.  Kid-made decorations. Ordered a cake. Done.  Scot and I didn't even do gifts unless you count a crib rail cover to keep him from chewing completely through the crib.  Simple.

The birthday boy provided the entertainment.


Eli's first words were "umm...seriously, Mom?"
 
 
A little help blowing out the candle. 

Let the games begin!


 
 
 

Check this out!!  Well done, baby.


 

Boy, do I love this little dude. :-)
 

And of course, bath time.

 
We all had a sweet birthday weekend with the grandparents.


My parents weren't feeling great on Eli's birthday weekend, so they came up a few days later.  Of course, we had to reinact the cake smash.  I don't even want to know how many grams of sugar this baby has had in the past few days.   He didn't seem to mind too much.

 
 
More grandparent fun! I thought the kids' heads were going to explode. 
 


Thanks to all the grandparents!  And happy birthday to my absolute favorite baby.  I love you and thank God for you every day, Eli!! 

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Bowling Fun and Pics

We went bowling for the first time!  

After passing a nice little flu bug around the house for a week, we were finally all feeling better.  High time to rent some moist, pre-worn shoes, stick our fingers in germy bowling balls, and get the next infestation underway!

FUN!!



The kids loooooved it.  We all had a great time.  Even Eli had fun, I think. 





I lost.  To everyone.  My 3-year-old beat me at bowling. I'm not competitive with this kind of thing, but that really hurt.

Not much else is going on around here. I'm still chugging away at my 365.  It's going okay.  We've been sick and haven't left the house much so I'm running out of things to photograph.  Here's a little of what I have so far...

 
 




 
 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

365

This year I'm doing a 365 project. It's simple: one picture a day for a year. The idea is to capture more of daily life (as if I don't already do enough of that) and watch the kids as they grow. Plus, I get to take lots of pictures. And when I'm done, I'll have a collection of pictures that I plan to print in a book.  Or something. 

I don't have a theme, anything goes.  Knowing me, I'm sure I'll miss days or give up altogether in a few months, but I'm going to give it a shot.  I won't put them all on my blog, but here's what I've got so far...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hey, just 356 days left to go!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas 2012

We had a good Christmas this year. 

Well, that's not totally true.  We had a good Christmas considering everyone had the flu and Nathan doesn't yet understand the "barf bucket" concept.

Seriously.

Sorry. I'll spare you any more details, promise. But really, we had some great moments leading up to Christmas.  So let's just focus on that, shall we? 

Looking at the lights...



 

Christmas pajamas...

Preschool program...






Christmas Eve...

Feeling good enough to color a picture for Santa and dictate a letter.


"Joy Baby"




Christmas morning




 
 

 
 
Here's to a healthy New Year. :-)