It is summertime!

A few summer essentials!

Softball games to watch..

A good friend to play with...

Playgrounds to explore...

A farm to visit...

A pool to splash in...

A "stream: to wade in..

Wildlife to watch...

Eli is loving all that summer has to offer!

Apple Picking

Apple picking is one of my absolute favorite fall activities. This year it was especially awesome because we got to take Elijah and we went with Taylor, Sam and Max! It was a beautiful day and lots of fun. We picked tons of apples and the boys tried them while we were out in the orchards... with varied responses. Getting both of the little boys to look at the camera at the same time proved to be an impossible task, but we tried.

Hanging out with Max and Sam

Max is the son of two of Dan and I's friends, Taylor and Sam. Sam has been an awesome friend for me during my pregnancy and now in the beginnings of motherhood. I for one am quite determined that Max and Eli should be the best of friends! They are obviously too young to "play together" right now, but Sam and I like to hangout together and so the boys are already getting to know each other.

Big Guy, Little Guy

(I LOVE this picture!)

Max wanted to play with Eli's toes! :)

(Max actually showed interest in Eli the last time we got together, it was cute)

Little "Hood"lum

We went to our friend Max's 1st birthday party on Sunday. It was at a park and was lots of fun! It is so fun to look at big boy Max next to little guy Eli, it is kind of like looking into the future. Anyway, back to my story about the birthday party. The party was outside and it was kind of a gray, rainy day, so I planned on having Eli wear a jacket that we had been given as a hand me down from a friend so that he could be out at the party, but still warm. Well...the best laid plans... I have become a big time "forgetter" since Eli was born and left the jacket at home. I was stressed about him being cold so Dan stopped at Target and I ran in to see if there was anything warm for him to wear that I could buy real quick. I found a blue zippered hoodie (which coincidently matched his outfit.. lucky!) and we got back on our way to the party. Anyway, here are the pictures of our little dude in his slightly too big first hoodie. We think he looks like a pretty tough little "hood"lum!

Tough Guys

(no, daddy is not choking him, promise)

The First Post

I am starting this blog as a way to chronicle Eli growing up, share fun stories and adventures and mainly keep friends and family updated about our lives. I don't promise to always be interesting, but I do intend to include lots of pics of the little guy (and maybe video too if I can figure that out!). I am really excited about figuring out all of this "blogging stuff"...backgrounds, banners, layouts, comments... this thing is totally customizable and I am hoping I have time to figure it all out!

Time...now that is an interesting topic... somehow I have all the time in the world and no time at all right now. All Eli and I do is eat and sleep it seems with little in between, but still the days seem to fly by so fast like I have no time for anything else!

Today however is an exciting day, Sam and Max are coming over to play... well Eli and Max won't really play, but Sam and I will certainly have fun! We are planning on walking to the park, but it is really chilly out there so... we might have to figure out a Plan B. Hopefully, I will remember to get out my camera and take some pictures of our adventures with them today so that I can post them here!

In other news, Eli will be 1 month old tomorrow! I really want to come up with a fun way to celebrate or at least mark the occasion...creative juices haven't started flowing on that one yet! Also, he will have his 1 month check up with Dr. Powers tomorrow. I can't wait to see how much he has grown! Everyone says he looks bigger, but it is hard for me to tell because I am with him all the time. I have lots of questions for the doctor tomorrow... like WHY has he decided that he wants to eat every 2 hours all of the sudden and WILL IT EVER STOP?. Seriously, every 2 hours (2.5 when I am lucky)... that is a sure fire way to drive momma crazy!

As promised, a picture of the sweet boy! This is my current favorite! (Possibly because he is doing something besides EATING in it ... a rare moment).

- Anna