Park day!

Today Eli and I met up with some friends at the park. This was a different park than we have been to, and it was super nice. We'll have to go again! My handsome little Tiger fan!

Talking nice and loud for all to hear!

The mommies brought some outdoor toys. The kiddos enjoyed playing a little golf...

...and roller skating. I brought Eli's wagon and a couple of balls to play with. Those didn't make it into the pictures, but the kids had fun with them!

Eli and Rosemary played for a while-throwing pine needles on each other... :)

Rosemary threw a few on me too :) It's good to be a kid!

I think the 'hit' of the day was the cheese puffs one of the moms brought...

This 'little' cutie is 3 1/2 months old...and 19lbs! He's super cute, and a great little baby :)

Oh...no need to worry, Eli got some cheese puffs too!

We had a great time playing. It's so much more fun hanging out with other mommies now that Eli will actually play a bit with other kids. He LOVES being outside, too, so he was great!

We got home and he went down for a nap...and is just now waking up (2 1/2 hours later). I suppose I should go get him... :)

Happy Friday to you!

A busy Wednesday

This past Wednesday Eli and I headed to the Aquarium. We met up with some friends and had a GREAT time. Eli had so much fun this time! The last time we went he was pretty little, and didn't really get out of the stroller much. But this time he was so excited to 'walk' (with my help...) up to the displays and look at the fish. He would cry every time we would move on to the next display :) I thought you'd enjoy just a few pictures from our day He loved this fish for some reason...

Ummmm...I think the fish is bigger than Eli. Kinda creepy...but Eli loved it :)

"Here fishy fishy fishy!"

Rosemary, one of the friends we met up with.

I didn't really get all that many pictures, because Eli wanted to walk (he walked almost the whole way through holding my hand!) and I was pushing the stroller too...so it was a little awkward to shoot pictures. I did take a couple of videos for your viewing entertainment :)

Edgar and I decided to go ahead and get Aquarium passes, so you'll probably be seeing lots of Aquarium pictures this year :) We had so much fun!

After we got back from the Aquarium Eli took a nap, and I tutored for 2 hours. Then Eli got up, we played a bit, and then headed for church.

Now that we are in our new church building we are finally starting up Wednesday night classes. We are looking forward to our class-we're going through the Jerry Bridges book 'The Practice of Godliness'. I think I read that book a long time ago in college...but it will be good to go through it again!

It was my 'turn', however, to hang out in the nursery, so I got to play with Eli and Creed.

Eli loves this little toy...only he really hasn't learned to share. Creed would try to play with it too, and Eli would push him away...hmmmm.

As you can see, though, Creed is a pretty good-natured kid, and didn't mind that Eli was being a bully :) We're gonna have to work on that 'sharing' thing...

Please Pray!

If you read Jennifer's blog, you have probably already seen this update, but I wanted to pass the word on to anyone else :) Please go over and read this post at Jennifer's blog...Then go over to the Pearson's blog and consider donating to the mission that cares for their two sons...who should be with their mom and dad, but are still in an orphanage...that no longer has walls. And then, most of all, pray for the people of Haiti. Pray that Roland would be found. Pray that Sammy and Gino can finally come home.

Almost there!

He's getting so close!

Actually, after we shut the camera off (of course) he took about 15 steps on his own. He was SO proud of himself :)

A new trick

Yesterday I walked in to check on Eli...he'd been 'sleeping' (so I thought) for 3 hours (actually...probably only 2...) and I caught him doing this: (He's never done this before...)

At almost 14 months old, he's figured out that he can stand up in his crib :)

He had turned his mobile on himself, stood up and 'went after' his bugs :)

Almost got it!

And he snagged his butterfly

'What's the big deal? Boys can like butterflies too!'

He was pretty pleased with himself. However...his next nap wasn't a nap at all, as he played with his mobile the whole time...which led to a super fussy evening. SO, he no longer has his mobile on his crib. It's kinda sad...I LOVE that mobile!

Now he's just got to figure out how to get back down once he stands up...

Mr. Crank Pants

Hey. It's me. Eli Mommy's been calling me 'Mr. Crank Pants' today.

I think it has something to do with me not being too happy.

Mommy's trying to make me happy...but I think she's getting tired...

I'm just not feeling quite normal, I suppose...

Mommy has given me lots of toys to play with

and there have been a few smiles.

I've watched some TV, and eaten almost a whole bowl of Oatmeal (which is the most food I've eaten in a week), but it's jut not working. I'm just not feeling good.

There's been lots of this:

Tons of these:

and I'm downright sick of these:

(They really start to hurt my nose after a while!) I don't have a fever, but I've been coughing a lot, and my nose keeps spewing this green stuff. Gross. Mommy says diaper changing time hasn't been too thrilling either...My mouth hurts too...I've got something called a 'molar' coming in, and IT HURTS!

Mommy hopes I feel better soon (and so do I!) because she doesn't like to see this...

Hope your day is tear-free, tissue-free, and nasty-diaper-free. Cuz mine hasn't been so far...

Cheating

I've decided I'm just too far behind...I am totally going to cheat and direct you to Jennifer's blog for the fun details of our trip :)

She's posted a couple of entries that have lots of pictures...

Here's one post...click HERE. (Yes it's true...my baby sister is PREGNANT!!!!)

And another...click HERE.

We had a wonderful time in Michigan. I can't believe it's over. We had a good trip back-though Eli was sick for it. At one point he had a fever of 103 degrees :( He hasn't had a fever for a couple of days, but he's still coughing a lot, and I've wiped more snot than I care to talk about...

He's in the middle of a 3 1/2 hour nap right now...that's honestly the LONGEST nap he's EVER taken. I'm not kidding. He never sleeps that long. I just went in to check to make sure he was okay...and he was sound asleep.

Oh...and to steal one more post from Jennifer, our church had their dedication service yesterday. You can click HERE to see pictures. The whole thing was very moving. I was surprised at how touched I was by the service...but I really was. When our pastor did the 'welcome', and Ben rang the bell, I had to wipe tears away. Unfortunately, because Eli was sick, Edgar didn't get to come. He stayed home-but he seems like he's getting a little sick too, so it was probably good for him to get some extra rest. The service was beautiful. I didn't get to hear the sermon, though, because I started teaching my Sunday School class. I am SO EXCITED about this class. I'm not sure why I'm so thrilled to be teaching 1st & 2nd graders, but I am. I had 25 kids, and they were wonderful. I can't wait to teach them all about the Promises of God. My mom gave me a bunch of bible story stuff that she has used through the years to help supplement my curriculum. I couldn't help but think of all those bible stories we told in Teens Involved...my mom really did give me such a gift when she taught me how to tell a Bible Story. This week we talked about Noah, and I read the kids a story out of a little story book she gave me, and the kids were completely captivated. They sat so quietly, and were so excited to look at the pictures.

Anyway...I am going to call this getting 'caught up'. When I get a chance I will send out some pictures over Walmart.com of November (cuz I still haven't done that yet either) and December. I know you're on the edge of your seat with anticipation....

Okay...I'm going to go write my super cute Sunday School kids a note :)