Super Elijah
December 30, 2007
When Nathan was a little boy, his parents made him a cape that said “Super Nathan” (as seen below) For Christmas this year Eli got a cape that says “Super Elijah” just like his daddy’s cape. The inside of Eli’s has Philippians 4:13 in it “I can do all things through Christ who stregthens me” Very cool gift. Thanks to Aunt Tarah, Gramma and Granpa for their combined effort.
bowling
December 30, 2007
He got a Spare!!!
Cousins Kaylee and Jessica with Lucy and Nana
Ouch! Nana sure has a big swing! She entertained us all with her “form”. She swings her ball so high behind her. Creepy, but cool picture. I’m not sure how it happened, but you can see straight through that ball as if it weren’t there.
Christmas
December 27, 2007
we wrapped up our Christmas with a gift exchange with Gramma Gari. Eli got some cool books, blocks and movies. Lucy got a precious doll that came with a handmade bed that Gramma made. We ate lots of great food, hung out and even managed to get out for a little bit of shopping. Well, that’s how it happened for me, Nathan worked hard on screening in our porch while I shopped. I will post pictures of the screening process in another post. thank you to Gramma Gari for helping us get that together. And thank you Elliott for helping Nathan, too.
You better WORK! turn the left. now turn to the right………
December 27, 2007
Lucy got some super cute tights for Christmas from her aunt Tarah. We decided she needed a denim skirt to show them off and set out to find one this afternoon. We found 2 really cute ones, but only one fits now. So what do you do when you get new clothes???…… fashion show. It was so fun for Tarah and me. I think Lucy enjoyed it, too, but not near as much as we did 🙂 And those legs!! I love’em!!!!! Thanks for putting up with us Lucy. Maybe one day you will be more into this kind of stuff.
Merry Christmas!
December 26, 2007
Eli and Tiger and Bear, OH MY!
December 25, 2007
What a busy couple of days it has been! We started the holiday weekend by making cookies. We never got around to icing them, but they were still a yummy treat. Then we went caroling on Friday night in LR. Got up Sat morning and headed to Monticello for some yummy food, good company and a few presents. We caroled on Sat night. Sat night was Christmas Eve for the James family. They have tradtions that happen on Christmas Eve and then on Christmas Day. They have always been kind enough to rearrange when we celebrate so we are able to do Christmas with both families. They have been caroling on Christmas Eve for about 30 years now!! Eli was a little bit frustrated the first night after the first couple of houses, but once he got the hang of it, he really enjoyed it. He would dance and run around while we sang. He even got to go in one house and play with their son and his dinosaur as we sang. What a treat! While we were caroling on Sat night, Eli got a big surprise, heck, it was a surprise to all of us. We got to a house and some how ended up caroling inside instead of on the porch. Little did we know what was just inside the door. Apparently their daughter, all of their kids are our age, anyway, she put her name in a drawing hoping for a new tv. When she got the call from the drugstore, she was sure she had won it. She answered her phone anticipating the announcement that she was the new owner of a tv, but instead they informed her she was the proud new owner of a …………………………………LIFE SIZE TEDDY BEAR! Do you see where this is going?? They had the enormous bear tucked next to the tree behind presents. When Eli spotted it he was so fascinated by it. He didn’t throw a fit wanting it, he just kept telling me “I want da beear, mommy. I want ta take it wit me” I’m not kidding when I say it is about my height and bigger than me! So, the family realizes how much Eli likes this bear and they get it out from behind the presents and set it in the floor in front of him. He immediately hugs it and sits in it’s lap. It was precious. Long story short, the bear ended up in our van that night and then in Eli’s bed. Little did we know what surprise we would have in the morning. We awoke to find that Granpa had got Eli a life sized tiger. The joke quickly became that all we needed was a lion………get it? Lions and tigers and bears, Oh MY! Good times. We decided you are only a kid once, so why not! They are both pretty darn cool. The tiger is freakishly realistic, but still very cool. So, off of that story, we finished up LOTS of food in Monticello and headed home. We were greeted by Gramma Gari, who is in town all week! We got to take a break from present for the first half of Christmas Eve and then last night we headed to “the country” (as my brothers and I have always called it cause it seemed so far away as a child) to see my dad’s side of the family and get a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Whew, I’m tired just recapping our past couple of days! 🙂 But it’s not over yet. We have Christmas with Nana, Big Daddy, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Pammy the Great, her friend Ken, Mema and her friend Carl this morning. Then we will close the holiday celebrations with Gramma Gari, Aunt Tarah, Uncle Elliott, Aunt Lee Ann, and Uncle Taylor tomorrow. Lots more good food and company!!!! Well, that’s all for now. Here are a few pictures from the past couple of days. I haven’t taken as many as I would have liked to 😦 Merry Christmas to you all. May we all be able to wade through all the “stuff” in this time of year and remember our Lord Jesus Christ. What an awesome, untoppable gift He was and is and will always be. God bless and guide you all! We’ll be back with more pictures soon.
Saturday
December 18, 2007
What a day we had Saturday! We started our day by going to a birthday party for Jonas. It was a morning party at Gymboree. Eli has sooo much fun climbing, sliding and crawling around. Thank you Jonas for letting us celebrate with you!
From the party we went straight to Nana and Big Daddy’s house for Christmas with my brother and his kids and stopping the fun only long enough to take a nap we celebrated Christmas again that night with my mom’s mom, mema and my mom’s sister, Becky and all of her kids and grandkids. It was a lot of fun. We sang karokee, ate good food and got a visit from Santa!
"YOU… ARE…. A…….TOY!"
December 16, 2007
If you spend any amount of time at our house then you definitely recognize the quote in the title. We are quickly becoming experts on Toy Story and Toy Story 2. As I was uploading the pictures for this post I overheard Eli say, “YOU ARE A TOY!”, as he was playing with Buzz and Woody. It seemed an appropriate title for this post, although I’m not positive why……. So Christmas has offically begun for our family. We celebrated with my brother and his family yesterday afternoon and then with my Grandmother, Aunt and cousins last night. Eli and Lucy recieved very cool toys and clothes. Eli also recieved a very cool jacket from his Great Aunt Becky, it is a bomber jacket with Buzz Lightyear patches. Here are pictures of him sporting his new Buzz Lightyear jacket. He isn’t much of a camera ham so this is the best I could do to get the picture. It was all I could do to get his shirt on first, he kept saying “my jacket”. I will post more pictures from the 2 celebrations yesterday later. We are getting ready for church, so I better go freshen up. Enjoy! And thank you Aunt Becky for such a cool gift!
Just the girls
December 15, 2007
Our baby girl is 5 months old
December 13, 2007
Our sweet little Lucy is officially 5 months old as of yesterday. She is such a happy baby. Still spits up a bit, but nothing like it used to be before we started the Enfamil AR formula. She loves tummy time and is already showing signs that she might crawl in the next month or so, yikes! She loves to pull her feet above her head and kick her feet when she is in bed. When she kicks it makes a loud THUD THUD THUD. She appears to be a morning person, she wakes up happy and very content in the morning. Half the time she is awake and we just happen to look in on her and get her out. Very rarely does she fuss when she wakes up. She has been such a blessing. I could talk about her for days, but I know this isn’t the place to ramble on and on. Thanks for checking in!