These pics pretty much speak for themselves. He keeps me busy! Keeping him out of things he shouldn't be in is a full time job. Sometimes, when I tell him no several times, he'll respond with, "no no no". Like gosh Mom all you ever say is no.
We had a great holiday with family and friends. It was hectic, but lots of fun. There was lots of cooking and eating of course, but also games (basketball, football, bacci, and balderdash) and my parents and brothers helped us get started with work on the house. Eli loved playing with his uncles. Plus, our Sooner's won and are now headed to the Big 12 Championship. Boomer Sooner!
On Tuesday we closed on our house. We're very excited! After we closed, Derek had to take a test. Then we went to the house. The plan was to measure the rooms and check a few things, but as soon as we got there Derek just went crazy. He took down all of the ceiling tiles upstairs and tore down most of the wall paper in the house (it came down super easy, woo hoo). I figured we would take the traditional family pic holding our key or something, but my hard working husband was to busy, so I just took pics of him working instead. There is A LOT of work to do, so I'm very thankful that he is capable and willing. He got lots of tools today on black Friday deals, so he's in hog heaven. I'm anxious to get my hands dirty too, but having Eli around makes it a bit tough.
Just wanted to keep everyone updated on Eli's latest skills. He has been waving and giving fives for a few weeks. He gives his Daddy fives everytime now, but with the rest of us just when he feels like it. He can also pick up food really well now and eat all by himself. Just this last week he started crawling on all fours and pulling himself up to stand. Now when I go to get him out of his crib he is standing there waiting on me sometimes. So cute! Enjoy the videos.
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I take no credit for making him smile. It was all Papa. Derek says I have to put a picture with his tail because it was "ridiculously cute."
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We tried to be the Dinosaur family, so I was Mama & Derek was Not the Mama. By the end of the night our little dinosaur was exhausted, but we had fun visiting friends and family and we let him taste a little candy, so of course he loved that.
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Eli & Jesse weren't quite sure what to think of each other. It looks like they're thinking, "You look kinda weird man."
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"Mom why did you put me in this pot?" He refused to look at me or smile , but he did enjoy playing with the pumpkins and trying to eat the hay.
We have a contract on a craftsman bungalow built in 1920. It needs a lot of cosmetic work, but it's a really cool house. If all goes according to plan, we are set to close on Dec. 2nd.
stairs (sweet carpet huh) there are wood floors underneath, stained glass windows in what will be our master bedroom
Ok, I just got home from the store and I'm kind of excited. I bought about $27 worth of groceries for $5.74 using doubled coupons! Woo hoo!! It's not junk either. I got cereal, pumpkin, lunch meat, frozen veggies, juice, and butterscotch chips (ok, maybe that one is junk). Thanks to Stephanie Hamilton & Beth Johnson for getting me started. I'm just waiting for the day when they have to pay me. It's fun and we can sure use the money cause we may have exciting news soon, but I won't say anything yet cause I don't want to jinks it (not a baby). In other news Eli is getting cuter every day and Derek is cute too, so here are some pics of my booty and my cuties. Fall is here and life is good!
Our Eli is getting to be such a big boy!
He has his first tooth, which, I might add, is not very easy to get a picture of. You can see it now when he smiles though, so cute.
He can swing in the toddler swing at the park. He likes it, but holds on tight.
He can even stand up by himself, if he has a table or something to lean on. He thinks he is so big standing up in his size 2 shoes.
And, his latest accomplishment is picking up cheerios and putting them in his mouth. He hasn't mastered this skill yet, but most of the time he can get it in there. He didn't want to eat this particular cheerio, so he just put it in his mouth for practice and then spit it out. It landed and stuck on his chin. You can see his tooth in this photo too.
Kaylee, Jesse, Emmy, Mazee, & Eli
We couldn't get very close to many of the real animals, but I couldn't resist the photo in the mouth of the lion.
The boys liked the flamingos.
This was right before we left the zoo and Eli was pretty tired, so he was just chillin' picking the grass.
He has improved a lot in just a week. The first two videos are from last week & the last one is from yesterday. He was using the one arm in and one arm out method, but now he mostly does both arms out and a lot more leg action. He still keeps the body on the floor though. He's getting pretty fast and is into everything he's not supposed to be of course. Sometimes he gets up on knees and hands (standard crawling position), but he doesn't go anywhere that way yet.
Well, I know I am old now because I have a hard time finding songs I like on the radio and a few weekends ago we attended my 10-yr high school reunion. It was a lot of fun to see people that I hadn't seen for a long time, but I'm pretty sure the best part was when Derek & I went alone to the formal event and I left the house with only a small clutch that had my cell phone and some lip stick in it. It was amazing! Usually I have like a million bags that are overflowing with stuff for Eli. Babies require a lot of stuff, so it was nice to be stuffless for a night. Plus Derek & I had a lot of fun and won third place playing black jack with fake money. Woo hoo! Thanks to Mom for babysitting!
Eli watched his first OU football game yesterday. He wore his vintage Sooner shirt that my brothers and I wore when we were babies. Of course our Sooners won 57-2. Boomer Sooner.
Today was also the first time for Derek and Eli to experience the Henryetta Labor Day extravaganza. At the parade, Eli's favorite thing was the bands. Derek's favorite thing was the little pageant winners doing their princess waves. I just loved being there with my little family and I'm not going to lie, the Now & Later candy I ate was pretty good. Eli really liked the fireworks too. His mouth was wide open in awe the whole time.
I just realized that I asked for everyone's prayers for my Dad and then never followed up on how he is doing. His surgery went well and he is recovering quickly. He has been home for almost two weeks now. Besides stay-at-home mom, my other temporary job is trying to make sure Dad doesn't do things he's not supposed to, like mow the lawn. It's a hard job. Thanks to everyone who has been praying for Dad!
Dad, the day after his surgery, being an overachiever.
Eli is one day older than Sam and they are both cute as can be. (In my super objective opinion of course.)
The boys (Brian, Sam, Steve, Derek, & Eli)
The girls (Amy, Ellie, Lauren, Heather, Emmy, & Mazee)
Eli loved the silly mirror at the kiddie park. He did not love the kiddie roller coaster, but the big girls did.
Eli was 6 months old on Tuesday the 19th, but it was a busy week, so I am just now getting around to posting some pics. He is doing great. He's a very happy baby, but opinionated as always. He was 15 lbs 10 oz at his check-up and 26+ inches. So, he's average height and on the skinny side. He rolls all over the place and blowing raspberries is one of his latest tricks. We love him lots!
I'm a dork, so I put a candle on a piece of watermelon. We gave him some little tiny pieces of watermelon and he thought he was choking (healthy gag reflex I guess), but what he really wanted was the fire.
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