Thursday, July 30, 2009

Summer Happenings

 

We've been going to the lake quite a bit. Eli loves watching his Dad on the "b-board."

For 4th of July, we had a few people over for a BBQ. Eli played basketball with Jesse and football with his uncles before watching the fireworks. The fireworks we watched were awesome and Eli loved them!


We've also done lots of swimming and splashing at home and with friends.

Last , but not least, we hang out at home. One day we fed breakfast to the stuffed animals and then Eli decided to walk around the house in his play shoes. Another day, all he could think about for like half and hour was sticking ear plugs in his ears. He tried to do it himself, but was having trouble, so he kept saying, "Mommy, Mommy, ears, ears." I would put them in and then they would fall out two seconds later and the whole thing would start over. He is such a good talker. He tells me what he wants to eat and what he wants to do. This morning he told his grandparents happy anniversary and the other night when Derek was wiping his hands and face after dinner, he told him, "Nope, stop." Another funny one, the other day we layed down together cause I was tired, so he offered me his paci. I told him no thanks he could keep it, so he said, "Try it."

Friday, July 3, 2009

Pics from our trip, finally

For those of you who don’t know, we went to visit Derek’s family in Australia & New Zealand the last part of May.  When we got back we moved right into our house, and have been a little busy, so I’m just now getting around to updating the blog.

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Eli sitting in the luggage cart at the airport.  He was such a great traveler!  He pushed his stroller all around the airports, made friends with random strangers, slept well on the long flights in his basinet, and watched DVDs when he was awake.

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Sylvie playing with slime

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Bros and kiddos

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Sylvie and Conor are both great big cousins and Eli watched everything they did.

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The Milo twins

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Eli feeding the kangaroos

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Derek with the two cutest boys ever

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Cool kids at the park

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Derek’s parents live right by the beach, so it was nice to walk and jog on the beach in the mornings.

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Eli and Conor eating ice cream.  They both have a major sweet tooth.

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Sunday dinner

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Nana helping Eli with his swimming togs and Greg with the boys at the pool.

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Whangarei waterfall

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Eli checking out Nemo

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Eli chillin’ with Poppy and a butterfly on his head

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The guys at the petting farm

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Conor & Eli driving a tractor and Eli petting a sheep.  He now knows that they say ba-a.

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Eli playing with Uncle Ryan and bowling with Dad

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More bowling pics (doesn’t Conor look tough)

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Last morning walk on the beach.

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Family pic

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Nana & Poppy with the boys