Thanksgiving & Salami Day

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!

 

We're Home Owners!

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. 

Skills Update

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.

Halloween

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."

 

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.

Eli & Jesse weren't quite sure what to think of each other.  It looks like they're thinking, "You look kinda weird man."

"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're getting a house!

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

Coupons & Cuties!

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!

Big Boy

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.