Impressionable

We were in the car on the way home from the store this afternoon when Jess sneezed. Without missing a beat, from the backseat we heard Eli say "Bless you, Daddy." It was the sweetest thing!

It goes to show you just how much kids pick up from our daily actions.

What a such a sweet boy.

A Party and Snow

Be forewarned: There are a lot of pictures

Eli's birthday party was on Saturday, and of course being the proud Momma that I am, I took lots of pictures. Some of them however, are from today. We got Nana's package in the mail and got some cute pictures of our two-year-old!

Borrowing toys is a great idea!

He looks so old in this picture. What a handsome little boy too!

Things have gotten very white around here. It all started about a week ago when the snow started coming down. Since then we've gotten a lot, to say the least. A LOT!! in the past 24 hours I think we've accumulated at least a foot. That doesn't count what has melted or what we had trampled on a previous day playing in the snow. Our backyard is hidden under this thick blanket. Eli's sandbox is almost completely covered as well - and it stands pretty high. Here are a few pictures from our last venture out in the snow (a couple days ago even, we haven't gone out yet today)



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His best attempt at running

Rosy cheeks after playing outside

The aforementioned backyard

Some pretty trees from our yard

How is it possible?

Today is Elijah's second birthday!
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Eli,
Happy Birthday to you!

Two years ago today this is what we saw (shortly after 3:33 pm)

Last year, we had a one-year-old:

Our silly two-year-old (I haven't gotten pictures of him yet today, however, this is from last night):


A huge congratulations to our good friends, who welcomed their second child, Brayton, this morning!
Congrats B, KC, and Mac!!! We love all four of you and can't wait to see pictures!!!

Santa Pics

We went and visited Santa last weekend. It was pretty novel until it was time to leave Mom and have a seat with Santa. The tears were flowing freely so we switched to Scaredy-Bear. We waved bye-bye to Santa and sat down next to the bear. Once he was settled down a bit, Santa snuck back in behind us. Eli still wasn't in the mood to sit by himself, however we were able to get a picture of him alone. If you look closely, you can see a tear on his right cheek.

Because he really wasn't all that excited about the whole ordeal, I sat with him for one. The photographer ended up giving us the picture of me and Eli. He wasn't in a very chipper mood until we were safely out of the building and moving on with our day.


And yes, the Seahawks jersey is a little odd. I didn't even think about changing his clothes before we left. I had a million things on my mind at the time and clothes were the least of my worries. I am a little bummed about it now, but what can ya do? Oh well. Life goes on!

It's Snow Time

With the freshly fallen snow, we ventured outside and weathered (note the pun) the chill in the air to let Eli play in his first "real" snow. I couldn't believe how cold it was, it was 28 degrees this afternoon! Brrrr Yes, I am aware of the negative wind chill in Eastern WA, thank goodness we aren't there, but with the humidity in the air, it was downright cold over here! I am not sure what the "feel like" temperature was, but lets just say my nose and cheeks were awfully cold when we came in.

We had a great time playing in the snow.

I know this is a funny angle. I was actually on one side of the rhodie, Eli on the other. I poked my head around the edge to see him, since he was smiling, I clicked!

Over there Mom!
Contemplating the next move
"Why do you feel it necessary to always aim that thing at me?"

After spending time outside, Uncle Gordon, Aunt Dusti, and Liam came over for some warm play time and a hot bowl of homemade Turkey Noodle Soup.

Eli enjoys putting his hands in his pockets now like a big boy.

A funny little close up of my nearly two-year-old. Don't mind the crumbs.


Eli and Liam were playing on the bikes.
Liam did a really good job considering he's never ridden one before.
A few shots of Eli's Go-Bro Liam - 14 months old already!

Take Two

Since my post this morning didn't quite seem to work, I will give it another go. :)

Yesterday, Eli got his first birthday present of the season. It was from his good friend Mac who lives so very far away in Delaware. Eli was very excited to open his present and to have Daddy work to actually get it out of the box. Do toy makers honesty think some kid is going to steal this? It's enormous. I can just picture someone walking through Toy.s r Us with this under his shirt. Upon questioning, "no, sir, there's nothing up my shirt. I'm just lumpy." Seriously.

At any rate, Eli loves it! Thanks again to our dear friends!
(And Brian, he called you Rynom, like he does Uncle Ryan, so cute! He's a little distracted, but it's still cute)