It's Been Awhile....

I have gotten a little behind, but for good reason. I finally started working out again! I borrowed p90X from my brother and it is amazing, it's a love/hate relationship =) I usually blog while the kiddos are taking a nap, but now working out has taken priority during that time. Hopefully I will get in the swing of things again an be able to stay up a little later at night to stay caught up!

Anyways.....on with the pictures! My two favorite boys!

And this wouldn't be a post without some artwork somewhere besides paper, right? Somehow Ry snuck some chalk inside and decorated one of the office doors, luckily it came right off with a Clorox wipe!
A sad pose with her masterpiece...

Eli in what I thought would be an outfit for this summer when we go to the beach. Guess it's a spring outfit because it fits now (6-12mo). I guess he will be in 12-18 mo by summer!
How cute are these two?!

Eli lookin pretty cute in his outfit from Ms. Betty, thank you!

I finally got an iPhone and loving it! Guess who else is loving it......
I don't think I ever posted a picture of the quilt my Mother-in-law made for Eli. Isn't it A-Mazing?! It has all the cute little Nursery Rhyme characters on it.
They LOVE each other......for now ;)

Eli helping Daddy cook breakfast

My favorite girl, LOVE those eyes!

Leave this kid with some stickers and she goes to town, of course not on paper though...

We've been hanging outside a lot lately and enjoying the nice swing set Santa brought. The weather has been so beautiful! I wish it would stay like this for summer, not looking forward to 100+ heat at all! This is Eli's first feel of grass between his toes!

We have a nice yard full of WEEDS, but Ry likes the occasional flowers she finds!

Ry covered Eli in his seat with all her toys....

We had a play date with Addie and their newest addition Emmie (Eli's girlfriend)!

playing outside

Ry enjoyed showing Eli some of her dance moves, it was hilarious!

Even Eli thought so....

Yesterday we did some Easter paintings while Eli was taking his morning nap.

Look how good she is at staying in the lines! She's really good a coloring in the lines too!

The other night I was woken up four times by this little monster because he had turned over on his belly and was not liking it, it was exhausting to say the least.

He woke up from his morning nap on his belly and I rubbed his back, telling him he was ok until he calmed down. I let him hang out for a good while and he decided it wasn't too bad and that he actually liked it on his belly!

Especially when he found his best friend!

I'm happy to say he woke up on his belly last night at 2, found his thumb and went back to sleep for the rest of the night AND took his morning nap on his belly too!

5 Months Old

Eli,

You are 5 months old! You get cuter and sweeter by the day and you have started doing so many new and fun things this past month! One more month and you'll be half way to one, it's so crazy how fast time goes by (especially when I'm not ready for it to)! We love you so much sweet boy and can't wait to see what next month brings!

Love,
Mommy

Here are some things you are doing at 5 months:

• You are finally sleeping through the night! You go to bed between 7 and 7:30 and will sleep till about 6:30, eat and go right back to sleep until about 8:30!


• You found your thumb and suck it all the time, it's so cute! You suck your right thumb, so I wonder if you're going to be left handed like Mommy.


• You have started baby food and have had: sweet potatoes, sweet peas, squash, bananas, and pears. I think squash has been your favorite so far!


• You get excited when it's time to eat in your high chair. I think because you know you're getting big boy food and not just boring milk. You start squealing and kicking your feet. After each bite you go mmmmm, and will sometimes squeal if I'm not shoveling it fast enough (sounds like someone else I know (Mr. P))!


• You already love your Blue Dog and love to sleep with it on your face, which Daddy doesn't like. It will be time for you to nap or go to bed at night and when I lay you down you find your thumb right away and then sort of wine. As soon as I put B.D. by your face you stop and go to sleep. I have even taken him off your face and by the time I get down stairs and look at the monitor, you have already put it back on.


• You have rolled over about 5 times, but think it has been about a week since you have done it again. I guess you wanted to make sure I saw you do it so I would leave you alone =)


• You love to sit in your stroller like a big boy without your car seat and even rode like a big boy at Walmart last weekend for the first time!


• You are reaching and grabbing EVERYTHING in sight and putting it in your mouth.


• You are ticklish EVERYWHERE! My favorite is when I kiss your neck, you always scrunch up and laugh!


• You love to watch your big sister! She is so sweet with you and I know you already love her too! You always smile when she's in your face talking to you and you follow her with your eyes wherever she goes.


• You love to be outside just like your sister.


• You are wearing 6-12 mo clothes, size 3 diaper and size 2 shoe!


• You can turn around in your exersaucer and jumparoo.


• You love when Mommy makes you jump in you jumparoo, but haven't quite figured out how to do it yourself.

We love you big boy, more than words could ever say!!!

We Have A Thumb Sucker....

My little helper helping bring in groceries

She said this is what I look like bringing in the groceries...
Silly girl LOVES her stickers!
Ry was busy writing on her white board she made at Home Depot with her Daddy. She came up and said, "look Mommy, I drew you!" I thought this was awesome, you can totally see a face, so proud!
Not so proud.....
She is going through a fun stage called " I wonder what will happen if I write on _____?!"
At least she uses washable markers (so far)!
She was pretty excited about wearing her rain boots to dance Wednesday. Pretty sure she stomped in every puddle from the car to the building!

She looked so sweet taking a nap with her Strawberry Shortcake doll!
But not so sweet stamping her entire body with her 140 piece stamp set she got for Christmas.... We will be taking a break from stamps for a while!
Eli is into grabbing everything in sight these days, he has a death grip too! I love how he is holding on with both hands as if for dear life!
We discovered Sunday morning that Eli had finally found his thumb in the middle of the night and has become a HUGE fan!

Ry and Daddy after Patton's first b-day party! I wonder what Patton looked like =)
There it is again...
Every morning Ry says, "Eli's awake!" even when he isn't. She will play, but come and check the monitor every so often to see if he has woken up yet. This morning I had to take pictures to document what EVERY morning looks like waiting for Eli to wake up...

How sweet is that?!?!

Eli multi-tasking, baby flash cards and thumb sucking!
Crazy cowgirl!

L.O.V.E.

I was curling Ry's hair, getting her ready to go take V-day pictures with Chrissy and had to video these two! I could just eat them up!!!