Pumpkins...Take 2

Myles's mom loves halloween for all of the costumes, pumpkins, and spooky fun...so when she heard about Eli's reaction to pumpkins, she had to give him another try! The saturday after fall family fun day Eli and I went with Myles's parents to Jordan's Farm. It was such a cute place, perfect for getting more pictures of Eli and a day full of more fall fun. However, we were sad that Myles had to work :(

Granny Boo was glad to see Eli was now loving the pumpkins. Maybe the first time, he just knew something was missing from his first pumpkin experience...his beloved Granny Boo!

Eli is a fan of fall and pumpkins now!!

We got so many great pictures of Eli in this sweet little chair. 

Beware: picture overload :)

There was a tractor in the front so we had to get a few pics on that too!

Oh, what fun fall brings!

Fall Family Fun Day

This past week, we had our third annual Fall Family Fun Day with our good friends, the Mosiers. Every year we enjoy yummy fall food, pumpkins, good company, and lots of fun! This year was no exception! We started off the day with delicious pumpkin pancakes, let the boys play a bit, and then Carter and Eli got their first nap in while everyone got ready for lunch and the pumpkin patch. We were quite the crew at Cheddars, with a high chair, car set sling, and toddler :). After a lunch we went to the pumpkin patch, fun fun. We summed up the day with more nap time and play time. We ate awesome white chicken chili for dinner, and ended the night with a killer game of monopoly. It was a blast even though Myles beat us all with his high rise hotels.  

Eli loved his first fall family fun day.....except for the pumpkins! We were looking forward to getting some cute pictures of Eli at the pumpkin patch with a pumpkin or two, and well... Eli was just not for that.  

Eli's first encounter with a pumpkin...
not a hit!

Tried a different spot, different pumpkins...
still not a hit!

My handsome hubby

Well if we can't get a picture with pumpkins,
we can just take some with out!

Tasting the grass, now Eli did like that! 

silly

Hi!

Picture with mom :-)
(see where his teeth are about to come in!)

Eli also liked sitting on the rocks by the pots for us to take pictures. 

Cute, slobbery boy

Handsome

On our way out, we thought one more try.
Maybe he has calmed down
and will like the pumpkins now?....nope. 

Only a fan of pumpkins from a safe distance! 

Although we didn't get a cute pumpkin picture we did get some cute pictures of our own little pumpkins playing together!

Eli and Carter!
Lets both eat the block!

Looking up at Matt

Cute friends!

Thanks for another great FFFD, Matt, Erin, Cade and Carter! We are already looking forward to next year!

Eli- 7 months!

Wow! Another month has passed already! I can not believe it is October and Eli is seven months old, time is flying by!

This past month Eli has been chatting up a storm. I think he is going to be quite the talker like his daddy! Most of his talking is just baby chatter, but I do think he knows what he is trying to say sometimes.

Words I think he can say:
Daddy: Da da
Mama: Mmmmmaaa mmaa
All done: Ah Da
Hi

Eli understands the concept of greeting hello and saying good bye. He will wave sometimes. He loves to look at pictures of himself on the phone, camera, or computer. He especially loves to watch videos of himself. He gets a real big kick out of it...and so does everyone watching. He will talk to the video of himself, it is really funny.

Cutie!

Hi!!

Eli is still scooting around, not quite crawling yet....but he is getting more adventurous in his scooting, especially to find me! He is sitting like a champ! It is nice to be able to use the high chairs when we go out  to eat! Eli is starting to get his bottom 2 teeth in, and loves to chew on everything. He isn't fussy about it, he just likes to make a slobbery mess...especially if I am wearing a necklace, he love to munch on it! He is  absolutely loving eating baby food. He has liked everything we have given him. His favorite is carrots! Oh how he longs to eat big people food! When we are eating a meal he stares at our food with longing eyes, and makes a chewing motion with his mouth. One day we will share with you buddy!

Sitting like a pro, smiling through his passie!

Yummy!

Sweet smile!

Waking up to Uncle Caleb :)

Everyone loves you Eli! You are such a blessing to everyone around you. You are so happy, smiley, and sweet. We are so thankful for you and the all the joy you bring to our little family!


<3 mommy

Artsy Fartsy Friday- Home Making

Lately, all of my artsy, creative, and painting skills have all been going towards making our house a home. However, we did recently make a piece of art for our guest bedroom. I saw this idea on pinterest and loved it! I initially wanted to make the pallet board art and paint the word "art" on it to hang over my art desk, but we have recently been working on our guest room, and I thought it would go better in there.

Pallet board reassembled and ready for paint!

Finished product hanging up!

I love it! 

I have to give most of the credit for this project to Myles. He is the one who did all the hard work of disassembling and reassembling the pallet board. I did hammer a couple of nails, but beside that all I did was paint "love" on it.

I really love the way it turned out! I think the wood looks so neat and has so much character. Thanks for making my project possible, Myles! And thanks pinterest for the great ideas!