Eli is 9 months!

*So I wrote this post a long time ago (Eli is 10 months now), but am just getting all the pictures added and it posted, I will stay on top of blogging someday....lol

Our little man is just growing, growing, growing these days and doing so many new and fun things! This past month has been pretty eventful!

He is such a happy boy!!

Eli got to meet his great grandparents for the first time! They came in from Colorado to celebrate my mom's 50th birthday! He also got to meet one of my mother's brothers and his family.

Eli and his Great Grandpa and Grandma

Happy Birthday Mom! 50 and Fabulous!

Eli got his first goose egg. Poor baby! He face planted into the side of our coffee table. The swelling and bruise set in immediately, but by the end of the day it was looking much better!

First boy injury! 

His head looked much better by bath time, so thankful!

That same day, Eli discovered he could pull up and stand in his crib. Of course, I had to take pictures of the occasion, so he was pretty mad that I was just standing there and not getting him out of bed! We lowered his crib that night, and slept soundly knowing he wouldn't be able to flip out of bed.

Sad face..

Sadder face...

And now just too sad...I guess I'll stop taking pictures, lol

The day before Thanksgiving we took Eli and our niece Madalynn to the zoo. My brother, Caleb,
tagged along as well. This was Eli's second trip to the zoo, and he loved it! He responded much more to the animals this time than he did on his first visit. Madalynn and Eli were both so fun to watch! One of my favorite conversations of the day...
Madalynn: "Those monkeys are silly!!"
Myles: "They are? Why are they silly? What makes them so silly?"

Madalynn: "GOD made the silly!!"

Both Myles and I laughing: "That's right Madalynn, God did make those silly monkeys!"

My handsome hubby!

Love these two!

Yes, I caught a picture of the pelican pooping, midstream
...that takes talent!

Funny girl!

Madalynn and I

Mommy and Eli

Eli's face in the picture makes me laugh!

Cuties...can you tell they are related?? Oh yeah!

Caleb was so sweet to buy Madalynn a
snack and drink with his own money :)

Leaving the zoo...fun, fun day!

Eli had a blast on Thanksgiving, he got to sit in my lap for dinner at my parents and eat off my plate. He was in love with all the big people food!

Eli also got his first tooth this month!!

Look closely and you can see a little toother!

We love watching Eli grow and learn, it is so much fun!! We love you baby boy!!
<3 Mommy!

8 Months!

Wow! Eli is 8 months now! I know I say the same thing every month, but I just can't believe how fast these months are going by. Only 4 more months and he will be a year old...that seems way to close.

This month Eli has been learning a lot! We have also been able to see his personality even more this past month and that has been so fun! He is quite the little ham. This month we think he has come to realize that he is pretty darn cute and knows how to turn the cuteness on, oh boy are we in trouble! He loves to laugh and will even laugh at himself. He makes the funniest expressions and is very friendly to everyone he sees. Lately he has been doing this nodding thing were he nods big and blinks at the same time. We are trying to figure out what he is trying to imitate or do. We aren't quite sure, but it is hilarious!!

Eli's first time to ride in the shopping cart!

Goofy little face!

Eli loves bath time! Here he is being silly!

I said, "Eli, say cheese!"
...and no joke, this is what he did!

I love bath time!

For some reason,
he thought he was pretty funny making this face.

He did it over and over, lol!

And there are even more pictures of him doing this,
silly!

Crazy hair, always a fun thing during bath time.

His chattering is still lots of babbling, sometimes he will get going and talk to you for a long time! I think the only words he has added to his vocab this month were "dog" and "bye, bye". He told his Aunt Lindsey, "bye, bye" the other day, as she was leaving, perfectly. It stopped us both in our tracks with our mouths wide open.

Eli's curiosity has taken off this past month!! He loves to army crawl around and explore the house. The boy can move pretty fast too! Eli has been challenging me to keep everything really clean! He tries to put every little thing in his mouth! He uses his little fingers to try to pick up the smallest things, even tiny pieces of dirt and dust. His eye-hand coordination is pretty impressive! He also tires to pick the freckles off our skin, lol.

Eli "helped" me find out that his cousin Madalynn
had left her barbie's necklace at our house.
Eli found it and tried to eat it.

Eli still hasn't cut any teeth, but they have to be on their way. I'm sure you know apples are good for helping kids loose teeth, but apparently they are good for teeth that are coming in too. Eli, LOVES to chew on apple slices. He is a little apple chompper. Even though he doesn't have a single tooth yet, he can bite an apple and chew it to little pieces. I think chewing makes him feel like big stuff! I have been amazed at his apple eating skills.

Eating his apple!

 As it has gotten a little cooler, we have enjoyed being able to let Eli wear his cute hats!!

Trying out his sock monkey hat!

Sporting his hat on the way to watch Lindsey
and the band at the Yamboree! He loved the bands!

At the church for worship practice!

Eli also learned to clap this month!

Eli and I watching the World Series,
waiting on Daddy to get home

Eli feel asleep while crying and trying to get out of bed. lol

I absolutely love being a mom. Especially to a little cutie. Every night as I am reflecting on the day, or telling Myles something I just can't believe how cute this little boy is becoming. He is such a blessing and complete joy. I love our times in the morning when Myles is off and Eli is wallering back and forth between us in bed, wanting to play and snuggle with both of us. Its probably my favorite time of the day. We love you sweet boy and our sooo thankful for you!

<3 Mommy!

Halloween Fun

Eli's first Halloween was filled with family and fun! This year we decided to dress up as kids in our pjs and Eli would be our sock monkey! And what a cute sock money he was!!

On saturday Eli and I went with 3 silly, yet lovely trolls to the Harvest Moon Carnival. We played games, saw some friends, and got lots of candy for cousin Madalynn. Myles met up with us after he got off work. After the carnival we headed to my parent's house to show them our cute little sock monkey.

The ballerina troll, fairy troll, and princess troll

Missy and Jennifer had fun dressing up! It was also Missy's Birthday, Happy Birthday!

Mr. Sock Monkey!

Family pic at the carnival,

Yes, I had on *footed pajamas!

On Halloween day, Eli and I went to Myles's Nana's house to help pass out candy to trick-or-treaters, eat pizza, and visit with the family...which included a gypsy, bumblebee, witch, christmas kid waiting for santa, lumber jack, tree hugger, gnome, green lantern, dead pirate, other scary dead creatures, and others in their fun halloween duds. Myles joined in the fun after work again. He was a tired nurse this year for halloween...he never quite made it into his pj costume.

Photo opp

Sock Monkey Hat

Little monkey on our way to Gran-Nana's 

Cutie

Mom and Eli at the party :)

I hope you all had fun dressing up and ate lots of candy! Eli skipped on the candy, but he did get his first animal cookie, which he loved!!

*side note: I won't ever make Eli wear footed pajamas that seem to be a little too short for him...I now know from experience, its pretty annoying! ha

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!