just pictures

Enjoy...


You can buy them super cool toys, and they like to play with water bottles!






Flash was too bright I think!


Elijah LOVES to hug Hussy...actually, we call it "putting your head on the kitty"!


Not sure...I think he took the picture of himself! He is so strange sometimes!

Autumn is pretty cool...

...and I don't just mean in terms of temperature! Elijah and I took a quick walk today before it started raining and I decided to take a few pictures of the park across the street. I'm no professional but they are pretty nonetheless!


Along the trail...


Elijah's duck friend on the kind of scummy-looking pond. Most of the ducks were in pairs, but this guy was by himself.



More ducks...these guys wre one the non-scummy pong. This is the pond where we can go ice skating in the winter.




More of the cool non-scummy pond.


This was the squirrel that Elijah decided to yell at...then I got the next picture...

Check out its crazy demon-like eye! Yikes.

And that's all...Elijah was all bundled up in the stroller because it was rather chilly so I didn't take his picture...well, I did but they were not the best. He's taking an afternoon nap and I'll try to take some pictures/videos of him walking later. He's gotten very good at it!
But it seems like every time we pull out the camera, he sits down again. Crazy baby!

pics...

Adam went crazy with the camera yesterday...he was trying to get some good pictures of Eli's top two teeth. He was actually cutting one on the bottom but we think it went back into his gums! Crazy...so anyway, here are the "fruits" of Adam's labor - enjoy!


Elijah LOVES to play with water bottles...look how he's hugging the bottle in the second picture!

Hey, it's me! I was super sleepy...

Eli

So Elijah is awesome...he has been taking his first steps on his own lately, usually when I'm home alone with him. If we try to make him walk TO us, or WITH us, he won't do it. He gets all mad and sits down. But he'll do it when he's standing next to stuff on HIS own terms...stubborn baby!

Anyway, tonight we were over at my mom and dad's house doing laundry. Right before we were going to leave to come home, he took FOUR steps all by himself...and now I have witnesses! Then, to make it even better, he took FOUR more steps all by himself again! I'm such a proud mom right now. We moved just in time. Our last place only had 2 bedrooms so I had to block off the kitchen (kept the kitty dishes in there) and the bedrooms (cats needed to escape somewhere) with baby gates. So Elijah really had no where to walk except the living room. Here, we just close the bathroom door and put a gate up in the kitty-room doorway. He has so much room to roam. I have a feeling he'll be cruising around in no time.

Yay, baby-baby!

pictures after the move

Here are some pictures of the baby-baby to enjoy while you wait on pictures of the new place (we still need to unpack quite a bit!). Here he is today eating some macaroni and cheese (or Kraft Cheese and Macaroni, according to Adam!)...this seems to be his new favorite lunchtime food!


Notice his "big boy zit" on his cheek? He's growing up so fast!



Also, notice his hair seems to have lightened up quite a bit! He's a lighter-haired Adam now...

And that is all for now...we're going to unpack and hopefully get some things put on the walls today. If so, there will be more pictures later!

moving

Well, tomorrow is our big moving day. It's been crazy here for the past week! Adam has had to work crazy long days all week which has meant most of the packing has been my responsibility. You never really realize how much "stuff" you have until you try to pack it into boxes! We're downsizing the goods, I think. Less is more, right?? So I am taking a quick break from the chaos and posting what will probably be my last post for a little while. We aren't going to have free internet in the house where we're going and I'm not sure when we're getting it hooked up. If it gets to be too long, I'll just run over to my parent's house and use theirs, but only after we unpack again ...I really do not like the packing/unpacking parts! Ah well, this probably will be the last move for quite a while so I'll just smile through it .

So I'll leave you all with a few pictures...

Elijah helping us pack...


Notice all that drool?? Still no teeth but LOTS of drool!




Cats in the cabinets! Finnegan and Hussy weren't cooperating with the picture taking...


I think he wants to play the piano...awww...I'm so pleased!