Happy Birthday Hugs for Mommy from Hannah and our 1 month old Boy

Hannah hamming it up with "E-I." This is how she feels about her new "bro-der" most of the time. She is a good helper bringing blankets, burp rags, and diapers for us. When Eli spits up she tells us that "E-I spilled." She lets us know that "E-I is sad. He crying." She likes to say "SHHH E-I" and "It's ok E-I." She loves to hold him and play peek-a-boo with him. We can't believe he has already been here for a month.
Here is our sweet boy at 1 month. He slept from midnight until 5 am...what a surprise.
We will get him to smile...just very serious today, but he is opening his eyes a lot more! He stays up for about 3 hours 3 times a day and the rest of the time sawing logs or eating for an hour at a time...takes his time...on his terms. How is it that I have 2 children who want things done on their own terms? Not sure who that came from (wink).
Being sweet being held by daddy. He is around 11 pounds...that is 3 1/2lb weight gain since birth and that doesn't include the weight loss...keeping his mother busy =)

2 Cute Kids

Sister and brother...
Hanging out on the couch in the morning...
Relaxin' on the floor...

Sweet kids... Eli is still working on focusing...
Sleep after a long Halloween night...

Coloring and Carving Pumpkins

Go Big Red, Eli, and Hannah's Elmo - she is ok with him for a while and then she gets scared.... And Happy Birthday to Daddy today!


Hannah much preferred using markers to "color" the pumpkins rather than the "icky" insides of the pumpkin. She repeated asked if she could go "wash hands- icky" while we were carving. Needless to say, paper and the outside of the pumpkins are what she likes best with her colors!
Haven't quite decided on a hand...

Daddy's Lil' Pumpkins!

Hannah's daycare has a yearly Halloween parade and trick 'or' treat walk around the building. Her daycare is also a place where parents can get help parenting especially for low-income and young families. Read more at www.childsaving.org. Anyway, here are a couple of CUTE pumpkins (their mother may be a bit bias).
Daddy and his punkins'
Miss Carol and Eli with Hannah looking for other's candy to munch on.
Miss Becky holding Eli...wanting mommy and daddy to go on a date so she can babysit...Hannah agrees. Hannah's friends Ava (Minnie), Alex (fireman), and Lucy (princess) checking Eli out too.
"Trick or Treat"

Happy Birthday Hannah 2!

My 2-year-old birthday official photo...trying out the bike outside - purse and sunglasses are necessary accessories as always!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Cheese! I am 2 years old today! We had a party with my grandparents and Great Grandma Miller...all Elmo! We went to a pumpkin patch during the day and had a fun Elmo party at night. Just when I didn't think things could get better, they did - pumpkin patch, naptime, Elmo dinner, cake and presents...could life get much better? My parents can't believe I am 2!

Pure joy for Elmo cake!
More cheese...at my new table where I am having quite the tea party!
The table was set!
Fun at the pumpkin patch being a cow! Moo!
What am I supposed to do with these candles?
My cake before I devoured it. Just for the record...my mom says that 2-D cakes are much faster to frost than 3-D ducks!
My new lamb!
And...my new bike and helmet. Mommy and daddy had me open the helmet first and I asked quite matter-of-factly "where's my bike?" I didn't know I was getting a bike, but know that helmets go with bikes...many laughs.

What a great weekend with our beautiful 2-year-old sweet girl!

Silly Hannah with Blocks

Derek's friend at work gave Eli some fabric blocks. Ironically Hannah has claimed them for her own much like most of his other gifts...so nice that he was born to get presents for her...hahaha. Anyway, this is Hannah being a goof with blocks on her back.
A block hat while rocking furiously on the rocking chair.
Sweet girl.
A hat for Eli AND Hannah...
Cheese.