Living on Oak street and having a GIANT oak tree in the backyard has allowed our yard to be covered with oak leaves. Hannah wanted to get in on helping Derek rake.
Cheesy smile for our raker...
I may think I am big, but this dwarfs our baby girl next to these large bags of leaves!
I'm up to my knees in leaves!
Running through the leaves. What a helper!
I'm not so sure about this pose...
Look at me daddy!
MMMMmma! Say goodbye to all of those leaves!
This is Eli watching the Husker vs OU game over the weekend. Like the rest of us, it was giving us a headache to watch the offense!
Hannah and her spaghetti face and "pony" rooting for BIG RED!
Whoa! They are actually winning says Eli.
All this suspense has made me exhausted. Go Big Red!
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 =)
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...
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...
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"
My 2-year-old birthday official photo...trying out the bike outside - purse and sunglasses are necessary accessories as always!
