8 months later...

Wow, I can't believe it's been 8 months since I've posted anything. I don't even know where to start. Eli started walking at about 14-15 months, now he's running everywhere and got his first skinned knee yesterday. His Daddy was very proud that he just got up and kept on going like nothing even happened! He's also started talking, after calling everyone (including me) Daddy for 9 months he finally learned to say Mama the weekend before Mother's Day. That was the best present I could've asked for! He now has names for both sets of grandparents too and is learning new words almost daily. We started speech therapy with First Steps in January and he's really started to take off here recently. Oh, also we sold our house, moved into a TINY townhouse for 5 months and then bought a HUD house (foreclosure) and moved in about 2 months ago. We had to do a little bit of work but it's be totally worth it! There's no way to even know where to start with pictures so I'm just going to post some of my favorite recent ones. Eli is in love with Mickey Mouse these days, I have a couple cute ones of him with Mickey from today. Maybe now that we're settled (and hopefully buying a fast computer soon) I'll be able to post more often! P.S. Happy Anniversary to us, 9 years today!

Halloween Traditions

We went back to the pumpkin patch this year and Eli had so much more fun! He got to look at all the animals, play with the hay, and of course pick out his pumpkin. Last night we carved the pumpkin with him. We weren't sure what he'd think about the pumpkin goop but as you can see he LOVED it! I think I hear him waking up from his nap so I'll have to add those pictures later.

Happy Birthday!

Well I almost made my goal of posting once/month. August was very busy, Eli had his first birthday which was a blast and we've also had a total of 15 showings for our house! No offers yet but we think we're getting close. At least I hope we are because we have to come home and get the cats, their litter box, their food, and everything out then drive them around for an hour every time someone wants to see the house...what a pain!!

Eli's growing by the day. Eating lots of table food and walking everywhere so long as he has something to push or a finger to hold. Right now I'm dying for him to take his first steps but I'm sure once he does I'll be reminiscing about these days so I just enjoy it all as it comes.

Here are some pictures of his cake, it turned out pretty cute (I made it to look like one of his toy cars). He didn't really know what to do with the piece we gave him. All that worrying over him eating so much sugar and he didn't even want it!

The First Year

Wow, I can't believe that Eli is almost one! We're planning his first birthday party (we decided to keep it small-just family), and chasing Eli all over the house. He's crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. He loves to walk with someone holding his hands and to stand up and push his Tonka Truck around. His favorite game is hide and seek. If you crawl out of the room he'll chase after you, then when he finds you he'll turn around and crawl away as fast as he can wanting you to chase him. It's so cute!! We also decided to put our house on the market. Not the best time to sell but it's a great time to buy so we thought we'd see if we can sell our house and get into something a little bigger. So that's exciting but very busy. The house looks great...if only we can keep it that way! Here are a few pictures that are more recent than Easter. Sorry about that :)
Eli got into his diaper bag and pulled out his sippy cup and his puffs, he made himself a little snack! And a big mess..

Fourth of July at Lake Michigan. Eli LOVED the water but unfortunately it was too cold to let him get in and play.

Big boy standing up in his crib, this was the last day for the bumper pads. I was too afraid to put them in until he was 9 months because of SIDS and this was his 10 month birthday...glad we got so much use of of those... ;)

First Easter

Here are some pictures from Eli's first Easter. We had fun giving him an Easter basket (no candy of course) and watching him play with the eggs. We put change inside for his piggy bank and once he realized they made noise he loved picking them up and shaking them! Of course he's teething right now so everything is going in his mouth. His hair does have a red tint but it's not NEARLY as red as these pictures make it look! We also got him a big stuffed sheep that he loved. We also spent time with both sets of grandparents, all in all it was a great day :)

Water Baby

Eli got to "swim" for the first time at the Hitz family reunion in Madison last weekend. He LOVED it just as much as we thought he would. Here are a couple pics of him in the pool.

Eli's first trucks

Elias got his first Tonka truck this weekend. He is a big fan of riding in it while Daddy is pushing him and making truck noises. Not real sure the kitties enjoy it quite as much. Sharon had no idea what a Tonka truck was which I found oddly amusing. He also got a Hippo that can he can ride around and eat Peek-a-blocks.