A New Tradition

I know Eli will enjoy this much more as he gets bigger but I really had my heart set on going to a pumpkin patch this year to start a new tradition. We had so much fun!!! The place was huge and had tons of fun stuff that Eli will get to play with next year like a big hay pile that little kids were playing on, a huge inflatable caterpillar to crawl through, a little "pumpkin train" to ride on, and a huge sling shot where you can fling baby pumpkins into a pond aiming for a canoe. Plus they had elephant ears and lemon shake ups, you know why I'm going back next year! Here are some pictures we took. I dressed Eli up in a little outfit with pumpkins on it and made him wear pumpkin socks too, lucky for him the pumpkin hat was to small...

Back to work

Yesterday was my first day back at work. I'm easing my way back into it by working Tues/Thurs this week and Mon/Weds/Fri next week. Then I go to my new part-time schedule of Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri. I'm working 32 hours with every Weds off. It was such a blessing to get that approved so I can have more time at home with little Eli. Strange as it may sound I actually kind of enjoyed being back at work. It was nice to be out of the house and interacting with other adults. Plus, I know it's cheesy, but I enjoy my job. The best part is that Eli gets to spend the day with Grandma Ford while I'm at work (and Grandpa on his days off). It's the most wonderful thing in the world. I can't imagine dropping him off with a stranger at a daycare. I know he'd be fine but this arrangement really gives me peace and allows me not to worry at all while I'm at work, plus it give Eli time with the grandparents. THANKS MOM!!!!

Here are some picutures of Eli making some more cute faces.

Growing up...and out of clothes!

Now that he's 8 weeks old Eli is finally growing out of some of his newborn clothes and into the 0-3 month stuff. To everyone who said "don't buy any 0-3 he'll grow out of it too fast if he even wears it at all" you are so wrong! He's almost 2 months and still can't wear most of it, okay, just had to get that out :) I have TONS of cute 3-6 and 6-9 stuff waiting for him but not much 0-3 so I'm going to hit up some garage sales this Friday. It's getting cold all the sudden and he doesn't have much warm stuff.


Last weekend we went to visit Grandpa Hitz (Eli's great-grandpa). It was so much fun, here's a picture of 4 generations of Hitz men (all with Frederick as their middle name). This weekend Eli gets to meet my grandparents and we can't wait!


I managed to get some tummy time pictures and thought they were adorable, here you can see him starting to roll over. I had to quit taking pictures to catch him so he didn't bonk his little head ;)