To now (almost 4 months later)
He is truly a beautiful gift from the Lord, and we are so very thankful for every day with him.
We love you little brother!
Mae
Friday, December 09, 2011
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Lots of Pictures!
Geez its been too long. Let me catch you up!
We went to a corn maze a couple weekends ago with some friends. The weather was perfect & Eli had a blast. It was pretty far out but totally worth the drive. Both boys did well except for the fact that they both had accidents out both ends. Come to find out Eli had a horrible stomach bug that he decided to share with Daniel and myself--no fun!
(picture overload)
And last night we took the boys out for just a quick trick or treating trip. Long story short I didn't get home at the time expected and here they have certain hours you can go. The reason why it was quick.
Eli was a train conductor, Caleb was a precious tiger, Madie was an Auburn football player (or she wore the jersey) and I was a cowgirl ;).
Look how ADORABLE!! I am a little bias though!
There is so much more I want to share...but it seems so little time. Maybe I will get around to really updating this thing.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Big Brother Eli
Lately this blog has been Little Brother heavy due to the fact that Big Bro doesn't really cooperate when trying to take a picture. I was able to snag a few pictures the other day and thought they were cute.
When I say "smile for the camera, Eli" this is the look I get followed by a cheeeeeeese! I think this is in the middle of cheeeeese.
Superman (my brother) & Aunt Linds (his wife/my sister-in-law) got this trike for Eli last Christmas. He is big enough now to enjoy it.
This boy is such a great Big Brother :)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Friday, October 07, 2011
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Instagram Dump
Not too much going on (thats out of the ordinary). The boys and I have been trying to spend lost of time outside. The weather is wonderful right now.
I love Fall!
Okay no more time to spend on here! We need naps and then its back outside.
I love Fall!
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OH--I saw a link on a friends fb page (she lives where we live). I clicked on the link and this is what the first couple of sentences said:
"Enjoy the nice weather while you can.
Winter’s going to clobber (the city we live in) again, hitting us with colder than normal temperatures and nearly twice the normal amount of snowfall."
"Enjoy the nice weather while you can.
Winter’s going to clobber (the city we live in) again, hitting us with colder than normal temperatures and nearly twice the normal amount of snowfall."
Oh joy! Last winter was pretty darn cold and snowy...thinking that this one will be worse makes me sick to my stomach. Not so much because of the cold (even though I would take a HOT summer day any day over the cold here) but more so because of the messiness/pain that snow can be AND that I will be cooped up inside with 2 boys.
So we WILL enjoy this beautiful weather now before, well...it turns to cold.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
I am a "boy mom"
*all of the pictures and video were shot on my iPhone so excuse the quality!
I am still getting use to being a "boy mom". I have always envisioned having all boys, and well so far we are moving in that direction.
I just don't think I realized what little boys were really, REALLY like. I've gotten hints of it here and there (like when we are all in our best dressed headed to church and my child decides to just sit/roll on the garage floor getting black stains on his khaki pants). In these situations Daniel has to say "Magen, he's a boy! If you wanted a neat one then we should have had a girl" (not that we get to choose this, but he is trying to make his point). I think letting Eli be messy just gets to me.
BUT...
Today I was a total boy mom letting him go free!
We have been cooped up in this condo because of so much rain the last few days and with us only having one vehicle, we were stuck. But today the beautiful sun peep through the clouds and so we jumped on the opportunity.
I debated back and forth how we would do this. Would I put Eli in the Bob and strap Caleb to the front of me or be brave and let Eli walk on his own (he has a tendency to run away and not listen to us making us look like fools chasing after our kid who I might add is unusually quick and oh did I mention...I haven't run in a while so would I even be able to catch him?) and put Caleb in the Bob. We haven't gotten a double bob yet...hoping maybe a Christmas present *wink wink*...because I didn't think we would need it until spring with the weather being so cold up here. But I was wrong. Moments like this make me wish we had one.
Okay getting back on track...so I came to the conclusion that I would let Eli walk and enjoy the exercise outside and put Caleb in the Bob.
We loaded up and headed out. There is this great walking path that goes about 2 miles behind out place with big open fields. Its great for Eli to run around.
So we started our walk and we were not even 5 feet into it when I saw them. BIG PUDDLES OF WATER. Oh no I thought. Eli will want to splash like crazy in them and I honestly don't feel like cleaning him up and not to mention it is 57 degrees out here and I bet that water is freezing. But we kept walking, and sure enough he noticed them. I decided I would carry him over the first few. Maybe he didn't notice I thought...yea right. We kept going and of course there were more.
Then I said...oh what the heck! Let him just be a boy and play/splash his little heart out. It's just water. So I did.
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And y'all he loved it!
Once he was done (or actually when I thought it was long enough, and didn't want him to get too cold), we headed in for a nice, warm bath!
And now we're all clean and warm!
We can't forget about baby brother who slept through it all.
Here's to many, many more (messy) adventures with the boys :)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
photo dump
I have been absent from this blog. Sorry.
Life has just gotten the best of me, and when I actually find time to sit down and update, all I really want to do is get a little shut eye.
But alas. I have found a little time even though I would thoroughly enjoy sleeping right now as Caleb wanted to eat at 5:30am. Once I got done feeding him to climb back in bed to maybe, MAYBE catch 30 minutes of sleep, I hear Eli calling.
I still feel like a zombie some days. Daniel says he has to repeat things to me. I blame it on the lack of sleep.
Caleb sleeps about 4 to 5 hours and has once done 6 hours at night. I looked back to see Eli's sleeping patterns. Here is what I wrote...
"He was sleeping about 6 hours during the night at 4 to 5 weeks & then about 8 to 9 hours at 7 weeks."
I know every baby is different.
Caleb is definitely a more calm, chill baby. Eli during the day was pretty fussy until about 3 months.
I am hoping Caleb starts doing 8 hours stretches, but I will wait patiently until then... :).
We took the boys last week to the doctor. We intentionally scheduled their appointments together so we could just make one trip. Eli is still staying strong at being a big boy. At his 2 year check up, he was 35lbs and 36 7/8 inches. My MIL looked back to see what Daniel was at 2 years and he was 31lbs and 35 inches.
And this was Caleb's 1 month appointment. He was 10lbs 3oz and 22 inches. I looked to see what Eli was at this age. We actually didn't do a 1 month appointment with Eli but rather at about 7 weeks. He was 9lbs 6oz and 21.5ish inches. So needless to say, Caleb is quiet bigger (right now which could change) than his brother.
I haven't started working out or running again yet. I go to the doctor this week for my 6 week check up, and I will probably start back doing little things when I find the time. I thought for sure it would be KILLING ME not running, but honestly I am too exhausted to think about it. The only time I wish I was out there is when Daniel comes in from his 6 mile run. It will come soon enough though.
I also start back to work next week going 2 days a week. Then mid October I will start 3 days. I am sad to be leaving my boys, but I know that soon enough I will be home with them.
Daniel is still on track to graduate in May (WHOOO HOO!!!) with his Masters of Divinity. Then we are headed overseas to France for 3 months. We are anxious to get there, but trying to stay focused on what God is teaching/showing us here.
Okay, its time to feed Caleb. Hope to be back soon!
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