Happy Halloween

We did Trunk or Treat at church again this year. We have really enjoyed this event in the past and like to come up with fun games/themes for our decorated car. This year's theme was football. We didn't really decorate the truck, but we had a football toss game and we all dressed up. Andy and I were football players, Eli was the football, Tucker was the referee and our little friend Kerrington was our cheerleader.Kelli and Kerrington. Me and Eli
Tucker was the most popular member of the family. He sat next to us and let all the little kids pet him. Such a good dog :) Yoda had to stay at home because he would bark waaaaay too much. We love you though Yoda and I decided to show you how much I love you by NOT putting a Halloween costume on you this year. (Remember how much you hated the moose costume???) You are welcome.

chatty cathy

having a good conversation/laugh with daddy. i guess they speak the same language :)

SOLD

I forgot to post this: We sold our "summer home" as Andy calls it. We closed on the sale of our "old" house on September 30th. I don't always understand God's timing, but I am so thankful that the house is sold and we survived several months of 2 mortgage payments with me being essentially unemployed. Praise God!

more pics and videos

Here is some randomness of photos and video, mostly from the past month. wathching OU. He loves watching football.
Yaaaaawwwwwn.

crying after we took him out of the warm bath.

www.mobywap.com i love this thing

snoozin

tummy time with the dogs

fell asleep on the way home. it was pretty cool outside so he is wearing a hoodie...and he is actually wearing pants he just kicks so much when he is in the carseat that his pants end up like shorts.

the speedbumps i made on the bed so he wouldnt roll off while i got dressed.

bandaids :( after his 4 month shots

bumbo seat being used unsafely according to the warning on the side of the seat. do not use on elevated surface (except kitchen table while eating pancakes for dinner!)

snoozin some more

crooked smile.

ready for church

After our 4 month checkup, our pediatrician told us we could start trying some rice cereal. ohhhh what fun this will be.

Just making noise

enjoying splashing in the tub

4 months old!

Eli is 4 months old today (10-12-09). I really wish I could say that I have documented every little milestone like a good mommy should, but I haven't. I enjoy (nearly--except when he is really cranky and I am really sleep deprived) every minute I spend with the little man, but I am horrible at writing things down and I have even been pretty bad about taking pictures the past few weeks. Ugh, I know I will regret it, so here I vow to do better :) The past month has been a lot of fun. Eli smiles tons... usually a shy, coy little smile where he tucks his chin down to his chest while the little grin just creeps out, then it develops into a whole face consuming smile where even his ears come up just a little (just like his daddy). This is fun because even when I am behind him, as in holding him to face his daddy or grandma or a stranger, I can still tell when he smiles just by the little movement of his cute little ears---it is a lot easier to see this because he STILL doesn't have a hair on his head. And yes, we have purchased a nice warm hat for him for the winter. We got to use it this weekend when we traveled to Hillsboro to visit with Froese/Loewen family. It just happened to be FREEEEEEZING (not technically), 33 degrees saturday morning when we left the house to watch a soccer game (we watched from the car) but we did walk around Tabor campus a little so we were all bundled up. picture to come...

Let's see, Eli is rolling from back to belly fairly consistently. He started rolling from his belly to his back about 3 weeks ago, but then apparently forgot how to do that and started going back to belly. He gets mad now once he ends up on his belly because he has "forgotten" how to roll back onto his back. (confused?) He is getting pretty good with his head control and loves for us to hold him up so he can stand. He laughs when we talk in the silly baby voice or when we tickle him. His most recent acheivement is finding his hands. He plays with them constantly and has started putting them in his mouth (awesome! during flu season) so anything that happens to be near his hands ends up in his mouth as well (blankets, pacifier clip, etc.) He coos and "talks" and has started to splash in the tub. He is just so much fun lately and I am so in love.