Valle Crucis Bed & Breakfast

Last time away before there are two little boys in our house...

View from our front porch

Valle Crucis Bed & Breakfast

Hawk's Nest in Boone-I didn't go snow tubing this time...

We were fortunate enough to sneak away this past weekend to Valle Crucis. We stayed at the Valle Crucis Bed & Breakfast...the view was amazing. We enjoyed some great food, like the caramel french toast for breakfast! It felt very odd to have no schedule, no diapers to change, and no little one to rush home for a nap. But, we sure did miss our Eli!

Eli's First Christmas!

Eli's Uncle Evan bought him his very own Police t-shirt.

Watch out trouble-makers in Greensboro!

Eli had a very serious afternoon Christmas nap at Mom and Dad's. He was exhausted! He did look adorable in his new monkey pajama's from Aunt Sara Beth and Uncle Matthew.

Eli is smiling at his Daddy. This is his new favorite person...when J goes back to work from Christmas vacation I'll win him over again for sure.

His main concern Christmas Eve was gathering all the Puff's off the floor from Gramma and Paas' house. We were surprised he didn't care more about the presents and boxes.

Eli with Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Clayton. Eli was very happy they came to visit from Cary!

Baby Boy Simmons

We had a 4D ultrasound this week to check out the upcoming baby boy. This pregnancy has been the total opposite of Eli's. This little boy is very active, all the time. Eli rarely ever moved...I guess it's true that all babies have their own personalities. Here are a few pictures they were able to "catch" since he was squirming the entire time.

Almost Christmas...

I forgot how many "Baby's 1st Christmas" p.j.'s I bought Eli last year. I figured we may as well break them out and let him start wearing them...even though Jerrold shook his head at a couple outfits. He loves our sunroom and the Christmas tree. He will be so disappointed when the tree is gone...

Christmas time...

We set out tonight in the frigid temperatures to get a Christmas tree. These are just a few pics from the tree lot...I'm not sure how long our Christmas tree will remain standing once it is decorated. Eli is already very interested in how our sunroom grew a tree. He keeps crawling over and looking around the corner to be sure it is still there...

Who is this little boy?

He's working on getting out of his crib!
Cruising around the ottoman

He had the remote at my parent's house-one of his favorite toys. Jerrold and I keep wondering why they don't make all baby toys in silver or black...

I'm not sure why his pants leg is pulled up like a gangster...this is his pouty face after the remote was returned to it's rightful owner...

Eli is keeping us very busy. He discovered crawling about a week ago and hasn't slowed down since that night. We assumed this would keep him occupied for a little while, but his main focus each day is to see how many pieces of furniture he can manipulate to advance his efforts to walk. We have to put him in his crib to guarantee that he doesn't escape...