1st Thanksgiving

Destroying a pancake

Blakely's first Thanksgiving too!

All bundled up to help Papa

Admiring their hard work...

We had a very busy Thanksgiving! We started out with a family breakfast, followed by a big family lunch, and finally a big trip to G-Ma and Papa's house for the night. Eli enjoyed all the eating and snacking...but he was a bit out of sorts most of the day. He wrapped up his first turkey day by helping "Papa" decorate the front porch with huge snowflakes.

Coupons...

Every Monday morning my neighbor deposits all the sales fliers from the Sunday paper on my doorstep. I have really gotten into the coupon world in the last several months so I really look forward to checking out the week's deals. Today I left Eli alone for a few minutes in the living room and when I returned I discovered that he loves the sale fliers as much as I do! Either he loves coupons or he was making a hefty Christmas list...

Hawaii

Waikiki Beach in Honolulu

Four Seasons Resort in Maui-amazing!!!

In Maui at the Four Seasons

Pearl Harbor-a must see while visiting the Islands

Diamond Head-a dormant volcano. This is the view from Waikiki Beach.

Jerrold & I went to Hawaii for nine days in September. Everyone keeps asking me to post a few pictures from our trip. We spent 3 days in Honolulu and 6 days in Maui. What an amazing trip!

Happy Birthday Mac!

Eli with Riley, a friend from church.

Thanks for the view Daddy!

Eli attended his first birthday party today! His good buddy Mac turns one this week and we celebrated today with hotdogs, delicious cupcakes, and lots of babies running around. Eli is not crawling or walking yet so he just sat back and admired the mobility of all his friends. We are encouraging him to crawl, but he seems content with just standing up and sitting down...we'll see what happens.

Welcome Baby Blakely!

Eli has his very first cousin! Blakely Elizabeth was born on Wednesday morning at 5:09 and weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. My sister Sara Beth only pushed for about 10 minutes-needless to say I was very envious of her delivery. Sara Beth, Matthew, and Blakely are doing great! She is such a sweet little girl. Eli is not too sure what to make of her crying, hopefully this will be good training for him before the new baby arrives.

Almost Bedtime...

Eli takes a bath every night before going to bed. He graduated to the "big" bathtub this past weekend at my Mom and Dad's. He splashes water EVERYWHERE! He is beginning to really protest the end of his bath, crossing his legs indian-style and refusing to stand up so we can get him dry. His Daddy normally wraps up his bedtime routine with a book...