Big Helper...

My favorite thing about this time of the year is BAKING! (it's not much wonder why I gain at least five pounds every winter :)) But this year was more fun than ever since I had a big helper. Here are some pictures of him helping \with the flour...

dragging the flour container

measuring..

stompin in it...

yeah, that's flour in his ear...

CUTE!

My new favorite pictures

The day Eli turned fourteen months old he decided he could walk all by himself, this is my new favorite picture of him walking and of us!

HALLOWEEN!

Eli was a shark for Halloween...

And we were the pirates...

These are some friends that dressed
up in a farm theme, so cute!!

fall leaves

Eli was helping me rake the leaves
the other day... he actually had more
fun stirring them with his stick and
trying to eat them than he did helping me pick them up!

Eli's one year old!!!

Well Eli is now 14 months old, time has just flown by and I've gotten so behind, but here are some birthday party picture....

baby show

I put Eli in the baby show in the fair. Well it was a little more than unorganized, and the award for coolest hair went to the baby in front of Eli that didn't have any. So needless to say, I think Eli got ripped off because he is the CUTEST baby I've ever seen...

eli

Eli's new favorite thing to do is get into my pots and pans cuboard and pull everything out. The first time he got in there he didn't know how to get back out. I just had to laugh, that's what he gets for being so adventurous. But it's hard to ever get mad at someone that is just that CUTE!!

Eli loves to wear his dad's old sunglasses. As soon as he puts them on we usually say, "wow, cool dude!" Now he expects us to say that every time. When we do he gets really excited and laughs. Nothing like being the center of attention.

self-feeding

It's amazing to me just how fast time goes by, Eli is (in 2 weeks) 1 year old! He now can feed himself. Only problem is it first has to be smashed and spread all over his tray, some on the floor (i'm guessing he wants to save it for later), thrown on my walls, and suprsiningly some actually finds its way into his mouth!! He does do pretty well with his spoon, when he wants to.

CAMPING FUN!

these are just a few pictures from our camping trip with the Holfeltz clan! I love this picture of Will helping Eli walk!