Family Pictures

We finally got our family pictures taken, we've been trying since Christmas but this was the first time everyone was together and dad was feeling well enough to be there. My grandparents were even out that weekend. I was a little worried that Eli wouldn't be good, but for the most part he was very cooperative. I think the pics were worth the wait...

(the whole family)



(the originals and spouses)


my daddy, my hero...



(my favorite of my family!)

Eli's new best friend

Eli has his first best friend, it's our neighbor boy, Mason, who is about 14 years old! He comes over every afternoon after school and they ride bikes or play basketball. He loves riding on Mason's bike and when dad comes home to play bball with them. When I take Eli outside he says Mas? I think it is the cutest thing. I'm just worried about July when Mason and his mom are moving to Kentucky...I think Eli will be a little sad.

kite flying!

Eli got a kite for Easter. Last weekend Will decided to take him into the field behind our house and fly it. They were having a lot of fun. Eli loved holding the kite and looking up into the sky pointing at it. He kept looking up and making a noise that I know means Elmo...

But then the inevitable happened. Eli let go of the kite and it flew away. But luckily it got caught in a tree in our yard. Will, being the amazing dad that he is, decided to retrieve it for him...

(This might just be where Eli get's his climbing abilities...)

Then after all that work the kite came off the handle anyways and he ended up chasing it back through half of the field. Ahh the things we do for our kids!

Easter

We had a really fun Easter weekend. We went to the Easter egg hunt and then to grandma's house to dye eggs. That was Eli's favorite part!

He loved dunking them in yellow and green, hence the HULK hands...

He was really proud of his creation...



Then, we took these pics Sunday before church

A fun day at the park

We went to the park a couple weeks ago with my mom and Eli's cousins. He really loved it, too bad we haven't been able to go back, it's not too fun in the snow!!

Last year the swing was the best. This time he still liked the swing, but the slide was WAY more fun, probably because he got to climb all the way up to the slide before he went down. The animal thing was only fun for about two seconds.

the art of throwing a fit!

Eli has developed a "tude"! He definitely thinks he is 2 already, because the terrible stage has already begun!

It's hard to learn to love this stage! He'll give me a big hug and kiss when he's done throwing his fit, which makes it hard to stay mad at him.

My new favorite pictures...

Like father, like son...

He has a new love for books, which

I think is just so much fun!!

He's deeply engrossed in this book!

So cute!