My dad came over for Thanksgiving and stayed for a few days. This is what we end up doing most the time he comes. Eating lots of yummy food, sitting around the table (notice the big mess) and playing with Eli. We also got to get up the Christmas lights before he left, which was a huge help. And a quick update on Eli's ever growing vocabulary. He say All done "All Da", Potty "Doety" and Thank You "Doe Ti". He seems to be substituting Doe for Th and P sounds. I think he wants to start his own dialect.

So I know that everyone is expecting pictures of the turkey on Turkey Day...but I'm a little behind on my blogging and need to play catch up. So we'll start with last weekend and over the next few days I'll post the rest.
Last weekend we went to the Noah's house for a 24 hour playtime. We had lots of fun eating, playing, chasing the dogs, eating, going outside in the rain, eating and more eating. Something about this age, but all they seem to want to do is eat. We wish we lived closer to Noah, but we will have to make the best of these little short trip that never seem to be long enough.



But then Noah saw that Eli was reading a book...
So he stole it...
Then left it on the floor...
So Eli....


Got down on the floor to finish his page...
After naps we went to the outlet mall for some dinner and shopping. We did find a ball for Eli that we will give him for Christmas...a mini soccer ball. Yes and here are the boys eating again. We had such a fun time and can't wait to see Noah again!

Grampa's Here's



Sunday: Here is Eli with his friend eating a snack. They sat and ate there crackers so nice and with such good manners! Good job boys.


This is one of Eli's new tricks. He finds the bowl and puts it against the stove so it doesn't move and then stands on it. Sometimes for long extended periods of time!

Today he found my hat when I told him it was time to go bye bye and put it on. Then ran around the house like a little crazy man.

A few weeks ago we went to my 10 year young life reunion. It was fun to see old faces and catch up, plus everyone brought the

Last week we took Eli to the Sheridan Community Center for Play Group Time. He just seemed to own the place as he walked around and Jeff followed him from toy to toy. He loves all the action. Eli is also saying lots of words right now that are so cute. He can say: Happy, Hot, Baby, Hi, Bye Bye, and of course Mama and Dada. We have been reading this book called Baby On The Baby, By William Sears and it tells the story of a family that is about to have a baby. Eli wants to read it off and on throughout the day. There is even a picture of what the baby looks like inside the tummy. So we have been teaching Eli that there's a baby in Mama's belly just like the one in the picture and just like the mom in story. Now when I point to my belly and say "Eli what's in Mama's belly?" He says "Bebe". So cute!

Here are some pic's from the playgroup