finger painting

I tried finger painting with Eli today.  It didn't go exactly as planned but he had fun running around the deck like a little jungle boy in his trash bag.  Enjoy the pics!

Seeing Santa

Saturday night we went to a Children's Christmas party through Jeff's squadron.  It was hosted at a local toy store (which is a really cute store) and they served fudge, hot chocolate, and cookies and all the kids got to play with all the toys in the store.  The squadron also made sure there was a Santa Claus as well.  We were hoping to get Eli's picture with Santa and solve our Christmas card dilemma.  This visit did not go so well.  Eli was terrified of the man in the big red suit sitting by the tree.  He cried so we took a family shot which turned out pretty good and then he seemed to be interested in Santa and would peek in room to see what he was doing.  So we decided to try letting him sit on Santa's lap again and the hilarious picture I will post definitely lets you know his reaction.  Thank goodness we didn't have to pay for the pictures!  

I hope you enjoy our pictures from this year's visit with Santa. 

Just Catchin' Up

My halloween blog should have been posted well around Halloween but I haven't been too good about keeping the blog updated.  While it doesn't look like we've been up to much we actually have been.  My mom visited the first week in November and we took Eli to the zoo and did all kinds of fun things.  The second weekend in November I was able to get away for a few days with some friends.  We had a great weekend on Lake Sinclair, thanks to the Snow family for letting us stay in their lake house.  The weekend basically consisted of food and lots of conversation, but hey it has been about two years and 3 babies since our last girls weekend so that's a lot to catch up on.  Then, our family travelled home for Thanksgiving where we enjoyed family and lots of good food.  This was our first trip home since Eli started walking so it was fun to watch everyone's reaction to his moves.  Of course now the Christmas season is heavily upon us.  We've been shopping and partying for a few weeks now.  We put our tree up last weekend and it has been hilarious to watch Eli every time we turn on the lights...mouth wide open with a huge gasp and a lot of oohs and aahs.  He loves it!  We will be taking Eli to see Santa at a Christmas party tonight so I hope it goes well.  I'll try to post some of the pics from the party on the blog tomorrow.  Until then enjoy these new shots of our sweet boy!