Eli's BIG Brothers

We were able to meet with Eli's brothers on Sunday. We had a very good time. I think we should start storing up food now.

And Beyond

Recent Pics

We've been really bad about maintaining our pics this long winter. Here's a few that I do have uploaded online from recent months.

Eli loves anything LEGOS. This set is a Christmas present from Gammie.







Valentine's Day morning.









We went to the lake last weekend to get a little sun.







While eating snow, Eli lost his first tooth. It surprised everyone because we didn't even know it was loose. A couple of days later he lost the adjacent tooth. Now he can quite easily drink his juice through a straw without opening his mouth.



Our little Paduan.

Spiderman

Remind me in about 10 years when we can pull these pictures out for full effect. The boy loves this costume.

Family Picture at Loose

This picture represents a small miracle in that we were able to get this shot with a remote shutter release and everyone looking at the camera and smiling. The only head we had to clone was the man's with the clicker who was overly concentrating on said clicker.

Football

Smithville High School has a nice, turf football field. On Sunday we practiced a few plays much to the boys excitement.

KC Airshow

Both boys were very excited to go to the Air Show. For Eli it was a nervous excitement. We parked at Briarcliff and took a nice Arrow Bus to the downtown airport. Eli was nervously talking nonstop. As providence would dictate, we arrived at the airport just as the US Navy F18 was taking off. What amazing power and noise! Eli was terrified. He was so excited but in that split second he was ready to be as far away from that place as he could get. My Mom graciously bought him some head phones and he wore those along with the ear plugs we brought with us for the entire 3 hours we were there. They seemed to help. Isaac was upset but mainly, I think, to see how Eli was so distraught. After the F18 things quieted down and everyone had a good time.

More SIC09 Pictures

Looking through these, the best pictures we took of the little man were of him running away from us.

2500 Miles, 2500 Pictures

Here's just one picture. We had a great trip to Sea Isle City, New Jersey. Both boys loved the beach. What a blessing.

The Ks at the K

It was our first ballgame at the K since Isaac was 2 weeks old (we saw a game in St. Louis last year). The Cards romped the Royals, btw.

Soccer

Last night was the first night of soccer practice. The boy was pretty excited. There were probably 60 kids in his group (they broke them down to about 6 kids per coach for 10 "teams"). We have been playing in the back yard where we try to take the ball away from him (he also adds some of his own strange rules). Leading up to the practice he kept saying that he wasn't going to let any of the kids take his ball away. When we first got there I think he was a bit overwhelmed. We got his shirt and walked down to the fields and we said go get 'em. He said, "I am not playing with all of those kids." It didn't take him long to get out there though. He threw his ball out into the field, where everybody was kicking around with the coaches and parents, and chased after it. He likes to drop back about 30 yards and then and kick the ball (he's pretty tired by the time he actually gets to the ball). He's in the same group as cousin Tyler. He listened well and stayed pretty focused. We had to strong arm Isaac to keep him off the field.

Long Time No See

For Christmas, my Dad got us a new TV and a Wii. One of our favorite family games is Wii Sports Bowling. For Lisa's Birthday I took a couple of days off from work and we went "real bowling" as Eli says. Pretty exciting. You'll notice Eli crossing the line in one of the pics. He about jumped out of his skin when he heard the buzz.

We finished that day off at the Lake. Lord help us not to take these moments for granted.

We also have a Star Wars Legos game for the Wii and Eli's new favorite thing is Star Wars. He got a Star Wars Legos kit for Valentine's Day.

The little man is going to be the reactor of the family. His face absolutely lit up when he saw his puppy dog. The puppy dog still has priviledge in his crib.

Isaac Climbs into Highchair

He bloodied his lip twice today, but not while doing this.

Pics

From Crops

Enraptured by a good story

From Crops

Happy Birthday Eli!

From Crops

Fall Pictures

Don't you just love Fall? Pics from Smithville Lake and Bluffwoods Conservation Area.

Fun with a Water Hose

Watering more than just our new trees.









The house we bought this spring had a pool that came with it. Needless to say, we have enjoyed it very much. True to form though, Eli is the most careful and concerned around and in the pool. He insists on being held even though we have various flotation devices that would keep him afloat. Many times this year when the rest of the family was in the pool Eli would say, "I'll swim tomorrow." Whenever he was brave enough to swim only holding one hand, in anxious excitement, he would call all to look at him. We worked with him several times trying to get him to duck his head under the water, with little success. The first thing he said after being drenched (See below) was, "I went under!"





Go ahead and fill it up again :)

Eli's Special Talent

Eli is notorious for falling asleep while eating. Here's a couple from May 2006.





We have video of him actually eating while in that wonderful stage of almost sleep but tonight's picture may take the taco, so to speak.