Catching Up Part I

It's been awhile since we've had a good posting of Eli pictures. So here's a conglomerate of some of Eli's favorite things to do around the house:

Here's Eli sitting in the oven drawer. It's not where we'd prefer for him to be, but it's better than in the oven itself.

He loves to sit on the keyboard, and watch what's going on outside. Cali's keeping him company in this picture.

Now we're hanging out on the couch. We try not to have the TV on too often. However, Eli is a huge fan of Baby Einstein. Every time I watch this video, it's like a ray of sunshine on my day.

Recently we had the Ottaways and Merrells over. Here are the moms and sons posing for the camera.

Catching Up Part II

Now Eli and Noah are hanging out by the window. Noah's laughing at you!

Eli likes to push his truck toy around the house. And Noah was more than happy to let Eli chauffeur him around.

Eli really enjoys opening the dishwasher door and pulling out the shelves. But one morning he surprised us - we look over and he's happy as a clam just sitting on the open dishwasher door. Once again, we're just glad he's not IN the appliance.

He loves to play with his Lego's.

And here's an Easter pic. After dinner, he crawled under the piano and stayed content for quite awhile. This is a picture of mama trying to lure him out with a trail of Easter eggs!

What?! No Eli?

I had my first night away from Elijah! Can you believe it? My college girlfriends and I stayed the night at a cabin at Champoeg state park. We were lucky enough to catch just enough time for a walk around the park without rain. We played games, ate food, lots of talking, laughing and even had a surprise engagement party for our friend Rachel. To end the two days we drove to our college town of McMinnville for breakfast at our favorite restaurant, Wildwood Cafe. Thank you ladies for the retreat! Thanks mom for helping with Elijah while Tim was working!