Learning New Things at Grandmas

Eli has discovered many more things to get into this time at Grandmas.
1.  He ate dog food :) and the dog bone.

2.  He really wants to touch the fan.
3.  He keeps trying to stoke the fire in the woodstove.
4.  He's climbing the steps!

5.  He really likes hanging with Logan.

It's a ...

BOY!!!

We were thrilled to find out we are having a boy on Wednesday!  Even more exciting that Mom, Marce, and Jodie got to see the baby as well!  Lillian was set on having a sister but took the news well.  She put her head in her hands for a minute and then announced his name will be "Beast."

DC Trip

waiting for the metro at union station

remembering where we've been... 

a hole in the wall where we found lunch.

we paid a quarter to potty at McDs.

impossible to get them both looking!

We had such great weather to be in Washington DC on Thursday.  The kids were great, Lillian walked most of the day!  We rode the metro, tried new foods and met as many people as we could.

Reunited at last...

We were blessed to be able to visit with Melissa while she was in VA.  Melissa and her husband, Rick, served with us in Port Sulphur, LA.  Melissa is one of Lillian's favorite people!  Yay for good friends.



Shot Clinic #3

This shot clinic was the final one!!!!  Lillian only had one shot so that was good.  Poor Eli had FOUR!  But tears dried up quickly when we got to the after clinic party!



Lil with Dimples and Honey Bee

Daddy Daughter Time

Lil was very proud of her snout she made at school!

Eli has been having a hard time napping at childcare so he's not very happy in the afternoons when I pick him up.  Yesterday I put him in the stroller and we walked and visited people to keep him happy.  This gave Bruce and Lillian the chance to have some one on one time.  They went down to the pond and hopped around on the rocks and just enjoyed nature, something that makes them both very happy! :)  They didn't take the camera with them but they got these pics before they left.

March 9th Eli's Day!



showing off their shirts!
Lil's says "Birthday Boy's Big Sister"



I love this face!






His teachers made him a crown for the day!
o how could I forget...and cupcakes for the class!





Elisha's First Birthday Party



Yummy! Icing!

We had a blast celebrating Eli's birthday this Saturday.  Many family and friends were able to join us for the party. Eli's actual birthday is March 9th, the day after Mardi Gras, so we felt a purple, green, and gold theme was a must.  Many thanks to my NOLA friends for helping me pull this off!

TG- you made the most adorable invite and I have gotten so many compliments on it.

MAB - thank you for the beads!  they were quite a hit!
Tremmes - a king cake!  you spoiled us!

Monette - Lillian's shirt was too cute!

Mom - Eli's shirt is precious!

He hated the cute hat!

The kids LOVED the beads!

Celebrate!

16 weeks

I took a morning shot b/c it's so much
bigger by the end of the day :)

Surprise!

Mom and Dad visited a couple weeks ago so I wasn't expecting them for Elisha's party.  Mom surprised me and arrived on Saturday with Marce and the kids.  Thank you Mom!  It was such a special day!

My Beautiful Kiddos

I was looking at my children the other day and it hit me just how beautiful they are. I'm not just speaking of their physical attributes but their overall significance to me. With this in mind I began to think of how beautiful they are to God. Not just them, but all of His children. If I, as broken as I am, can love my children with the intense love I have, how much more does God intensely love His children? Even in our rebellion He sent His Son as a sacrifice to pay the sin debt we accumulated. He did this so that we could have that Father/child relationship the HE desired...not I. How great the Father's love for us.

"See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are." 1 John 3:1