A few of Eli’s favorite things

Fire trucks

Drums

Check out the concentration with the tongue!  He is his daddy’s son. :)

Sunglasses

Milk and Balloons

Eli would drink milk all day if we let him.  When he asks for it he still does the sign and then says some word that sounds nothing like milk.  I can’t even try to type it out for you to understand or pronounce what I type.

Almost every time we go to the grocery store we get a balloon.  Fortunately only one has popped on us. 

Daddy’s Shoes

It is amazing how fast this little man has grown up.  We can not believe that he is going to be 2 in little over a month.  He is such a joy and blessing in our lives!

Mountain Fun

We LOVE to go to the mountains. It is such a relaxing time for all of us and the weather is so much cooler.  We have taken several trips to visit Nana and Papa this summer and can’t wait for many more visit. Here are some pics of some favorite things that Eli likes to do while we are up there.

Golf Cart rides with Papa.

Nana got him this mower one time we were up there and he has loved it ever since.  We brought it back to Greensboro and he wants to mow everyday.

Working hard. :)

Putting tape all over his body…I know, Uncle Keith started this one. :)  And yes, that is a yummy spaghetti face. 

Watering the beautiful flowers. 

Summer is here!

I am so behind on posts these days but wanted to recap some of the fun that we have already had this summer. In May we had our first trip to the beach with Jeff’s parents.  Eli loved running/playing in the sand but was a little unsure of the huge ocean. He was content sitting in a hole filled with water. 

Here comes the water…runaway!!!

Memorial weekend my bestest friend Lauren got married and I was so thankful to be a part of it.  Unfortunately, this is really the only picture I got from the whole weekend.  Growing up we would take a picture at the kitchen counter every year.  So we continued the tradition with this special occasion. Congrats friend!!

We have had many trips to the pool, park, Natural Science Center, and even the mountains.

This past weekend we headed to Virginia Beach to visit some friends.  If we were not napping or eating we were at the beach or the pool.  We had the best time and Eli LOVED it.  He got to go kayaking for the first time! 

GRRRR!!!

Eli loves the tigers.  We probably venture over to see  them every week.  Can you believe he is nose to nose with this tiger?

Great Adventures!

This morning we ventured out to the strawberry farm but before we left we made a yummy breakfast of French Toast.  Eli was a great helper!

After a great breakfast we headed to the farm. This was Eli’s first time picking strawberries.  We went last year but he hung out in the sling while I picked them.  This go round was nice because I had some help. 

As you can tell he enjoyed eating the strawberries instead putting them in the basket…

And running down the rows with his buddy Ollie.

Fun times at the strawberry farm!!

Blue Eyes!!!

 

Last week we were at the bog and a photographer was there taking pictures of the ducks.  He took this shot of Eli, gave me his card and told me that if I wanted the picture just to send him my email.  Sure enough he sent it too me. 

Easter

We had a beautiful Easter.  The weather was awesome and we got to spend a lot of time with family.  Lunch with Jeff’s side and dinner with mine.  

Eli caught on really fast to the idea of finding eggs and putting them in his basket.