Old Pictures

I looking through some pictures and found several (okay, maybe a few more than several) that, for whatever reason, just never made it on the blog, so I wanted to share them with you!

This first one is from Thanksgiving I think, at Josh’s mom’s house. Eli and Scout must have been getting wild and/or cranky and someone put Daniel Tiger on a phone for them to watch. It was pretty cute to see them just sit, both trying to be close to the screen. I was a little surprised they didn't fight over who got to hold the phone. Cuties.

These next pictures are from our church’s annual Chili cook-off and fall festival. Basically a time to get together, play games, eat lots of food and just spend time together outside before it gets too cold.

 Eli found a tractor just his size! And, so handy, he also found someone willing to push him all over! Oh, the joy on that little face!

There were lots of other things to interest him, including some cats, dogs, ducks, geese and these turkeys. The turkeys, incidentally, were not anywhere near as interested in him as he was in them, and they kept running off if he came more than 10 yards from them. That never keeps a kid from trying.

These next two I think are from Christmas at Rachel and Vance’s house, which would have been the weekend before Christmas. We partied hard and wore Eli out! He loves playing with Scout and all his cool trucks and tractors, in fact, most of the time he lists them right along with the family; “Scout, Rachel, tractor…”

As tired as he was, he didn't really fall asleep playing on the floor… it was just a little rest!

And this, this is one of Eli’s very favorite people, Miss Debbie! She was his Sunday School teacher from just a few months old to 2 years old! Every week he would wait for her so he could go play cars and trains. One of my favorite moments was one week when he was watching from the front door, he finally saw her and a huge smile covered his face and he yelled, “Debbie!” Even when he was little, he always went to her without any fuss and was happy to see her every week.

Christmas Day.

This child is so loved. And spoiled! I’m pretty sure he received more presents than anyone else. Two of his now favorite books, Richard Scarry’s “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” and “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site.” They sound just like books a boy would like, don’t they? The cars and trucks one is a favorite for riding in the car, he will just look at those pages for minutes and minutes. And the construction site book is a bedtime favorite and has taught him all about “exators,” “boboz,” and "mixer” (excavators, bulldozers and cement mixers).

My mom was sick with the flu during Christmas week and didn't want to get everyone sick, so she wasn’t able to come celebrate with everyone, so instead we FaceTimed the present-unwrapping! Eli talked to Gram and Gramps on the iPad and gave them a cute little wave.

Aunt Abby was the designated (by Eli) present-unwrapper-helper. He would bring them over to her and she would help him open all his presents, even ones with little parts that may have been better to open at home... In her defense, he was being exceptionally charming and would ask very nicely, "please help Aunt Abby." And she would.