So happy... #10

 

I look at this picture and I am so in love with this man.  We fit together so perfectly, not to mention he is my best friend and the best daddy I could ever ask for our children.

And if that doesn't make you smile...this will...

Eli sure can get comfy while he's sleeping.  Arms behind the head, completely out.  Livin' the life of a toddler.  Pimpin' ain't easy.

With these two in my life, I can't find any reasons why I wouldn't be happy.

Life is good.

 

 

Happy Hump Day #9

Well I think this week for me is dragging by extremely slowly, but it always does after we return from a break.  Eli is doing well still in his transition to the toddler class so on Monday he will officially be in there full time. 

Growing up, I can remember my dad sometimes saying "home again, home again, jiggity jig" several times and he always said it in this funny voice which a cheesy grin on his face and I'd roll my eyes because I was too cool for that.Well Eli loves it.  I have been doing it with him when we drive in the garage and get home from daycare and he completely dies from laughter.  It is hysterical!  Eli is just such a joy and such a happy boy and lately he loves his Ipad, especially in the car.

He couldn't pause long to smile at mommy.  Guess he was too busy sending out emails. :)

Muffin and Eli... BFFs... #8

Lately, Eli has been obsessed with Muffin.  He hasn't gotten into her dog food yet, but I'm sure it's because we have it blocked off.  Right now the interest is her toys.  He wants to see them, hold them and throw them and he expects her to jump right then and get it because HE threw it.  The funniest thing is he'll throw a toy for her, watch to see if she goes to get it and if she doesn't then he proceeds to point to her toy, look right at Muffin and say "get it."

This is Eli saying "get it."

This is Eli saying well if you aren't going to play with it, I will.  Don't worry all of you freaking out right now, we took the dog toy away from our child.  It was only in his mouth a second.

On the nights that Muffin isn't up to playing, Eli just entertains himself.

Kids are such a joy and there is never a dull moment. :)

 

 

Back to reality...#7

Well today was back to reality, at least for the most part.  It was Eli's day back to daycare after being home with mommy for almost 3 weeks now and it was mommy's day back to work, but without students just yet.

My day didn't go as planned, but the work days never do.  I plan on accomplishing SO much but then something comes up, or you have five hundred different meetings.  Oh well.

This week is something new for Eli because this is his "transition week."  Every day this week for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the afternoon, he goes and visits the toddler classroom and gets to know the other kids and teachers.  He stays in his room for lunch & naps, so it isn't a complete new surrounding just yet.

How did it go you ask?  Let's see...

It went well.  Transition day 1 was a success, but he only had one nap today since he was so busy being social with the others.  That resulted in needing the pacifier (which he only wants when he's sleepy) and lots of relaxing on the couch and watching Backyardigans before bedtime.  Hope day #2 is a success as well!

Family Time...#6

Sweet, precious family time.  I love it and can never get enough of it.  Kevin & I have always been "that" couple since day 1.  You either love that we do everything together or you hate it, but that's how we roll.  We don't seperate alot to have "girl time" or "guy time" even though we have started doing that some now because we like "us" time too much to give it up often.  Now that Eli is part of our family, we take every minute we can to play with him, talk to him and show him that he is the center of our world.

How do you not smile at this face?

And even though I'm still having to say no...you have to turn your head and smile first when they do something like this!

He is such a good boy and spends most of his days entertaining himself, talking to us non-stop inbetween activities.  I love family time and can't wait for it to grow!

I don't know how all of these precious moments don't make you itch for more?

This is his... "What you looking at, yeah I ate all my spaghetti...gotta problem?" look.

AND we can't forget Muffin.  She was a member of my family before anyone else and I love watching her and Eli interact.  Cutest thing ever.  I'm sure the fact that he feeds her cheetos and everything else he eats all of the time just adds to the bonding going on. LOVE IT!

 

 

No, No & No...#5

Well, first off I'm pretty impressed that I have kept up so far, BUT I haven't gone back to work yet either.  It will get much harder come Monday.  I'm not really sure why, but the past couple of posts  hasn't allowed me to add pictures so I'm sorry if it's not as interesting. I'll work on it.

Anyways, the title has been my vocabulary today.  My little Eli is the biggest daredevil out there.  He is not afraid of anything yet.  His newest trick today was climbing on the hood, yes hood, of the car he got for his birthday.  He's suppossed to ride in it, but instead today he kept climbing on the hood of it, sitting on his knees and THEN pressing the gas to try and go forward.  I'd say, "Eli...no" and he'd babble something like he was explaining why he had to do it, then when I'd say, "I'm sorry, you can't" then he'd get on his knees in the floor, and put his head on the hood of the car and cry looking at me the entire time like I was the worst mom ever.  He has the most tender heart that he cries anytime ANYONE tells him no.  You can even say it nicely and he just starts balling.  Maybe that means he won't be stubborn...we shall see.

But this is my first insight as to it only getting harder as he gets older.  Maybe the sleeping, eating, diapers, etc. get easier as he grows up, but being responsible for this little life and making sure their decisions are safe, smart and honorable will only be more challenging.  For now, I'm just bracing myself for the "terrible twos" because I have a feeling "No, no, no" will be in my vocabulary a lot more...

Sleeping Beauty...well kind of #4

I guess I can't really call Eli sleeping beauty since he's a boy, but it kind of fits because I think he is a beautiful child and he was sleeping...

This morning amazed me.  It's my last Friday before I return to work and I'm feeling the pressure of returning on Monday.  I couldn't go to sleep last night because I kept thinking I need to do lesson plans and everything else on my work "To-do list" so that I can go back and be ahead!  However, it is turning out to be a great day.

At 10:00 the door bell rang and it was a jolly old man with white hair. He honestly reminded me of Santa Claus and he was here to tune my piano.  Kevin, as part of my Christmas presents, has arranged for this man, Scotty (how appropriate huh?) to come and do this and I was in tears I was so excited.  My piano is precious to me and has been through the ringer.  It was the one my mom started playing on and when I moved from Creswell to Benson, they allowed me to take it with me.  Then it made the move from Benson to Wilmington, and last but not least from Wilmington to Florida.  If you know anything about pianos then you know this piano was in dire need for a tune up.  It hasn't had one since it was in Creswell.

However, it was 9:30 and Eli just went down for a nap.  Really I thought?  Now? I was so excited I wasn't about to ask this man to come back later, but I didn't want Eli's nap messed up either.  Oh well...we will just see how it goes and I will deal.  So as I sat here on the couch, Scotty pressed every key loudly (at least it seemed loud at the time) and I had the monitor right beside me...waiting, holding my breath and guess what?  Eli slept through the entire thing.  With the piano up against the wall of Eli's room, Scotty played and tuned and played and tuned some more and still no baby cries!

So...success!  The piano sounds amazing and Eli got a complete nap out.  He even woke up in a good mood, just like usual.  He ate a full lunch of chicken nuggest and corn and was ready to play.  I'd say the rest of this day is bound to be good as well because Eli was such a sleeping beauty.