173

Today Eli and I were playing with a calculator at BJ's office and discovered that if you enter the number 173 and turn the calculator upside-down, it says, "ELI!" That was the highlight of our day!!!! LOL!

Uncle Andy and Aunt Jessica

Andy and Jessica surprised us with a visit! We were so happy to see them and spend some time with them. Eli loved them! We had to break out the vacuum at one point and Eli ran to Uncle Andy. After that those two were best buds! Eli loved all Aunt Jessica's songs she sang to him too! We all went up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and did a small hike but it was a bit too overcast to see much. On Sunday we went to church and afterwards our friend Rebecca (Andy and Jess had education classes with her )came over for the rest of the day. We had a blast eating, talking about old times at CUAA and playing games. It was hard to see them go this morning!

Just Catching Up...

So I've misplaced my camera cord...actually I'm sure Eli found it and put it somewhere. He loves to drag cords around the house. So I just thought I'd write about what's been going on and try to keep this thing updated.

BJ went to Baltimore and New Jersey for a week with the youth group. They did some service projects in Baltimore and then camped out on the NJ beach at a Christian youth festival. He came rolling in at 9 p.m. last night. This morning he had to go take the rental vans back. About 5 minutes after he came through the door last night, Eli woke up and started crying. BJ couldn't help but go in and lift him out of his crib. The poor child looked so confused but seemed to be crying in relief! This morning Eli couldn't stop touching BJ's face as if to say, "Are you for real!?" We let Daddy sleep in for another hour but Eli kept sneaking into the bedroom and would climb up into the bed with BJ. 

My parents came up from FL and stayed with me all week. They had fun playing with Eli. He found Me-ma's suitcase and started bringing her clothes to her at one point. Then after he had emptied it out he decided to climb inside. She loved it and threatened to take him home with her. Not long after that we found him pulling his clothes out of his drawers and putting them into the suitcase. He threw in a couple diapers too! 

We had a surprise visit from my old choir director and her husband last Sunday night. They have known me since I was nine years old and they still go to my parents church. They met here in Hickory at Lenoir Rhyne College and started their family here. They were visiting a good friend in Boone and stopped by to see us! It was so much fun catching up!

It was nice to have 2 extra pairs of hands around the house. Granddad stayed busy with Eli and also did some odd jobs around here. He replaced several burned out bulbs outside, fixed a toilet paper holder, rehung a cabinet door that had fallen off my pantry, and hung a shelf. We also got my sewing machine fired up and I made some drapes for the dining room out of some upholstery fabric BJ snagged from someone at church. 

Well, this is getting long now...

Eli is still keeping us entertained. We have to make sure to keep the chairs pushed in at the dining room table otherwise he will climb on top of it! His hair is pretty long and curly in the back. We're going to hold on to those curls as long as we can! He has a couple molars that are going to break thru his gums any day now. I'm surprised he isn't more cranky though. His G.G.s got him a sand table! He loves it but I'm trying to keep him from taste testing the sand. 

It's hard to believe that we're so far into Summer now. God has been so good to us! I started attending a woman's Bible study. We meet at a different home every week and it has helped me to get back into God's Word and get to know other women from church. It's been good for me!

BJ and I will be celebrating our 4th anniversary on Wed. Each year has brought something new and exciting. We're looking forward to new adventures ahead!