Saturday, July 18, 2009

Playroom

We've been busy making room for the baby this week! We decided to turn our "office" that we never used into a "playroom" for the boys. Eli's room is just too small for all their toys and clothes. I didn't get a before picture of how messy this room was but trust me, it was dark and a catch- all for all kinds of things. It was also pretty dusty so we had to clean it from top to bottom! Here are some before pictures that I took after we got the room emptied out:


Built-in shelves
Not crazy about the wood paneling, tile, and door to the outside...but oh well...

And....AFTER:

We bought a rug and this table and chairs from Ikea
Didn't want to go too low on the shelving...Eli would try to climb up it...probably still will...

I made the little green curtains myself! : ) I think I'll probably add some wall decor later, but for now we are happy with how this little room turned out. And Eli loves it too!

Helping Papa with other odd jobs...Eli decided he wanted to call my dad "Papa" himself.


Sooo tired after all their hard work!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Showers of Love

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Thank you Amy, Kathy, Katie C., Katie S., and Shannon for the lovely baby shower!
I had a great time and felt so blessed!

Thank you Amanda for the "thru the mail" shower and to those who have sent us gift cards and word of wisdom, prayers and encouragement!

God bless all of you!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

YAY!!!!!!!

Eli peed in the toilet for the very first time at bath time tonight!!!

We celebrated with some M&Ms!

Monday, July 6, 2009

The Beach

Our friends, the Clines, invited us to come out to the beach for a few days with them. Their family has a house not far from Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, which is just south of Wilmington. We had a great time! This was our first time seeing the Carolina coast and it was wonderful. The temperature was just right! Not too hot...which was a pleasant surprise!

I took loads of pictures and just uploaded all of them into this slideshow because it was the fastest and easiest way to get them posted.

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

VIsit with Cousins

My brother Rob and his wife Shannon and 5 kids were up in Boone again visiting her parents so we headed up that way yesterday to spend the day with them. We went Blueberry picking, which was quite the adventure and then just hung out at Shannon's mom and dad's house in the mountains. Later we hiked from their house to a cool reservoir so the boys could do some fishing and Eli caught his very first fish with help from Uncle Rob! It is always so fun to get to visit with these guys. Eli and Maggie had fun playing together and even the big boys play so well with Eli!


BJ helps the boys with this crazy-huge jigsaw puzzle of the world...
Eli and Lily chill out while watching a little t.v.


This picture looks kinda weird but I still thought it was cute. Eli loved hugging Maggie and kissing Lily!

Keno...giant lap dog!


Eli follows his big cousin Jake
Sweet Maggie, 2 years old
Sweet Lily, 4 years old

Picking Blueberries with Cousins

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Eli's First Catch!

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