What I have to work with...

Over the past year, since I got a new camera and even better a new lens for my camera (thanks for the suggestion Leaca), I have very much enjoyed taking pictures of my sweet kiddos. This morning I may have started to go overboard. I only took 60 pictures though---that isn't too bad. Well by the end they didn't care if they were being cute and this is what they gave me. Micali instantly falls asleep or pulls what is close over her head. Eli, well, his face shows how he was feeling when it was clearly LUNCH time not camera time!
 

For your viewing pleasure

 

Looking Back

 

I took some pictures of the kids together this morning before we went to Story Time at the library. They actually had clothes on and not pajamas. I wanted to show Eli that sometimes he did really wear clothes and hasn't lived in his PJs his entire life. The other pictures on the collage were taken just about a year ago. Luke's parents came for Eli's baby blessing and ended up helping us move. Eli in his swing with Micali was the last picture we have of them at our old house. The one with Grandma and Grandpa was taken right before they had to go back home. From looking back I realized Eli was a HUGE two month old and Micali has gotten a lot of teeth this last year. She only had 4 of them at 18 months old and now she has a whole mouth full.

Accomplishments as of late....

 

I didn't have any recent pictures to post so I just went back through and found some that really make me smile! The one of Luke looking so happy with all the treats in the background was the day we potty trained Micali back in July. We gave her all the juice, milk and water she would drink and every 5 minutes when she sat on the potty she got a treat. Good Memories! This smile of his didn't last long.

So, accomplishments:
Eli----SAYS MOMMA!! He said Sasha(the babysitter) first though. He recovered quickly though and the very next day said momma. The first time he said it was getting him out of the bath on Sunday. Since then he has said it when he wanted to sit on my lap and Micali was already there, and today he said it when he was in the other room and was hoping I would come and get him.
----He can pull up onto furniture.
----He crawled yesterday. Clear across the room on two occasions. Once to show off for me and then later to show off for his daddy. He still mostly scoots but tries actual crawling occasionally.
----He figured out that he can sit up in his bed. I don't know how it took him so long to figure it out but Micali got in there the other day and showed him how. Now most of the time when I go in there he is sitting up. If he sits up before he falls asleep he cries until someone comes in and lays him back down.

Micali----OPENS the REFRIGERATOR! I realize this might be late in accomplishing this task but I am glad it took her so long to realize she could do it. Now I can't get her out of the refrigerator. She helps herself to whatever she can reach. Today while I was doing dishes she got the milk out and decided to try and give Eli some milk. Don't worry no mess was made, only a little bit of milk was left in the gallon and she poured it in his cup like a pro.
This morning I was wiping her little bum after she used the bathroom and when I was finished she said, "you did it? all clean? good job momma!---gave me a huge leg hug--- Thank you,love you! AHHH----give me a KISS!!"

Smile!

At lunch today Micali somehow fell out of her chair. She was talking to me and telling me to look at something. Next thing I know she is on the floor and apple slices are everywhere and water is dripping off the table. I was like Micali what just happened. She didn't feel like responding but I saw her lip was starting to bleed so I got a napkin and helped her up. She shed a tear or two and then was laughing. When she started laughing, I noticed part of her tooth was missing. Seriously??? It wasn't even a hard fall(she landed gracefully on her back). Anyway, it wasn't too bad of a chip thankfully. She didn't seem to be bothered by it at all she just got back in her chair and kept on eating.

While I was trying to get Micali to look at me and open her mouth I took a few pictures of Eli from a different angle so you could see his top teeth in the picture!

 

A nice reminder....

"Come What May and Love It"


This is a wonderful message. It helps me to know that my Heavenly Father is aware of me and loves me. He wants us to be HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL! Following these principles will make life easier on a day to day basis, especially when there is a tough situation.
I am grateful for these inspired words given by Joseph B. Wirthlin.

Roses are RED...

Micali loves flowers. It was one of the first signs she learned and now she finds them anywhere we are and points them out. Daddy came home with this rose on Valentine's day and she couldn't have been more excited. She carried it around with her for awhile and once we put it in a vase she was constantly asking to smell it. Daddy found the way to his little girls heart. Actually that isn't to hard for him. Micali adores her daddy and gets very excited when he comes home from work. Yesterday she got to ride in the car with him while he ran some errands, she thought that was pretty cool.

 

Chubby Cheeks, Chubby Fingers and a FULL moon...

My little Eli has turned into a real MOMMA's boy. He even cries sometimes when daddy tries to take care of him. I had the camera close while the kids were playing and couldn't help getting some close-ups of his cheeks and fingers.
I love my BOY!

 

Daddy's got Skills!

 

Daddy got to be with the kids on Thursday night while I was at church for Relief Society Enrichment meeting. Micali and her daddy played with Legos. She she love the animals he made her. She kept them in a safe place to show me the next morning! Daddy was impressed when he would make and animal for her and she could actually recognize what it was.

A Photo Tag!

This is the first tag I have ever done. I kind of cheated because I went to one area we save our pictures and came across a not so good one of Micali and I at the State Fair in Palmer. So, I went to another place and came across these pictures. These pictures are a little more exciting and have a better story so I decided to go with them. The sixth one was Jon running out of the water with Christopher and Luke hanging out on the blow-up mattress. We had a lot of fun riding the waves on this thing and willingly disobeyed the fine print on the mattress that states it isn't for use on the water.
These boys in the picture all sold pest control before any of us girls knew each other. We have stayed really good friends through the years and even though we are spread out we still keep in contact and plan on getting together this summer for a little reunion.
This is in Florida somewhere. Luke and I were leaving out of Florida to go on a cruise and miraculously his friends happened to be able to meet us there.
I didn't even know these pictures existed until a few months ago Luke was trying to clear out the memory stick on the camera and these randomly came off of it. These were taken 4 years ago!! I was excited and smiled when I saw them.

So here are the rules to the tag:
1) Go to your picture folder, or wherever you store your photos on your computer
2) Go to the sixth folder and pick the sixth picture
3) Post it on your blog and tell the story that goes along with the picture

I skipped the 4th rule because I didn't want to make anyone feel pressured to participate but if you feel like doing this tag go right ahead and I will read it on your blog!