My friend, Angie, took these wonderful pictures for us. I figured since Eli was 9 months old and I had never had his pictures taken and the last family picture we have is when the twins were about 4 weeks old I should get it done. I absolutely love these. I think that they turned out so well. Thanks Angie I owe you big time!
Eli is now almost 9 months old and he is just the sweetest baby ever. There is something about little boys and mom's hearts! He is a really easy baby. When he is tired I just go lay him in his crib and he goes right to sleep. He laughs really easily. And loves to snuggle. As of yet he has no teeth, can't crawl, and hardly ever rolls onto his tummy. But I am kind of greatful because then I don't have to baby proof yet.
My mom sent the kids an Easter package the other day and this was one of the things in there. Thanks Mom it was awesome!
I absolutely love when babies grab their feet and play with their little piggies. I think that it is the cutest thing in the whole world.
He has the most amazing blue eyes.
He is kind of a mommas boy but he also lights right up when his dad comes in the room. 
My really good friend Kara bought him this church outfit. He is such a handsome little boy! He is growing up intirely way to fast!!! If anybody ever finds a stop button let me know.
The other day I sat down to feed Eli and looked over and Rylee was sound asleep on the stairs. It was the cutest thing ever. And then this morning we went out to the kitchen and got breakfast, as we were waiting for Blake and Paige Rylee fell asleep on the table. So stinkin' funny!
This is my niece, Mattea, she is the cutest little thing. Her hair is hillarious and so I would do it every morning when she would come over.
Rylee loves her Pappa. One night it was really quiet and so I went in search of her and found her curled up next to him asleep. It was so cute.
My sister, her boyfriend, my soon to be sister-in-law, Blake, and I went downhill skiing. It was really cold and got foggy near the end but we loved it. It brought back a lot of memories. I started skiing when I was 3 and we would spend almost evey weekend up there when I was little.
This is my dad with the kids. It was nice to be able to hang out with him and my step mom at their new house.
This is my Grandma. She is the sweetest lady and she just loves babies.
Here is Blake, Rylee, John, and my mom watching from the top of the hill.
We also got to spend a lot of time with my dad's side of the family. All of my grandparents' kids, grandkids, and great grandkids were home for the first time in years.
For our Christmas vacation this year we went home to Canada!! This was the first time we had been to my families so it was a lot of firsts for Blake.
So we packed our 8 suitcases, 5 carryons, 3 children, 2 adults, and stroller in here,
And we drove,
