A few random pictures!
Oliver and eliza going down the slide "together"....
that is until oliver let her go, and down she came all by herself.
A pretty view from one of our runs up on "the dish"
eliza's cute little profile....
Oliver and his reallly good friend/GIRLFRIEND!!!! These two were probably each other's VERY first friend...and they still love each other so much! Isn't she a doll! ps...thank you for the pictures brooke!
Here they are again! two peas in a pod....at one time somebody asked if they were twins!
This is eliza chowing down on her cheerios!
Another view from the dish....this was supposed to show the kids with daddy's work in the background....but it was a bit too smoggy, and you can't see it....
This is why "the dish" is called "the dish" :O)
Well....this week has been full of great fun....or has it? :O) just kidding.
We have had a good week. For all of those who do not know....which is most of you, we got a new car a little over 2 weeks ago (Honda Civic...ps. new to us, it is a 2006).
It was a very eventful purchase for our family, as we have yet to purchase something so large/expensive our whole entire marriage....however it wasn't nearly as expensive as we were anticipating...so we were grateful for that.
It is a pretty car, and we will have to get a picture of it soon.
So, not only did we purchase a car....we purchased a car that is a STICK SHIFT!
I have NEVER EVER EVER driven a stick in my life (except for the time that aaron "tried" to teach me while we were dating.... and that was a complete joke).
Anyway, to say the least....I have really had to humble myself to let aaron REALLY teach me how to drive this car....which is probably why I haven't posted anything on this "purchase" until now.
Until this week, every time I thought about that car....I had an anxiety attack, and wanted to throw up. We bought the car because it rates really great on all of the "safety" ratings...but I felt like we just got our self into a mess because it's made a lot less safer when the person behind the wheel has no idea what they are doing. I'm a bit of a worry wart and honestly this car has been stressing me out.
none the less...I almost feel somewhat confident driving it now. Therefore I can finally talk about it without having an attack of some sort :O)
Anyway...our poor kids have had to suffer through me learning. On Wednesday I finally got the courage to take the kids out alllll by myself (no daddy in the car to get us out of trouble if ever we needed)! We went to the library, and it really was a good experience.
However, I was a bit nervous when I first got going and the car kind of stalled/shook a little bit...and the first thing oliver said was "CLUTCH IN"....it was hilarious, and I just looked at him and couldn't stop laughing. He has heard aaron say this time and time again with me....so, oliver knows the ropes now, and knows when to tell me "clutch in". Very funny!
Oliver is also reallllly obsessed with the whole "red light" "green light" thing and stop signs too. Therefore, if I ever budge forward on a red light he lets me know I can't go.....On the same trip to the library, I was anticipating the light to turn green, because I knew it was our turn....so I started to go and he just yelled out really loud "wait, honey, wait!!!!" He was really concerned and thought I was doing something dangerous. Just the way he said it was so funny....I love this kid so much.
oh ya...for those who don't know, oliver calls aaron and I both "honey"....that's pretty much the only thing we call each other...so naturally that is what oliver calls us as well :O).
Oliver is growing into such a big boy. Today he went to a friends house to play, and as I dropped him off, I just kept thinking....he looks SO GROWN UP! It was weird, and almost sad....He is a handsome little boy (of course I think so)....and I can't imagine what he's going to look like when he gets a little older. It is so strange thinking about those types of things!
Eliza is doing really great also. She is a MAJOR talker right now, and she talks really really REALLLY LOUD!!!!! ...actually it sounds more like "squawking" and yelling combined...but she's happy when she does it (well usually).
She also says these things on command, which is just really really cute:
ba-ba-ba (which when she does it, sounds like a chicken)
da-da-da
GROWL!!!! this is aaron's favorite...they will growl back and forth to each other, and he thinks it's just the funniest thing!
She is still doing a really fast army crawl (scoot), but has yet to figure out crawling on her knees. She tries everyday(constantly)....
She is also eating finger food, and that is FANTASTIC for me. Maybe I'm a bad person, but I really don't enjoy doing the whole baby food thing...I don't know why...but I just don't like spoon feeding....actually, I know why I don't like it....oliver didn't have any hair at her age...so when he got messy it was SUPER easy to clean...Eliza however, has way TOOOOO much hair, and trying to contain it while she eats is un-do-able...she just pulls it out of it's little pony tail and then it's everywhere and food just gets all entangled in it.....Aaron said that's why baby's are NOT supposed to have hair....it really is so complicated. However, the good definitely out weighs the bad in this case....so I won't complain...i just won't spoon feed our daughter :O). Just kidding.
So, yes, this really has been so great. She has three favorite things right now: Cheerios, Macaroni and Cheese, and Kidney beans! She also gnaws on broccoli and a few other vegetables....but hasn't quite got the teeth for those :O)
Anyway,
I hope everybody has a great weekend, and hopefully we'll do the same. It's really rainy and cold here today....so, we'll have to get creative :O)
sly
joni ann
Here they are again! two peas in a pod....at one time somebody asked if they were twins!
This is eliza chowing down on her cheerios!
Another view from the dish....this was supposed to show the kids with daddy's work in the background....but it was a bit too smoggy, and you can't see it....This is why "the dish" is called "the dish" :O)This is the satellite dish that oliver gets really excited to see.
Hello,
Well....this week has been full of great fun....or has it? :O) just kidding.
We have had a good week. For all of those who do not know....which is most of you, we got a new car a little over 2 weeks ago (Honda Civic...ps. new to us, it is a 2006).
It was a very eventful purchase for our family, as we have yet to purchase something so large/expensive our whole entire marriage....however it wasn't nearly as expensive as we were anticipating...so we were grateful for that.
It is a pretty car, and we will have to get a picture of it soon.
So, not only did we purchase a car....we purchased a car that is a STICK SHIFT!
I have NEVER EVER EVER driven a stick in my life (except for the time that aaron "tried" to teach me while we were dating.... and that was a complete joke).
Anyway, to say the least....I have really had to humble myself to let aaron REALLY teach me how to drive this car....which is probably why I haven't posted anything on this "purchase" until now.
Until this week, every time I thought about that car....I had an anxiety attack, and wanted to throw up. We bought the car because it rates really great on all of the "safety" ratings...but I felt like we just got our self into a mess because it's made a lot less safer when the person behind the wheel has no idea what they are doing. I'm a bit of a worry wart and honestly this car has been stressing me out.
none the less...I almost feel somewhat confident driving it now. Therefore I can finally talk about it without having an attack of some sort :O)
Anyway...our poor kids have had to suffer through me learning. On Wednesday I finally got the courage to take the kids out alllll by myself (no daddy in the car to get us out of trouble if ever we needed)! We went to the library, and it really was a good experience.
However, I was a bit nervous when I first got going and the car kind of stalled/shook a little bit...and the first thing oliver said was "CLUTCH IN"....it was hilarious, and I just looked at him and couldn't stop laughing. He has heard aaron say this time and time again with me....so, oliver knows the ropes now, and knows when to tell me "clutch in". Very funny!
Oliver is also reallllly obsessed with the whole "red light" "green light" thing and stop signs too. Therefore, if I ever budge forward on a red light he lets me know I can't go.....On the same trip to the library, I was anticipating the light to turn green, because I knew it was our turn....so I started to go and he just yelled out really loud "wait, honey, wait!!!!" He was really concerned and thought I was doing something dangerous. Just the way he said it was so funny....I love this kid so much.
oh ya...for those who don't know, oliver calls aaron and I both "honey"....that's pretty much the only thing we call each other...so naturally that is what oliver calls us as well :O).
Oliver is growing into such a big boy. Today he went to a friends house to play, and as I dropped him off, I just kept thinking....he looks SO GROWN UP! It was weird, and almost sad....He is a handsome little boy (of course I think so)....and I can't imagine what he's going to look like when he gets a little older. It is so strange thinking about those types of things!
Eliza is doing really great also. She is a MAJOR talker right now, and she talks really really REALLLY LOUD!!!!! ...actually it sounds more like "squawking" and yelling combined...but she's happy when she does it (well usually).
She also says these things on command, which is just really really cute:
ba-ba-ba (which when she does it, sounds like a chicken)
da-da-da
GROWL!!!! this is aaron's favorite...they will growl back and forth to each other, and he thinks it's just the funniest thing!
She is still doing a really fast army crawl (scoot), but has yet to figure out crawling on her knees. She tries everyday(constantly)....
She is also eating finger food, and that is FANTASTIC for me. Maybe I'm a bad person, but I really don't enjoy doing the whole baby food thing...I don't know why...but I just don't like spoon feeding....actually, I know why I don't like it....oliver didn't have any hair at her age...so when he got messy it was SUPER easy to clean...Eliza however, has way TOOOOO much hair, and trying to contain it while she eats is un-do-able...she just pulls it out of it's little pony tail and then it's everywhere and food just gets all entangled in it.....Aaron said that's why baby's are NOT supposed to have hair....it really is so complicated. However, the good definitely out weighs the bad in this case....so I won't complain...i just won't spoon feed our daughter :O). Just kidding.
So, yes, this really has been so great. She has three favorite things right now: Cheerios, Macaroni and Cheese, and Kidney beans! She also gnaws on broccoli and a few other vegetables....but hasn't quite got the teeth for those :O)
Anyway,
I hope everybody has a great weekend, and hopefully we'll do the same. It's really rainy and cold here today....so, we'll have to get creative :O)
sly
joni ann
