Sharing is Caring!

Zachariyah is so in need of a jungle gym that he has taken to climbing all over Eliana's bouncer!! Even when she IN it!! At least Eliana does not mind sharing...she loves her big brother! :-)

I Couldn't Resist....!

Eliana's two front teeth came in recently and every now and then she'll feel for them with her tongue! She looks so cute sticking her little tongue out so I had to snap a picture!!

A Day at the Park!

We decided to make use of a nice day about a week ago and went to the park! We had never been to this park and were happy to find it was spacious with a stream and ducks! Lots of ducks!! Zachariyah had a blast running around and trying out some of the equipment! He also had fun checking out the ducks, much to the ducks dismay! Eliana slept pretty much the entire time!! But we all had fun none the less! Glad we went when we did because it's been pretty cold since then! And since Zachariyah won't wear a hat or gloves there is not much outside time when it's 25 degrees out! Brrrrr!! :-)

A Conversation With Zachariyah.....well, kind of!

I usually don't film Zachariyah all that much because he never sits still, and he's not particularly talkative. But I attempted it this morning and most of what he had to say was "No"! It was cute though, I was trying to get him to say things that I know he knows how to say and he would start to say it, and then say "No"! Goofy boy! But little Miss Eliana has a cute cameo throughout the video and Zachariyah even gives her a kiss and hug at the end!

Eliana Playtime!

Decided to get one more video of Miss Eliana playing and talking! She's getting so big!

Eliana Baby Talk!

In the last week Eliana has really started to find her voice! The only time we give her binky these days is when she is fussy or going to sleep, so she has really started getting vocal!

What, When and Where!

What = Slumber Party
When = Yesterday
Where = Eliana's Crib

Zachariyah climbs all over these days! Well, all over the places he's allowed to climb. I suppose that is unless mommy does not notice! But come on, we all know that mommies notice everything right?!! :-) Anyways Eliana was waking up from her morning nap and Zachariyah went with me to get her and he decided to climb on in with her! It was cute to see them play together. Although the space was somewhat cramped and mommy had to step in a couple of times to prevent an Eliana pancake!!

Tech Agent 99

What I can't fix, my hammer will! Nuff said!

Standing Tall!

Eliana likes to stand up these days! We'll try and set her down, but she'll keep her legs straight and want us to hold her up! So I have taken to letting her hold herself up on things these days! She loves the new perspective on things. It's like....so this is what my feet are for....cool!!! :-)

P.S
Winter has finally arrived here in Texas...it's freezing outside!! Literally!! :-)

Playtime For Eliana!

It's so nice that Eliana can sit up now and she can enjoy playing with her toys more!! We pretty much had to always keep her off her back from the time she was about 3 and 1/2 months old because the right side of her head was slightly flatter than the left from favoring it when she was on her back! I was determined that she was not going to have to wear one of those helmets to round her head out! So, it was tummy time all the time! Poor thing had a hard time playing with her toys, although she did get really good at balancing on her side!! But what a relief to be able to sit her down now a days and let her go to town with her toys! No more flopping back over every couple minutes! Yippie!!

Here Kitty...Kitty...Kitty!

Kitty says I don't think so! The kiddos love the cats....the cats do NOT feel the same way! Zachariyah is pretty mellow about the cats and generally leaves them alone. Eliana LOVES them, whenever they happen to venture into the same room (which is not all that often) she makes a break for them, and they promptly run away! Every now and then we'll hold Shadow still (since kelly would rather claw us to death than stay still for Eliana) and let her pet him...and kiss him(blech) and he's a really good sport! However as you can tell by the picture, Miss Kelly is like...Aw Heck NO, get that thing away from me!!! :-) Sigh, where is the love!!

Sleepy Boy!

Today Zachariyah did the cutest thing!! For a while now Zachariyah has been able to climb in and out of his crib and we are planning on getting him a big boy bed soon, however he will usually still take an afternoon nap. But now that he can climb in and out at will it does make it more of a challenge sometimes! Today however, he decided all on his own to take a nap. I heard him playing in his room and just let him be while I was taking care of other things and seeing to Eliana. After about 10 minutes things quieted down in his room....!! Quiet is never usually a good thing and so I decided to check on him. There was my little boy lying in his crib. He had covered himself with his blankets and had went to sleep all by himself!! I went in to close his blinds and he looked over at me. I just smiled and said night night, and he went back to sleep!! It was too cute! He woke up so early this morning and I guess he just decided to turn in for an early snooze. What a big boy! Who knows if he'll ever do it again, but it was such a sweet surprise to see that he did it all on his own!