More of Elliot...................and life

It is too late, but here I am, typing on the blog. The last few weeks have seemed extra busy, partly because I have 3 very small children and work 2 days a week (duh), but because I am obsessing about learning our new photo editing software...Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom!!!! Wowser! Blaine surprised me for our anniversary with this editing software and while the learning curve is HUGE.....it is so much fun!! If I only had TIME..TIME..TIME....!!! Oh, and did I mention that we sold our camera...and a lens....and a flash and upgraded? We have a full frame camera now-and I am pinching myself. I haven't really gotten to play with it yet, so keep tuned.....I haven't figured out all the work flow/processing/putting pics on the blog efficiently yet, etc.... And the baby's birthday is in a couple of weeks. Yikes! There is planning to do for that. I am most excited about her cake------this is a surprise! She is finally moving that caboose around and it's hilarious to see how she 'crawls', it's sortof like a crab/left toe ballerina pointing shuffle. And can she get around. Oh, did I mention that the SKIP program started back up-YEAH......AND...........the Bear Feet shoes finally arrived. I think it was in May that I received a contract from them to shoot pictures of the twins wearing their shoes in exchange for shoes. Well, they are here and so the pressure is on. I can't post any pictures of the shoes since they haven't been released for sale to the public, hence the shooting pictures for advertisements. But, THEY ARE TO DIE FOR CUTE!!!! So, I am signing off tonight, but I had a minute to work on another baby Elliot pic. I especially love this one.

Baby Elliot-2 weeks

Baby Elliot came for a visit today-and he IS growing!

What a sweetie!

September

September has been a nice month so far: warm weather and low humidity, the bugs are dying out (YEAH!), doughnuts and apple cider, Apple Fests, trips to the orchard ....and pumpkins! Great Grandma E (my dad's mom) visited this past week and saw our children and the home we built for the first time.


Grandma will be 90 this October!


So, with great grandma visiting we spent more time up at the farm-and in the tree swings

Eden

Elle

Evie




This week the twins have been playing "Sleep and Snore" on our bed. They put their heads down, close their eyes, and snore. After about 10 seconds they pop up and yell, "Awake". The other day I was reading them a book and Eden wanted to play "sleep". Elle was sitting next to me listening to the story and Eden was "sleeping". I could see one little corner of her eye open and she hoarsly whispered to her sister (as if she was totally annoyed that Elle was more interested in the story than Eden's game) and said, "Elle, PUT your HEAD DOWN, AND GO to SLEEP!"

I am trying to find the picture that I took of the twins last year by the old tire wheel-my, have they grown.

Well, why don't we go back to 2007 when the twins were just turning 9 months old!



Here is it-last year-2008

this year 2009



Every night this week, they have been singing "Ring Around the Rosey" and run around the house hanging on to Blaine's belt. When they get to "...we all fall down", they crash to the floor and laugh and laugh.

Several times in the last few days Eden will go to a door or gate, wave and yell loudly "GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE, BYE". I will ask her, "Where are you going?" And she tells me (like I should know where she is going) and states, "I am going work!" I will say, "Where do you work" and than she mater-of-factly tells me---- "The Wolverine!"..than shuts the door

11 months old

I can't even believe that I am going to write this----but I won't have a baby much longer :-(. Evie is 11 months old and so now the 1st Birthday Party planning has begun-WHAT?? Wait...........wasn't she just born yesterday??? I try to hug and squeeze my little bundle of baby fat as much as I can, for she will be a 'big girl' tooooo sooon! She has almost completely weaned herself off the bottle, drinks from a cup, eats everything in the refrigerator including the kitchen sink, giggles, babbles and smiles all day long, is rolling and pulling and moving to just about anywhere she wants to go and has started to become, shall I say..........demanding! Her eyes never leave the motion and commotion of her twin sisters and she is processing everything they do--this can be good and this can be bad.....I was hoping she wouldn't walk till about age 5! Ha!

I had to post these adorable little pictures of her in her birthday suit-for it won't be 'appropriate' for too much longer........but those little rolls of chub-how could I ever cover them up with clothing??

(this is why her grampa calls her "Buddha Belly")

Baby Elliot

Welcome to our World
Elliot Edward
6 lbs, 2 oz, born 9/9/09
(What a beautiful name-not that I am partial to 'E' Names or anything like that!)

2009 Labor Day Picnic!

I haven't heard the final tally, but I do believe this past Labor Day was the biggest, most fun-and chaotic-picnic at the farm yet (and that is not counting all the mosquitoes in attendance!!!!) There was so much delicious food as well as a huge roaster of fresh fried super sweet corn and my mom's homemade ice cream. The kids had tons of fun playing-though I think the twins were overwhelmed by all the people 'invading' their play space. I tried to get picture of most of the kids there...........so here are a few of them so far. Stay tuned for more picnic pictures.

Timothy


Mathew


Robert (tater tot 1)


Elena (tater tot 2)


Kallyn


Emersyn


Riley


Kyle


Eden


Elle


Olivia


Owen


Olivia


Sophia


Mia and Gramma Lee!


Debuting (well somewhat since he's inside his mum's tummy here)
Elliot Edward-born 2 days after this photo on 09-09-09!
How cool is that Birth Date?

And Last but of all NOT the least!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!
You are the best mother and grandma EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Picking Apples

My parents have 2 apples trees in their yard. They are loaded with apples this year, but since no one sprays them, the worms enjoy them the most! The twins had a ball picking apples into their new buckets from gramma.









Poor Baby! She is still somewhat sidelined, watching her sisters have all the fun.........but not for long...she is on the move, scooting and pushing/pulling up on things







Hey-Daddy's home............let's wave




It's time to play-YEAH!



.....and give hugs and kisses



and play some more.......




and hug and kiss some more!