Flour power!

Chloe loves to "help" in the kitchen and sometimes it's not all that helpful, so I gave her a bowl, some flour and a set of measuring spoons thinking that would keep her busy while I made dinner...

She thought it would be good to sample some flour

If the shirt fits...

Wear it!!!

Thanks Auntie Kyky for the very appropriate t-shirt!

Eli has be drooling like crazy and in these pictures he had no teeth yet, but on Sunday his little tooth popped through! He took it like a champ! Hardly any fussiness at all! Yay!

Gingerbread house

While Brynna was here we decorated a gingerbread house. It was a kit so I can't take any credit but I will say that it worked great! The icing they provided was like glue so everything stayed together really well! Warning: Lots of candy will be eaten during the making of this house! :)

Chloe's little gingerbread man

Cheese!

Now for the house!

Putting the candy on the house

Chloe helping Brynna

Ta-da!!

Trying to get pictures...

Brynna stopped by here for a few days before she made her way home for the holidays, and so I took advantage of having a little extra help and tried to get some pictures of Chloe and Eli... We went to the park and were lucky to have such a beautiful day! As usual it was very hard to get pictures of Eli and Chloe together, but their individual pictures were a lot of fun!

Chloe playing with the leaves!

So much fun!

Playing chase!

looking at the ducks in the pond

A funny little expression on her face

Together

Sweet Elijah

Chloe giving kisses!

Me and my cute kids!

Cookie Exchange

I'm so far behind that this was actually about two weeks ago, but just wanted to say that if anyone is looking for a fun way to get a bunch of yummy cookies this is the way to do it- A cookie exchange! Maria hosted this one and we all left with a bunch of goodies!

All the cookies!

and all the bakers!

Six Months!

These pictures were taken on the 3rd of December, which means that Eli was 6 months old! I can't believe half a year has already flown by! He is still the sweetest, happiest baby! And as a present to me he slept from 9-4 in his crib!! Yay! What a big boy he already is!

Here are some pictures of him in his exersaucer
He loves to jump up and down in it and make a bunch of noise!

Sweet little smile

Hi Mom!

Elmo!

At the beginning of the month Cari and I took the girls to see Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street Gang! The girls loved it... Except for when Elmo would leave the stage, which was an annoyingly frequent amount of the time! Everytime he left Chloe would start to cry and ask for Elmo so I had to tell her that he had to go to the bathroom and would be right back!!!

This nice couple offered to take our picture and this is what they got!!! Chloe refusing to sit by me for a picture!

So happy that Scarlett is here!!

Best buddies!

Elmo!

Chloe loves to clap at any kind of performance! She takes it very seriously!

Me and Eli

Scarlett and Cari

Pictures!

Nana wanted to get the grandkids together for a Christmas picture, so we all went to her house one Sunday after meeting. It's not easy to get a picture of 5 kids under the age of 3, but we thought this one turned out pretty cute!

A few pictures later... This one needs little thought bubbles above each kid! :)

We were matching so we snapped a family photo

Me and my babies!!

Aren't they adorable!

Thanksgiving!

I must have been too busy eating and feeding kids because I didn't take any pictures of the actual food, but needless to say there was plenty! This year we stayed in town and were at Nana and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving along with 33 other people. Here are some pictures of the kids playing and the adults relaxing!

Olivia giving Chloe a hug!

Cute little Dustin

Olivia playing with the doll house stuff

Chloe and Dustin... These two were inseparable!

The boys playing ping pong

Jenny, Linda, and Great Grandma Ruth

Lynelle helping Dustin and Chloe play a game

We did a white elephant gift exchange
and Chloe was very excited about her Elmo toy!