eli has just discovered sharing and he loves it! he gets so excited when you ask him to give you whatever he has.

don't mind my hiccups. and those pants, whitney got from guatemala for little e.i., don't hate.

he kept crawling behind the tree and the branches would scratch him

he wasn't quite sure what to do, so he would just sit there, frozen

he knows he's not supposed to climb up the stairs, but does it anyway

he LOVES the cute little boy he sees when he looks in the mirror

he looks JUST like me, and it shows in this picture

his new cowboy boots from grandma

bff

violet and eli are the best of friends. we discovered that they have twintuition, they are so cute together. v's mean parents took her away to freezing utah to spend eli and violet's first christmas apart. eli is going to miss his violet while she's away.

santa clause is coming to town....

eli met santa for the first time, no tears, it went pretty well

eli and zac had fun playing together

i love christmas time!

we kicked off this holiday season with a christmas carnival. it was so fun! we took the kids (jayms, johnny, and eli) and they did all sorts of fun things. jayms went on the big inflated slide but i didn't get a picture, as soon as he got to the top he just flew right down and wouldn't do it again, he was terrified! johnny loved the animals at the petting zoo, but jay stayed close to grandma and wouldn't go near any of them. eli had a lot of fun in his stroller and on the train ride. i love the holiday activities murrieta always has, they're so much fun, and free!

happy boy

i went to get eli from his nap the other day. oh i love him.

just hangin' out

i guess he really likes shrek!

rub-a-dub-dub

sharing

violet is eli's cousin. his only girl cousin. she is a princess and everybody knows it, she makes sure of that. she doesn't like to share. she doesn't like eli to have anything that she's thinking about maybe wanting to play with at some point. i've included a few videos to show you just what i mean. there are four videos, you don't have to watch all of them, they're all pretty funny. enjoy!