What We've Been Up to

It has been a full month with lots going on. The most exciting thing for Eli was that he got to celebrate his 1st birthday. Michael got home early the day before his birthday and we celebrated with a dinner out, cake, and presents. Eli really enjoyed his cake. I wanted to post a video of him enjoying the cake but I wasn't able to. On his actual birthday, we had a little party with some of the little kids in our ward. That was a lot of fun too.


This is Eli the morning of his birthday. I got him a onesie that said Baby's First Birthday.


My Visiting Teachers were kind enough to bring Eli a balloon and present. This is him laughing while playing with the balloon. He loved watching it bounce up and down on the ceiling when he pulled on it.
Eli with his birthday present. We hauled this back with us all the way from the Toy's R Us in Time's Square.

Eli reading with his Daddy. Sometimes he will grab a book and bring it to him to read to him. He has really started to notice when Michael leaves in the morning and he evens waves bye-bye to him.

I just love this picture of Eli and Michael. You can tell we have been busy...Michael looks kind of tired, huh?

Michael and I are working on remodeling our bathroom. We have learned a lot about remodeling that we didn't know. It has been kind of tough living without a complete bathroom. Hopefully it will be done in not too much longer.

Michael is in the middle of a research project with one of his professors from UConn. He is also working on applying to graduate schools for next Fall. He is applying at University of Akron and University of Connecticut. So a lot of his free time is spent working on these projects.

I keep busy chasing Eli around. He isn't walking yet but he can crawl really fast and he gets into things. He is a very curious little boy. I got released as the Cub Scout Leader and I am now working as a Visiting Teaching Supervisor in Relief Society. I love reading and watching back episodes of Roswell.

Anyway, we are all enjoying the fun fall weather minus the huge amounts of leaves that are accumulating in our yard that will need to be raked. Happy Fall!