Chilly day at the zoo

Last Thursday on El's day off, we went to lunch then took the kiddos to the Columbus Zoo. It was colder than we thought it would be so we weren't there too long.

 

We saw some animals:

 Soph posed with some of her favorites:

 We had to feed the giraffes as the Africa exhibit will be closing soon for the Winter:

 The black bear was very active:

 I had Eli all bundled up in his carrier in the stroller with blankets over it so the wind wouldn't get in to him. He slept the entire time lol.

 Fun day!

Destin Beach pictures

We had professional pictures taken while we were at Destin Beach last month. We got our pictures back last week so I thought I'd share acouple of my favorites.

Cousins

Last week Addie and Jax came over for acouple hours to play. Soph had so much fun playing with them.

 

They look soo old and big in this picture:

 I think they had fun with El too lol:

Love seeing and spending time with these kiddos!

Chatty Eli

Eli has started to be more vocal. I captured him "talking" this past week:

Annie and Eli

Last Friday Annie came over to play for acouple hours. Eli had so much fun playing with her that he fell asleep shortly after she came lol. But, before he fell asleep, I snapped acouple sweet pictures of them together. Annie grabbed his hand and kept holding it...it was SOO cute!

 His plaid outfit was too big so I changed his outfit (in case you're wondering lol). Just playing on the floor together:

 Holding hands:

 This is where she grabbed his hand:

 Soph loved playing with Annie as well and wanted to hold her:

Eli is 9 weeks old

Eli is 9 weeks old and getting soo big! Seriously time goes by WAY too fast. I'm way behind on my blog posts (Eli turned 10 weeks today) but I'm trying to catch up. It's way different this time around. Things are a lot busier and I'm trying to pack in soo much during my maternity leave. I'm already getting sad about going back to work in acouple weeks. :(

 

Ok, before I start crying, here's Eli's 9 week pictures:

 He's smiling ALOT more:

 He's liking tummy time a little more and can hold his head up better:

 Big sis showing him some moves while he does his tummy time:

 He loves going on walks outside:

 And has been slobbering a lot (notice his bib):

 My happy baby:

 I LOVE this outfit so I had to snap acouple pictures of him in it. It's already snug so he probably won't get to wear it again. :(

 Little brother:

 I've been putting him in his boppy a lot more, especially every night at dinner. He sits in it while we eat. He watches us eat so he'll be ready for some baby food in the next couple of months.

 This outfit was Elliott's when he was a baby. How cute does Eli look in it? OMG! It's 12 months and is a little big on Eli but I wanted to put him in it before it gets to small (and before I forget).

 This boy LOVES to take a bath.

 I've been giving him a bath every day because his neck gets nasty from eating lol.

Go Bucks

Last Saturday my mom came to Columbus to watch our kiddos and the Beaty's so we could all tailgate. The kiddos dressed for the game:

 

 Eli is wearing a 6-9 month OSU jersey lol:

 I really didn't take many pictures tailgating but here's one of El and I:

While I was getting ready for the game, Eli took a little nap in his crib. I think he's starting to like it:

 

A big thanks to my mom for coming and watching the kiddos so we could have a night out. Although we had a blast, I surely missed the kids.