6 months old

Eli is already 6 months old!! We are having so much fun with him and he is growing like a weed! He is rolling all over the place to get around, and now he is getting up on all four's and scooting a bit....before long he will be all over the house! He grabs anything that is in front of him and puts everything in his mouth. He is drooling ALOT too, so he is starting to wear bibs all the time so his shirts don't get soaked. I keep feeling for little teeth, but none have popped out yet. He loves going outside and if he is ever fussy this is a quick solution. I think that he has discovered that Maggie and Axel (our dogs) do exist and he is quick to grab an ear or tail if they are playing with him on the floor. Our jumparoo is one of his favorite toys right now, and he goes crazy in it! He is one of the happiest babies that I have seen, very laid back, and always has a big open mouth smile that just melts your heart! He is eating cereal and has tried sweet potatoes, carrots and zucchini squash and loves every bite....I think we will always have a chunk a monk!

Mommy and E...I love rocking him to sleep at night and will be very sad when he doesn't want to do this anymore.....

Happy baby and mommy

Eli at his 6 month appt. @ Dr. Daniel's office....(In a good mood before all the shots!)

And finally Eli's 6 month pics, in the chair and with the monkey

Big Boy Food

Eli turned 6 months old on October 22 and it was time to start eating food along with his bottles. Ryan and I were really excited for this day and I was ready to see if he would like "real food". We started with rice cereal and proceeded on to carrots as the first veggie. He loved both, and since then we have tried zucchini squash and sweet potatoes. Knock on wood we haven't found anything that he doesn't like yet!!

I was so excited I took pics of the whole process! :)

Here is my big boy in his high chair....

Trying the cereal....

What a face!

Licking the bowl...it was so good!!

Trying the Carrots, what a mess!

Video of our big boy!

Pumpkin Patch

I have been looking forward to this ever since Eli was born, well this and all of his "firsts" to come, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter......well you get the point! Anyways......here are our pictures from the pumpkin patch. We went a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon and the weather was great. There were soooooo many people and little kids running around and Eli was a trooper. It was really hard to get him to look at the camera bc. he was so much more interested in everything that was going on around him, but we did get some cute shots! They had a lot of pumpkins, all sizes and shapes, and cute little wagons to pull, so Eli sat down and off we went!

We brought his little bug friend along, he is chewing on everything!!

I think he wanted the big one...he was not letting this one go! :)

Hanging out with daddy...

E and Mommy

The Reynolds

My sweet baby hanging out with the pumpkins....

One of my favorite pics....

This was such a fun day.....more pics to come of our pumpkin carving and super cute little lion....

The State Fair 09

Eli and and I went to the Texas State Fair this year with my parents the weekend of TX/OU. The weather was gorgeous and it wasn't really crowded at all. We had some great food and fun times! Dad drove a couple of the Chevy test cars and got some free stuff. We walked around a lot and saw some great exhibits. As far as the fair goes, we really all go for the FOOD!!! We had corn dogs, Texas nachos, cotton candy, tamales, grilled cheese, funnel cakes and some great burgers and onion strings! We all split everything, so it really didn't seem like a whole lot, but it was sooooooo good! I didn't get a whole lot of pics, but it was a lot of fun! I can't wait until next year when Eli can enjoy it more....

My parents, Eli and Big Tex!

Eli and Big Tex

Daddy was at work but we had our Texas gear on to root for the right team!!

Go Horns!!

Getting some grub...Texas nachos on the left..mmmmm!!

Mom and I chowing down on the famous Fletcher's Corny Dogs!

Papa and E hanging out on the John Deer Tractor

Starting to Sit Up...

Eli is approaching 6 months old very fast and starting to do new things. One of those things is sitting up. He is doing a lot better in his bumbo seat and we have started putting him on the floor and supporting him, but he is doing pretty good himself! Here are some random pics of him trying to sit up....

Hanging out in the Bumbo seat

Helping mommy do laundry

He is always talking...

I love this pic, caught him mid-drool....

Little man in a big chair

Bath time

Getting ready for bed

Tennessee Trip 2009

September is always one of my favorite months. The weather starts to change, fall arrives, the State Fair begins and my sister has her birthday, which means we get to go to Tennessee to visit her! I have always made the trip with my parents, for several years now, and this is the first year that we had 2 extra passenger's...Ryan & Eli! It seems like Ryan is either hunting or working and has never gotten to join us for the trip. I was so excited that everyone got to go! All 5 of us loaded up in the Tahoe with what seemed like 1/2 of our house...ha! I never realized how much "stuff" you need when you are traveling with a baby!! Anyways, we got it all packed with lots of movies, toys, pillows and snacks...and we were off! The drive is around 8 hours, but with a baby that has to eat every 3-4 hours, of course the trip was longer. Eli was sooooo good with traveling. I am so blessed to have a baby that loves his car seat and is pretty flexible....8 hours is a long time for an adult, much less a baby strapped down in a car seat the whole time! Here is some pics of the view from the car...

When we arrived, the Green's (Kelly's roommates parents) offered for everyone to stay at their house, this was great bc. they saved us some money on hotels, plus is was nice to feel "at home" and visit with them. Thanks Dave and Karen! I didn't take my camera around with us the whole weekend so I didn't get many pics, but we had a blast!

Ryan was able to join the guys in the Young Life skeet shoot. He was excited to be able to do something outside and fun for him, instead of all the shopping and "girlie" things that the rest of us did.

Besides all of the shopping that we did we ate A LOT of food....which is something that we always take pleasure in on vacation! We had the usual drive through stuff on the drive to and from, but ate at some awesome restaurants while we were there. BBQ the first night at the Commissary, where Ryan said he had the best sweet tea he has ever tasted in his life! HA! I never though I would ever hear him say that somewhere out of the state of TEXAS!!! Then for lunch the next day we ate at Booya's, and had made to order quesadillas. The next day we all went downtown Memphis and met Susan and Russ at the Arcade restaurant for dinner (one of Elvis' favorite restaurants). They are "transplanted" Texas friends that moved to Tennessee, so we were glad that they were free to visit with us.

The Greene Family

After dinner we walked a few stores down and ate dessert at the Cheesecake Corner......mmmmm!!!! Kelly says that it is even better than the Cheesecake Factory here in Texas, and she is pretty darn close! Just looking at it will make your mouth water....

We had so much fun visiting with our dear friends....Thanks for making the drive to come see us....miss you!

Saturday night we went out for our final meal to celebrate Kelly's bday. She turned 26! Wow does time fly. We went to a hibachi and sushi grill it was fun watching the chef cook in front of us and of coarse the food was excellent!

Then for dessert we went back to one of my favorite places that we had previously visited on past trips, the Crepe Maker (or at least I think this is what it is called) We didn't get any pics of the desserts, but Eli was being a ham and so we got pics of him having fun!

His new trick, blowing bubbles and drooling... a lot!

He loves his aunt KK

Mom and her girls

Family pic

Dad and I being silly

We had such a great time just being a family and being together....Kelly, we love you and cherish the time that we all get to have together with you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

....just remember you can move back to Texas anytime.... :)