I had to put Nikola in the same outfit that Eli wore for his very first chair picture. It’s just too cute seeing them in the same pose wearing the same outfit! Do you think they look alike? I guess it’d be easier to see Eli’s face if his little head was upright!
Nikola 1 month Eli 1 month
If this isn’t a mini Milan I don’t know what is! Eli insists on being like his Tata. I overheard Milan telling Eli that if he was 8 instead of 2 he could go to Pittsburgh this weekend to hang with guys and go to the game. Hmmm… I don’t know about that! Even at 8 I think Mommy still needs to chaperone! :)
I am getting really really bad at this blogging aren’t I!? I’ve probably lost all my followers by now! I am planning on getting back into the swing of things and making this blog fun like it used to be! When the baby arrives I will be changing up the layout and title so be on the lookout for the changes! :)
In the meantime, here is an updated belly picture. I feel so bad for this baby. When I was pregnant with Eli Milan was constantly taking belly pictures for me. This pregnancy I have 2 pictures! Ha ha!
A big purple grape!
What’s better than two best friends sharing a birthday party? Eli and Harrison share the same group of friends and their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart so we had to have a birthday party together! I don’t know many kids who aren’t in awe of fire trucks so off to the fire station went 11 kiddos and their parents.
“Driving” the fire truck
All was well until Eli eyed the basketball sitting on the chair. His interest in the fire station went right out the door the minute he realized there was not only a ball to hold but a net too! I tried to say no and bring his interest back to the tour but no luck. His whines quickly turned into real tears. He desperately wanted to hold the ball. I figured why not?
That would have been ok except once Eli had the ball in his hands he couldn’t help but ask to go shoot it in the “big boy basketball net” outside.
Look at that quivering lip! Eli is pleading with Milan saying “Pleeeeease Tata play on big boy basketball net”. In the meantime the rest of the group is behind us politely listening to the firewoman giving the tour. What do you do as a parent? Force your 2 year old to do something he doesn’t want to do that he is suppose to think is fun or give in and let him play outside where you know he will be happy?
Here’s your answer…
Eventually Eli came back in and joined the group.
What’s cooler than hanging out on a fire truck with your best buddy?
Ding Ding! Ringing the bell on the truck!
After the fire station we went back to Harrison’s house to eat Whitney’s yummy cake!
Getting ready to sing and blow out the candles!
Eating cake- yum yum!
Last but not least- time to open presents!
Wow what a morning full of friends and fun!
For all my complaining friends…. here is my belly shot finally! At this moment I am 26 weeks pregnant. This picture was taken 3 weeks ago so I was only 23 weeks here. I swear it has doubled in size since then!
As my blog friends will recall I took lots more pictures of my belly when I was pregnant with Eli. It’s funny how your second pregnancy is so much different than your first! There is no time for the little things when you spend your day chasing after a soon to be two year old! None the less, I am growing by the minute!
For those of you who do not know this we did find out what we are having. Only this time we’ve decided to keep it a secret! You can blame my pregnant Georgia girlfriends for this! I have 3 friends who are currently pregnant- we are all due within weeks of each other. I am the only one who found out what we are having. There is no way I was going to tell them while I have to wait to find out what they are having. If I have to wait then they have to also! Whitney tries on a daily basis to get me to slip up and say something but it hasn’t happened yet. She' swears it’s a girl and so does Laci. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. All I know is I hope whatever I have Whitney has the same so that these two can be best buddies in the way that Harrison and Eli are!
You have to love this time of year! The weather is perfect and there are so many things to do outside. October was so much fun this year. We were busy every weekend making memories. Isn’t that what life is all about?!
Eli and Harrison really are best of buddies. I don’t know what we’d do without Whitney and Harrison! They are our family here in Georgia. We are together ALL the time.
When the boys were 10 months old we went to the pumpkin patch with them in their Halloween costumes. They were so sweet and would basically sit anywhere we placed them so they could pose for the perfect picture. Look how cute they we’re…
On your mark, get set, go! Too bad their feet can’t reach the pedals yet!
Watching the pig races and munching kettle corn!
Two tired little guys needing a ride.
I really can’t believe how much kids grow so quickly. It’s such a tug at the heart to leave a stage behind in time and yet feel so excited when they enter a new stage.
Eli had so much running around pretending he was a little farmer.
There just so happened to be a shovel lying around
waiting for farmer Eli to clean things up!
The making of Eli the Scarecrow.
Playing in the corn barn with Tata! What a cool idea to fill this with corn so the kids could jump in it. The boys would have stayed in here all day. Of course Eli thought he needed to eat the stuff- gross!
Eli making his own corn maze path.
Wearing Tata’s hat and sitting on his shoulder. It wouldn’t be a day out and about if this hadn’t happened!
The Mamas and their boys. Can’t tell that we are both expecting but we are! I can’t wait to see a picture of us next year with 2 big boys and 2 babies!
