Our life these days...

Last week Bob and I were really sick. Don't you hate that feeling when you can't stop coughing because your throat is so irritated? Bob's mom was really nice and made a huge pot of homemade chicken noodle soup. That's what we ate for 3 days! We are all feeling better now, but we are still a little sleep deprived. We burn the candle at both ends. We should really start taking better care of ourselves...I mean, we are adults. You think we would know how by now :)
Rex and Eli have been causing some mischief lately. But they get forgiven pretty quickly because they will turn around and do something really cute or thoughtful. Yesterday after church we were sitting at the dinner table and Rex asked, "How did your lesson go today, mom?" I just thought, wow my 4 year old just asked me a question because he cared about me and we can have an actual conversation. It is so fun that my kids are real people. Rex is actually one of the best sharers I know. Everytime he gets a treat from preschool he will save some of it in his hand all the way home to give to Eli. Then the other day when they wanted to play in the snow Eli was throwing a fit because his snow boots didn't fit him and he wanted to wear some like Rex. So Rex took his off and let Eli wear his and he wore regular shoes. It was so sweet! They are best friends and love each other so much. Eli is really trying to talk more and it is fun to watch his vocabulary grow. He is still obsessed with star wars. We have been getting all of the holiday ads and he finds the toys r us ad with the star wars toys and will carry it around all day. It is really funny. We know what will make him happy this Christmas!
Anyway, we are getting really excited for Christmas. Only 8 more days! Hope everyone is enjoying the season and has their shopping done :)

7 years!

Yesterday was our anniversary! I can't believe we have been married 7 years already. In seven years we have lived in 5 places (in all different states)! We have made many good friends along the way. We have been so blessed in our marriage and I am so happy to have him by my side. He takes good care of me and our boys. He is so forgiving and he tells me how much he loves me every day. I am never in any doubt about how much he cares for me. He is a hard worker and a good friend and I just hope he knows how much I love him too!

Sweet baby

Here is some pictures I really liked of Asa. He is going to be 3 months this week! It has gone by so quickly. He is past the really newborn stage. It almost makes me sad that he is getting bigger :)

Take my picture please!

Here are a couple of the pictures that turned out cute from the photo shoot. They are both pretty photogenic. Eli sure got sick of taking pictures though. I think it was mostly because we were at our friend's house and he just wanted to play.

Mommy, Daddy, & Baby

We love the new edition to our family! It's easy to smile with him in our arms! The other night he slept from 11pm-6am! It was great. Regularly he sleeps 4-5 hour stretches though. He is starting to "play" with little toys now. It is so much fun to watch him try to grab things and to see him learning already. All my friends here can't believe what a content baby he is. I am really blessed! On Saturday we were even able to leave him with Bob's sister for a few hours so we could go out for our anniversary and he took a bottle and did great for her. Yeah!

The Boys

This is my favorite picture! They are handsome little devils :)

We went to my friend's house for a photo shoot and we came out with some super cute pictures. If I shared them all this would be a never ending blog, but I am posting a few of my favorites. Here are my most favorite guys in the whole world!

Pure joy!

My baby brings a lot of joy into my life. How can he not with a face like that?! Last week I came home from my young women's activity very unhappy. A lot of things contributed, but the topper was me backing into a parked car with my in-law's surburban. I never even saw the dang thing. I was just thinking in my head, "There goes our christmas!!" This was one of the first times that I left the baby with Bob, so when I came home I went straight to him and he welcomed me with the hugest smile!! I didn't even have to try to get one out of him with a cute voice or anything. He just saw me and was genuinely happy and it just made my heart melt. It really makes that nine months of misery all worth it. He really lifted my spirits. (And just for informational purposes the insurance covered all the damage so our christmas isn't ruined after all! Yeah!!)

Let it snow!

It was the first snowfall of the year and the boys had a blast. They didn't want to wait for their snowpants so they got their jeans completely wet. Needless to say they weren't out for long because they were freezing. They enjoyed seeing all of their footprints and throwing snowballs. I only braved it long enough to take these pictures :)

Mmmmm! Nothing like fresh snow! Here are my boys being boys. Although I'm not sure if it is just a boy thing because I recall eating snow a time or two....or three or four....:)

Special Day

Asa was blessed in church over Thanksgiving weekend. It was a wonderful blessing. My parents and grandpa were here and of course all of Bob's family lives here so we were able to have a lot of family there in the blessing circle. There was Grandpa Bell, Grandpa Perkes, Great Grandpa Crook, Uncle Tom, and Uncle Ryan. It was a very special day!

Here is our first family picture with all 5 of us. Eli is the only one not in his church clothes because he threw up at church :) I can't believe how big our family is now! When you say family of 5 it just sounds huge. Like we can't fit comfortably in most cars! But we are happy and that is all that matters!