Thursday, January 7, 2010


She is almost 8 weeks along and feeling kind of sick lately.

But it will all be worth it when my little bro or sis comes around!
Do I look old enough to be a big brother?
Daddy and me are both so excited (mommy is too, but she's behind the camera).

Now, wait, wait, wait.  Did you just say I'm going to have to share all the attention? Ok, this might not be as exciting as I had orginally felt.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Walker Man!!!

In case you haven't heard, Elijah has been walking! We could not believe it, but on Sunday he just decided it was time and has been on the move ever since. It's hard to capture on video because he gets distracted by the camera, but it's cute anyway. This first video has been a little wierd, so hopefully it works, but I definitely know the second video does work! Enjoy.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a great new year celebration.  We rang the new year in with some of our great friends, the Barretts and the Brookes.  I wish we would have taken pictures of the Barretts, because we have no proof they were here, but we are so very glad they came! It was pretty low key, but we especially enjoyed watching Mason Brooke and Elijah interact.  Mason and Elijah are about 2 months apart in age and we had a blast watching them crawl around and explore together.  It was like they've been best friends their whole (short) lives.  Thanks, friends, for coming...we had a great time.

Bummed this picture is blurry, but at least I caught that great smile!
Elijah showed Mason all of his favorite toys to eat.
Hi, cute boys in matching fleece pjs!
Our gate to the kitchen punched a whole in the wall (don't get me started), so the coffee table is acting as a gate.  Rachel and I were cleaning up in the kitchen and came over to see this site at the coffee table.  It cracked us up!
Mason is such a chill kid and so easy to entertain!

Alright! Both babies are looking!!
This picture accurately depicts how difficult it was to get two babies to sit still and look at the camera. Good job, Mason.
Playing away!
Kirk and his buddies.
The boys and their boys.  College roommates for four years...now dads! Wow.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Today

This afternoon, I got to spend a little time with my good friend, AJ. She lives in Indy but we don't see each other nearly enough.  Amy Jo, we missed you and were totally bummed you weren't able to make it!!

Blessed with good friends.

A North Carolina Christmas!

Kirk, Elijah and I had a great Christmas with the Duncans down in North Carolina.  We were blessed to have the WHOLE family together and we had a wonderful time.  I know I have mentioned this before, but I'm thankful to have in-laws that I truly enjoy!


I bought Elijah's Christmas Eve outfit a while ago and literally could NOT wait to put it on him.  I mean, have you EVER seen a cuter kid than that?
Well, hello there, little man.
Christmas Eve.
Mom and Mia on Christmas Eve...Elijah loves that dog, by the way (she's not crazy about him, however).

These are a little out of order, because this was actually the evening of Christmas, but oh well.  This picture is funny to me...ever since E's teeth have come in, he's been making really funny faces because he tried to feel them with his lips and his tongue.
My family on Christmas.
Christmas morning! So exciting!
I love this kid.
My in-laws house looks so pretty at Christmas...I loved mom's tree!

Elijah got so excited for his gifts, that he climbed on top of one!
Konni, anxiously awaiting gift giving/opening to start!
Wow! Look at this huge pile of gifts!
E got a golf set from Grandma and Grandpa...Daddy is especially excited for him to learn!
The boys in their Christmas PJs.

And here's the girls in our matching pjs. Kirk said we look like floating heads since we all have the same clothes on. I kind of agree :).
Grandpa and Elijah chillin out on Christmas.
The day after Christmas we went out as a family for dinner.  Elijah loves his grandparents!
Duncan Family Christmas 2009.
Elijah's Great Grandma Dunkelberger loves Coke, so Mom wanted us to get a picture of him next to the old fashioned coke machine.

All in all, we had a great time with the Duncans! Thanks for having us, Mom and Dad and thanks for letting us steal your room, Konni!