Cold Days!

Yesterday morning Eli and I walked to visit Dustin in his office. It has been snowing on and off here for the last few days, and this morning was no exemption. So, being the great mom that I am, I wanted to make sure that Eli stayed warm. My sister Erin sent him this awesome winter coat, but it is about two sizes too big right now (no worries though Erin I am sure it will fit perfect by December.) It is the warmest coat he has though so I put it on him. It was hilarious! He cried and cried while I put it on him and then when he realized that he couldn't even put his arms down, let alone move them, he screamed. Once I had adjusted the straps on his stroller (to accommodate the extra fluff and puff) he resigned himself to stare at me with the above expression. It reminded me of the little brother in the snow suit on the movie A Christmas Story. He was not a happy kid at all. He didn't want me to hold him or anything for a good ten minutes or so after I let him out. I guess he was punishing me for making him wear his coat. He didn't get a cold though!!

Trunk or Treat!!!

Eli's all dressed up for "Trunk Or Treating" at the church! Eli took over handing out the candy--he was VERY stingy! Eli realized how much he liked candy, and began to steal from the bowl! Eventually he wouldn't allow anyone to have any candy, and just kept it for himself! HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!

The Monster at the End of This Book

The Monster at the End of This Book is Elijah's new favorite book. He reads it all the time, even by himself. I am so proud that he likes Grover, he was always my favorite Sesame Street character too.

Monster Eli!

Eli makes this face all the time now. I call him my little monster because he pairs the face with growls and snorts. Too funny!

Outhouse in West Virginia

We found this outhouse on our drive last weekend. Check out the bullet holes in the door! Terrifying! Luckily the bullet holes did not go all the way through the door, because this was the only bathroom for miles! Only in WV would you see something like this.

Fall in West Virginia

Fall is definitely here in West Virginia! Since I didn't have to work this Saturday and it was such a beautiful day Liz, Eli, and I went for a drive up into the mountains. Liz wanted to see a bear, so we headed towards "Bear Haven"! Unfortunately we didn't' see any bears. It was still a great drive on a beautiful fall day.

Little Troublemaker!

Elijah was very busy getting into trouble this afternoon!

Hinkle Glass

My parents took Eli and I to Hinkle Glass on Monday. Hinkle Glass is a family owned company where they hand blow all kinds of beautiful glass. We got to watch a demonstration of them making a glass vase. It was fascinating, and we loved watching the guys work. All three of the guys that work there have been blowing glass for anywhere between twenty five years and thirty years. Glass blowing is truly an art.

Shooting fun with Grandma and Grandpa

My parents came to visit with us this weekend and the guys wanted to go shooting up on Rich mountain. My Mom entertained Eli while we shot\ by feeding him frosted animal crackers. Grandma spoils Eli rotten! LOL He loves grandma and animal cookies now! We all had a good time.

Fall Time

Well, Fall has officially arrived here in Elkins, West Virginia. We realized the other day that Eli had no Fall/Winter clothes. So we went to the store and got him this fun hat and jacket.

Crawling!!

Well, after a month of "GI Joeing" it around Eli has finally decided to start crawling everywhere. We took this video of him in the hallway outside our apartment.