Cool Dude

(These pictures are from mid April) It seems like Eli is growing up so fast! Here are some fun pictures of new things he is into! He has his own sunglasses and drinks out of a big boy cup!!

Cool Dudes!

First non-sippy cup experience, with no help.

Cheese!!!!!

I'm not putting this down....

Chillin'

Diaper Shower for Baby Gwinn #2

On April 11, we were so blessed to have a diaper shower for our second little bundle of joy! Thank you Alison, Laura H & Laura V!!!!

The delicious spread...complete with little mint & nut filled baby booties, and baby face cupcakes with pacifiers! My friends are so creative! :)

The beautiful hostesses Laura V, Alison, and Laura H with the very large preggos!

The 2 pregnant ladies hitting the food table first! :)


The shower gang minus a few who had to leave a little early.

Thanks ladies, for a fun time and LOTS of diapers and wipes! :)

Baby Gwinn #2....

has arrived and is a BOY! Emmett Lee Gwinn arrived at 3:05 PM on May 19, 2010. He weighted in at 8 lbs 7 oz, was 20.5 inches long and had a head circumference of 14.5 inches. All are doing well! Blog updates to follow... they will be a little delayed so we can keep the posts close to chronological order.

Fun Times in Durham

The day my parents left we headed out to Durham for a baby shower the next day. We had a great time playing and exploring around the pond and walking around the woods. Eli loves to explore and I have so much fun showing him new things in nature. We even got Mama to hold a frog.

Walking down to the pond with Grandma and Grandpa.

Riding the pig!! When Eli saw the pig
the first thing he wanted to do was ride it.

Eli looking at a frog I caught.
He loved to look but was wary about touching.

A Northern Cricket Frog. This is the one that Eli is looking at above. You can read about them and hear their sound here.

Dandelions.

The draw back to encouraging the nature hikes is that Eli is good at finding things. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Eli poke this guy, I yanked Eli away as the spider did a pose similar to this :-)

Rub-a-dub-dub, three kids in the tub!

Gwinn Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Gwinn and Pops were here for the end of their spring break a few weeks ago. We had a really good time and the weather was perfect!! We spent a lot of time on the deck on our recently procured patio furniture. We also got a swing set that was not in use at another residence and set it up in our yard, and Eli loves it! We also watched a movie each night...good times were had by all.

Grandpa and Eli eating Bagels.

The new swing set!

Grandpa pushing Eli. Even days after they left Eli would say " Grandpa push".

Eli and Mama swinging.

Eli covered in "cheese" from the cheese balls.

The infamous cheese balls on the table. They were a gift from Grandpa and when he brought them out and asked Eli if he wanted one Eli got super excited. Eli did not even know what a cheese ball was! Well, he LOVED them and is a cheese ball monster! (yes, we know how bad they are for all of us.....)

Goldfish time.

Grandma and cantaloupe.

Grandma and Eli swinging.

The young Gwinns swinging!!!

Pops and Eli putting coins into Pig. Eli loves Pops and it just warms my heart! Weeks after they left Eli still points to the chair in the corner of the deck and says "Pots".

Easter

On Easter Sunday we gave Eli a basket (we recycled some of your package Jill, thanks!) and had some candy before Andrea and Eli went to church and I went to work. As you will see Eli loves chocolate! Recently we put some chocolate in his milk and he took a big gulp and we asked if it was tasty and he said "Mo' Tasty"!!!

Eli being cute sitting in the laundry basket.

Eli wondering what is different about the table.

An Easter Basket!!

Eli's first Peep, he wasn't really that into eating them...

however, Mama WAS!!!

Sweet, this egg has chocolate!

Look at that face!!! (Besides being cute, his lips
have a bunch of chocolate on them)

Beautiful Easter Eggs.

An awesome video, if I must say so myself!!! Eli loves to watch this video and cracks up at himself.

Easter Egg Hunt

As per usual, I worked Easter weekend, but I was on a closing shift so we were able to go to an Easter Egg Hunt near the house. This hunt was at a local Methodist Church and it was packed. They had different hunt times for all age groups and luckily, Eli's age group was first, go figure. He really enjoyed looking for and finding the eggs. He would pick one up and then say "Mo' Egg!, Mo' Egg!". After the hunt we played in the bounce house and on the playground. Eli also got to try a snow cone, which he LOVED!!

Eli and Mama, finding eggs.

Eli trying to open an egg.

Still trying to open an egg.

What, nothing....

Putting an egg in the basket.

Eli and Dada.

Eli and Mama.

Enjoying the bounce house.