Christmas Tree Shopping

I accidentally loaded all the pictures as "small." If you click on them, though, they're normal size.

Here are some pictures from our lives lately:

We started Thanksgiving with Eli helping mama make chocolate chip pancakes. He's STILL snacking on those.
Pancake-making face.
Eli, mama, and Amos made peanut butter birdseed wreaths for the birds. The squirrels have shown the most interest, though.
Eli surveys his handiwork.
Today we went shopping for our Christmas tree. Eli was WAY into it this year, in contrast to last year, when I don't think he really got it.
He spent some time looking at the branches, and carrying around little pieces.
Amos wore his Christmas-colored hat.
Eli soon realized that there was a bouncy castle, and the trees became a distant memory. He met a new friend in there, and they bounced away for a half hour or so.
Eli's velociraptor impersonation.
Still clutching his tree piece, even in the bouncy castle.
Aerial shot.
Jessa has the carry-two-kids thing down. Note the handy use of the belt loop.
We got our tree home and set up, but the lights and decorations aren't on yet. Stay tuned for a post on that soon!
Amos is so close to his first laugh. Sometimes you can get a half-chuckle out of him, but he stops there. But smiles are everywhere.

Six Week Cuteness and Big Boy Fun

Make fun of my hat and I'll poundjya.

AG is getting super smiley lately. We love that little gummy grin.

Snoozin' while Eli was in the swings. Amos, like Eli, loves to be outside. He almost always takes a sweet little peaceful nap when we go out, which is at least twice daily.
First bottle! He took it like a pro.
And then snuggled down to sleep.
I am universally adored around here. Apartment 308 is a regular mutual admiration society meeting.
Matching robot goodness!!! Love it!
One sleeps...one wrestles.
Sweet Eli was a sicky all weekend. Eventually though we just had to get some fresh air. That's his "I'm sick and pitiful but still cute" outfit.
Elmo slippers are the best medicine.
As are autumnal crafts. We have been working on his "yeaf board" for a while now, but there was a flurry of leaf gluing the other afternoon and now the masterpiece is complete.
And we made cookies and took them to our apartment buddies for a fun Halloween treat. Eli insisted in "carrying" the bag. Cookies...crumbs...all good.
Gram gave in-utero Amos this sweet little giraffe that plays rock-a-bye baby. The other morning I was showcasing it to Amos and Eli claimed it. It's been getting more snuggles than Harry lately. Sacrilidge!
Big news! Eli got a super cool race car big boy bed!
Bigger news: he sleeps in it!
Check out the sweet matching monkey jammies from Yaya. Super cute!