Lately, Eli has been wanting us to tell him stories at bedtime instead of singing songs. The other morning, he decided he was going to tell us the stories.
Here's Eli's version of The Three Little Pigs:
And here's another story, which I think is a combo of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Pigs
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Just Pictures
How do you like the new look?
Here are some recent pictures for your enjoyment...
Grape face
Eli's new floaty swim suit...think he likes it?
The black eye I got from a projectile toy thrown by Eli on accident.
Here are some recent pictures for your enjoyment...
Grape face
Eli's new floaty swim suit...think he likes it?
The black eye I got from a projectile toy thrown by Eli on accident.
Recent Prego Pics
What a difference one week makes! Maybe it's just the camera angle or what I was wearing, but according to these pictues it looks like I grew a lot in one week!
33 weeks pregnant
34 weeks pregnant
33 weeks pregnant
34 weeks pregnant
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
New Additions to the Family
Okay, so this might change your mind about what we should name this blog. We have more chickens! John and Eli went and picked out two chicks and one adult chicken. Some of our neighbors have told us that they'd like to buy some eggs from us, so John decided to get more chickens so we could do that. He's really been wanting to get more for awhile, and this was a good excuse to do it.
Eli and John named the new hen Cacciatore. Eli's been calling her Ketchup for short. We don't know exactly what kind of chicken she is, but she's pretty with white and black feathers. The other four chickens are taking awhile to warm up to her, but it will come once they figure out the pecking order.
The chicks are staying in their box in the garage until they get a little older. It's hot enough that they don't even need a heat lamp. They will be exotic-looking chickens with longer necks. Supposedly they are both hens, but we're a little suspicious because the brown one is pretty feisty and aggressive. Hopefully we're not surprised when we find out we have a rooster! Eli loves holding them and petting them and checking on them. It'll be fun to watch them grow.
Oh, and Boone's adjusting well to the new additions, too. He better get used to it!
Eli and John named the new hen Cacciatore. Eli's been calling her Ketchup for short. We don't know exactly what kind of chicken she is, but she's pretty with white and black feathers. The other four chickens are taking awhile to warm up to her, but it will come once they figure out the pecking order.
The chicks are staying in their box in the garage until they get a little older. It's hot enough that they don't even need a heat lamp. They will be exotic-looking chickens with longer necks. Supposedly they are both hens, but we're a little suspicious because the brown one is pretty feisty and aggressive. Hopefully we're not surprised when we find out we have a rooster! Eli loves holding them and petting them and checking on them. It'll be fun to watch them grow.
Oh, and Boone's adjusting well to the new additions, too. He better get used to it!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
New Names
Changes are ahead...a lot of changes! First, we need to change up this blog since Eli will be sharing his blog with his little brother, along with just about everything else! So, what do we call the blog now? Maybe we should vote on it. Any ideas? John likes The Perkins Family Urban Farm and Brewery, I'm thinking maybe just Eli and Jed, or maybe The Perkins Clan. Here's a poll to vote on the name just for the fun of it:
Also, we think we have a name for the new baby on the way. Eli's name of Mee-maow is nice, but I think we're going to go with........Jed Michael. Michael is my dad's name, and we just like Jed. I also realized that it's our initials: John, Eli, Darby. NO, it's not like Jed Clampett! We are reinventing the name Jed to a more hip, urban farmer! Our boy is no hillbilly!
So, most likely the next time you check the blog, it will have a different name and a different look.
Also, we think we have a name for the new baby on the way. Eli's name of Mee-maow is nice, but I think we're going to go with........Jed Michael. Michael is my dad's name, and we just like Jed. I also realized that it's our initials: John, Eli, Darby. NO, it's not like Jed Clampett! We are reinventing the name Jed to a more hip, urban farmer! Our boy is no hillbilly!
So, most likely the next time you check the blog, it will have a different name and a different look.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Colorado Vacation Recap
We spent last week in Estes Park, Colorado with John's family and had a great time! Eli got to spend time with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and his cousins, Will and Alex, who are 6 months younger than him and live in Denver. So, it was loud and active when they were all together, but lots of fun! Each day we did a different activity and most were firsts for Eli. We had a lot of time to relax as well, which was nice. Here's the recap:
Day One: Eli got to ride on a pony named Nibbles. We weren't sure if he'd like it or be too scared, but Eli was a natural at riding horses!
Day two: We went to play miniature golf. Eli got tired of waiting on the people in front of us, so we had to skip a few holes. He would sort of start at the end of the putting green and hit it and then pick up his ball and move it right next to the hole and put from there. Eli definitely knew the color of each of our balls and knew he was to hit his green ball. He just didn't know to get out of the way when John or I were trying to hit ours.
Day Three: Eli went fishing and caught a fish. We went to a place called Trout Haven where they have a pond stocked full of trout. Therefore, it was not difficult to catch a fish. We caught four fish total (Eli, Will, and Alex each caught one, and John caught the last one since Eli was loosing interest and I had no luck catching one) and we ate them for lunch the next day...yummy!
Day Four: Aunt Laura, Aunt Lisa, John, and myself took Eli and Alex to go ride a little kiddie train, which they enjoyed. Poor Will got sick. John and Eli also rode a go kart. Eli said his go kart was like Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars because it was red and very fast! It was hilarious watching John and Eli because John barely fit in it and you could barely see Eli. Eli's face was expressionless the whole time, but I know he enjoyed it because we are still hearing about his go kart ride.
Day Five: Eli, John, myself, Aunt Laura, and Alex (Will was still sick) went on a hiking adventure to Bear Lake. It was an easy hike around Bear Lake although hiking in the altitude while 7 months pregnant isn't easy, I found out! Eli and Alex had a blast and lead the way the whole time. They did stop to check out butterflies and other interesting things along the way (while I rested on the benches). We ended our adventure with a picnic by the lake. Very beautiful and fun!
To finish our time in Estes, John and I got to go out to celebrate our 10 year anniversary! We went to a nice dinner at Mary's Lake Lodge and then walked around in downtown Estes for awhile. The view at dinner was amazing (the picture doesn't do it justice). The fact that we got to see it at sunset was even better. I took a picture of our yummy dessert of chocolate "enrobed" strawberries because it was too pretty not to. Dinner was delicious by the way.
And finally, here are some more pictures of the trip:
The view from our cabin
John and Eli taking in the view
Eli wearing his "rain hat and rain jacket" on the one day it rained
Playing at the park
Storytime with Uncle Dan
Day One: Eli got to ride on a pony named Nibbles. We weren't sure if he'd like it or be too scared, but Eli was a natural at riding horses!
Day two: We went to play miniature golf. Eli got tired of waiting on the people in front of us, so we had to skip a few holes. He would sort of start at the end of the putting green and hit it and then pick up his ball and move it right next to the hole and put from there. Eli definitely knew the color of each of our balls and knew he was to hit his green ball. He just didn't know to get out of the way when John or I were trying to hit ours.
Day Three: Eli went fishing and caught a fish. We went to a place called Trout Haven where they have a pond stocked full of trout. Therefore, it was not difficult to catch a fish. We caught four fish total (Eli, Will, and Alex each caught one, and John caught the last one since Eli was loosing interest and I had no luck catching one) and we ate them for lunch the next day...yummy!
Day Four: Aunt Laura, Aunt Lisa, John, and myself took Eli and Alex to go ride a little kiddie train, which they enjoyed. Poor Will got sick. John and Eli also rode a go kart. Eli said his go kart was like Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars because it was red and very fast! It was hilarious watching John and Eli because John barely fit in it and you could barely see Eli. Eli's face was expressionless the whole time, but I know he enjoyed it because we are still hearing about his go kart ride.
Day Five: Eli, John, myself, Aunt Laura, and Alex (Will was still sick) went on a hiking adventure to Bear Lake. It was an easy hike around Bear Lake although hiking in the altitude while 7 months pregnant isn't easy, I found out! Eli and Alex had a blast and lead the way the whole time. They did stop to check out butterflies and other interesting things along the way (while I rested on the benches). We ended our adventure with a picnic by the lake. Very beautiful and fun!
To finish our time in Estes, John and I got to go out to celebrate our 10 year anniversary! We went to a nice dinner at Mary's Lake Lodge and then walked around in downtown Estes for awhile. The view at dinner was amazing (the picture doesn't do it justice). The fact that we got to see it at sunset was even better. I took a picture of our yummy dessert of chocolate "enrobed" strawberries because it was too pretty not to. Dinner was delicious by the way.
And finally, here are some more pictures of the trip:
The view from our cabin
John and Eli taking in the view
Eli wearing his "rain hat and rain jacket" on the one day it rained
Playing at the park
Storytime with Uncle Dan
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Special Underwear
Big news! Eli has now been wearing "special" or "big boy" underwear full time for a week straight now! He is doing a great job going pee pee and poo poo on the potty. We've not had any accidents this whole week. Yay! He's doing a great job telling us when he has to go, and we've been doing a good job at asking him, too. A couple times, he's even gone to the potty without me asking. I've gone to see what he's up to after hearing silence, and I've found him on the potty! This is very exciting! Let's hope this continues! I hope I didn't jinx it with this post. As you can see in the pictures, Eli picked out some really cool underwear. They have characters from the movie Cars. They are the cutest little things I've ever seen...and Eli wearing them makes it even more cute! These pictures have undies with Mator on them. We're leaving for Colorado on Saturday for a week, so hopefully we can keep up this up. We'll try!
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Happy 4th of July!
We had a fun 4th celebration yesterday. Our neighbor Maureen, who we call "Mo" invited us to a parade in her friend's neighborhood. Eli loved it! He had fun waving at the people in the parade and then continued waving at cars and people going by after it was over. Mo gave him a USA hat to wear and a flag to wave, which was fun for him as well. The best part might have been getting to ride to the parade in Mo's truck!
Here's Mo and Eli
After Eli's nap, Uncle Dan and Aunt Lisa and her mom came over for food and then fireworks. I was quite a homemaker yesterday. I made gluten free banana bread (so good!), a butternut and spaghetti squash dish, and an ice cream cake decorated like a flag. Spending that much time in the kitchen is rare for me, but I actually enjoyed it this time. However, I probably over did it a little for this prego Mama because I was very tired and my back was in pain by the evening.
We kept Eli up late to go watch fireworks this year. It was his first time to see them. He was very tired by the time they started but very amazed by them. Eli is very sensitive to loud noises for some reason. He always covers his ears whenever there's a loud noise. So, I predicted he'd watch them with his ears covered and he did. I just didn't expect him to have his ears covered from the very first pre-show fireworks until the very last grand finale firework. He had his hands covering his ears for at least 30 minutes! Eli did enjoy them because we've heard him talking all about the fireworks today. So, all in all it was a good celebration.
Mo
We were talking with Eli the other day about his friends (his age), and John asked him who his best friend was, and Eli said, Mo! Mo (Maureen) is our neighbor across the street. She loves playing with Eli, and she's really cool because she has a truck, a motorcycle, and a wave runner that Eli gets to "drive" in her driveway. Mo also has a black lab named Camus who's great with Eli, and she also likes to play outside just like Eli. What a great friend to have!
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