{Little Beau}

On Saturday we had a lot going on. A birthday party for my cousin and later a wedding reception. In between the two activities we were lucky to be able to have my baby nephew, Beau, over for a few hours. He is the cutest little baby and it was really fun to see Eli's reaction to him. Beau is three months old, so six months younger than Eli. When Eli woke up from his nap we brought him out to the toys and he noticed Beau right away. His expression was priceless. It was a mixture of, "Hey, why are you playing with my toys?" and "What is this little person?" Here are a few pictures of Beau, Eli and Isaac.

Beau playing on the play mat. He was so fascinated with the star that had lights and music.

Eli looking curiously from Beau to the toy.

Together time...

Isaac--trying to entertain Beau. We tried explaining that Beau can't play with toys the way that Eli can right now. He's still too little. Isaac paid no attention and insisted on showing Beau everything.

{Happy Birthday, Dad!}

March 24th was my dad's birthday. We invited the family over to our home to celebrate and eat tacos. It was a fun time, with Isaac entertaining everyone with knock, knock jokes about coo-coo clocks and dancing and singing to the Backyardigans. Here are a few pictures of the night. I don't know why I didn't take more. Sorry...

Isaac and my dad pretending to blow out the make-believe candles. Oops, forgot the candles!

My dad wanted he and Isaac to pretend to lick the ice cream cake, but we are all pretty sure that Isaac's little tongue actually touched the whip cream.

The ice cream cake--courtesy of Cold Stone Creamery. It was cheesecake flavored ice cream with yellow cake, raspberry filling and whipped topping. Yummy!

{Fabulous Las Vegas}

David and I took the boys to Las Vegas (or LOST Vegas, as Isaac would say) this past weekend. My dad and Rondi have a timeshare that they reserve each March for the Mountain West basketball tournament. We were lucky that they didn't need to use the condo for the entire week so we had the opportunity to use the time they didn't. We LOVE the condo and it is great for kids, too. Isaac absolutely loves it. The resort has a lazy river, a kiddie pool and a gated playground area for him to play in. It's awesome!

Isaac has taken his knowledge of The Little Einsteins and has come up with some names for the casinos on the Strip. The Luxor has become "The Golden Pyramid" and the "Great Sphinx" (although he pronounces it "Spanx"). MGM is the "Golden Lion". The Stratosphere is "The Tower of Power". New York, New York has become "The Statue of da Liberty". He also loves to see the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Casino, the dancing fountains at Bellagio and the pirate ships at Treasure Island. I love that Isaac is so excited to see everything. He claims it was the best trip ever, although he said that last year when we took him to Sea World, Legoland and the San Diego Zoo. He just loves everything.

This is where we stayed.



This is my dad and Isaac in the kiddie pool.

David and the boys at the playground next to the lazy river.

Eli playing in the stroller while watching Isaac at the playground.



David and the boys outside of Treasure Island waiting for the pirate ship show to start.



David and Eli as the crowd is getting bigger.



David and Isaac checking out the aquarium while waiting for our table at The Rainforest Cafe. Isaac loved this restaurant!



David and Isaac inside the Bellagio Hotel. They have the most incredible garden area inside with butterfly houses and fountains that shoot water in arches. Very breathtaking.


We had a great time and hope we can do it again next year!

{Finally}

Eli has finally learned to sit all by himself. It had been driving me nuts that he had absolutely no interest in sitting! I would sit him up and he would pull his legs together and straighten them, leaving no support for his skinny bum and he would topple over. Isaac was sitting by 6 months, so I just assumed that Eli would do the same. Nope. He works at his own pace and nothing I do makes it happen any faster. Now he just needs to figure out how to go from the crawling position to sitting. It might be hard since he still doesn't crawl on his hands and knees--just his little Army crawl. I love this little boy!!

His poor little red face. Teething is making his cheeks rosy and all of the drool is making the area around his mouth chapped--not to mention he is a grump! Poor little guy.

{Crawling}

Eli has been crawling for the past few weeks and it is the cutest thing. He crawls on his knees and elbows--kind of like an Army crawl. He is super quick now, too. I get a kick out of watching him cruise around and try to squeeze between our couches or under the coffee table. He gets stuck every time, but he doesn't let it stop him from trying and trying. It is amazing the difference between Eli and when Isaac was a baby. They are so different in their milestones and personalities. I love them both so much!!!

These are some cute progression pictures. Eli spies me with the camera and decides he needs to get me! Notice Isaac getting in his way...hee, hee!

Eli playing with Isaac on the wood floor.

He's trying to make his way to me, but he has goofy Isaac in the way.

GOTCHA, Mommy! What a cute, drooly boy!

ISAAC

Here's a picture of Isaac trying to get me soon after he learned to crawl.

{Jungle Jim's}

Thursday, the 12th of February we celebrated my nephew, Jonathan's birthday at Jungle Jim's or 'Jungle Jimps' as Isaac would say. Isaac loves that place, and he was super excited to be able to go and have some fun with his cousins. Here are a few pictures of the two boys having a great time together. Isaac and I went without Daddy and Eli since Eli had finally recovered from RSV and we were trying to avoid exposing him to anything else.



Isaac and Jonathan in front of the spinning ride (similar to Music Express at Lagoon).




On the spinning ride as it is starting to go in reverse.



On a rocket ride together. They would take turns making their ship go up and down.




On the Jeep Safari ride--so cute!

{Happy Valentine's Day}

I know it's a day early, but I didn't want to forget to post this, and I'm afraid I will if I wait until tomorrow. Lots of love to all!!!