Eliot and Easter

This is Eliot's cute friend that was born two days after him. 

 Hopefully these failed attempts of ring gifting to cute girls isn't foreshadowing.

Failed attempts to swap some saliva.  Sorry!  I couldn't resist.  These captions are almost as bad as those horrid posters of toddlers dressed up like adults giving each other red roses and such.  

Working on our garden to be

Ira pausing to play with his shadow

The big news here was that Eliot turned 1!  Time flies when your working as a body guard to protect an infant from a playfully aggressive, older brother. :) 

The tubes and circus tent were his main presents.  He loves the tubes especially.

Neither of the boys wanted to take a nap after playing at the Hand's On Museum, so I didn't have time to decorate as planned.  But here was my makeshift, quick job. 

Eliot's first taste of dessert!  

He nursed this thing for about a minute straight before moving on to the actual chewing.

 

Ira constructing some words....with a little help from mom of course. 

Eliot enjoying conference.  We loved the parts we were able to pay attention to.  We'll have to read up on the parts we missed.

Both boys had their checkups this week and are looking good.  Eliot is finally over a stomach bug he got which is a huge relief.  We really love our pediatrician who was extremely patient with a flailing, screaming, scared Ira.  She kind of laughed at the fact that usually kids Eliot's age begin their stranger anxiety, and by the time they're 3, they're getting over it.  Eliot was as pleasant as can be, despite the fact that he had thrown up that morning, had diarrhea and an ear infection, and got four shots.  It's just another example of how different our two boys are.  

Ira has been walking around the house pointed out how tall he is in different locations.  "Look how tall I am next to the table!  Look how tall I am on the chair!  Look how tall I am on my bed!"  We finally bought him new pants since his were starting to look like capris.  

  Eliot's new favorite game is pat-a-cake.  The "roll it" part is pretty stinkin' cute with such short arms. 

We've been visiting preschools in preparation for the Fall.  I've also just finished a really time consuming, but fun wedding present for a childhood friend, and am moving on to making couch covers and pillow cases.   Pictures pending.  We were also sad to see some of our good friends move across the country.  But since they're not too far from Kristen, we're hoping too see them again soon. 

Anthony is hoping for clear skies so he can start biking to work more often, and is enjoying a little bit of a more normal pace after a surge of business.  

We failed to take any good Easter pictures, but it's really fun exploring possible holiday traditions.  The focus on Christ and the Resurrection was really clear until Ira realized there was candy associated with Easter too!  Oh well.  

We're keeping lots of you in our prayers as many of you have been facing difficult trials.  Love you lots!