From the Elijah Dictionary

Yes--little man is trying so hard to talk. Here are a few of the things he says:

**bop (cup)

**Dac! Dac! (short for Daddycakes--every now and then he'll actually get out Daddycakes, but usually he opts for the short version :) )

**baw! (ball)

Our House Projects

Currently we've been having a lot of work done on the outside of our house. It started this past Friday when Eric started digging ditches (mostly done with a ditchwitch :) ) for new pipes to be put in. He's been one tired puppy the past few days--not so used to the manual labor now that he has a desk job :) Then on Saturday, a plumber-friend of ours started re-doing ALL of the piping to our house. There was just a lot of stuff that didn't need to be there, and the pipes were really old (galvanized)!

Once that was done, it paved the way to start getting the front 2 acres level. So much of our yard is not really going to be a yard for awhile because it's being covered with dirt in order to level it. Maybe the pictures will do a better job describing it for you :)

New Fun

Any time we lose a block or letter or whatever, I lift up the couch cushions to see if I can find what I'm looking for. Well, Mikaela has started doing the same thing, except she has gone a step further and just takes all the cushions completely off the couches. And you can't just take couch cushions off and then not play and jump on them! So now she does it even when she's not looking for anything. Elijah thinks it's great fun too :)

Getting Dirty

Little man LOVES to go outside! Unfortunately for him, Mommy does not always want to go out when he wants to :) So here I am being a good mommy and letting him get all dirty like a little boy. He was playing in the dirt from the pipes being re-done, and he was also eating the dirt :) He enjoyed it :)

Cutting Grass

Put me on a tractor for a few minutes, and this is what'll happen--especially if I haven't had my nap yet :)


MJ is NOT a fan of the love bugs :)