a trip to the pumpkin farm

First of all, sorry for being so absent on the blog recently...we've been busy with the move. Eloise started standing for extended periods of time last weekend when we went to visit a pumpkin farm with my sister-in-law, dawn, and eloise's cousins. Eloise was so impressed and proud of herself that she tried to make eye contact with everyone and anyone walking by and lead them in a round of applause for her new accomplishment. It was adorable. She's starting to take a few steps now and I promise to catch it on video and post it soon.

We all had a great time with face painting, a hayride, picking pumpkins, climbing in the tree fort, visiting the baby farm animals and a picnic.

thanks for the stroller!

Eloise absolutely loves her new stroller. She getting pretty good at cruising around the house. Thanks GraMoM and Grampa! (thanks also to Kathy and David for the adorable dog that's in the stroller!)

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here a pres, there a pres, everywhere a president

Jimmy Carter and his wife live in Plains, Ga....a quick 3 hour drive from Atlanta on a Sunday morning. We heard that he still teaches Sunday School at his local Baptist church and decided to head down there for a visit. It's hard to begin to explain what a dynamic teacher he is! He was incredibly sharp, knowledgeable and made the Old Testament come alive. It was certainly a worshipful experience. (too bad eloise had to sit this photo op out).

not to worry, I didn't actually snap a shot of him while he was teaching...we were allowed to take pictures during the introduction time only.

kitchen helper

As I was cleaning up after dinner, Eloise busied herself by unloading the drawer full of clean kitchen linens.

and then restocked it after sufficient 'fluffing' of each item

my oh my, aren't we proud of ourselves???

our little chatter box

Eloise is very into phone calls lately. She immediately cups her ear with her hand and starts talking when she hears a phone ringing. In public, she also watches anyone on their cell phone and mimicks them, always eliciting plenty of smiles!

Hanging out with Daddy

These shots are from a couple weekends ago while we were babysitting eloise's cousin, emma.