Celebrating Fall

This week has ushered in true Michigan Fall weather. The kind of weather we have at the end of fall as opposed to the beginning. It has been rainy, windy, and chilly all week. This is the time of year I feel tired and just want to hibernate! The kids have still not been sleeping well and consequently I am tired and worn out!! I have tried to have fun this week regardless!!!

We took one day and painted pumpkins.


Lilliana even got to paint one and Eli of course decided towards the end it would be more fun to eat it.

It has been cool enough to break out the baby legs again. So Lilliana has been making her fashion statements all week with her baby legs.



She has been a much happier baby this week although she is getting in a lot of teeth!! Poor child can not get a break. Ill be honest she has been much more fun to take pictures of lately. Eli is so busy and would rather play. I try to keep it even but he just is not in to having me take pictures so I will just let him be. I would rather not push it. He and I have been spending a lot of time playing and learning. His vocabulary is amazing for his age. The child is a sponge. Lilliana is learning to wave, clap, and count. Since she has been so fun with taking pictures I have went with it.

Rocking her new winter hat. It is a little big but you know she looks cute when Anthony is in love with it and he normally detests all my "accessories" that I put on her.

Beautiful Eyes like her brother

There has been a coveted toy this week at the house. Every so often Eli rediscovers a toy and that is all he plays with. The only problem is Lilliana loves this toy too! It makes noises and has flashing lights.
Thankfully Eli is such  a big brother he plays and shares with her.

This fire truck was given to Eli before he was even born. I am so glad that he is such a great brother and shares!!!


We also were able to purchase and get a new furnace installed this week. It has been a huge answer to prayer! God very much provided what we needed. It has already made a huge difference in how warm our house is. It came at the exact time we needed it and I am so very thankful. It has been by God's blessings we have been able to do the extra things we have done this year by vacationing, having Lilliana, and getting a new furnace. The best part we went from 50% efficency to 95%!! I really hope that means our bill goes down!! We are blessed!!

Today we really celebrated fall by going with good friends to Uncle John's Cider Mill. This is a tradition I have started since moving to Michigan. We go to the cider mill and get donuts and cider. It is so much fun. It is a beautiful drive there. The donuts and cider are amazing and it just screams fall! Today was probably the most unpleasant day I have ever visted due to weather. Lilliana screamed all morning while I was trying to get ready from her teeth. It was pouring rain but we were determined to go. We got there and thankfully there was no rain. There was however wind. We met our friends and got our donuts and cider. I am sure we looked  a sight. Two mothers with two year olds going everywhere while we both wore our 7 months olds. Abby and Lilliana are a couple weeks apart and Eli and Kayla are about a month apart. They are so much fun. Abby is tiny compared to Lilliana so it is always fun to see the comparison. The picture taking was limited as I only had so many hands and well we were outnumbered. The few I did get were so cute!!


Surprisingly they all cooperated for this. Eli kept telling Kayla, "We get pictures then we go outside and play." He was so excited to see Kayla. That is all I heard about all morning!!
He was right after this we let them go out and run even though it was cold!!



We got a few pictures in between the apple tree rows. The kids loved walking around in there. I was wet from laying on the ground to take the pictures but that is ok.

They were so over pictures by this point.

When it was time to go home Eli had a bit of a melt down. I have never seen him act the way he did. He was so sweet and apologized on the way home though so I was grateful. He just did not understand it was too cold for him to be out longer.

We all got to take a long wonderful nap today so that was nice! We also were able to watch the homecoming parade this afternoon with Aunt Toni and the daycare kids. Eli loved that they all came to our house to watch. Lilliana is our mover and groover! She loves to dance! Anytime there is music she just stars dancing even if she is nursing so I took her out to listen to the school band and she loved it!! It has been a wonderful long week! We may have had a few rough patches but it was still fun!! Have a wonderful weekend!