Happy Birthday Eli

We have had a fun weekend celebrating Eli's birthday! I still can't believe he is 3!! It is hard to believe. He is such a funny little boy. While he pushes the limits many times and makes me want to pull my hair out he is still a joy. He is so smart and amazes me everyday with the things he remembers or picks up after one time. He is a sponge!!

I have been sleeping on the couch some nights. I rotate which ever is more comfortable at this point. Thursday night I slept there halfway through the night. I woke up Friday morning to him jumping up under the covers with me and whispering to me, "mom its my birthday!" He was so excited. We got breakfast and then he and I got to work making cupcakes to take to his friends at daycare for snack


He loves cupcakes or anything with sugar I should say. He was so proud of them!!!


Little Miss sat on the floor and watched. She was happy to clap at Eli and talk to us while we worked.


I should add these cupcakes were one of a kind!! Funfetti that the cake was colored blue and the frosting was purple special request from the birthday boy. They looked awful but tasted good. The kids loved them too.............





After we made our cupcakes we got ready and headed to town. We ate at Chili's per Eli's request. Then it was time for Eli to go and pick out his present. Away to Toys R Us we went and surprised him with a......................................................................















His very own Bike!! He loves it. We had to get him off of it in the store because he got on and away he went.


He asked for pancakes for dinner and that was his birthday.

Saturday we celebrated with everybody at the bowling alley!


We had to split up his game of bowling because he was a bit spastic. He has the run of this bowling alley as he visits frequently with Grandma. Everybody knows him and everybody watches him. His favorite is the arcade. He got to play a little after we opened presents, ate cake, and he bowled the rest of his game with mommy.



Gotta love the big pregnant belly. There is nothing like looking at pictures of yourself bowling and realizing you are just plain huge! LOL Oh well I have to get bigger before I can get smaller at this point.

Embracing the Camera with Eli this week.



Lilliana was content to sit with anybody and dance to the music! She loves music.



We had lunch there and came home to play with toys and took a good nap!! Eli got his present from my parents when Lilliana did. Two big boxes came from FedEx. He has been asking for two weeks to open it. Finally he was able to open it after nap yesterday. We didn't tell him what it was and let him figure it out. Halfway through he just blurted out what it was. He is so smart. It is a little different than Lilliana's but just as nice and works just as great. Hopefully he does not shove her in it like he has shoved her in her own. Yes he put her in it and sat on top and read a book. Poor girl!


Sadly our night ended not so well last night. I thought we were done with the sickness in the house. I was getting everything ready for church in the morning, Eli started throwing up. I was up with him every hour until 3 in the morning. He has still not felt well today. Anthony let me sleep in and I woke up to him telling me Lilliana had started. Needless to say the stomach flu is back it seems. So far Anthony and I have been ok. They on the other hand have hardly eaten a thing and spent the day lounging around.


Lilliana decided Kenya made a great pillow. Gotta love the mutiple outfits today. I have been organized enough that the laundry has not backed up and the house has stayed clean!


Speaking of Little Miss. She started walking last Thursday night just in time for her brother's birthday. She still likes to crawl and be carried but will walk. She got brave all on her own and just went. Tomorrow I hope the kids feel better because I have my rescheduled baby appointment! I also hope I do not catch it. Thankfully we are caught up on chores for the week so it should be smooth sailing if we end up sick. Anthony is even close to home this week. It is supposed to be warm too so I am hoping for some outside time and walks!

Smells

Blogging from the tablet tonight. We will see how it goes.

This week has been a little crazy. Monday I headed to my appointment with my midwife and as we were almost there I heard the most pitiful voice say, "mommy I threw up." We rescheduled and it has been sickness all week and Anthony has been out of town. Eli has been I'm a mood so he has been a little difficult. Thankfully Lillian has been pretty good and a clown.

Example: peek-a-boo



She also decided to help me cook dinner on Monday night. She pulled the potato bag out of the pantry. There were a whole two potatoes and she decided to try to eat them and put them all over including finding my shoes and stuffing them in there.




Eli has not wanted me to bother him really so that is fine. He and I have colored together a lot and played a lot of blocks. He also has just layed around from not feeing well. Through it all the house has smelled sick due to throwing up. Thankfully I got something in the mail to help with that smell and I am thrilled. Welcome to the world of Scentsy!!! I love candles. I also love to decorate my house. Sadly, I have two wonderful little people that destroy decorations so I have given up. Eli was a climber and Lilliana pulls everything down. So instead of always saying no I just put everything away. Well I decided I would try something new. These are like candles but no flame as they are heated with a bulb. The scent we started out with is Blueberry Cheesecake and it smells divine!! My house smells wonderful. Anthony even said it smelled good when he walked in. I got a big warmer and a plug in one. I got three scents too.....I love all of them so far!


Last but not least I finally finished my wall of display boards. This wall use to have a big one and two small ones. Then a long came Ari so I decided to do something different. I use to be so diligent about changing them every month but that has not happened so I went simple this time! It turned out great and I am glad it is done.

These boards are magnetic and are from Creative Memories. I love them!

Tomorrow is Eli's day as we will be celebrating his birthday and little does he know he gets to go to the store and pick out what he gets tomorrow from us! I will surprise you too! It is hard to believe 3 years ago around this time I just found out I had preeclampsia with him and was getting ready to begin the induction process!