Looking Back...

So, the other night I was looking through the pictures on my phone. I saw some pictures of Mac and Calvin from the summer when I was babysitting Calvin in the mornings, and I just had to post these. Awe...how little they were!

"Snack Time." Notice how Mac has managed to hoard most of the Cheerios on his side of the floor:

One morning Calvin was very quiet. Later I discovered that he was working on a "project" called get all of the toys that you can and throw them over the baby gate. Mac was very interested.

Super Daddy

Ellis has been extremely busy with his projects at work, but he has still found a way to make time for helping me with the kids. How his "daddy" skills have grown since this time 19 months ago when Mac was a newborn!

Here is a picture of him taking care of the kids and trying to get work done so I could take a shower. This picture seriously was not staged. I came down and this is what I saw.

Mac & Corrie Update

I was thinking the other day that watching your children grow is like watching a little seedling grow. There are a billion seeds sprouting every day, but somehow it is so exciting and amazing when you see that little seed of yours pop out of the ground and start doing things. Here is an update how these two have been "blooming" lately:

Mac:

Mac has been camouflaging himself

And walking around in mommy's shoes:

Corrie:

Corrie has been awake more and enjoying staring at things:


And also sleeping of course:

TV Tray

The other day we tried coloring with crayons for the first time. I thought it went pretty well...until I found the blue crayon in Mac's diaper. So now we have moved on to color pencils and stickers. A little less tempting eat...hopefully.

Anyway, I found one of our old TV trays and realized it would make a great desk for Mac to use with his little rocking chair. He looks like he is ready for school!

Halloween part 1

Ellis and I have traditionally been terrible about celebrating Halloween. We have actually been one of those couples who has turned off the lights and hidden when the first knock on the door came and we realized that it was Halloween and we didn't have any candy. Well, this year we did manage to get Mac and Corrie into costumes, and Mac got to try out his first attempt at trick-or-treating. I will tell more about that when we get more pictures from our friends. For now, here are a few pictures that I took with my phone:

Our friends the Rocke's had this costume at their house. I decided to pose Corrie in it for a picture. Her legs only went to the nose of the jack-o-lantern, and her arms hardly even reached the armholes!

Our church had a party on the front lawn, and there was a bluegrass band playing. Mac spent the first part of the night dancing and being fueled with energy from our french fries.


Apparently, Mac looked just like the real Elmo from behind. Several kids wanted their pictures taken with him. Mac, of course, had no clue that he was Elmo.

Adventure at the Mall

Today has been one of those days when you are willing to venture out into the pouring rain with a newborn just to get your toddler out of the house for a little while. Our mall has a "play place" for little kids, and we decided to check it out. You can see from the pictures below that Mac enjoyed the visit. We'll find out in a day or two how many germs he ingested from the multiple runny noses that I saw being wiped on all of the places where Mac was playing.

Here's Mac pretending to fly the life flight helicopter: (sticking his head out the front window)

Hanging out in the cockpit:

The little boy on the left was growling at Mac to try and get him to move out of the pilot's seat. Mac just stared at him.

There was a lighthouse slide with a tunnel under it. Mac refused to slide, but he enjoyed sitting at the entrance of the tunnel and watching other kids have to climb over him to get through.