6 Months!

On the 26th Elisha turned 6 months old! Half a year seems like a LONG time, but it has gone very quickly!
He celebrated that night by sleeping from 8pm to 4:15am without waking up! It was the best way to celebrate ever (can you tell what I am going to be asking for for my birthday?:)

 He's still our happy boy! 

 That look is going to be trouble in a year or two...

 This one is for Isaac J. He picked out that shirt for Elisha. It fits! Thanks Isaac!!

 Owen and Elisha...Owen is really great with him. Elisha pulls on his ear, grabs fur, even found some whiskers once. He was really excited over the tail, but I stopped him before he grabbed it. Owen has that look on his face whenever Elisha is grabbing at him. What a patient dog (he knows that Elisha is the messiest eater, so they are best friends, whatever it takes....).

 We went to a pumpkin patch a couple weeks ago. We went on a hay ride. The little girl with us is Annie. She is our newest godchild. She is about 1/2 year younger than Abel. They are pretty good friends.

 They had a place where you could try to rope a bull. Dad was trying his hardest to teach Abel and Abel did catch something...it just wasn't the bull.

 He finally got it!! He had to take it for a ride too. :)

 We went hiking last weekend at South Lake. Annie and her mom Nicole came along with us. It was a bit colder than we had anticipated, but it was a great hike. Abel loves hiking and did a wonderful job!

 We took a little break and enjoyed the scenery!

 This is where we usually go walking. There is some L.A. owned land about a block from our house and you can walk in their fields. So, we often take the dog out and let him run around. A horse ranch owns part of the property, so you can see some pretty horses every once in a while. These mountains are the Sierra Nevada's. (Don't you want to come and visit us now??:)

Dad, Abel, and Owen. 

Hope everyone has a Happy Reformation! 

Photo Shoot

A couple that we meet through people at church are photographers. They are also the ones that we adopted Owen from. They wanted to come over and see Owen (and us:) and offered to take pictures while they were here. We had been wanting to get family pictures taken for awhile now and it just wasn't going to work, so this was such a blessing!

 We got everyone to smile AND look at the camera! 

 Abel was playing spider man (with spider man gloves) AND with his new gun...made for some interesting pictures:).

 My beautiful baby:)

 Elisha wasn't too sure what was going on at this point in time...

 I like this one almost as much as the one of them both smiling (at the very top).

 Someone is tired...

 Dad and his boys! Elisha doesn't look thrilled...but he was woken up from a nap and hadn't eaten yet, so I would say he looks pretty good.:)

Owen with his Mom Ginger. They haven't seen each other since he was about 10 weeks old. They had a great time playing.

And this is Owen. 

Looooooong time!

We recently got a new computer system so I am now able to blog quicker (it used to take about a day to get all the photos uploaded etc.). So, hopefully I will actually do it more! :)

So, I hope you enjoy all the pictures!

 My wonderful boys! Abel is SO good with Elisha. He even "babysits" for me sometimes:) He will often play with Elisha while I need to get something done in the kitchen, etc. He really is the best big brother!

 Elisha is 5 months old already (actually 5 1/2)! He is now rolling over more from his tummy to his back. He can do a full 360 on his tummy. He is also getting more and more adamant about what he wants. If you take a toy away you better watch out! :) He is still such a happy guy. He smiles at everyone and you can just tell he is a happy guy!

 Elisha is starting to eat some table food. He is eating a bit of egg yolk here...he really enjoys it! We might be starting some veggies soon too. Dad does a good job feeding him (he can hold the hands down and get the spoon in the mouth, very difficult sometimes!).

My handsome boys! I love that I get to spend my days with them...don't get me wrong, there are days when naptime/bedtime can't come soon enough, but more often than not we have a great time together!

 This is the outfit that Abel wore for his 5 month picture. Elisha is certainly much bigger in it than Abel was...I tried to find the picture so they could be side by side but I couldn't (I will keep looking).

 We got a swing for Elisha at a swap meet last week. We have been looking for one all summer. He loves it! Abel likes it too that Elisha can "play" outside with him more. Abel also likes to swing Elisha (a bit higher than I might prefer, but Elisha seems to think it is fun:).

 A close up of the handsome guy in the swing!

Last week it was in the 90's here...this week it got down to the 60's. It was in the high 30's at night so we decided to break in the fireplace for the year. Abel enjoyed sitting by the fire and getting warm.

Well, that's about it for now. It went much, much faster this time so I will try to post more pictures soon!