...and ELI DARREN

Coming home, 8 hours after birth

first bath, given by Grandma Deanie

Our Eli is so precious. We love him so much! He was born late

September 15th, weighing in at 6' 14". Thankfully everything

went great. We made it to the birthing center with plenty of time.

Which was a huge concern because Shane almost delivered Brody.

Although it was still a fairly short labor. He scored a 10 on the

Apgar test right after coming out and wasn't even screaming,

but was very calm and alert. He is doing so good, and learning to

smile which is the highlight of my day.

Brody

First Day of Pre-school

Brody is sure growing up fast, I guess thats what a new baby does.

He started school at the same school Boston goes to, he thinks he's

pretty big. Brody loves to dress up. He is always sporting something

silly, from a conductors hat to hotpads as shoes. Brody has a tendancy

to find the oldest person in the room and make them their best friend.

So naturaly grandmas and grandpas are his favorite. When playing

pretend he wants to be the grandma. He also loves his new baby

brother, always giving him full attention. Brody has a great little laugh

that is contagious and everyone loves.

Boston

First day of school, what a little stud!

Kick ball team

We have the cutest kindergardener you ever saw. Boston is a

busy little boy. He has started playing sports this year with

kickball in the spring, soccer in the fall and just started

wrestling. He even ran in a little race in Midway this spring.

He quite the athlete and learned how to ride a "two wheeler"

bike. He loves playing with his friends and has made many

new friends because many of his friends left him all at the

same time, moving out of state or country, poor guy. He is silly

and loves to tease. I can't believe how big he is.