Dirt, cousins, and more dirt!

Eli has always loved dirt...so much, that I'm pretty sure this love began upon conception. As you can see, he expressed his love at a very early age:

It clearly wasn't a phase...as you can see by the dirt all over his face!

This love has been passed on to his brother...

Give Miles some dirt, he's happy...but give him some dirt and a ball, he's in his glory!

Eli took a break from the dirt to share his drink with little Matthew...

and tried to keep him clean when he dribbled a little bit!

(Make sense of that one!)

At least Peej thought it was funny, lol!

I love watching our boys grow up together!! Here they are walking to the pond...

and around the pond...

and back to the house. *melt* So sweet!

Of course Grammy took Miles around the pond too!!

Back from the pond, and back to more dirt...but first, Eli wanted to take Grace for a ride!

As you can see by her expression, she loved it!

Back at it again...watching a rocket balloon I launched for them.

And finally, Eli fixing his glasses...notice the random glove on his hand? He wouldn't take it off, lol! Oh these boys! They're always good for a laugh!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

We celebrated Nader's birthday today by having a great dinner with the family at Grammy's house. (His birthday was actually Friday) Eli was very good at cake decorating!

Every time I'd tell Eli to say, "cheese," Peej would say it as well!
Adding the finishing touches!

Daddy couldn't tackle all that flame by himself, so Eli was pleased to help.

For those trying to count...there's 38 candles on there! (He's only 37, but he had to have 1 to grow on!) Gotta love having a husband who makes me feel so young! ;)

Daddy and Miles

Eli doing some damage on that cake, with only a candle as his utensil!

Matthew and Uncle Matt enjoying the frosting from a candle too!

Eli got VERY good at the whole eating with a candle idea, lol!

My boys! Miles reaching for the cake, Eli eating some, and Nader just happy to be with his little men!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Happy Birthday Nader! We love you so much and appreciate all that you do for our family! You are an amazing husband and father, and we are so blessed to have you in our lives!

Happy Easter!! Round 2

After going through the boys' Easter baskets, we went to Grammy for a bit! Luckily, it was another beautiful day, and we got to spend some time outside! The boys aren't all dressed up yet, as we must always wear "play" clothes at Grammy's house. Eli can't help but dig in his dirt piles over there!!

Miles and Daddy

Miles took a break from outside to try out Grace's new toy!
Eli LOVED the rocket balloons that were in his basket...

Love his silly face in this one!

I can't tell you how many balloons he pumped up, and then chased...

Grace modeling her Easter dress

Miles was worn out by the long morning/afternoon! My overgrown boy was all passed out!

Fun with Grammy, boo boos, and coloring eggs!

We spent the day over Grammy's house today! It was so nice outside, so the boys spent a lot of their time running around, but Miles snuck in some one on one Grammy time! Warning, there are a ton of pics!

Miles was laughing hysterically during this!

and quickly after he was tired and crabby, so Papa Steve, AKA "the baby whisperer," got him to sleep!

While outside, Eli managed to smash his thumb in a car door...his poor little boo boo!

But in no time he was back to playing! On a side note, I had to run up to the store, and I hit the jackpot! I got 2 of these little cars, 2 little tikes picnic tables, a Step2 art easel, and a Step2 castle with slide....all for $25!!! Now Grammy's house is loaded up with even more toys!!

Miles snacking on some food as we started to color eggs

Grammy and Eli

Uncle Matt and Peej

The boys had a BLAST!!

And they were both very upset when there were no more eggs to color!

Crooked glasses due to crying and wiping his own tears, lol!

They did pretty good, and only broke a couple!!!