ordinary days

Cousin Daniel had his 2nd birthday party last weekend.

I still can't believe how quickly time flies - oh, and how quick Daniel is, because I couldn't even get a good picture of him sitting still.

But...I did get a good one of Granddad, GG Rita, and Eli (they were all sitting still) :)

Eli has such a good sense of humor - and he thinks his siblings are just about the funniest things EVER!  I'm not sure what Colin was saying, but obviously it was HILARIOUS!

Those are Colin's glasses - that I bought off Amazon.  

Colin really badly needs some reading glasses of +1 (but finding reading glasses in kids size at that prescription is nearly impossible).  They are a little too big for his face, but he still likes them.  I'm hoping they will get us through the rest of the school year until we can get some good glasses for him over the summer.

I found some Batman pajamas for Eli (yes, he's not quite 5 months and wearing 12 month clothes!) and Colin decided he wanted to wear his Spiderman pajamas.

Then my sweet little Maggie decided she wanted a picture of Batman and Butterfly Girl.

Yes, I'm sure there's a superhero somewhere that's called Butterfly Girl.

Oh, and we started Eli on some oatmeal cereal the other night.

Brian and I actually didn't feed him at all, our little helpers did all the work.

Not sure how much food actually made it in his mouth - but he really enjoyed it and the kids just loved helping out.

I love this picture of him...

He's growing up so fast.  I'm just trying to soak up all the last "firsts" as much as I can.

Some days are so hard getting stuck in a rut and just getting all of the chores done - it's easy to forget what is important.  

These ordinary days are important...