What a Weekend!

I am loving Marc's laid back month. For four months straight he was working in the hospital every weekday and had to be there at 6 am. That meant that for four months I got both kids and myself up and ready in the morning and then to school/work. Whew! Well, now that Marc is on a clinic month he doesn't have to be at work until 8 and he has been taking the kids to school some for me. It has given me a much needed break each morning. :) Marc has also had all of his weekends off from rounding this month which is even better. We were able to enjoy sleeping in until eight on Saturday and Sunday (thanks to our kiddos for cooperating on that one!).

We officially rented our house last week for the next year which was a huge relief for us. If we had sold this year we would have taken a loss so we will hold onto it for now and see how things look next year. We ended up renting to an older couple who are relocating from California to be near their kids and grandkids. I don't know if they are looking to buy after their lease with us is up next July, but since they don't have kids, pets, or smoke we are hoping they will only put gentle wear on the house. So, our house was withdrawn from the market on Saturday. It was so nice not worrying about the house being clean for a possible showing over the weekend. We enjoyed staying in our PJs for a good while on Saturday morning. :)

On Saturday night we went to the international medicine fellowship director's house for dinner and a quick French lesson. I really thought I was done with text books but now currently have a "French Made Simple" book on our kitchen table. :) The country we are going to next year speaks French so we are hoping to learn a few phrases and common words before we go. The Stephens are fluent in French because that is the national language in Rwanda where they were missionaries for quite some time before moving back to Wichita.

Hailey wore a new dress to go out to dinner. I almost missed this dress completely because it was hidden in her closet and she will be too big for it pretty soon!

We took Gracie her birthday present! She is turning one this weekend. Eli was really excited to give her the present but didn't have much patience waiting on her to open it up.

Dean and Dianna brought Hailey and Eli a French kids book back from their recent trip to Mali. I loved getting to hear it read with a French accent. :)

Marc woke up on Sunday morning and told me that he was craving a donut. Marc NEVER wants donuts for breakfast so I thought we should take advantage of it and head to the donut shop before church.

Hailey was just hanging out in her car seat and watching us eat. I promised her we would come back when she is a little bigger so she can have a taste. :)

After church, we brought the kids home to take naps and then we loaded them up again in the car for a quick trip to the zoo. I am thinking more and more about getting a double stroller but need to do a little more research. Until then, we will keep pushing them separately. Eli loved showing Hailey all the animals. "Look Haywee!"

 Eli and his Daddy

 After the zoo we went to a new park to play and then stopped off for ice cream sundays from McDonald's. Eli wanted his own. He is getting to be so independent these days. ;)

Well, I think that was all the pictures we had from our weekend! It has taken me three days to get this posted onto blogger. I was having the hardest time getting my pictures to load and then realized I had exceeded my space on the blog for photos. Everything is fixed now (for a small fee to upgrade my storage space!) and our next posts will be coming from Florida! Time to go pack.

7 month and 2 year pictures

We are finding out that your first child is so different from the ones that follow. You take pictures of your first child constantly and video EVERYTHING. We have a five minute video we took of Eli when he was a baby doing nothing more than hiccuping. Marc says that we used to come home from work and just sit and stare at Eli when he was a baby. Ha! Well, life it a little busier now that he is a toddler. Hailey is great and goes right along with everything, but we often feel like we have not documented her first year as well as we would have liked.. We took Eli to get pictures made at 0, 3, 6, and 9 months. Up until this past weekend we just had Hailey's newborn pictures. But, we finally made it out of the house to a portrait place down the street. You never know how these pictures are going to turn out (especially when the guy taking the pictures scares your child to death and then says, "Kids just don't like me.") but I think we got a few keepers out of the batch. A big thanks to Aunt Jamie for Hailey's dress and Aunt Stacey for Eli's shirt and shorts! You guys matched an outfit for them and didn't even know it. :)

I didn't buy this one because it wasn't cropped in the store but it looked so cute once I got home and edited it on the computer. :)

Eli loves putting his hands in his pockets like his daddy.

I think those are some beautiful babies.

Our Chilly Weekend

It was so cold this weekend for the middle of May! I would never have thought I would be turning our heater back on, but when the house got down to 65 degrees it was time to kick it back on. :) We wore jackets most of the weekend but still managed to get some time outside. Eli just about goes crazy if he doesn't get to burn off a little energy each day outside! I was glad that some of Hailey's three month jackets still fit because we certainly didn't buy her a coat for summer.

Hailey turned SEVEN months old this weekend. She is rolling all over the place and starting to scoot around a little as well. It is crazy to me that Eli was crawling at this age! I am thankful that she is taking her time. I am in no rush to have two mobile kids. :) She loves her baby food and is still just drinking breast milk. I quit pumping at work at seven months with Eli but formula was so expensive so I feel more motivated this time around to keep up with the free stuff. :)

We took the kids on Sunday to get some pictures made so I will try to post some of those later this week!

Sweet Corn

is oh so good...

until you bite your tongue.