A Day Outdoors!

Sunday was so beautiful we decided to spend the entire day outside. We started by heading to Franklin for the Main Street Arts and Crafts festival. It was really fun and we got to meet a lot of very talented people, eat brats and listen to some great music. And of course spend time together!

We've been putting off washing the cars for weeks now so we decided to continue our day outside washing my car inside and out. While we were doing that Kingston enjoyed watching us from inside his pack and play! He had a blast being outside and of course tossing things out so we would have to pick them up, then laughing at us!

And since we were already outside we decided it would be a great night to have a mini picnic on the front lawn. What a wonderful weekend!

And then today for the first time ever Kingston got to experience riding in the car facing forward! It's a little premature since he STILL doesn't weigh 20 pounds (we are currently at 19.4) but he's 13 months old and starting to get really bored with staring at the back seat so I made a judgment call and turned him around.

Apparently riding forward makes for a tired baby!

Happy Earth Day!

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! That's the motto we're trying to follow around here and although we slack at times we are trying to get better and raise a more environmentally conscious little dude.

Around here it's beginning to look a lot like Spring which means yard work!

Yes he did all the yard work including mowing the lawn with Kingston on his back while I was at work! I love these two guys! Hope you all are having a great week!

Rugby...simple, football...piece of cake...1 week in Toddlers tough!

This is Kingston's first official week in the Young Toddlers Class at daycare and boy these kids are no joke. In a full year in the infants class we signed one incident report and that was when Kingston was learning to stand up while holding on to things and he fell and bumped his head. This week we have had 2 incidents! One scratch on the face and a bite on the arm. I told Kingston he better hurry up and choose sides so he'll have some protection :)!!

If you look really close you can see his bite mark on his arm in this picture!! Poor little guy didn't even cry but all day today he's been trying to bite me so I think he's learning bad habits :)!

This week has been pretty low key. Alfred was really sick for most of it so when I wasn't at work we just hung around here. We went to our friend Rosanna's last night and hung out with some of our friends and today we went to the park to play before the rain comes rolling in again. Since Kingston is finally out growing his front carrier that we use all the time our friend Lisa gave us this awesome baby backpack so of course we had to test it out and we love it! Thank you so much for giving this to us Lisa!

Thanks for checking in with us this week! ! We're about to get our food off the grill, hope you enjoy this beautiful Saturday night! It's great to be an Eller!

Another wonderful Easter Present!

Last Easter my water broke and the next day Kingston was born. This Easter weekend I went home to visit my family and my sister worked all weekend trying to get Kingston to walk. He never took that first step. Then today we've hung out at home all day because Alfred is running a 102 degree temp so I've spent the day working on getting Kingston to walk and all of a sudden it all clicked and it's official we have a walker!

We're still a little shaky but I think he'll have the hang of it in no time!! Hope your Easter was as wonderful as ours!

Well Kingston your name does start with a K!

We went to see our friends Lori, Jason and Ian this Saturday where Kingston took it upon himself to take a letter out of Ian's play mat! Just so happened it was the letter K! We of course think it's because our little boy is brilliant!
Hopefully I'll have time to post some pics of Kingston and Laney playing over the last few days but I'm heading to West Virginia for my first 6 hour road trip without Alfred since Kingston's been born so I have a lot to get ready tonight!

No tornado will keep me away!

This weekend the grandparents came in for Kingston's birthday party. I decided this would be a wonderful time for Alfred, me and some of our friends to go to Murfreesboro and see
The Peter Moon Band. In case you don't know our history with this band I'll fill you in. Alfred and I heard them on our 2nd date at Bailey's and feel in love with thier music. We put the CD on and dance to there music all the time. We danced our first dance to their song "For the Rest of my Life" at our wedding. We have seen them countless times. I have pictures of me 7 months pregnant at Flying Saucer with the band! We love them. Since having Kingston, however, we haven't gotten the opportunity to see them as often as we used to so when the storm of the year was bearing down on us and everyone was suggesting we maybe shouldn't make the trip to Murfreesboro, I said the heck with that I have a baby sitter and I'm going! We got to Murfreesboro to meet some friends and headed to the club. On our way there the sky got really dark and the stop lights went out. We got over by Marty and Liz Shoes and noticed the roof was collapsed and there was sheet metal in the power lines. We narrowly missed some sort of tornadic weather. But we pressed on! And the result was amazing. We were the only 6 people to show up so we got an exclusive Peter Moon Band Show!! Front Row, Dance floor to ourselves, singing the songs along with the band as loud as we wanted! It was another wonderful Peter Moon Band adventure!

1st Birthday Party!!

Kingston had his first birthday party on Saturday and it went off without a hitch! We had quite the turn out and Kingston enjoyed celebrating with all his friends and family. I found the day bitter sweet. it was such a fun time but I'm pretty sad that my little baby is growing up to be quite the big boy! And that he will never have a 1st birthday again! Here are a few shots from the fun day!

Wearing the cool shirt his Aunt Amanda made him! It says the King is one!

His cake made by our friend Elizabeth at Publix!

Kingston got lots of books, some DVD's, a basketball hoop, a drum, some clothes, an upgraded hammer that lights up. Money to buy shoes! It was a great day to be a King!

And of course getting to eat as much cake as possible!! Which he took full advantage of!

Here's mimi, pawpaw, Kingston and Noah enjoying some of the party food!

And here's the 3 of us looking a little different than we did just a year ago!!I think the difference comes with a little more confidence that yes we can do this! We can raise a respectful little boy who knows the joys of life and how much he is loved!! And Kingston is confident that we will always be there for him no matter what! It's great to be an Eller!

One Year of Fun!

Kingston is officially a one year old! Technically he was 1 on the 24th but he got sent home that day with a 104 degree temperature and yesterday was the first day he didn't have temperature over 100. So I really haven't done much this week but lay on the couch and cuddle with my sick little boy! He was well enough yesterday to go to his wellness visit and get 3 shots. His stats are as follows:

Weight: 18.63Lbs. 3.33%tile

Height: 28.5In. 13.26%tile

Head: 18.11in 39.34%tile

As you can see we have a tiny guy with a big head! The doc says don't worry about his weight just yet since he's very active and eats a lot and is alert we will hold off on the worrying for a few months. He also said considering Alfred and I are pretty tiny we just have a tiny baby! It will be awhile before he gets to sit forward in the car though.

Last Friday I had the pleasure of going to Kingston's daycare to read to his class for Read to Your Child Day. I read The Little Engine that Could since it's Kingston's favorite. The kids did rather well paying attention to the book. After I was done reading I got to hang around and watch them all eat lunch. It was hysterical. They all sit at this little table and they act so grown up except of course they are all eating with there hands. They are trying to teach them to eat with a spoon but all they do is hold the spoon in one hand and eat with the other!

I'll have more to talk about tomorrow after Kingston's birthday party today but for now I have to go get things ready for our BIG day! Hope your weekend is great!

Chillin'

Chillin' at breakfast in my highchair!

Chillin' in the buggy at Publix visiting daddy!

Chillin' in the cabinet mama cleaned out for me!



Hope you get time to relax and chill this weekend!

Happy 4th Birthday Laney Jane!!

Today is our lovable lab Laney Jane's 4th birthday! To celebrate we took her to the park to roll around and play while we all enjoyed the beautiful weather! It was a wonderful afternoon!

Yesterday for St. Patty's Day we met some people I work with at Noshville Deli before we went to work and before Kingston went to daycare! They had a fund raiser for March of Dimes and 1/2 of the proceeds went to the charity.

They offered Green Eggs and ham, however, the only one brave enough to try it was Alfred :)!! I stuck with the BLT!

The Crew!

And of course Kingston and I had to have our picture taken with the pickle :)!! Again he's completely mesmerized!

Hope you have a great week!

Sick Day!

Yesterday I went to work and at 9:00 daycare called to tell me Kingston's temperature was 101.5 so I went and picked him up. We called the pediatrician and they wanted us to bring him in since he had a cough and a temperature. They originally thought RSV but his lungs were perfectly clear so they looked at his ears and said he had an ear infection in both and gave us antibiotics. However, the red rimmed eyes, sneezyness and itchy face is due to allergies so they put him on an allergy medicine. He can't go back to day care today so I'm staying home with him until noon and then Alfred is relieving me so I can go to work. Although I really hate that he feels bad he has been extremely cuddly which is typically not a Kingston trait. He feel asleep with me last night on the couch and today he's back to clapping, yelling, making clicking noises with his mouth and being silly but I know he still feels bad just a little better than he did!

Busy as Can Be

It has been a busy few days! Friday night I went out to Jonathan's in Cool Springs with my friends from work then we came back to the house watched music videos and played Apples to Apples! It was a really fun night!

We woke up Saturday to the most beautiful weather, which was perfect since we were going to get our family pictures taken by our friend Sarah who is an amazing photographer! We went to this beautiful battle ground she knew of, which was not only a beautiful back drop for pictures but also a fun place to hang out! It was such a fun photo shoot! And our little baby model was amazing! He didn't fuss one time!

After our day as celebs :)we dropped Kingston at our friends Phil and Elizabeth's and Alfred and I headed downtown to our friend Shay and Glen's wedding reception at Noshville on Broadway! It was another wonderful time and our first wedding related event that we've been to as husband and wife!

Monday while I headed back to work Alfred caught up with Phil and Riley and they had a daddy and son day at the zoo! I would have pictures but I accidentally took the camera to work with me :)!

Last night I headed out to Bellvue to play Bunco with my group! Where I won $20 for getting the most baby buncos with 13! Woot Woot!

Maurisa and I after bunco

I had a wonderful weekend but it sure was nice to come home tonight sit on the back deck and read a book while Kingston played! And when we came in he was so excited from being outside he couldn't stop clapping (yes he claps with anything in his hands)!I hope you have a wonderful week we will be relaxing for our next big weekend!

Happy Blogiversary plus 1 Day!

OK so technically yesterday was my blogiversary but I've been sick so I came home took cough syrup and pretty much went straight to bed so I'm celebrating today! I'm going to save all my sappy one year things for Kingston's birthday since it's only 20 days away but I will say I'm so glad I started doing this (thanks Sarah). It's really nice to look back and see how far we've come and what we've been doing. It's also been nice to follow other people's blogs and get to know them a little better if only in the blog world.

As for what we've been doing in Eller Life lately! Last Tuesday we headed to the Cajun Steamer in Cool Springs to celebrate Fat Tuesday, listen to a band and show Kingston what this day is all about. He was a huge hit and loved the beads he received. I asked him what he did for those beads and he said what happens on Fat Tuesday stays on Fat Tuesday! Of course he thought the band was a blast and mommy and daddy had a great time too! It's so wonderful to celebrate these things with our little boy!Kingston is really getting close to walking (at least I feel like he is)! He will hold our hand and walk everywhere!

And because of this mommy and daddy finally got around to putting up a baby gate at the top of our stairs!If Laney accidentally gets locked downstairs Kingston spends all his time trying to find a way to get her in!And I just wanted to end on this adorable picture of Alfred and Kingston in the bath! These 2 are 2 peas in a pod I tell ya! I'm just glad they're my peas! Have a great week I know we will!