Arizona

For the past 7 days Eli and I have been in Arizona. My sister had her second child a little over a week ago and we came to meet him. Living so far away from my family is hard so the baby was a good reason to get to come and visit. We miss Jared and the big boys A LOT, but are enjoying our time here. We leave on Wed to come home. While we have been away from NC Jared has been working so hard at getting all of our home projects completed. He is exhausted and can't wait until it is all finished. Here are some pictures of the old carpet coming up and the new carpet in.
Old yucky carpet coming up
New carpet on the stairs
New carpet in boys room

The carpet is completed, the bathtub refinished and the hardwood is being installed today. We are excited about all of the new changes, yet sad that now that we finally did what we wanted to that we will be selling the house to buy a bigger one.

Here are a few pictures of Eli eating an apple. He grabbed one out of the refrigerator when I wasn't looking and he ate the WHOLE thing, core and all. He ate it from the bottom up. He loved every bite.


While being here Eli has learned 5 new words - ball, truck, cheese, papa bird, and door.
We have had lots of fun here in AZ - seeing baby Weston and the rest of the cousins; swimming; barbecuing, and family dinners. I have been to my 2 favorite places to eat - Cafe Rio and Jamba Juice!!! The weather has been nice - around 102-105 degrees, not too bad, but the cooler weather at home will be nice. Aidan has really been missing Eli and asked Jared to look at a picture of Eli the other day. Jared pulled one up on the computer - that wasn't good enough for Aidan. He went and got one off of the refrigerator, made Jared frame it and he put it next to his bed - how cute!!!! We miss Jared and the boys and can't wait to see them on Wednesday.

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Tillia said…
congrats on the pregnancy and I hope you get your girl, they really are so different than boys and I think every house needs one.

enjoyed hearing what you guys are up to and hope you feel better soon

Tillia Krallis
August 22, 2008 at 12:55 AM
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