Latest with the Laniers!

Silly Boy!

This may be my all time favorite picture of Eli! Those eyes and that smile melt me!

...And oh how we LOVE our Clifford shirt! We would wear it everyday if we could.

Raffi and Dog are our best friends in the whole world!! They make absolutely everything better if something is wrong and they cuddle the BEST!

....Daddy cuddles pretty good too!

Who knew Woody would be so good picking out books at the library! In fact Woody picked out all our books this day. So adorable!

Eli getting his hair cut by Marylee. Eli loves him some Marylee! These two can be two peas in a pod when they get together.

These next 5 pictures are the best representation of Eli's fun personality! One afternoon Eric and I were sitting outside enjoying the beautiful day and for some reason Eli wanted no part of being outside (which never happens) so he went inside. Then we look over and he begins the silly faces at us through the window. There were like 15 pictures....hard to choose, but these 5 are pretty adorable.

Fun day at the aquarium with Bella, Jack, Max, and Sadie.

Chillin' on the potty! Loving this being potty trained!

Beach Day with The Malone's

We went to Topsail beach to visit our friends Tammy and Stokes and their two adorable girls Sutton and Peyton.

Here Sutton and Eli caught a crab.

Eric and Peyton joined in on catching fun sea life.

That large blob next to Eric is Eli napping on the boat on the way back from the island. All three the kids fell out after playing hard all day!!

These three became fast friends!

Summer Time Fun...

This day at the beach Sarah and I thought these two looked like an old couple.

They are a hoot!

Sadie said that this was her wedding dress....too funny! I think this picture may have stressed Sadie's Daddy out a little.

This is what bedtime looks like almost every night. Eli loves riding on Daddy's back and acting crazy all the way to bed.

Here is Eric with Eli and Ryan at cookout at Jordan's house.

I was washing all the beach toys and Eli wanted to join in so he decided his bike needed a good wash.

Jake and Sam came to visit. Eric and I thought we would do something extra fun so we took the boys to hibachi.....we had no idea what a bad idea that was. Eli freaked out about the fire. We spent the next few weeks freaking out about fire and cooking. :o/ Not so much fun!

Good cousin cuddles!

Eli hanging out with his buddies! Too cute!

Holly and Charlie came for the weekend....Landon, Taylor, and Eli had a ball together.

I love this picture of Taylor!

Eli and Kaley one night hanging at the Nesselroade's. :o)

A few adorable pictures of Ryan when Eli and I babysat him.

Here Eli and Aunnie are feeding her ducks. So much fun to see them come running. Eli loves it!

Beach days....

....more summer fun!!

Eli and Ryan hanging out at Wrightsville Beach Park!

Hard to believe Eli is getting too big to do the spider. :o(

This is the life! Mama packs pretty much everything but the kitchen sink!

Eli thought the slip and slide was awesome this summer. This day was a little chilly to be doing it, but he insisted. He was shivering and turning blue, but still laughing his head off.