Busy, busy summer days!

Hi to all our family and friends who we miss so much! We are doing great here, just busy and trying to avoid the heat and humidity. Noah has been swimming in his pool and now has tan lines from his swimsuit. Eli is still a little white, white, WHITE boy...gotta slather him up with SPF 60 sunscreen every few hours. :)
Eli is now a crawling machine! We had to put a gate up in front of the lower level so he won't fall down the stairs there. His physical therapist discovered his feet are not properly aligned to stand or walk, which is why he has trouble pulling up to a standing position by himself. He will get orthopedics on Friday and that should help him out a lot! He still hates eating baby food and we now put rice cereal in his bottles. He is just a skinny baby, but has never been very chunky anyway and he's gaining weight, so we'll just keep pushing the baby food for now. We will be meeting with his pediatrician soon to discuss his progress and see what he thinks.
I have been busy with all the paperwork and coordinating of Eli's therapies and that has been a job in and of itself! We love all the incredible ladies who come to work with him, they are all fantastic at what they do and he already has them wrapped around his little finger. What a booger!
I went to my 10 year college reunion a few weekends ago and it was so much fun to see all my old college friends. It's been so long since I've seen some of them! The picture is of me with my best friend, Carrie up at our old college campus.
I also finally got my "mommy's necklace" custom engraved with my boys' names and a heart charm. Love it! I have wanted one for awhile now and it was a late Mother's Day present.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying cool in the summer heat! We love you all!

Pool time!

Hot, hot, hot! We finally got a pool and Noah has had a blast! He was the first kid in the neighborhood with a "big" pool (bigger than a small baby pool) so he enjoyed all the company playing in the water. The kids would swim for awhile, then run to the trampoline and jump for awhile, then go play on the jungle gyms and then head back to the pool. All day long they did this sort of rotation and boy were they tired by the end of the day! Our neighbor gave us a little baby "tent" for Eli (and I forgot to take a pic of him in it, but I will!) and he loves being able to see out, but be out of the sun to roll around and sit and play with his toys. The water in the pool was a bit too cold for him, so he wet his feet and then had enough.
Jason and I had a date night last night and we went running on a trail nearby and then out to dinner afterwards. It was actually a lot of fun since we don't often run together anymore since Noah is usually out playing with his friends and Eli naps so much still! We end up taking turns and with his Nike Plus running tool, we can listen to the iPod and still keep track of how far we go, pace, etc. Plus, neither of us wants to push over 50 lbs of kids while running, too and even Noah alone would be really heavy now that he weighs 34 lbs (plus the weight of the stroller!) That would not be fun for sure!
Eli has also been enjoying his Johnny Jump-Up a lot lately. He loves to hop up and down and move all around. Since it's hung in the office doorway, he can screech and it echoes through the foyer, which he finds delightful! He's quite the little character!