Enjoying his presents.

Eli got these tools for his birthday. Included with the tool kit was the goggles, a jigsaw, screwdriver, flashlight and drill with an exchangeable battery-pack just like Grandpa's. Recently, Grandpa went out to work out in the garage and invited Eli to come with his new tools. Mom and I were inside and all of the sudden, we heard Eli come inside crying. My first thought was, "Oh no, he's hurt!" Then I saw Grandpa laughing and I was relieved. Grandpa told me that Eli was disappointed that the screwdriver didn't make a hole into the wood. We all had a good laugh.

Eli and Riley Koyle

Eli's Birthday was today and it was kind of anti-climatic. During the year, I went shopping for Christmas and Birthday early, while I was pregnant with Riley. He saw me purchase all his toys and I figured he would forget. Well, he didn't and he already knew all his presents. I was kind of disappointed because after every present he wrapped, there was no excitement and some of them he asked for before he opened them. At least he enjoyed the cake. Mom was cleaning out her cupboards getting ready for construction and I inherited the Superman cake pan. He had a great time playing with the faces and wouldn't give them up to make the cake. It was actually a struggle, but once he saw Superman near completion, he was okay with it.

Bless Her Heart!

Riley Mary Koyle was blessed today at our church and after Danna made this beautiful dress, I just had to snap a few (hundred) pictures. Below are some of the favorites.

My How She's Grown!

Riley is now 7 weeks old and I can't believe how the time has flown by. She is just starting to smile and we were able to capture it as well as some other shots of her typical activities during the day.

Grandma Cookie-isms

Every time I give a baby to Grandma Cookie she has a few phrases that she says that I think are worth recording. Such as:
"Aren't they wonderful?"
"Don't you just want ten of them?"
"These kids come smarter these days."
"Aren't they special?"
"These kids are saved for these days."

Caught Red Handed ... Or Black Faced!

Eli usually watches Mommy get ready for church in the mornings and watches her put on make-up. Even though she tells him that boys don't wear make-up, he couldn't resist when her back was turned. He is wearing black eye-shadow in these pictures. Look closely and you can see it on his eyes. When we asked him what he was doing, he responded that he was putting his make-up on for church.

Want Your Fortune Told?

We had Chinese food over the weekend and as a result, we enjoyed the famous fortune cookies. We read Eli's to him and then we all took turns reading ours. He then picked up the paper (as seen in the photo) and "read" his to us. His fortune said "Big boys go potty." We were so impressed that we asked him to read Mommy's. He "read" it and said "Mom goes to work and gets a donut."