labor day

since i have known nathan, we go to his aunt and uncle's house for labor day weekend. so we headed out last wed., stopping first in kansas city to stay with gramma gari and aunt tarah and then heading on to atlantic, ia. it was a great trip and a fun time was had by all. the kids were awesome on the drive! thank goodness for the dvd player in our van. lucy had a long trip home due to a new medicine that made her hungry all the time and a little fussy, but we got it all straightened out and she is back to normal. whew! they were also wonderful while there, of course they had many people to play with them or hold them. eli is doing or saying something new everyday recently. he is at such a fun age, i can't get enough, although i do enjoy the break at nap time and bedtime :) so overall it was another fun labor day weekend, tiring, but fun. i didn't do a very good job of getting pictures, but here are a few. i wish i would have taken some pictures of their house. it was 100yrs old or more (i can't remember the year it was built) it has a lot of character. his aunt and uncle are currently fixing it up and such. it was a cool house. one of the best things about the house was the huge porch. we spent a lot of time out on the porch from breakfast to dinner. the weather in iowa was great, especially at night. it got down in the 50s!!!! i'm so ready for fall..........

I asked eli to smile and this was the face i got. his mouth is full of banana bread

this is how lucy looked for most of the trip
okay, this last picture is from last friday in kansas city. we were waiting for aunt tarah to get home from class so we could head out for atlantic. i was hoping to get eli to take his nap on the trip there, so i had already packed his pack'n'play. it was around 11am i think and eli was watching a movie. lately he has started laying on his tummy when watching "td" and that day was no exception. so i look over at him and notice that he isn't even looking at the tv anymore and before i knew it he is out cold! this might not be blog worthy for some of you out there, but i thought it was just precious! absolutely precious!