Sweet Sixteen

Pardon me as I blow the dust off this here blog. Eek! It's been 2 months since I've posted anything new! And, oh, the fun that can happen in two months! I have a fairly good excuse though. Justin and I have been hard at work the past few months getting our house up for sale and successfully selling it! Well, we close on it in a few weeks anyway...here's hoping for the best! In short, we will be moving back to our old stomping grounds, the apartments we lived when we first got married, but only temporarily. We've signed to purchase a new home that is close to downtown Lincoln. We are so excited about it and continue to see how God's timing has, as always, been perfect throughout this process. We are anxious for spring when we can move into our new home!

Oh, yeah, and Miss Eloise. She is 16 whole months old today. 16 months going on about 2 1/2 I feel like some days. The kid is smart as a whip (whatever that even means). Cute now. Oh, so cute. But everyone with previous parenting experience keeps telling me it won't be so cute someday...

I've included a collection of photos and videos over the past couple months, hopefully listed in succession so you can see how Eloise continues to grow and learn. She is a beauty and continues to learn new things and teach her parents new things everyday. This is one happy, exhausted family. We wouldn't trade a minute!

Here's a video from just a couple months back. It's funny to watch this now and see today how much she's learned since.  It makes Justin and I wonder what we ever did before she came along...



Fun in the sun. Although, it's sadly been too hot to even have fun these days! Good thing we have the Children's Museum close by!

Grandma and I accompanied Eloise on her 3rd plane ride! We just had to get to Atlanta to see the family.

Cousins.

The adorable Miss Maeve.

Brrrmm. Brrrmm.

Eloise is not so sure about this sharing Grandma business.

Helping Uncle Lance.

Batgirl.

A bath tub full of cousins!

Practicing our colors at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln.

Wanting so badly to jump in and swim with the fishies.

Eloise still loves her baths. Sometimes it's the first thing she'll ask for in the morning when she wakes up. Signing and asking, "Bath? Bath?" I think she's figured out an easy way to get an additional one for the day...

"Now can I have a bath, Mama?"

Still adorable, even with that saucy face.

And "helping" Mama and Dada pack up a few things...

Eloise has this thing where she says "Hi" to everyone and everything. Then following her sweet hello, she will say, "Niiice" like the sweet child she is. For example, she'll see a bunny in the yard, "Hi!" says Eloise, "Niiiice." Well, here is a video of another example...



Eloise is learning how to sing Rockabye, Baby. So. Stinkin'. Sweet.



And finally, here is Eloise practicing her colors. Amazing what these little ones can do.