chillin with uncle joe

here are a few pictures of eli and his uncle joseph (chris' little brother who turned 11 this summer) im not quite sure why they were laying under the table... but they sure were cute together! i guess they were both pooped from all of the family festivities... so they were just hanging out watching the carolina game!

have your cake and eat it too... birthday bash!

here are some pictures from our STEYNE BIRTHDAY BASH:
JENNI 28 (9/24)
CHRISTOPHER 28 (9/25)
VICTORIA 16 (10/3)
ABI 15 (10/11)
since everyone's birthday are so close... and two sets of sibling groups... we thought we would just have a big birthday bash! it was huge... i didnt realize the family is so big... 40 people all realated... and ironically about 1/3 of the family is spread across the world!


understand one thing... chris DOES NOT EAT any type of batter or cookie dough... but look what i caught him doing... tasting the cake batter!


now i on the other hand LOVE batter and dough probably more than the finished product!


6 whole carrots = 3 cups shredded finely = lots of love for a carrot cake!


i made Jenni a carrot cake with cream cheese icing


i made chris a milk chocolate cake with cream cheese icing


i made abi white cupcakes with dark chocolate icing


here is my finished work... dont mind the sloppy letters... i iced and decorated the cakes while holding eli... so if you look at it from that point of view... i think i managed to do pretty well! oh and the two big batches of vanilla and mint chocolate chip ice cream are not in the picture, but oh so tasty!


victoria wanted a chocolate chip cookie cake... i didnt make this one

I HATE SHOES...

here are a few pictures i took of eli when i put on his first pair of stride rite shoes (oh and just fyi... i totally got them for $2.50 at The Tot Trade)




so clothes are not his favorite either... his special trick is to take his diaper off at EVERY opprotunity