Eleanor Gore Sturdivant

Introducing Eleanor Gore Sturdivant

Born August 24, 2011 at 5:05pm

7lb, 8oz  20 inches long

Absolute perfection. 

 

What a beautiful family!

Moppy always says, "You can never be closer to God than when you hold a brand-spankin'-new baby. Straight out of His arms."  So true, Mop.

Uh Oh... Spaghetti-O

First time for spaghetti:  Success. 

Silas (in total "boy" fashion) was not timid about jumping right in. Avery, however, approached the slimy, sauce-covered noodles with care. She pinched each noodle for inspecion and after satisfactory approval she began to stuff her face too. They had a blast. So did we.  They no doubt get their manners from...  I foresee many family suppers where we learn from the book Soup Should be Seen, Not Heard.



"May we touch it? Really??!!"




"Slippery noodles... "




"Can't stop... so good!"




Excuse me!




FYI, that's a spoon with a knob on the end... not a tennis ball. According to Silas, spoons are for smearing everything on the tray.




Get in my belly!!


Of course, we held both at arms length and placed directly in the bathtub. And yes, I cleaned noodles out of the tub.

Sunday afternoon, we went for a swim!  The challenge this time was keeping them in the pool. They wanted to get in and then get out, get in then out, pet Millie through the railing, get in.... you get the picture.

Poor Millie wanted to be a part of the party.



Silas and Avery loved the bubbles!

We're anxiously awaiting cousin Eleanor's arrival WEDNESDAY!!  Since most of the family will be in town today, we're going to have Silas and Avery's "first" birthday party this afternoon. Seriously... has it been a year??  I don't even want to think about it! 

p.s. Avery is taking about 5 - 6 steps before sitting down.... any day now we'll have another bipedalist in the Warf household!  (Silas is still hanging on with white knuckles... cute cautious little guy. I will never complain about a boy that is a little cautious:-)

howdy, pardner

Mimi and Papaw brought cowboy hats from Texas for Silas and Avery on their way back home from her checkup last week. These two little people have no idea (yet!) exactly how wonderfully blessed they are to have their Mimi, aka big person play toy.

Howdy, pardner!!



Yippee Ki Yay!

 In other news, Silas and Avery have become little Houdinis. To date, Bruce and I have spent $__ on three different kinds of cabinet "locks".  All three have been no match for these two. In fact, Bruce and I spent about 10 minutes with the lock pictured below before we finally figured it out. We turn around in 2 minutes to see these smiling faces!



Avaliable for any of your "pop a lock" needs, 7am - 7pm.

Bedtime these days (or most days):
6:00 or 6:30 - supper
7:00 - bottle
7:30 - bath
7:45 - bedtime story and lights out



Doesn't get any better than this!



Trucks and Giggles (the doll)

Last week, Mimi brought one of Grace's and my baby dolls and the Barbie Jeep from (ahem... almost 30 years ago...) for Avery to play with.  How in the world she kept things in such good shape through the years is beyond me. Kudos, Mimi!  How fun it is to watch Avery and this baby doll named Giggles. If you squeeze Giggles at her tummy, she cackles and laughs... Avery has gotten a kick out of punching (literally) Giggles to make her laugh... she laughs hard right back. We're trying to learn how to "love the baby" so we can be ready for Eleanor... seems that we have a long way to go...

Since Silas immediately took to the pink Barbie Jeep... we had to go get the poor little man a truck. And boy, did he love it. He sits and rolls that truck in a circle as he spins on his bottom like a top. So funny.  It's amazing and neat to watch how boys are girls are born into this world wired up to love babies or trucks. 

Picture moment before church last Sunday:

We were so excited to have Aunt GayGay and Uncle Bobby come stay with the twins while we attended Caleb and Abbie's engagement party. They were such a huge help all day and Sunday morning (hence the photo op!).  AND, Uncle Leo and Aunt Tonya graciously offered to keep them Friday night while Bruce and I enjoyed a rare and prized date night!  

Here are a few pics of Silas and Avery's facial expressions. It seems like every day they each have another expression to communicate to us... only slightly animated, they are:

Running... or Riding

A few weeks ago, Silas and Avery participated in their first two 5K races! I'll let you look at the pics and decide who wanted to enjoy the ride and who wanted to catch a few more Zzzs...