Heading Home!

We hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving! Today was a big day for us as we got to take little Eli home! We were greeted with family and an abundance of delicious food when we arrived home...

All dressed and ready to go!

Our home away from home this week...

Ready to take Eli home for the first time! :)
All cozy...


Cousins enjoying the yummy food!

Eli with his new froggy...
(Thanks Teresa, Eric, and Ricky!)

Cousin Ryan thought Grace's lap was a perfect place to sit...

And here's Eli enjoying his first Thanksgiving...

Just Like Daddy!

Here's Eli watching his first football game! :)

(Unfortunately it was a Lion's game... :)

Day #2

Here are a few more pictures of our little man! :)

Grandpa Greseth, Grace, and the Smith family...

Heather's sister Kari and her husband Roby, and their three children Noelle (5), Kyle (2 1/2), and Adam (4 months) came and took wonderful care of Grace this week!


Cousins! First photo as a family of four!

Here's Grace seeing her little brother for the first time!

She wasn't sure what to think of him... :)

Visitors!

Here are some of Eli's first visitors at the hospital!

Sister Grace with Cousin Noelle....
Eli taking a snooze next to his cousin Adam...

Cousin Noelle with Eli

Pastor Phil and Marie... Emily...

Brian...

Aunties Kari and Kim!

Eli

Elijah David

8 lb. 5 oz.

20 inches long

Big Boy!

We were surprised that when our little guy topped the scale at 8 lb. 5 oz! Heather was actually measuring a week small, gained a few less pounds than she did with Grace and...our doctor estimated the baby would be about 7 lb. if that. Plus "big" sister was just 6 lb. 15 oz. when she was born. So we were expecting another 6 pounder!

It's a Boy!! :)

Today was the big c-section day! We headed to the hospital at 7:45 AM. Just before 9:45 we headed into the OR for surgery. All the nurses were betting baby would be a girl! Guess they were wrong! :)

Getting ready to meet baby!

C-section time! There's baby! This was right before Dr. Mohling lifted him out to see his boy parts! :)

Getting to see him for the first time!

There's our boy! :)

Poor little guy...didn't like all the poking and prodding!

Daddy taking a look at our little guy for the first time!

Daddy getting to hold baby for the first time!

Us! :)

The Giggles!

We have one ticklish little girl!

Busy...Busy...

Six days until baby comes!

Plenty of time to start a painting project...right?? :)

Full of Energy!

Grace has discovered the joys of jumping in her crib! :)

Happy Birthday Aunt Kimmy!!

Love You!

Making her List!

This is what I found when I walked into the kitchen...
Grace looking through the Target Christmas catalog!

Go Broncos!

Grace was ready to cheer on the Broncos for Monday night's football game!

Two Weeks to Go!

Here we are at 36 going on 37 weeks!

We're thankful for a healthy and uneventful pregnancy! Baby is pretty quiet during the day and very active at night! (Just like big sister was!!) We might have some loooong first few nights home with this little one!

C-section is two weeks from tomorrow!!

Beautiful Day!

It was an absolute beautiful day here in Minnesota! We spent the afternoon at a nearby park/nature center. We didn't even have to wear our coats!! :)

Grace loves being tossed around by daddy...

Grace can never get too many kisses!

Having a great time on the slide!

Grace decided it would be much more fun to walk along side the stroller than be in it!

Checking out the cool beaver in the nature center...

The day was complete with some delicious ice cream cake!

November?!

Can't believe November is already here!

Baby #2 will be here in less than three weeks!!

We're not ready for winter and love to get outside whenever we can! :)

Park Time!

This afternoon we spent some time at the park!

Grace showing off her tongue...

Just hanging out in the swing...