The Life of the Rorabeck's: January 2013

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Eli Part 2

I know I already took Eli's 6 months pictures, but Andy and I went to good will and I found this awesome bucket so I had to take more :) Unfortunately this time Eli really didn't want his picture taken so they didn't turn out the best. But I got a few and that is all I need!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Eli 6 months

I can't believe our little man is already 6 months old... Those months flew by so quickly! With Eli being our youngest, I have been treasuring each milestone just a little bit more! It's going by so quickly, I wish I could slow him down!

6 Months and yet so much to note about his life:

First smile, which seems to be permanently on his face now
First laugh and a lot more to follow
Rolled over for the first time
Reached out for toys for the first time
Slept through the night... a few times, but not anymore
Was hit a few times by his brother
Sits up all by himself like a big boy
Says dada
Does a lot of baby babble
First bath and many more to follow; loves his baths
Was dropped a couple times by his sisters
Tried baby foods for the first time
Tried feeding himself and made a huge mess ... unintentionally
Drank from a cup.. though most of it ended up on the floor
And much much more!!!!!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

New Years Eve

New Years Eve was a lot of fun this year! First, we did a little sledding. The kids loved it except for the fact that there was so many kids there! Every time we went down, we ended up crashing into somebody. More so Grady than anybody else because he couldn't control where he was going to end up. Finally, we waited it out and a lot of people left at the same time so we got the hill to ourselves! After sledding we hit up Mcdonalds for some hot cocoa. Then we headed to walmart where the kids got to pick out there own dinner. They all picked lunchables. We also got lots of snacks and goodies including sparkling grape juice! :)Then we went home, ate our dinner and munched on snacks. After our tummies were full, we did a count down I found online. It was just a plain count down, but we did it at least 6 times! The kids couldn't get enough of blowing their horns and throwing the confetti. After that, we used Mianna's topping tornado to make the yummiest ice cream sundaes with tons of sprinkles. Then we ended our night snuggling on the couch watching the Lorax. It was a perfect end of the year 2012! :)

Playing with the topping tornado

Mianna received a topping tornado for Christmas. You put your frosted cookie/cupcake/graham cracker into the machine, put in sprinkles, and let them fly! They had a lot of fun with this!