We The Teeples

August 10, 2008

That's what brothers are for

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.

Ever since Eli knew I was pregnant, he insisted it was a sister, and he honestly could not wait for her to be born. Toward the end of my pregnancy he would ask me everyday when his sister was going to be born. I thought it was so cute that he was excited to have a sibling, but at the same time I thought he is NOT going to be so excited when she is actually born and he realizes it isn't just about him anymore. I couldn't be more wrong. I honestly don't think there was one day that Eli has been jealous of his sister. He was never overly loving of her, but he was also never mean to her when she was an infant. He would make sure he gave her a kiss, or feed her, or hold her for half a second everyday, but not much more than that. I could tell that he really truly loved her and loved having a sister. In fact when she was only a couple weeks old he kept telling me he wanted "another one." at first I wasn't sure what he meant, so I asked him, "Do you want a different sister, or just another sister so that you have two?" And he said, "I want two." He has also asked me a couple times when we are going to the hospital to pick up his other sister. (If only it was that easy).

Lately though he finally has been acting like a big brother- teasing her, taking her stuff, and just bugging her. I thought maybe he has finally decided having a little sister wasn't such a neat thing. And then today he pulled through and showed me that deep down he really isn't the men big brother, he is the protective big brother.

We were at church and sacrament had just ended. One of the cute young women in our ward came over and took Hallie from me. Then I started talking to another lady in our ward, and wasn't really paying attention to Eli, or Hallie for that matter. All the sudden I hear Eli sobbing. I say, "Eli what is wrong?" I couldn't really understand him. So I ask him to stop crying and tell me again. He said with big tears in his eyes and pointing out the door, "She is stealing my sister." I then noticed that the girl who had Hallie had walked out into the hall. Poor Eli was just devastated thinking that she was walking away with Hallie never to return again. (I think I might have instilled total fear in my son that everyone is out to take him and his sister. Maybe I should mellow out a little on telling him every time I can't see him someone might steal him).

Eli really does love his little sister. I have been trying to teach him that he is to ALWAYS look out for his sister and make sure she is safe and protected. I think today he did a good job of taking on the role of big, protective brother. He made me proud.

August 05, 2008

Ryan's cousin Nately is starting a photagraphy business called Desisto Digitals, so I had her take some shoots of my kids. She did such a good job, and even made Eli smile and look good. (Lately he has been "too cool" for pictures). Here are a few of them.

The goofball! Eli_04 Eli_08 Eli_10

And a little bit of Sass!

Hallie_14 Hallie_02

Thanks Nately for the pictures. You made my kids look adorable.

July 17, 2008

Memory Tag

I stole this idea from Carrie, and thought it could be interesting, or embarrassing, we'll see. :)

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. I can't wait to see what people remember.

July 15, 2008

The big 30

Ryan is the big 30 today. Now, I could list 30 sappy, embarrassing, wonderful things about him, but that would probably just bore you. So instead I will just say he is perfect for me, a fabulous father to Eli and Hallie, and I love him very much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RY!!!!

July 14, 2008

Princess Moroni

Today Ryan and I were driving down to Red Robin (to get Ryan's free birthday burger), and I saw the Day Break temple. I told Ryan that they just put the Angel Moroni up. Well, of course my nosy son overheard our conversation and a couple seconds later Eli says, "I see the yellow thing on the temple. I see the princess Moroni". So for all of you out there who thought it was Angel Moroni you are wrong. Just ask Eli, it's Princess Moroni.

This kid cracks me up!!

July 13, 2008

Birthday time

I decided to put on a little carnival to celebrate my big baby turning 30 and my little baby turning one. So we invited the family over for an afternoon of good old fashion fun. We had a bounce house, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos,shaved ice, cotton candy, games, and family. What more could you ask for?

We played some fun getting know Ryan and Hallie games (at least I thought they were fun), guess the amount of candy in the jar, bean bag toss, hula hoop contests, ring toss, and knock the bottles over.

Hallie loved her cake. (I am sure Ryan loved his too). When all my siblings and I turned one my mom always made us a little bear cake that was our very own to eat. So I have continued the tradition and both my kids have had their very own bear for their first birthday.

It was so fun to watch her with her cake. As soon as I put the cake by her she about flew out of her seat to grab it. She dug in and truly enjoyed every bite. She was dainty at first, but quickly realized what a good thing she had. Pretty soon she had everything that didn't fall to the ground devoured. She loves food and especially loves sweets.

Ryan wasn't quite as thrilled to have his cake. But his cake was kind of a disaster. Oh Well.

It was so fun to celebrate such a fun occasion with all of our parents, siblings and their families(except for my little brother and his cute family. We really did miss you guys!), grandma, and some cousins.

The two party animals

Hula Hoop contests

Ryan's parents. Go Ed!

Bob and Cheri

Ryan's mom, doing the neck thing.

Alicia using her knees

Oakley. Future hula hoop star.

Bouncing in the house

Bean bag toss. (check out that awesome clown. Someone must have talent to be able to paint that.

A first taste of cake.

Ryan's cake. Not quite what I envisioned. I am actually a little embarrassed to post a pic. It was supposed to be a topsy turvy cake. Everything was looking good until I went to put the top on and it kind of slipped out of my hand and I dropped it on the cake, causing the top to smash the rest of the cake. Oh well. At least I tried. Right? Maybe I will try again, maybe not.