I'm a Cowboy and other genius toddler phrases

Eli is a pretty funny toddler. He has the vocabulary and speaking abilities of a 3 year old and constantly shocks us with the things he says. Today when talking about which of his friends were girls and which were boys I asked Eli "Eli, are you a boy?" and he said "No, Im a COWBOY!". Seriously, where does he come up with this stuff.

Naked Baby Alert

Look at the guns on this baby!

Squishy Baby!

I love bath time!

Nate has gone through a bit of a growth spurts and went from a "chunky-monkey" to a "Whoa! Did you see the rolls on that guy" baby! Like all King and Munger men before him, the kid loves food!

Sitting Pretty

Oh Yeah!!! I'm such a cool guy!

Sitting up like a pro!!!!

Nate is almost 8 months old and he is sitting up like a champ! Look at that sweet baby! He also is the proud owner of 1.5 lower teeth after 6 very painful weeks of teething. Nate's favorite things: Watching Eli, chewing on anything at anytime, drinking from a sippy cup and spitting all the water out, and eating food.

The King brothers are CRAZY!!!!!

The silliest brothers on the block!

When baby brothers attack!

This is what happens when I try to take brother pictures of my boys! I think the pictures say it all!

Swinging in the Park!

YEE-HA!!!! FREEDOM!!!!

My Three Boys!

Nate LOVES to swing! Look at that gorgeous smile. As soon as the swing starts to move Nate starts to squeal! It makes him so happy to feel the wind in his face and kick his little legs around. Eli thinks it is pretty fun to swing next to Nate and always says "Nate swing too" when we put Eli in the swing. This is a nice brotherly moment!

Santa Toddler

Eli and Nate met Santa this weekend at a event to raise money in support of community charities. Eli, being the social butterfly that he is, thought Santa was cool and loved sitting on his lap (pretty much because everyone was taking his picture). Nate thought Santa was a tad weird and tried to through his body off of Santa's lap. So, we have a terrific Eli picture and NO Nate picture. I am on a mission though and the boys and I are going to the Mall with Friends to take some more Santa pictures with both boys together. (the mall Santa has a real beard and a real Mrs. Claus. Cant wait

JOKERS

Yep! I am about 2 seconds away from chucking this spoon at your head!

Crazy Baby Headed This Way!!!!

Oh Yeah! I am definitely up to no good!

Watch out! I am coming to get you!!!

So, our boys are total jokers. Eli is constantly cracking us, the neighbors, strangers in the grocery store, my friends, his friends, and his baby brother up with his antics. There is no-such-thing as a serious moment for Eli. Which at NEARLY 2 is how life should be. He loves to get laughs out of us and tells us his own knock knock jokes. Sam also just taught him to say "why did the chicken cross the road...to get to the other side". However, Eli has his own version of this,"why did the chicken run across the street....HA HA HA HA HA....to run away from the people (we have absolutely no idea, but it is too funny).

Nate, is a talking, laughing, squealing maniac and will go on these baby noise-making benders for 30 plus minutes where he just goes batty. We love to watch his little face light up and his belly laugh is too much. Eli and Nate have a mutual admiration society going on these days and they crack each other up all the time too! Just look at those goofballs!

Allerton Park Hiking

Nate-Dog: Hanging in the big boy back pack!

Chunky little gnome!!!

Sam and Eli playing in the Sangamon River!!!

Ok. To all family and friends that have visited us out here and quickly realized that we live in the MOST boring place on earth, we apologize. WE found a terrific park about 35 minutes from here (owned by U of I) that has gorgeous hiking trails on/near the Sangamon river (it is an old estate donated to the university that includes a massive walled garden, maze, and acres and acres of trails). It was such fun to go out and hike around with the boys this afternoon. We all love being outdoors and have missed hiking. Eli is quite the intrepid explorer and managed to find a walking stick early on, though he did cruise in the stroller for part of the way. Nate got to ride in the big boy back pack and he LOVED it! We are going to get a second pack and Sam can carry Eli (those packs carry up to 45 lbs of baby) and I will pack Nate.