Love these boys

I'm working on Austin's baby book and finished Eli's book from the past year and as I was uploading pictures from my camera, I found these favorites that I wanted to share. 

I love these two little guys and love being their mother. I gathered these pictures last night and went to bed thinking about the fun time we have together each day. It was a little ironic that both boys spent the morning crying.... haha.. I had planned to post these today during naps and even though I almost broke down into tears a few times this morning, we all survived and I'm hopeful the day will just get better from here.

As I was cleaning the house a few weeks ago, I looked over and saw Eli using Austin as a pillow during tummy time.

Baby smiles are my favorite. 

I also can't get enough of babies in jeans.

For church a few weeks ago, I pulled out this outfit that was one of my favorites on Eli. 

It's a size 4-6 months. ;) Big boy!

I told Aaron that all I wanted for our anniversary was a family picture after church. Although that didn't happen, (church at 1 p.m. is rough - Austin fell asleep on the way home. Everyone was hungry so Aaron started dinner. Eli wanted to change.) Eli and I managed to get a picture together and it's one of my faves.

 And these are my favorite jammies that Eli wore that Austin now wears. 

For some reason the past three nights, Eli's been waking up and coming into our room. He's been in a big boy bed for 2 months now and hasn't had a problem until now. He wakes up and comes into our room asking for a drink. We put a water bottle beside his bed and that hasn't helped. Sometimes I wonder if he's sleep walking because he comes into our room, gets a drink from my water bottle on my side table and then we take him back to bed and he goes back to sleep. The good news is that he doesn't fight going back to bed. The funny news is that Austin is sleeping better than Eli. Last night he slept through the night so hopefully it was just a little phase that's now over. When I find myself getting frustrated and confused as to why Eli keeps waking up, I immediately have thoughts come into my mind that our Heavenly Father is always there, no matter what time of day or night, when we need Him. Plenty of times in my own life, I've pleaded to Him at all hours of the night and I've never felt a feeling that He is annoyed, even if it's just for a simple reminder that He is aware of me.