The Engbers Blog

Once again, a little late with this post but I had to write down some info about our little 10 month old guy.  Eli is changing and exploring and learning so much at this age! The biggest news is that he is a moving man now.  He started to crawl right at about 10 months old.  He never really did do the whole scooting thing.  Once he figured out how to get the motions down of getting on his hands and knees, he just took off.  Of course, this was just in time for the naughty little guy to get into our Christmas tree, ornaments, and presents! Elijah continues to be our happy, sweet, loveable boy.  We love his smiles and giggles.  He is starting to show us he also has inherited that stubborn/strong-willed trait...or maybe he is just copying his sisters!!!  He likes to act mad and clench his fists and make his face turn red and kind of shake.  We just laugh at him and then he giggles back at us.  Eli also likes to shake his head ba...

While Aunt Leah was here, the girls had her help start off their Christmas activities by decorating a gingerbread house together. Olivia giving Leah instructions on where to put the icing. :) Olivia and Clara sneaking in a few bites of candy while they work. Showing off the finished product...(those two...) Clara's side. Olivia's side. We can't forget a picture of these two finely dressed men. :)

We have changed our tradition around the last few years to get our Christmas tree the day before Thanksgiving because it works better with Jon's schedule.  We have found the tree lot is also much less busy which is nice!  We actually had snow on the ground this year to tromp through.  It was melting because of the warmer temperatures so it did make for a muddy/slushy mess.  We decided we could get about an 8 foot tree this year (I think each year Jon says taller..).  So we set off to find the perfect 8-footer.  I wanted to get a quick picture outside before the kids put on their coats and as soon as I suggested it I was met with complaints from every member of our family except Eli - only because he didn't understand what was up mom's sleeve.  As a result, THIS is the picture I got.  In Jon's words, "I told you so..."           I think Jon is instructing the girls on what is an appro...