Yes, these are about 9 months late... 

I realized I'd never put up Ellis' 1-year photos that I took when he was 15 months :)

Mom of the year here...

Better late than never! 

I miss his long hair so bad!

look at those little boogers.
i'm really tired and getting into that 'what am i doing still awake when my 2 month old has been asleep for almost 2 hours and could potentially wake up any minute!?!' part of the night. so i really need to get to bed! damon is in marshaltown, about an hour away, on a psych rotation where he has to stay the night monday nights- it sucks! i'm so excited for him to get home tomorrow evening, and then a few hours later for my sister and her husband to get here for Thanksgiving!! i'm excited to have some other people here when damon is gone to hang out with, and i'm sure ellis is ready to hang out with somebody other than me!

my brain is on pause, so i'll have to write more another time (i'll try not to make it almost a month before my next post! maybe i'll actually put my camera out on the table and use it in the next few days. i have realized i'm really going to regret not taking more pictures of our life right now, with these 2 little dudes and our little life here in iowa and all the craziness we do. i've got to try harder there...