December 2008

Hello Everyone!!!
We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas!!! We had a great holiday season here at the Eldred House.
Thanksgiving was spent with the Eldred Families from Texas, Indiana and Lincoln, also with Grandma Melinda and Nicole's brother Scott and his son Charles. It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone.
Christmas was busy and fun, but we are glad it is over. We had Christmas Eve here at our house, and after opening presents Christmas morning with Grandma and Grandpa Bruner and Grandma Mel, we spent the rest of the day visiting with other family and friends. It is always nice to see everyone, but it is nice to relax and do nothing after the holidays.
Allison was really excited to get her green IPOD nano and Zach was excited over his football cards especially his Tom Brady Jersey card. Keely loved the wrapping paper- she loved to pull it then try to eat it, she even got mad at mom when she tried taking it away.
Zach was also surprised when Grandma Mel offered to take him on a trip to Tyler, Texas to go and see her sister Aleta and her family. They left Friday and won't be back until Saturday the 3rd.
Time really flies by, Keely will be 6 months on January 1st then Allison will be 15 on the 2nd.
Allison is excited her for her 15th Birthday - she plans on having some friends spend the night and just hang out playing rock band and Wii fit. We are also going to take her Friday to try and get her learners permit which she is excited about, but also very nervous.
Well that is it for now- we have included a link to the pictures we have taken over the holiday- we hope you enjoy them.

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We hope everyone has a GREAT NEW YEAR and we look forward to talking and seeing you in 2009!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
Love,
The Eldred's
Chris, Nicole, Ally, Zach, and Keely

11/3/08 Family update

Hello Everyone!!!
We just wanted to post real quick and say hi!
The kids had a great Halloween- the weather was perfect for it! Zach went trick or treating with us for a while then went with his dad. Allison went with her friends and Keely hung out with us and Grandma Bruner. (thanks grandma for watching Keely and handing out treats!) We had approx. 80 kids come to our house. We had fun, but it wasn't the same without Grandma Mel being here and of course we miss the Texas Grandparents as well.
The kids also had fun carving pumpkins- Allison did a face and Zach ,of course, did a football theme.

Zach is almost done with football. He has a Super Bowl game next weekend.

Keely had her 4 month appointment on Thursday and she now weighs 14 pounds 1 oz and is 25-3/4 inches long. She also got her shots and now she has discovered how to scream(when she got her shots), she always talked before, but now to get our attention she does this high pitch scream!!!
Keely also started cereal this past Saturday and it was alot of fun-she did really well and she wanted to do it herself.
We have included a few pictures, but posted a link where you can check out the rest if you would like.

Take care and we will talk to you soon!!!

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OCTOBER 2008 UPDATE

HELLO EVERYONE!!!
We hope you all are doing great!!!
It's been awhile-we have been extremely busy with all the kids and their activities.
Chris and Nicole took a little break in September and went to the Nascar race in Kansas city.
Grandma Melinda and Grandma and Grandpa Bruner stayed with the kids and did great!! Thanks to them for all their help. We had a great time, even though it was hard to be away from the kids!!

Allison is enjoying her freshman year in high school. She has been going to football games and went to homecoming(as Chris posted in an earlier post). She had a great time and looked very beautiful. She also just took a trip to San Diego with Grandma Mel and Bruner!
Allison has also learned the meaning of homework and she started her hip-hop dance class which she loves. She is keeping very busy with school, dance, and her social life.

Zach is busy with school and very busy with football. He practices 2 times a week for 2 hours with games on Saturday or Sunday. He plays center on his team, he is doing very well. His favorite thing to do still is collect football cards and play with his friends.

Keely- oh what can we say-there is so much. She is growing so much- yesterday at the doctor she was 12lbs 12oz and 24 3/4 inches. She started daycare in August and now has developed her second cold- the first turned into croup and now laryngitis-it's so sad she can barely talk to us and her cry sounds so weak. Within the last week or two she has started to sleep pretty much through the night- she goes to bed between 8:30-10:00 and sleeps till 4:30-6:00.
She has started to talk to us quit a bit and she is usually a very smiley girl- we feel so lucky she has been totally awesome baby. You can tell her personality is starting to develop- we can tell her likes and dislikes- one of her favorites is her brother-Zach has the knack to make Keely very happy- if he talks to her she goes crazy smiling and laughing at him. Both Allison and Zach are great with her-they are such big helpers and entertainers.
We have included some pictures of the kids also-

That's all for now! Hopefully it won't be so long in between posts. We have alot of things coming up the next few months we are very excited about- Zach's football team will play a Super Bowl game, Halloween-a trip to the Pumpkin patch- and the Holidays!!
Take Care Everyone and Keep in Touch!!!
Love,
The Omaha Eldred's

Allison Homecoming 2008

Here are some photos of the beautiful Ms. Allison. She looked amazing, too bad her terrible parents missed the whole thing. They were at the NASCAR race in Kansas. She had a great time with her grandparents, Melinda and Kathy, who helped out with everything and did a fabulous job. Thanks to them and Dawn for the updo. Here are some pictures of Allison before the dance.

Keely Sleep

Keely Bathtime

8/15/08- Summer 2008

Hello Everyone!!! We are going to continue a family blog now- so that our family and friends can keep up to date with what is going on in the Eldred family.
We had a good summer- with the arrival of Keely, seeing family and friends we haven't seen in awhile and doing the normal fun summer stuff.
Zach and Allison enjoyed there summer and had fun swimming with Grandma Bruner and Grandma Mel, they took a trip to Colorado and we went to the zoo with Keely.
Now we are back to the grind, the summer is coming to an end for us- kids are back in school- Zach in 5th grade(last year in elementary school), Allison started high school (which she was very nervous about, but is enjoying), Allison would like to start a dance program and Zach has started football.
Zach just had his 10th birthday- we celebrated with his friends at a bowling party and had family party on his birthday, where he choose to go eat at Azteca (our favorite Mexican restaurant).
Keely is getting big- as of the 12th she is 9lbs 5oz. Nicole goes back to work next week (only 3 days a week for the first 2 weeks)- Grandma and Grandpa Bruner are going to watch Keely the first week and then she will start daycare with Carrie- which we are excited and sad about at the same time- it helps to know that Carrie will take extra special care of our Keely Bear though.
Well we have many things to look forward to in the coming months- Zach's football games, Allison's new adventures as a freshman, Grandma and Grandpa Eldred coming here Labor Day weekend and many firsts for Keely.
We have included some pictures also!
Take care everyone and we look forward to hearing from you!!!
Love,
The Eldred Family