Showing posts with label Elijah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elijah. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lots of Love at 14 months

Hard to believe Elijah is over 14 months old now. He is running all over the place and going up and down stairs pretty freely. He loves to eat real food, especially oranges and apples. He has at least 12 teeth and had his first trip to the dentist this month. He is babbling all the time now, and especially loves to "talk" on the phone. He knows a handful of words to communicate with us and the rest of the time he screeches :). In fact, when he sees a phone he says, "hoh hoh" (hello) with his hand to his ear and gets very upset until he can hold it. He has started sitting and looking at books and "reading" them out loud. He is blowing kisses and giving the best hugs :). He loves trying on big people's shoes which is so cute. He loves any music and will dance or rock his head back and forth when he hears any music whether from the radio or tv or a toy. He also loves to do "patty-cake," especially "roooow" (roll) and "taaaah!" (toss). He definitely wants to be keeping up with everything his brother and sister are doing. He still loves playing with cars and anything techy like a computer or remote. He is very good about going to bed and often will tell us "ni-nite" and wave so we put him in his crib! He continues to be such a joy to us and brings much laughter and love to our family!







Elijah's First Haircut, and Vacuuming! - February

Well, the beginning of February came and so did the time for Elijah's first real haircut. He did great! And looked sooo handsome with it trimmed up. The whole time Naomi was crying, "Don't trim it all off!" Haha, you know how much she loves rubbing his hair. In the end, she was okay with it :).








Here is a video of our happy boy getting his locks chopped :)




What was the first thing he did after he was all cleaned up? Well, vacuum with mommy of course! This is pretty typical when I pull out the vacuum or broom. Maybe it will last a few years until he can really help? hahaha





Here is a video of my little helper in action:



Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Three (Somewhat) New Videos

Well I am MAJORLY behind on blogging. Unfortunately, right after Christmas the kids were all hit with illness. Riley just had a cold/cough for a few days, but Naomi and Riley had fevers of over 104 for a week straight with coughs/congestion as well. Elijah ended up being diagonosed on top of that with pneumonia and an ear infection, for which he was put on amoxicillin, but then ended up with a head to toe rash from an allergic reaction which lasted another week (and on top of all this, mind you, he was cutting a molar!) so our lives the last three weeks or so have been TOUGH! But we finally have a healthy household again, and this mama is trying to get back to some kind of normal around here while catching up on everything that had to be neglected while caring for sick kids and getting little to no sleep each night.

I'm sure I'll catch up eventually. If you're on facebook you've probably already seen our holiday photos, so I don't feel too bad :). Here are a couple videos I do have to share today.

This first video is of trying some "flag math" with Naomi. She is very mathmatically minded (always telling us how many boys there are and how many girls there are or counting up various things and setting up scenarios). A game we frequently play in the car is counting flags. This video is at home (since I can't video her while I'm driving!) showing how she started figuring out differences while playing this game.




This is a video of Riley and Naomi on Thanksgiving Day 2010 (see I told you I was behind!) sharing some things that they are thankful for :).



And finally, here is a funny video of Elijah and his response to transitioning to a formula/whole milk mix...not so much a fan (although since this video he drinks it just fine! haha)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Elijah!

Tuesday was Elijah's first birthday, so we had a few close family members over for pizza and cake to celebrate. Elijah just ate up the attention and was so happy to be around so many people who love him.





I made my Elijah bear a teddy bear cake!


Uncle Tim!

Mimi and Poppy - funny picture, but poppy looks good! We'll get another one at Christmas :)

Happy boy!!!

His Aunties! (he's signing more and saying "pees" in that picture begging for cheetos hahaha)



Me and my boy!

A John Deere tractor toy /book from Papa and Nana

A car set from Uncle Tim

And a silly shirt from Tim too :)


Playing with his tractor


A tubby toy from Aunties! Looking forward to using that!

As well as a super cute bear outfit! Perfect!

By the end he was an expert at opening gifts! He'll be ready for Christmas :).



A music table from mommy and daddy!




And a ride on car from Grammy and Boppy!!! One of Boppy's treasures from the side of the road he found and fixed up for him. He LOVES it - note the cheesy smile face!

Time for cake!

He has his own little bear smash cake...this was hilarious!




He kept taking a big bite then making this face









The remains of the cake hahaha My best girls



Auntie Ally was the tickle monster...


After he was washed up from the cake he went right back to playing...love this little guy!
Happy Birthday Sweet Elijah!!! We love you very very much!


And here is a video highlighting the festivities, especially for my dad (aka Boppy) who couldn't be at the party:

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Family Dinner and Elijah Videos

Last night we went to dinner at one of our favorite restaraunts right around the corner from our home and were surprised to arrive just in time for their annual Dinner with Santa event. They had a Santa Claus there handing out toys to the kids, Christmas movies playing, and silly Rudolph heads peeking in the windows occasionally :). We don't really make a big deal about Santa, but Riley agreed when we asked if they wanted to go see him. When I asked him if he told Santa what he wished for Christmas he was like, "why?" LOL. Anyways, Elijah sat with him too but we weren't fast enough with the camera so I don't have a picture and Naomi didn't want to sit with him (which I don't blame her - I think Santa can be scary haha!)



Here are two recent videos of Elijah. The first one is of him walking. He gets more and more confident each day and is walking across and between rooms now! And the other is a quick moment watching him play with a car. He loves playing with cars which is so fun to watch since we don't remember either Riley or Naomi playing with them like he does. Since he started crawling he would push them around as he crawled and he continues to enjoy them.We are looking forward to celebrating his birthday in just 2 more days!


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