Yummy in my Tummy!

Elijah is doing fabulous on solids! He really likes the fruits and veggies that we've given him. If you can even believe it, I've even made some of my own! I know! Shock! I can't really say what his favorite is, because he seems to like them all (thank God!). I fed him a banana today and the look on his face was priceless! Can't decide whether or not he likes that. We're also trying to get him to use a sippy cup. He gets the concept of it, but at this point, he just likes to chew on it! But we're enjoying every new thing that he does!

He's sitting up on his own (but we don't go to far from him!), and rolling a lot, but not everyhere yet. He's no where near crawling, but he is sort of doing the "low crawl." Makes daddy proud with that one! He also loves playing "airplane", where Chris or I fly him above our heads. Always get a good laugh or smile with that one!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I can't believe it's Valentine's Day already. I'm not a huge fan of this Hallmark Holiday, but I can deal with it. Chris and I not big celebraters, but we usually do a card and some candy or something. Chris will occasionally get me flowers, but I'd prefer he not spend that much money on flowers!! I have to say though that the best Valentine's Day we ever had together was in 2003 when Chris was deployed. I know, a good Valentine's when deployed?? Well, he had been emailing a radio personality in Oceanside, CA (where we were living at the time) and asked them to play our wedding song on the radio. He sent such a sweet email that they read on the air then played our song (I don't want to miss a thing by Aerosmith in case you're wondering!). They even recorded it and sent me a copy of it, which we still listen to occasionally. So yeah, our favorite Valentine's.

Now we get to spend Valentine's Day with Elijah. Not that he cares right now! He did wear his Valentine's Day bib today, so he was soooo cute! Not that he really has to try or anything! I have to say that we didn't spend Elijah's first Valentine's Day with him. Chris and I were invited to the Officer's Club by a friend for a 5 course dinner (complete with a glass of wine per course!!!!) We were a little hesitant at first because last time we went to a funcion at the O-club, we felt like we were at a Geriatric convention!!! But it was a really good meal with very nice people and we throughly enjoyed it. But we missed Elijah! Nana and Granddaddy stayed with him tonight.

We hope that everyone has (had!) a wonderful and safe Valentine's!

To sleep or not to sleep...

Elijah has been a really good sleeper, pretty much since day one. He'll have the occasional "get up in the middle of the night and keep me entertained" nights, but for the most part, he might cry once and we'll give him his pacifier and he's good to go. For the most part, he'll sleep until 7. Not for the past few nights. On Wednesday night, he decided to wake up at 3:00 a.m. and not go back down until about 5:00 a.m. Then we woke up at 6:15 FOR THE DAY!!! Thursday night he actually slept through (YEAH!!!). Friday night was similar to Wednesday night. Up at 3:30, down at 5:00, up at 6:00, down at 6:30, up at 7:30. Yeah, we had a nice night! Saturday night, he was up once, and last night was a little better, except at 5:00 for about 45 minutes, he's talking and babbling in his crib until he FINALLY went back to sleep until 7.

I've been told my numerous people that once you have kids, you'll never sleep again. I was really hoping that they were making that up, but apparently not! Hopefully he'll do better this week!

6 months old!!

Yeah!! Elijah is six months old today! I can't believe how fast these past 6 months have gone. He ways 19 pds, 4 oz and is 28 inches long!! He's in the 90th percentile in both height and weight. He's a big one! He's growing so fast and he's smiling and laughing all the time. He's doing great on solids and occasionally rolls over. But he likes to be a bump on a log. Overall he's doing great and he is the hightlight of our life!

I love this picture of Elijah and Clyde! Clyde moved at the last minute, but they were laying next to each other in the same way!

Burgess Baby Shower!!!

Our very good friends, Bob and Jennifer, are expecting a baby in March! We went up to Baltimore on Saturday, January 26 to celebrate with them at their baby shower! Jennifer is currently unable to travel, so their friends and family brought the shower to them! There were tons of presents for them to open! We had a great time visiting with them and we enjoyed every minute! Elijah had a good time too and was very well behaved! As Chris says, "It's discipline!!!" Yeah, ok!

Bob and Jennifer decided not to tell anyone what the sex of the baby is (they know, they just refuse to tell!!! Sneaky devils!!) so everyone had to guess the sex, birthdate and size. Chris and I think it's a girl. Besides, Elijah needs another girlfriend!!!!!

Elijah Rolled Over...Again!

He rolled over again!!! Technically, he's already rolled over from his stomach to his back, but yesterday, he rolled over from his back to his stomach!!! Yeah!! Let's see how often he does it now!

Elijah's first snow!!!

Ok. So this was not the first snow since Elijah was born, but the last one didn't count since it barely left a dusting!!! This time we've gotten about 2 to 3 inches and it's only 11:00 a.m!!!! Well, at least I think it's 2-3 inches! I took Elijah out this morning and put him in his Bumbo seat so I could get some good pictures of him. He's sooooooooooooooooooo cute!! He loved it!