Sept 8 - Sept 10

Hi Elijah!
Well, I don't think I have a ton to share with you. We have been hanging out and now it is time for another weekend. Unfortunately, no more holidays until November!

We did two big things this week as far as vacation planning. We canceled our Chicago trip. Just wasn't good timing and we weren't ready to have that many expenses. I also changed our Florida trip. We are no longer flying into Tampa but into Orlando. Because we are going into Orlando, we are going to spend one day there and go to Disney World. They have a special Christmas party there and we are so excited to do that. Neither of us have ever been there. Your daddy is so excited to take you to WDW!!

Wednesday -
We went out to dinner after Mary's at our favorite Mexican restaurant. You did so good. No fussing! You ate some chips & queso and some refried beans. Then, we went to Husker hounds to get you all geared up for our Husker party next weekend. We each got a new shirt. Finally, it was time to run an errand at Target. We wore you out and you slept on the way home. When we got home, we put you in some jammies I found in your drawer. It was your first time in 2 piece jammies - such a big boy. Even daddy looked emotional at how big you are!

Thursday -
We all just hung out together tonight. Daddy said that you and him needed to watch to see how his fantasy football player performed. I don't think you cared much but we all watched the game! Daddy brought your bouncey chair back in and you missed it! You were in there for a LONG time!

Friday -
Back to the allergist & daddy said you were a good boy! He said that you were putting your nose in the right position without them doing it for you - like you remembered from last time. No fussing or crying.

You had your weekly visit with Great Gramma and you were a little fussy when I got there. She felt bad for your cold toesies so she bought you some socks :) Afterwards, we had a date since daddy had bowling. We went shopping at Shadow Lake. I put you in your carrier and we walked around together. Afterwards, we had dinner at Wheatfields. You could barely eat the mashed potatoes because you were too busy flirting with a little girl at the table across from us. But, you were a good baby all night.

I will leave you with some scrapbook pages. I am almost caught up again but I am behind in reading :)

Our family photos in Missouri. Yours has different writing on it.


You and your ladies :)


Gramma Debi D's going away party - yours has different writing on it though


I had a hard time with these photos because I liked them so much!


Your First Boat ride photos!


You & Jake

September 6 & 7th

Hi Elijah!
Your first Labor Day. It was probably like any other weekend day for you but man, mommy & daddy sure enjoy the extra day off work. I guess we didn't do anything too spectacular - daddy was still catching up on laundry & I was doing dishes. We ran errands - Sams & Walmart. I put you in your sling carrier at Sams facing out and you loved it. I think you loved seeing everyone and being able to wave your arms & move your legs. You were cracking me up! It almost reminded me of being pregnant - you were shaking up my body with your little legs going crazy. We went over Great Gramma's for a BBQ where you saw almost all of your Lang family. You played in the bouncey bounce for an HOUR without even getting fussy. You missed it for over a week since we left it over Gramma Lang's. You even ate green beans and cheese potatoes while bouncing. After your bounce time, you had some of Great Gramma's Jello Cake - YUMMY. Mommy is dieting so I didn't get to eat but a bite of yours. However, you seemed to love it. You were covered with red jello cake and white whipped topping. Welcome to one of Mommy's favorite desserts young man!

You sure are in a good mood but you aren't feeling good. I think it is still your allergies and I wonder if you have another tooth coming in as you seem to feel a bit better after I rub some orajel inside there. Due to constant threats of people calling Child Protective Services on me, we no loner reach for the Jackie Daniels. :)

Something new to tell you is that we are trying to lay you on the floor to play more. We typically rotate you between your bouncer, walker and the recliner with us. But, you don't really want to hang out with us much anymore so now, you are spending more time on the floor with your toys. Well, I should clarify that I put your toys out for you but your favorite playthings are pieces of paper, shoes and hangers. :) Once you are done playing, you get fussy and then scoot over to the recliners to be picked up. You are quite efficient at scooting but still don't want to crawl.

Tuesday
Today wasn't too much of a stellar day for me & you, huh? Mommy just didn't have too much patience and you just didn't want to do your normal activities. You came home after your visit with Grampa Keith and we had Chef Boyardee for your dinner. You ate about 1/4 of a can. Daddy thought that you would like them so we decided to get some at Sams with the caveat that he would eat them if you didn't! Mommy really doesn't like Chef Boyardee or the smell of the sauce even. Afterwards, you walked in your walker for about 10 minutes, played on the floor for about 15 minutes then, you were fussy pants. Daddy wasn't home so it was just me and you. I think you sensed my weakness and decided to exploit it :) You were up until 9:00 and just couldn't get settled in anything. Finally, you ate some bottle and you went to sleep with no fussiness.

We are going to have to go get you some clothes buddy. It is getting cold out and when we did our shopping last time, I did 18 months thinking it would be warmer longer. Now, it is colder and your clothes are all too big or too chilly. Going to need to clean out the dresser and get you some new clothes. Well, new to you anyway :)


I will leave you with some scrapbook pages. As you may have been able to tell during your first 8 months, I go through cycles where there are a LOT of pages then cycles where there are NO pages. During those times, I am typically reading :)

September 4 & 5

Hi Monkey!
It is a holiday weekend and we are so excited to have Monday off! But, it has been a big weekend - the first Husker game of the season, Gramma Debi D leaving town to move to Florida and tomorrow we have a BBQ to go to. Yesterday, I left you with daddy most of the day and I hung out with our friend Debbie. We got the results of your Xray and you still have a sinus infection so they called in more drugs for you. I hate that you are on so many drugs so early in your little life! When I got home, we went over to Gramma Debi D's to say goodbye. We are going to see her again in December but it was sad to know that she isn't just a phone call away to visit you. While we were there, Gramma Debbie and Donnie came to say their goodbyes so you got to see them too. When we got home, it was time for the Nebraska game. I can't say that you cared one way or the other about the game!

On Sunday, we hung out at the house most of the day. We ended up going out to dinner at Wheatfields. You were such a good baby. You sat in the chair, ate good and flirted with all the customers. No fussiness. No loud noises. Thanks baby! When we got home, it was time for a bottle and to bed. I was holding you while you were sleeping and (I confess I am kind of a stalker) I was just looking at you and I am still amazed that I am a mommy. I know it has been 8 months but I am still amazed you are here.

I will leave you with two examples of why I will not win mother of the year for 2010....
1) You were in Chiefs attire during the Nebraska game
2) I opened the windows in the house because the temperature dropped and it was so nice out. Well, mommy forgot that you have allergies and the windows being open would make it super worse. It was your daddy who said "It is time to close the windows. Elijah and I are near death." Sorry baby. I don't have allergies so I forget about you & your dad.

Also leaving you with some scrapbook pages...

Our road trip photos with your Cheetohs experiment.


Your Missouri pool photos.


Our Chiefs photos


Baby Jake's baptism


Our day with the Brigham's in Missouri

September 3

Hi Elijah!
I have another story for you today that proves I am officially a mommy! I even posted it as my facebook status - "I know I am a mom when the boy sticks his foot in my delish bowl of food and I am more worried about it hurting his foot than the foot juice in my food. :)" Yes, you literally plopped your foot in my bowl of chicken parmesean!

Let's see, what did we do today? Daycare, doctor appointment for an xray, visit with Great Gramma & Cindy White, visit with Gramma Debbie, home, foot in food, bed. :) You were scooting all over Great Gramma's living room! It looks like you are pulling yourself with your hands and pushing yourself with your toes dug into the carpet. At Gramma Debbie's I showed her how you ham it up for a camera. I held up my iPhone to you & you instantly stopped whining and smiled for the camera. You are so darn funny.

Yesterday was quite exciting - I finished your 6 month scrapbook and ordered it to be print. I can't wait to see it!! I would like to take less pictures so you don't end up with 2 books per year for your first 18 years but I can't help myself. I am telling myself that the first year is the worst then we will get tired of taking so many pictures :)

Anyway, not much else to share with you buddy. You are peacefully sleeping and it is 10:00 on a Friday night and I am about to join you!! Your mom is old and tired :)

September 2, 2010

Hi Buddy,
Another day with nothing exciting to share with you. Awake, daycare, home, eat, change your diapers, sleep. You are continuing to wave at me, Mary and now even Stan the Man (our neighbor). I took you to daycare today & I did notice that you are not into waving when your friends are around, you just want to play with them rather than say goodbye to me. So, your dad will have to take it a bit less personally from now on.

I wanted to share something with you today. I share this not to make you feel bad about being here but because it was kind of eye opening for me. Your dad and I bought concert tickets to a band we both enjoy. In fact, we have seen them before and it was one of the best shows I have ever been to. I was so excited to go and your dad was looking forward to it as well. We look at the show and realizes that it starts at 8:00 with an opening act. The main group won’t start until 9. That means we won’t get done with the show until about 10:30 and with traffic, it could be 11:00 before we are out of the parking lot. We talked and we decided not to go. We were both not liking the fact that we would be taking you to a babysitter (Gramma Ruth’s) right at your bed time then picking you back up when you should be sound asleep. This is the first time we have truly been able not to do something for your benefit and I realized that I am truly and officially a mommy. You know what else I realized? It wasn’t that painful. I am disappointed but it is in your best interest and that is way more important to me than a concert. I feel so grown up at age 35 :)

Elijahs first year

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Sept 1

Hi baby!
We had a big night tonight! We went out to dinner with Gramma Ruth then off to Rosenblatt to see a baseball game. It was really important because there is only one more game at Rosenblatt before it is retired as the local baseball stadium. Through our years in Omaha, your mom and dad have gone to a lot of baseball games there so it was important that we took you & took photos. You did so good! You were flirting with everyone around us. One guy next to Gramma even held you for awhile but you bouncey-bounced on his lap and wore him out. We were so proud of how well behaved you were!

Just a couple of snapshots from tonight. This may be my favorite new photo of you and your daddy. You are both looking at the camera and smiling. He is such a proud papa. He loves you so much!


Super cute photo of you! Too bad you have refried beans on your nose. That will so be photoshopped prior to going in the scrapbook :)