Friday - Sunday

Hi Lijah -
We have had a busy weekend, huh?  We went to Children's Museum, you went bowling, over Gramma Ruth's and it was Superbowl Sunday.  You should be so tired but it is 8:00 pm and you show no signs of being tired within the next 2 hours  :)

We have been working with you to get you walking and we got up to about 10 steps.  You are so proud of yourself when you take steps.  You laugh and we cheer!

On Friday, we went to the Children's Museum and you loved it.  I thought you were too little to go but I was so wrong.  You looked around for like 10 minutes in AWE.  You didn't know what to think.  Then, you crawled around and played.  When we went to the ball room, you sat in the middle and just screamed happy screams.  It made my heart so full!

Yesterday, I wasn't feeling so good.  I was worried that we were going to have to call the doctor to check in on Baby Joey - he was throwing me contractions for over an hour.  You hung out with daddy at bowling, hung out with Gramma Ruth & your cousins then we got groceries.

Today, you hung out with daddy while I went "lunching."  You were in such a good mood when I got home.  You were all smiles, orneriness and glee.  We went to get some pizza for dinner and I was playing with you in the car.  We got some great photos of you being silly and a couple of videos.  Excuse your mommy's big mouth but you are a silly duck  :)

Scrapbook page

Hi Elijah!
We have a really good time towards the end of the night when you start to get tired.  You get all mellow and you want to hang out with me & your daddy.  You are learning "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and we are learning how to give closed mouth kisses.  You do so good giving them during that last hour of the night.  The last few nights, I have been thinking that I need to make a scrapbook page so I don't forget how lovey dovey you are in that last hour.

Not a whole lot else to share with you.  We are still monitoring the flights in Chicago to see if we are going to be able to go visit Gramma Debi D.  Other than that, we are hanging out with you and giggling at you  :)

January recap

Hi Elijah!
We have some bad weather here so we are stuck inside the house  :)  You are feeling a bit better and sleeping a bit better at night.  But, it seems like if you sleep good at night, you don't nap during the day.  Gets us in trouble at daycare  :)

We don't have a lot of plans this week but we are scheduled to go see Gramma Debi D on Saturday.  With the weather, it might not be happening if we can't get into Chicago with our flights.

For January, I tried a new project and I am really happy with the results.  It is just a calendar of what we did all month with a few photos thrown in here & there.  Mostly photos of you, 2 of baby Joey and a few of times just where mommy & daddy hung out.

Bath videos

Hi buddy!
You were so funny on Wednesday night.  We went to LaCasa for dinner - mommy needed a night off from cooking.  When we were walking out, your daddy was carrying you facing forward.  You were smiling and waving at all the customers on the way out.  Kind of like his royal highness waving to his subjects!  You ate good at LaCasa - ravioli, pizza, lasagna!

Today, I picked you up and you started saying "Bye" to all the daycare kids.  I was shocked but I guess that you say that a lot to the kids at daycare.  Heck, at home, I barely get a wave when you leave in the morning but your friends get an actual word out of your mouth - rotten child  :)  You played with Baby Jake & Auntie Val over Gramma's house then we went to dinner at Sortinos with Auntie Val and Gramma.

When we got home, we took a quick bath and I was taking your video just for fun.  You are so silly in the tub.  I love the part where you eat the rag, I say "ICK" and you turn to smile at me.  You just think you are so cute that you can get away with anything if you smile at me.  Half the time, it does work  :)

Elijah's First Year - Part 2

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Daycare pages

Hi Lijah!
You have been busy this week.  You hung out with Gramma Debbie 2 days and Grampa Keith/Heather one day.  Your social calendar is so full  :)  Once you get home, we are boring.  Dinner, play, bed.

You know what one of my favorite things is?  After I change your diaper, you will stand up and put your little hands on my face, smile and give me a big hug or kiss.  I doubt most people would recognize these activities as hugs or kisses but, as your mommy, I know what they are.  :)

I got some photos from Mary with you & your daycare friends.  I finally got around to scrapping them for your book.  I am 98% done with your book.  Just have to do the cover and the opening page.  Good thing to be caught up because when Joey comes, I probably won't have time to do any scrapping!!

Hi Buddy!
Not too much to share with you this week.  Home a lot, you were crabby and you didn't sleep a lot.  You have a sinus infection and it is really impacting your ability to sleep.  You are taking short, short naps and you are going to bed really late.  We finally took you to the doctor yesterday & you don't have an ear infection but she said that there is pressure on your ears from the sinus infection so you are probably in pain.  All we can do is give you Tylenol to ward off the pain and antibiotics to clear up the infection.  We missed swim lessons again because you weren't feeling good but we did get to see Auntie Becky & Uncle Steve in Lincoln.  You wore Auntie Becky out - she was chasing you all over the house and walking with you all over the house.  :)

One thing to share with you - when you lay on me, your brother just loves to kick up a storm.  I always tell you "Elijah, your brother is saying 'Hi, big brother! Hi, Elijah!'"

We don't have big plans this upcoming week but hopefully, you will feel better soon and we can be back to normal with activities.

I have a scrapbook page to share with you - you were being a silly billy today with  my glasses & you looked so cute.  You were hamming it up and you were loving having my glasses on your face  :)