Some Scrapbook pages

Hi Lijah!
You had 2 big things happen this week!

1) Daddy took you to Mary's and you said "Bye Dad."  I think that is your first 2-words that you have strung together.  It was clear enough that Mary heard it and then all your friends at daycare started saying it too!
2) We were having you walk in between us and you dropped your toy.  You stopped, bent over and picked it up, stood up and started walking again.  You lazy bones - you know how to walk but you are just lazy!

Other than that, we are kind of boring, buddy.  Mommy is getting worn out really quick with Baby Joey so your daddy is having to do all of the hard work.  You keep going to bed later and later.  I finally decided that we need to stop letting you dictate your bed time - we normally put you down when you seem that you are tired.  However, we are going to try to start doing it by the clock or at the first sign of you being tired rather than the overtired stage.  Last night, that was 8:45.  We will see how that continues!

I have some scrapbook pages to share with you and I hope we have some good weather this weekend.  I have to work on Saturday & daddy was thinking about taking you to the zoo.  Then, on Sunday, I want to take you to Kidz Explore and we have your cousin's birthday party.

 This week, you have made my heart burst!  You have started crawling up on your love sac and resting with books.  I loved seeing you all curled up on your love sac but loved seeing you "playing" with books even more.  It doesn't matter that they are upside down.  Last night, you even let daddy read you a whole book without fussing or wanting to move.  LOVE IT!!

February 14

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ELIJAH!  We hope you had a great day!  I know I sure did and I was so grateful to share it with you, your daddy & little Joey kicking around there  :)

Let's back up to last week.  You got in trouble for biting at daycare.  The thing that bothers me is that you do know better.  I think you are just testing to see how far you can push everything.  We went out to eat with our friends Sandy & John.  You were shy at first but you warmed up to them and then wanted go home with them!  On Friday, we had dinner with Great Gramma Dorothy, Auntie Sue and Gramma Debbie.  You were hamming it up and wouldn't leave Gramma Debbie's side!

On Saturday, I got my haircut and then we took you to Oakview's play area for the first time.  You enjoyed crawling around and seeing the kiddos.  But, once we had to stop you from jailbreaking 3 times, it was time to go.  We were going to go out but we just couldn't get your nap time right so we stayed home.

On Sunday, we went to the Children's Museum with the Beatys.  You loved it.  You played so HARD!  I have never seen you walk so much - with Debbie or Morgan holding your hand or with the shopping cart.  You were so wore out.  We did grab dinner and you were an angel.  We were so relieved as you tend to turn to demon child when we go to dinner anymore.

You love the ball room!

Making all sorts of noise!

Face Painting time - let's torture the only boy in our group  :)

End result

You ran this shopping cart ALL OVER for what seemed like HOURS!

Today, you had your Valentine's Day party at daycare!  You came home with lots of treat bags and goodies!  We made creme bruleee to surprise your daddy then it was nappy time.  When you woke up, we had Chicken Carbonara for dinner (YUMMY), pink cupcakes for dessert and daddy bought us chocolate covered strawberries.  DELISH.  We were having a sugar smorgasboard.  Gramma Debbie & Donnie came over with lots of treats for you.  But, the big news of the night was your walking.  You were holding on to your exersaucer and I said "Come Here Elijah."  You walked over!  Then, we were showing Gramma Debbie and Donnie how you were walking and you did great.  You were walking all the way across the living room - the longest distance yet.  Next step is you doing it all by yourself!

Well, baby, thank you for a great Valentine's Day.  For some silly reason, I was just plain happy today in preparation for the evening.  I was so excited about the dinner, the creme brulee surprise, the pink cupcakes and photos with you in your tux shirt.  We didn't go anywhere or do anything but I had an awesome Valentine's Day with my 2 1/2 boys - yes, even Joey kicked up some noise once or twice  :)

Treats from Morgan & Debbie

Treats all 3 of us made & you took to daycare.

Treats daddy ordered for us.

Me and my baby!

 You and daddy being silly!

Your first piece of chocolate!  Yummy!

Have to sample the cupcake!

Hanging out with Gramma but she doesn't realize you don't look at the camera anymore  :)

Monday

Hey babycakes!
You were finally in good graces at daycare - you ate well, you took a long nap and you were in a good mood.  It has been a long time since you were in good graces.  We were so excited.  When we picked you up, we went to get your Valentine's Day photos taken but Portrait Innovations was closed.  We went to Target and got a few taken but they won't be in until 2/18.  We will probably have to go again so we actually have them for Valentine's Day.

You practiced walking quite a bit - both with us and we were playing with the boys at daycare.  Everyone thought it was so fun that you would walk to them.  All the kids were screaming "come to me Elijah!"  I think now we need you to make the connection in your mind that walking gets you from point A to point B.

At Target, we got a treat and you were a FREAK.  So, of course, mommy had to bust out her camera  :)

Well buddy, it is 8:47 and you have been asleep since 8:00.  Your dad and I looked at each other in disbelief and wondered who that baby was in our son's body  :)

Walking Video

We were working with you and I decided to see if we could get a tape.  What was so surprising was that you were walking while drinking your milk before this.  So, you don't even need to balance yourself with your arms.  I think you are just plain lazy and don't want to do it on your own  :)

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.