8 Months

My favorite of this month is you have started to say Elijah. I love how you say it; "e-e-e". You are still jabbering and jabbering. You are also still drooling all over your clothes and have successfully gained 4 teeth now.

Just last month you learned how to crawl and now you are crawling all over the house. Also, you have started to pull up on furniture and toys. Sometimes you get pulled up and then can't figure out what to do. This makes you very upset, but makes great memories that have to get caught on camera. Love you, Buddy.

"Somebody help me!"

See that upper BIG tooth?

A New Year....Learning New Things

Hello 2012! We are starting this year off right with our two bottom teeth coming in, starting to army crawl, and switching toys from one hand to another. The first time you crawled was on January 7th. You crawled to Mommy while in Daddy's office. We are so proud of you.

We are also proud of how much jabbering you have been doing lately. On January 12th, you said "MaMa" and you also like to say "hi". If you talk as much as Brother does, Mommy has already decided she is going to go crazy.

We have had some really nice weather this winter, so we have spent a lot of time at the park. You really love to swing while watching cars, trucks, and cement mixers go by on the road.

This month, we also took your first trip on a plane. We traveled to Florida to visit some of Daddy's family and attend Kelly's wedding. You and Mommy actually missed most of the wedding because you decided you didn't want to sit and be still. You decided you would cry and throw a fit, so we went outside and walked.

Look at that SMILE

Swinging at the Park

First plane ride

6 Months - Half a Year

I can not believe you are 6 months old already. What a great month it has been! You tried your first food: bananas. I'm not really sure how much of it made it into your mouth, but you had fun trying it out.

Not everything went your way this month and you let us know about it. One thing we know about you is that you express yourself!

Here comes that first tooth. I think I may see another one trying to make it's way out. Will it be one or two? All I know is that you have been drooling EVERYWHERE.

"Look Mom, I have feet!" You discovered your feet this month.

First Christmas

Merry Christmas, baby. We celebrated our first Christmas with many celebrations. We started our festivities at Papa and Nana's house on Christmas Eve. Your uncles, aunts, and cousins were all there. Your cousins couldn't wait to give you your presents and watch you open them.

The next morning we had our Christmas at home. We started by eating cinnamon rolls for Jesus' birthday and then Daddy read the Christmas story from the Bible. After that, you and Brother opened your presents. (Okay, Mommy and Daddy opened your presents.)

Later that morning Grandpa and Grandma came over to video chat with Uncle Chris, Aunt Stacy, and Heather and then to open presents. You loved the hat Aunt Stacy made you!

For lunch we went to the nursing home to have Christmas with Granny and Grandma's side of the family. You had fun just sitting in Granny's lap watching everyone running around.

5 Month Old

What an exciting month! Your first Thanksgiving! We enjoyed the day with family. We went to the nursing home to visit Granny and spend time with family and then we went to Nana and Papa's for supper.

You have been busy this month also. You are now a sitter and you are pulling up on your hands and knee, the beginnings of crawling. I think your brother likes to see you able to do more and more. He can't wait to play with you. You are still a drool monster but no teeth have made their appearance yet.

This month you got your first boo boo. You hit your head on the coffee table and it bruised up pretty good. Also, you have started have a strange reaction when you are nursing sometimes. Half of your face will turn red - right down the middle. Dr. Conner thinks it may be a slight circulation problem, but nothing to worry about.

Look at the face! 

Half Red/Half Not 

Up on Your Hands and Knees 

 Mr. Smiley

 Sitting All By Yourself

First Thanksgiving!

4 Months

This month has been exciting to watch you grow so much. You weigh 13.4 lbs. and are 251/2 inches long.

You have become the drool monster this month. All your onesies are socked by the end of the day. Are you teething already? We will see. You are also still rolling all over the place and we are working on sitting up. Mommy places you in your bobby pillow to help you get your balance.

BIG 4th Month Old 

With Grandma 

Playing in my bug 

Enjoying the cooler weather 

Working on sitting up

3 Months Old

You are getting to be such a big man. You weigh 13 lbs. and 21 1/2 inches long. This month you have smiled more and more. We have got you to laugh a couple of times, but you are not big on it yet. You love to smile at everyone though. This month you have also become an expert roller. I even put your play mat up because you just kept rolling right off of it. Now we just lay a blanket out on the floor and let you roll all over the place. This week we got out your round play seat. You are still a little small for it, but we put a blanket in there with you. You love it! You LOVE to sit up!

This month you have really started looking around and focusing on things. You will turn to people when they talk to you and sometimes you act like you know your name.  You love to be outside and like to hear people talking or singing to you. Grasping my hair is one of your favorite activities! This month you have also discovered your feet.

You had you first overnight stay at Nana’s house this month. Mommy and Daddy went out of town for a conference and you and Elijah spent the day and night at Nana’s. The next day you got to spend a little time at Grandma’s house. They both loved you being there!

You also starting CBS this month. Right now you are just being loved on every Wednesday morning while Mommy and brother are in our classes. Hopefully, as the years pass you will get to attend classes yourself and learn about God.

We can’t wait to see what this next month brings us! We love you!

Mommy and Me

Daddy and Me

Cutie Pie

3 Month Photo

I'm a Roller

Howdy!

Granny and Me