Let Me Stick That In My Mouth...

Here is a small list of things you have put in your mouth over the last few months....

 - rocks
 - grape
 - magnet
 - push pin
 - chalk
 - Mommy’s charger
 - top of an acorn
 - Daddy’s headphones

What a Busy Month!

Your ninth month on earth has been a busy one. It really feels like you are growing up fast this month. You started the month getting strong enough to stand on your own and ended the month having your first Easter egg hunt at Granny's. Every year we go to Granny's nursing home, and do an Easter egg hunt. It is one of Granny's highlights of the year and you boys love it.

Other highlights of the month:

 - You waved bye-bye for the first time (You waved to Papa when we left church one night)

 - Signed "Finished" February 18th to Mommy when you didn't want to eat anymore

 - You Understand the word “no”

 - Makes “clicking” noise with mouth (You do this ALL the time. You just go around "clicking")

 - 7 teeth (Wow, Bud!)

 - You can “throw" the ball to Mommy

 - You put EVERYTHING in his mouth

 - You are cruising around furniture

MAJOR Boo, Boo!

(You were crawling around at Papa and Nana's house and rubbed up against the bottom edge of a chair Nana had just redone and scratched all the way across your back on a nail.) 

"I'll eat anything"

Easter Egg Hunt at Rock Creek (Granny's House)

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!