Even Closer to Crawling!

It was 18 days ago that I posted Elijah's first "all 4's" movements, and even though he didn't meet our forecast of a Christmas Day Crawl, he is definitely getting closer.  The video below was taken a night or two ago when he army crawled literally, down the hallway!  Aaron had called me on my way home from work to tell me that the boy had army crawled from one side of the room to the other and then back again, while Aaron was doing some work in the room!  I think our days of sitting back are coming to a close!

(Next post will be about his first Christmas, with lots of video and pictures. I will try to get that up tomorrow (Friday) .... Just for you, Gram!)

P.S. Sorry for our messy house...I am running out of energy chasing this kid around!

Fun Pictures from the last week

Disclaimer, I just realized I did not post this on the 12th when I had planned to!  Result? You get two posts in one day...the info is a little old, but promise still stands for the crawling, if he really starts I will put it up right away! Love Kristin (12/29/11)


Here are some pictures to hold you over until I post again....if Elijah starts REALLY crawling this week, you can bet it will be up here!

Elijah at Gymboree Class!

Disclaimer- even though you think I have the most beautiful voice in the world, that is not however my voice singing...hahaha!

UT OH! Getting Closer to Crawling!

I have been trying to capture this on film for the last two or three days.  This week Elijah started getting his legs underneath himself and is developing the logic that this will propel him forward to obtain X object of his desire.....all this to say, the notion that many have that E will be crawling by Christmas is looking more and more realistic every day.

I'm Getting More Hair!

Yes, it's true!  Elijah is getting more hair!  I pulled him out of the bath on Sunday night and saw that I could "Mohawk" his hair!  There is still not much there, but it is definitely growing.  Hopefully he will beat me in the hair race, and have a good head of locks before his third birthday! hahaha

Laughing

Here's a cute video of Elijah laughing.  There is just something about a child's laugh that warms the heart!  Enjoy!

Chomp Chomp, Chomp Chomp!

Ok we just had to share this with you.  Today we were feeding Elijah breakfast and this is what he started doing.....  Needless to say, he had us in stitches!

City Sidewalks...

This Friday was the annual Benicia downtown open house on First street.  We had such a good time walking the street and running in to all of our friends (why this is something that seems so special, I don't know, because we see these same people week in and week out!  Maybe it is just the Christmas spirit that makes it feel that much more special). Anyway, Elijah got to sit on Santa's lap in front of the Plein Aire Art Gallery.  It was so neat to see him go right for Santa and not be scared at all.   We watched multiple gets grip their mom or dad for dear life, when Elijah was all smiles!  I have included a couple of cute pictures below. 

We didn't realize how late we were out (errrr...9:30) and Elijah was tuckered to say the least.  By the time we made it to the top of First street, on our way back to the car, he was out in Aaron's arms! 

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way....

....in to my tummy!  That's right, a jingle bell in the tummy! 
On my way home from work today I called to check in with Aaron.  He let me know that "Elijah swallowed his first inedible object today. One of the bells from the top of a Mardi Gras Doll that you had on the bottom shelf".  WELL  "I had?!" I said to him, and "what were you doing when he got it?!" Ok so we are both guilty.  The good thing is, he didn't choke to death and it is passing through his system...or at least we hope.  I guess we will find out soon enough!   I tried shaking Elijah to see if I could hear any noise but....it didn't work!
Here is a couple of cute pictures I took tonight of our Mischievous Fellow!

Scootin'

So E is not quite crawling yet, but we are guessing that by Christmas, we are going to have one mobile man!  Here is Elijah on Friday Morning going after some of his toys. He was making more progress just before I turned the camera on (of course), but you can see him move a little bit here.

Christmas Time Is Here....

So a little early, but we put Elijah in a Christmas outfit last week for two reasons 1. It is a 6 month and he is pretty much out of that size (oy!) and 2. I was wrapping up the Operation Christmas Child drive at church and brought him on stage with me, as a visual reminder (for the past 5 Sundays I have worn Christmas colors and Christmas themed T-Shirts- yeah, a little early, but I had to drive my point to the congregation!)
Anyway, these are really cute pictures, and of course this month and next there will be many more to come- afterall, we have at least four christmas outfits for Elijah- hahahahahah!

My First Thanksgiving!!!

Well, we made it to another big FIRST with Elijah- the First Thanksgiving.  He didn't eat any of the food, but we sure did!  It was absolutely wonderful.  My dad said that this was the best Thanksgiving that he has had in a long time. That was really great to hear.  Here are some pictures from the day!

Turkey!

Uncle James is such a good helper! haha! He looks thrilled!

GP Mike and Elijah!

And, he is already learning to play the piano! hahah!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Cute Pictures

Here are just some cute pictures I took of Elijah over the past couple of weeks.  Can you believe he is already 7 months old?!!!

At Daddy's First Rugby game! (no...they lost :()

Graduating to the highchair....

...Because my legs were too fat for the Bumbo Chair hahaha!

Oh yeah!  I forgot to tell you, He is sitting up now....

...For the most part.  He falls over still but he is doing better and better!

Bouncy!

Elijah has finally figured out how to jump in his Jolly Jumper!  It's pretty cute watching him, I just wish we had a better spot in our house for it!

My First Gymboree Class!

 I took Elijah to his first Gymboree Class a couple of weeks ago and he hated it! But that was my fault, because I took him to the little littlest kids class.  We tried again the following weekend with his age group class and he liked it a lot better. He got to look at bubbles (he loved that and was batting at them), he got to (attempt) to climb on big foam apprentices, and play with other kids.  It was neat to get to do this with him.  Even though, in a perfect world, I would be doing this with him during the week, we were able to find a class on the weekends so that I could still take him as a "mommy and Elijah" day.  Here are some cute pictures I took.

Carrots....Lots of Yummy Carrots.

Well, here you go.  It's pretty self explanatory...with subtitles!

My First Cereal!

We introduced Rice Cereal to Elijah on Oct. 3rd (Happy Birthday Uncle David!) as we were noticing the classic signs of Being Ready To Eat Solids.  Like no longer sleeping through the night, etc.  So We did it, about two weeks before the Dr. "recommended" we do it.  Bah screw it, we knew what we were doing, plus I wanted to sleep through the night again.
Soooooo....here is how it went....





You think that is funny?  Wait until tomorrow, you will see a video of carrots- his first "Veggy". Let's just say, he loves Carrots as much as I do!  MUAHHHHHAHAHAH!

This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!

We had a very successful First Halloween.  Not only was Elijah the Le Top Darling of the Day  but he got candy at Trunk or Treat for mommy in his pumpkin bag (I think I have missed a total of 7 Halloweens all my life...I am so trick or treating until I am beyond a grandma and using my kids and grandkids as pawns!)  He had such a good time, he was zonked by the time we got home and it was only 8:30!  Geesh!  Kids these days!

Ric Small

Ken and Betty Jensen

AWWWW Sweet Pictures!

Just some cute pictures from this month!

Elijah in his Magnolia Baby outfit...the fabric is amazing!

We're figuring out how not only drink out of a sippy cup, but hold it too...it's a work in progress

Still to come...My First "Solid" Foods!  Stay Tuned for some great videos!

Hanging out with GP Mike

Already trying to figure girls out (Cousin Lizzy)

Kiss the Baby!

Teeter Totter and Spit

October 8th (just after our day at Apple Hill)
Elijah was having fun using Aaron as a support...and having some Tummy Time!  He was being so cute on this evening making these raspberries and getting spit EVERYWHERE!  He has even started to respond to his name.

Feel free to fast forward or not watch the whole video.  We understand that it is mostly us parents who can watch these videos for endless amounts of time! haha!

Elijah responding to his name.

No You Are Not Dreaming, It Really Is Another Post!

WOOPS! A little out of order!  Oct 2nd!  Elijah's Dedication & Baptism!  

Our family from So. Cal. was able to come up to celebrate Elijah's Dedication and we got a special surprise when Grandpa Bob Baptized Elijah!  We weren't sure if he was going to be able to be baptized (the whole protestant vs. Catholic thing....Aaron and Bridget had a nice "conversation" with the Priest and he saw it their way and consented to let Bob baptize Elijah! ) Anyway, it was a great event and Elijah looked good and behaved! haha!

Elijah in his Little Things Mean A Lot Christening outfit from Tom & Shirley Moore.

Me, Elijah, Aaron & Grandma Bridget

Elijah fell asleep halfway through the service and had just woken up in Aaron's arms here.

Elijah and Great Uncle Joe

...and he's out!