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I love me some bread with jam!

Dallas Trip 2010

We decided to take a little weekend trip to Dallas a couple weeks ago so we could go to a Mariners VS. Rangers Games. The Mariners won! Of course... we didn't get to see it. Elijah decided that after a rough night he would take a 3 hour nap and the game was almost over by the time we got out the door. And you DO NOT wake this baby up from his naps, he gets sooo MAD! So we watched it on TV. Oh well maybe next year! We visited JFK Memorial in Dallas, swam, ate yummy food and just had a nice time getting away from the everyday routine.

 First Time Swimming

I call this his pirate face

All ready for the Mariners game...on TV :)

I love my mommy!

Outside Ripley's Believe It or Not- We didn't want to pay the $36 bucks per person to go inside, so we took pics of the cool dinos outside.

JFK Memorial

This was the best memorial I've ever been to. I started tearing up as we went through the tour. Heart wrenching.

The Grassy Knoll and the Hairpin turn down Main Street

The spot where JFK was shot. People would go out in the middle of the road and stand on it, so disrespectful.

The shooters window

 We were tired on the way home so we decided to let Elijah drive :)

9 months

I can't believe he's almost 1. Unbelievable. Since 6 months, Elijah has developed so fast and learning so many new things. It's so fun to watch them grow and at the same time I weep at how big he is getting, I just always thought he'd be a baby. Duh, right? We love him more each day.

Stats: 
22lbs- 50th percentile (No wonder my arms always hurt)
28 1/2 inches-50th percentile
19 inch head
(I think it's safe to say his genetics have finally caught up with him-Matt and I were both rollie pollie babies.)

Right now he:
-Claps
-Rolls around
-Can manuver around in a circle on his tummy, no crawling yet.
-Loves eating. He will eat anything. We usually feed him baby food for breakfast and lunch and for dinner he eats what we eat. He loves table foods. He's getting very good at feeding himself. He like to pick food up with his right hand and then transfers it to his left and stuffs it in his mouth.
-Babbles and I swear I heard him say dada several times.
-Is really into munching on Matt's Heman toys. Don't worry I make sure they don't have any small parts. Although I bet some of them have lead in the paint so we may have to rethink that until he stops shoving things in his mouth.
-He has two teeth! I'm pretty sure he's getting a whole bunch more soon, either that or he just likes to drool on me for fun :)
-Still an amazing sleeper. 12-13 hours at night. 2 naps a day. But I wouldn't really know if he wakes up, we nixed the monitor at night. Best idea ever.
-Loves people watching
-Giggles on command
-Has his first ear infection which was nothing compared to the hand, mouth, food disease he had at the same time. So sad.
-Has a fascination with tags. If something has a tag on it he will find it and stroke it and stare.
-Is VERY ticklish.
-He has the sweetest disposition, but can be feisty and if he wants something he will definitely let you know.
-Loves screaming when he's frustrated.

Easter 2010

HAPPY EASTER!!

We had a great Easter this year. Mike was in town on business so he joined us for conference weekend and Easter Sunday. We also had some picture fun with Elijah in the morning.

Elijah 8 months

 

I love having my picture taken

 

I'm bored now

 

In my Easter best

 

The Spread

 

First Sink Bath- Elijah has started leaping out of his infant bathtub so we advanced him to the sink bath. He LOVED it.