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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.

 

Decisions, Decisions

Help me decide!! Elijah is getting very uncomfortable and squirmy in his bumbo so I figure we should buckle down and get him a high chair. I've narrowed it down to two. They both will suit our needs for now and basically til we are done having children- so in like 8 years or so. Don't judge me for the sticker shock. We're investing in it for the long haul people. But if you have a high chair that you love I would LOVE to know! So which would you pick and why??

                                       Svan High Chair                                            

Boon High Chair

The Motherload of Posts

Video: Elijah Giggling

Feeding Time

Elijah LOVES to eat. We've gone through almost all the fruits and veggies you can think of and the only ones he hasn't really liked are the green beans. I think it's the texture though, when I puree them they don't get quite as smooth as some of the other foods. I've been making all his baby food with this gadget. Best investment I ever made. I can pop pretty much anything in it and Voila Baby food!

No, that isn't blood or lipstick, it's beets. He was clean for about two seconds until he decided to rub his eye. Too cute.

 

Elijah's 1st Birthday Party

Elijah attended his first birthday part a few weeks ago for his friend Zoe. We had lots of fun watching the big kids and playing.

 

Elijah has never seen so much pink in his life, we'll hopefully remedy that in a couple years:)

 

 Elijah wearing a party hat. He looks thrilled, no? It was getting close to bedtime.

  

Zoe opening her gift from Elijah-some finger puppets and a little purse.

  

Trying to get a good pic of him in the outfit the Metcalfs got him. Not having it. But doesn't he have the cutest fussy face?!

  

I've given up thinking Elijah would stop spitting up by now. So I figured I'd make the most of it by getting him a cute church bib.

  

Playing all by himself. This was a few weeks ago, now he doesn't need the boppy to support him, and he'll hit and shove all those toys in his mouth. I can't believe how fast he's growing. (wow, I can't believe how filthy my carpets look in this picture, good thing I just got them cleaned, I'm such a good housekeeper, ha!:)

  

  

My Christmas present (hat) from Jon,Cher, Ella,Will and Noah. The sweater is from Auntie Katie. It finally fits. Thank you!

  

Whad up!!

 

 I'll just hand him a bottle now and he'll go to town. One day I went to check on him thinking he was already done. He was playing with his bottle still full of formula and getting it all over himself. He thought it was very funny!

Video:

Playing with Mom- I think mom was having more fun than Elijah! (Don't mind my evil smokers laugh or voice and what does goobey goobey goo mean?)

 

And because I've discovered that cooking is one of my outlets, I made these delish cupcakes from a dry mix from WilliamsSonoma. So good. Cooking is good for the stress but not for my muffin top. I guess exercise will have to become my other outlet :)

SO Big!

Elijah's getting his first tooth! I noticed it yesterday when I was tickling him upside down and this morning I felt it with my finger! That sucker is sharp! He is getting so big! I just had to update because I was so excited!

First Time Apart

Yesterday was our first time away from Elijah since he was born (not counting when family watches him). Our neighbor Stefany and her daughter Malaina (love them!) stayed with him. Although it wasn't under ideal circumstances. No fancy date or weekend getaway, just a trip to the ER! I'd only been to an ER once and I forgot how long everything takes. FOREVER. But the wait was worth it, we got a really good doctor. Matt has been fighting a fever for the last week, he went to the doctor twice, did some tests, said we'd have to wait a week for results, given antibiotics, blah blah blah. Well I had had enough of keeping him in quarantine and being worried if Elijah was going to get it. Finally his fever spiked at 103.4. We called Mom A. and we headed to the ER after I put Elijah to bed. And for the record Matt is NEVER EVER sick. I've known him 7 years and I have yet to see him go to the hospital or to the doctor for other than a physical exam. I don't know if I've ever seen him throw up. So I naturally freaked myself out by googling his symptoms and I thought he had cancer or something. Remind me to never do that again. Anyways, the verdict is he just has a bad viral infection, he's taking a strong antibiotic just to kill off anything bacterial and a combo of tylenol and ibuprofen. So it has been a very exciting week here in Texas.

Utah Trip/ Militoni Sealing

We went to Utah at the beginning of January because Kiersten, Chase and Emmalee were sealed in the temple. There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a loving family given the promise of being able to be together forever. I bawled like a baby. We had lots of fun staying at Amy's and seeing all of our families. They drooled over Elijah (or maybe it was vice versa?). The pics below say it all.

 

Ethan had fallen asleep and he is the deepest sleeper known to man, so Matt decided to have a little fun with him.

  

Kiersten and Chase after the endowment session

   

The Happy Family

   

 Emma wanted to show us how her dress twirls

 

    

Matt practicing his photography skills

  

Reece and Shana

  

Auntie Kiersten with Dani and Elijah- who is entranced by the television

  

Hangin with Uncle Aaron

  

Elijah with Great Gma Anderton- He slimed her moments after taking this pic.

We went to visit Great Gma and Gpa Anderton while we were there. It was so good to see them. We love them.

 

Elijah with Great Gpa Anderton

  

Elijah's adorable crooked smile

  

Opening Christmas present from Mom and Dad A.

  

Present from the Grandparents- Can't wait to use it in a few months!

 

I love to eat my hands.