NEWS!

Just a quick post to tell you that Elijah has his first TOOTH! His bottom left tooth is just barely up. It's hard to see (especially with a drooly tongue that gets in the way) but I can definitely feel it. He's been fussy today with a runny nose so I'm wondering if the right one will be here in a couple days. We'll see!

I'm HUNGRY Mom! Can I eat THESE?

At least that's what these pictures look like. I'm thinking that Elijah may be teething. He is chewing on EVERYTHING and pulling on his ears. I know that he has had a cold but he is MUCH better and just has a little runny nose. He is back to sleeping the whole night and isn't nearly as clingy. I guess we'll find out soon. Anyway. Just wanted to do a quick post of some more pics!

Sick

We have officially caught "the bug". Well, maybe not me, but Jake and Elijah have. Poor Elijah was up all night (poor me too!) because he couldn't breathe through the stuffy nose. I don't have much time as he just fell asleep for his nap so I want to take one too (go figure) but I wanted to post a few of the pictures we got this weekend before little man got sick. Isn't he too cute! There are a lot more "keepers" I just didn't have time to pick "the best" so those will come another day.
Keep us all in your prayers! Hopefully Elijah will be better tonight as Jake is home with him for the next 2 days b/c I work. I don't want him to keep Daddy up all night since Daddy doesn't feel well either!

Look How BIG!

We went for Elijah's 6 month checkup on Thursday. It was in the morning and on a day that Mommy worked so of course there were a few snags. Most occurred during bath time. Like the fact that he peed on me right when I went to put him in the tub. Of course it couldn't be just on my shirt it had to be on my shirt, sweater, and skirt (not to mention the floor..and socks!). What's up? Then (of course) he proceeded to throw up in the tub. Not a little either. So here I am, peed on, pulling a wet (and now chilly) baby out of the tub while trying to dump the nasty water out. Nice picture I'm sure. We got to the Dr. in time despite all the misc occurrences. As for Elijah he is doing great. He's 20 pounds and 27 inches. I get 27.5 inches but I'm a little more aggressive in my measurements :) I can't believe it! At this rate he'll be out of his infant seat by February! Anyway I thought I'd share a snapshot of him sleeping now and 5 months ago on his Boppy pillow. Crazy, huh?

How do you keep a 6 month old occupied?

Elijah is just so funny. He has a very short attention span but when he finds something that he likes he will stay occupied with it for about 20 minutes. That's 20 minutes that I'm running around trying to get the most I can possibly get done in the shortest amount of time. Here Elijah is chewing on a bow while I'm wrapping presents. I know...not the best thing for him to chew on but it crinkled, was sparkly, easy to handle...he loved it. Who was I to interfere...at least until it looked like he might get a piece of it off because he had gummed it so much. The other picture is of him chewing on his pacifier...backwards. He no longer can chew on just the nipple part. He also has to chew on the back too. Crazy kid. That's all for now!