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Elijah - 2 month update

Tuesday, December 29 1 comments

Today Elijah had his 2-month doctor visit.  He is officially healthy and average!   He clocked in at 22 1/2 inches long (30th percentile) and 11 pounds 11 ounces (50th percentile).

It's hard to believe he's already 2 months old.  December always flies by anyway, let alone when you have 3 kids.  Elijah has been such a joy to our house.  Yes, he's still colic-y and keeps us up but he also is so cute and lovable.  At night we continue with the drill of Dad getting up to change diapers and Mom feeding.  Dad also will take Elijah out to the living room during longer crying spells.  (I then get on the computer and stay up later than I should after Elijah falls asleep on me!)

Today Elijah rolled over from front to back.  Oh the little things you celebrate with a baby.  Eljiah has also been smiling a lot and we're learning the little tricks to make him do it. Emma and Elliot have not lost interest in the baby.  In fact, Elliot continues to show a lot of affection to him and we're trying to teach Elliot how to love him gently :) Only a few people have had the privilege of seeing the real Elliot (if you watch the kid's video, you get an idea).  Elliot, the other day, was standing at the changing table while I was changing a diaper and recounting the whole Christmas story for Elijah.  (It's quite amazing - he knows it all - from the wise men, to the bad king, shepherds, angels, Mary and Joseph)  I hope some day I can be at the right place at the right time with the video camera and I'll show you what I mean.

Nicole's mom brought over her baby book and we checked out the resemblance.  I still maintain that Elijah is a good 50/50 mix of the two of us.  Sometime soon I hope to post some pictures to show the comparison.  For those who haven't adopted it may not occur to you that the whole resemblance thing is something new for us (yes, I know, Emma and Elliot DO look like us).  I find myself staring at him a lot trying to see who he looks like.  And I came to an interesting realization the other day.  I will be, in a sense, watching myself grow up.  Remember, he was born on my birthday?  What I mean is, Elijah kind of looks like me (and maybe acts like me?) and will be exactly the same age I was for all the holidays and stuff.  I can imagine very clearly what I was like on my first Christmas.  Kinda cool.

Just Elijah

Sunday, December 20 1 comments

Here is a post I'm sure many people are interested in.  Here are 11 recent pictures of Elijah.  Click on the picture to see it full size.  Enjoy!













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Snow Day!

Saturday, December 19 0 comments

Today we woke up to a winter wonderland.  This was the view out the front door.



This was the view out the back door.




What a perfect day! We had no plans, nowhere to be, nothing to get done - only a free day. In fact, as I write this we're all still in our pjs.

We got the kids dressed and they were all ready with the new shovels grandma bought them.




After a few minutes of play, Dad figured out the snow was perfect to build a you-know-what. 













It turns out that once your kids get to a certain age, all the training you got as a boy on how to be a kid becomes very useful. Whether it's a leaf pile or a snow man, you finally have the know how, imagination, and the muscle to pull it off.







The kids seemed more interested in eating the snow than helping me!  That was ok, though.  I would have gone out without them to build a snow man.



Introducing....   Snowflake the snowman!







Hot chocolate offers the perfect ending to a snow day!





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Elijah Smiles

Saturday, December 12 0 comments

A few days ago Elijah started smiling.  I tell you - there's nothing greater than your baby smiling at you for the first time.  Tonight at a get together our friend De was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time and snapped a picture! (thanks, De)

(click the picture to see it full-size)


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