chompers

I never thought I would be so excited about a tooth, but it made my day yesterday. Yes that is right, a tooth! On Elijah's bottom gum line there is the tippy top of a baby tooth poking through. He was a little off all day yesterday, waking up early from naps and wanting to eat more frequently but then not nursing that well...by the afternoon I was thinking he might be coming down with something when I looked in his little mouth and saw it -- his first tooth! hip hip hooray! more pics to come soon.

Here are a few shots of elijah with aunt jess and grandma, elijah misses you guys already.

fun times

teeth tug-a-war
fun with Nana
the boys
Thanks for knitting me a sweater grandma! It fits now!

see how much I've grown!

The low down on lil'lijah

weight: 15.5-16ish pounds (next dr. appointment is in two weeks)
length: 27ish inches
He is rolling on his side all the time, he has yet to figure out how to get his arm out of the way to roll all the way over.
He is grabbing everything within reach and chewing on it. I think teeth maybe coming soon.
He smiles at everyone, but especially mommy and daddy. Giggles are slowly working their way out of his little belly as well. He will stare at the TV if we let him, but as soon as we notice we usually turn it off. He doesn't nurse as well when there is a lot of commotion around. He is a social butterfly and likes to be a part of the action. He is easy going and quite happy just like his dad.

A day in the life of Elijah:
Momma walks into his nursery with a cup of coffee in hand to see elijah happy and playing in his crib at 7am. Elijah nurses while momma flips between the Today show and Mike and Mike in the morning. Then Elijah plays with daddy for a while before it is nap time at 8:45ish, when daddy rocks and sings to him. He then wakes again at 10ish ready to eat again. This time he gets to play with momma as daddy is off working or studying for class, sometimes we go run errands during this time. He plays until 11:30ish and then at the first sign of tiredness momma rocks him while reading him a story then lays him down to sleep. He wakes at 1ish for lunch. It is play time yet again, sometimes he plays on the floor in momma's office while she does a little bit of work. At 2:30ish he is ready for yet another nap and sleeps until 4ish. Yay for Oprah and Ellen. Momma and 'lijah play more and sometimes he likes to take a short nap for his fourth nap of the day, but other times he hangs out in the baby bjorn carrier and helps momma cook dinner. He eats again at 7ish, then gets a bath, plays for a little while then goes down for his nighttime sleep at 8:30ish, I wake him one more time to feed him at 10ish and then put him right back to sleep. However, we are close to eliminating that feeding so that means he would sleep from 8:30-7. Dang babies sleep lots. That is a whooping total of 6 feedings 3.5 naps, and about 9 hours of playtime/waketime per day.