We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a special bulletin. Your regularly scheduled cute little boy updates will resume shortly...
I just wanted to take a few moments to dote on my wonderful husband. What a privilege it is to be married to Ben and it is only getting sweeter. I have been blessed to witness God's amazing grace in His life and have seen LOTS of evidence of that grace since we moved. Though life circumstances have not been exactly what we would have planned and have been accompanied by lots of trials, Ben's love for the Lord grows; his passion for the local church--only stronger; his extreme desire for the advancement of the Gospel--unparalleled; his love for his wife--never clearer.
That last one is the one I'd like to spend some time on. A year ago at this time I would have never dreamed of writing something like this. March of 2008 stands out as a VERY HARD time for our marriage, both of us having expectations of each other that weren't being met; both of us pridefully refusing to repent; both of us failing to look at our own sin in light of Calvary and failing to help each other do the same. Praise God that He did not allow us to stay there but extended much grace and forgiveness.
You might be wondering just exactly what was tempting us to sin? Believe it or not, my birthday. I love my birthday. I always have. I count down in my head weeks before my birthday. I dream up little scenarios that I would love to have happen (surprises, parties, cakes, treasure hunts, etc.). I love my birthday! Birthdays were always a big deal for my family growing up. (To help paint an accurate picture of how big of a deal they were, let me just say that we FREQUENTLY even got a surprise half-birthday present...) Anyway, I am blessed when people put effort and take time to plan something in advance that they know would bless me. To me this demonstrates their love for me. It shows that they were thinking about me. Ben also likes his birthday but not in the crazy-insane-obsessive way that I do. Ben is blessed by having the opportunity to do nothing on his birthday. Birthdays were special in his family too, just not to the same extent. As you might have guessed, we've had a conflict or 40 over birthdays and holidays and how they should be "done" correctly. We're slowly figuring it out.
March 2009 was preceded by 12 months of SANCTIFICATION in Ben's and my own life. And let me just add that the last eight months have been intense. God is doing a good work in us. Praise Him! Though my expectations might not have changed for birthdays, God has taught me how to lovingly and selflessly communicate with my husband. Though I still desire certain things, God has helped me to set my hope on HIM. Though Ben's track record for past birthdays is pretty lousy (He is quoted as saying, "I'm 0 for our marriage on good birthdays"), God has helped me to judge Ben charitably and let love cover over a multitude of past sins. Praise Him. God changed me.
So what did March 2009 look like? I was still gaining excitement as my birthday drew closer. Ben shared in this excitement and added to it. It was delightful for me! I was somewhat timid to allow myself this excitement so as to not end up disappointed again but that was an unnecessary worry (what kind of worry is necessary?)
On the morning of my birthday, I woke up to Ben singing to me and telling me to check the email a lot and have my phone with me at all times. He left for work and the texts started. "Can you get me out a pair of socks?" was the first text. My first thought, "Seriously, how do you forget to wear socks to work?" I opened his drawer to find a talking card and Hot Tamales (my favorite!) Friends, you should have seen the smile on my face. This was starting out wonderfully. I was already blessed that he had taken time to think of me ahead of time and plan something. When the boys woke up, we headed downstairs. I found a birthday hat on the table that said "For mom" and a party blower that said "for Caleb...sing, Caleb, sing." So Caleb sang happy birthday to me and blew his party horn. Delightful!
I planned on going to my friend Katie's house for lunch as she'd called and invited me over earlier in the week. I was excited to spend time with her and her kiddos (and not be alone with just the two boys on my birthday.) When I got to her house I noticed lots of minivans on the street. You know what minivans all together means? Moms all together. The boys and I went inside to find some WONDERFUL ladies from church as well as my fabulous neighbor and all of their kids. Katie greeted me by saying, "Your hubby wanted to bless you with a party on your birthday. He's sorry he can't be here." What a blessing it was. We had a picnic (my favorite!) in her basement and the kids chaotically ran around all morning while I enjoyed the sweet (oft-interrupted) fellowship of some of my favorite new friends. During our picnic, they prayed for me and shared with me some encouragement on how they have seen God at work in my life. What a birthday gift to have people shed some light on how they've seen God work in you the past year of your life. Ben was so kind to think of this idea and humbly admits that Katie ran with his idea to make it the success it was. (Thanks, Katie, for helping Ben bless me!)
I came home from Katie's feeling SO LOVED by my husband. I was already more blessed than I could have imagined. But there was more....
We planned on going to Red Robin for supper that night since I had a free Birthday Burger coming :) When we got there our neighbors were there to join us--another surprise. Fun times! We have so much fun with our neighbors, our kids adore each other, and we laugh laugh laugh! My mom also met us there which made it even more fun (but I knew that was going to happen!) The boys hadn't seen my parents in like 6 weeks so they were ecstatic.
We came home stuffed to the gills and enjoyed opening a ton of presents from my parents. They continue to spoil me rotten! We were all too full for cake and it was late so we got the boys to bed and headed there ourselves. As for Ben's gift to me, remember how he said to have my phone with me all day and check the email. It ended up being a series of emails and texts that said, "Would you like to have a sculpted image for your birthday?" After I got all of the clues I was thinking, "Are you serious? He got me a statue? He knows I don't like things that sit around. Why did he get me a statue?" Just then I got an email that told me to look in his suit coat pocket because he thought he left something in there. Inside I found a certificate to the Sculpted Image Day spa for a 1 hour massage. HOORAY! I called him immediately and asked if I could redeem it right then or if he thought the boys were too young to take care of themselves ;) This husband of mine was thinking about me a lot--boy he sure was wanting to bless me (and it was working!)
I went to bed so happy, so blessed, so thankful for a husband who took time to think of me...to go over the top in blessing me...to make my birthday awesome. It was a selfless display of love!
But it doesn't stop there. Saturday morning Ben had a meeting with guys from church. When he came home he took Caleb and I to the bowling alley near our house for a couple games of bowling. We had so much fun teaching Caleb how to bowl. It was a sweet family fun time (even though Elliott stayed home with Grandma.) My goal in bowling is always to break 100--I only got 99 but it was still a great time. The rest of the afternoon we just chilled and relaxed. Ben called me upstairs mid afternoon and was all serious and said, "I know we've never had to cross this bridge in our marriage before...." My heart sank. I had no idea what was coming next.... "But I just don't want you to take off your birthday celebration mode yet. There's still more coming." Phew. That I can deal with. So what was next?
At 5:30 the doorbell rang and one of my favorite families from church stood there and shouted "Happy Birthday." Before long we had a house full with 20 guests (3 families that are very dear to us) and were on our way to having a BBQ. The weather was awesome. We grilled out brats (from Fareway--MY FAVORITE--what a treat since we don't ever get them anymore since nobody around here makes them quite the same), hotdogs for the kids, and gabbed while the kids played in the backyard. It was a blast.
If you didn't pick up the theme--Ben pulled surprise after surprise on me that included other people. I love being with people and he knew this would bless me. He worked so hard in advance to show me he loved me. Isn't he the best? I mean seriously, I had 4 birthday celebrations? FOUR! It was one of, no, the best birthday I can remember. It was perfect--the celebrations weren't extravagant, just filled with people I love. The people didn't lavish gifts on me--they just encouraged me with the Truth of God's word. My husband didn't need to prove his love to me--he just demonstrated it very effectively. I am not deserving of all these good things--yet God gives us ALL good gifts.
Thank you, Ben, for loving me. Thank you for selflessly seeking to bless me. Thank you for going over the top. You made all my "birthday dreams" come true! I'd say you've redeemed yourself as far as birthdays go. You're the best! I love you.
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them." Psalm 127:3-5
March 20, 2009
March 12, 2009
Elliott--6 month update
It seems impossible to us that Mr. Elliott has graced us with his presence for a little over 6 months. We thought it would be fun to share an update on Elliott and all he is doing at this stage (and also get it recorded somewhere before it slips away!)
Weight: 15lbs 6.4oz (13th percentile--I know, I know, you're intimidated by his size!)
Length: 26.5 inches
What he's doing: rolling everywhere, sitting up by himself, scooting backwards which leaves him very frustrated because the toys suddenly get out of reach, eating baby food (well supposed to be eating, see below...), jabbering all of the time which usually turns into loud screams which may or may not indicate anything depending on the look on his face
Favorite food: Sweet Potatoes...and by favorite I mean the ONLY food he will open his mouth for to allow in though we try green beans, peas, rice cereal, squash, applesauce, and pears regularly. The rest of the food involves gagging, spitting "raspberries", pursing his lips shut so you couldn't jam a spoon in if you tried, or whining. Eating is not his preferred activity unless there are yummy sweet potatoes on the spoon!
Here he is gagging on peas:
Schedule: Eats at 8, 12, 4 & 8. Naps from 10ish to 12ish and then again from 2ish to 4ish. Sometimes he cat naps in the early evening. And we're still working on the night...pray for Elliott and us as we don't know what else to try and are just trying to trust the Lord with this too.
Favorite toy: Doesn't matter as long as he can put it in his mouth.
Exhibit A: Curious George.
Exhibit B: Corn on the cob.
He loves his exersaucer and Caleb's Little People Town too.
What makes him laugh?: Being tickled, riding on Daddy's head, Caleb talking to him, Mommy singing silly songs.
What makes him mad?: Mommy not coming in to feed him in the middle of the night, laying on the floor for too long because he wants to sit all of the time now, not being able to reach toys, people trying to feed him anything other than milk or sweet potatoes
Favorite activity: Bath Time--he's a splasher!
Teeth: not so much.
Mood: Happy! We are praying that the joy he exudes right now would continue all of his days. What a blessing!
Elliott -- 6 months
February 16, 2009
Caleb's Shenanigans
We have a crafty little boy on our hands, folks! Here is some of Caleb's sharpness shining through. Now if only we could harness this sharpness in terms of biblical wisdom we'd be set for life!
On Saturday we put Caleb down for a nap. An hour and a half later I went up there to check on him and he was still wide awake. I walked in there and he smiles at me and says, "Caleb wake up." I said, "No you didn't wake up, you never went to sleep." He sheepishly said, "No." Then he cocked his head to the side and very sweetly and pleadingly said, "Caleb get up from nap. Caleb go to bed early."
Then on Sunday Ben was walking Caleb down the hall to children's church/nursery. Caleb has recently been an all-star about going to nursery. (This in itself is a HUGE improvement, friends! A year ago he would scream the entire time he was in nursery.) Anyhow, he still puts up the "I don't want to go to class" talk even though he has joyfully gone in without even a fuss the last 3 times. Praise the Lord for working in him. So Ben was walking him down the hall and there is a strict policy about wellness in our church (for good reasons!) Caleb looks at Ben and puts one finger up his own nose and says, "Caleb not go to class. Caleb hab booders." (boogers) He went to class.
This morning, I was feeding Elliott and reading Caleb books. All of a sudden Caleb gets out a book, starts licking his finger and turning the pages. Then he looks at me and says, "Caleb do it wike Mommy!" As if that wasn't enough to make me double over in laughter, we get to a part in the book that says, "Bear growls and grumbles" and Caleb says, "Bear grumble just wike Caleb. Grumble sin."
I love this kid!
On Saturday we put Caleb down for a nap. An hour and a half later I went up there to check on him and he was still wide awake. I walked in there and he smiles at me and says, "Caleb wake up." I said, "No you didn't wake up, you never went to sleep." He sheepishly said, "No." Then he cocked his head to the side and very sweetly and pleadingly said, "Caleb get up from nap. Caleb go to bed early."
Then on Sunday Ben was walking Caleb down the hall to children's church/nursery. Caleb has recently been an all-star about going to nursery. (This in itself is a HUGE improvement, friends! A year ago he would scream the entire time he was in nursery.) Anyhow, he still puts up the "I don't want to go to class" talk even though he has joyfully gone in without even a fuss the last 3 times. Praise the Lord for working in him. So Ben was walking him down the hall and there is a strict policy about wellness in our church (for good reasons!) Caleb looks at Ben and puts one finger up his own nose and says, "Caleb not go to class. Caleb hab booders." (boogers) He went to class.
This morning, I was feeding Elliott and reading Caleb books. All of a sudden Caleb gets out a book, starts licking his finger and turning the pages. Then he looks at me and says, "Caleb do it wike Mommy!" As if that wasn't enough to make me double over in laughter, we get to a part in the book that says, "Bear growls and grumbles" and Caleb says, "Bear grumble just wike Caleb. Grumble sin."
I love this kid!
February 12, 2009
Random Fact of the Day....
Elliott weighs 4 oz. LESS today at 5 months than Caleb weighed at 2 months. (Read 14lbs 6oz VS. 14 lbs 10oz.) Try that on for size!
February 6, 2009
January 19, 2009
Long time, no see!
Wow! I can't believe it's been over a month since I've posted anything. Time has flown for sure. We had a delightful Christmas though it required lots of traveling here, there and everywhere. We especially enjoyed the simplicity of our extended family Christmas celebrations--no big gift exchange just simply enjoying conversation and fellowship with each other. It brought me MUCH joy to see Caleb pick up where he left off with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. He thoroughly enjoyed interacting with them which made his mom and dad very happy!
We are enjoying our little boys more than ever. Everyday I'm pretty sure they are cuter and smarter and funnier. Caleb has turned into a little pretender. Elliott has revealed that he wants to be heard--he'll "jabber" and make noises loudly while he's playing in his bouncy seat. I would summarize them both as delightful these days!
So what's new with each of them?
Caleb is loving to pretend--he likes to play pizza delivery with mom (funny thing, too, because I'm pretty sure we've never had pizza delivered to our house!) He likes to play doctor--he pretends he's his friend Tali and I'm the doctor. He will tell me he fell of and bonked his head--"Wike Humpty Dumpty!" He is still in love with his farm toys. He pretends each room of our house is a different field, the living room is beans, the toy room is wheat, the family room is corn. He will drive the combines all over the room "picking" the crop and then drive his tractor and wagon next to it to empty the hopper into the wagon. When he is all done, he'll drive his machines into the canvas box where we store them (their "shed") and say "Doodnight Combine! Doodnight tractor 'n green John Deere wagon!" My favorite pretend scenario was this one from last week:
"Mommy, may I Taywub peese hab that buck buck (bucket)?"
Sure Caleb, here you go.
"Fanks Mommy.....in case I pit (spit) up."
Runs into the other room, grabs a block, pretends it's an onion and pretends to eat it. Then he fake pukes in the bucket and runs to the bathroom and dumps it in the toilet and flushes while yelling:
"Taywub pit up. Fush down pah-dee. Bye bye pit up."
Then he literally just dropped the bucket on the floor and kept on playing with his toys like it never happened. Meanwhile I was in the kitchen rolling on the floor with laughter at how funny it was!
He has been healthy for a few weeks now--we had one crazy high fever after Christmas but nothing since then and it is so nice to see my little man's personality as it is instead of masked by the yuckiness of high fevers and how awful it makes him feel. Praise the Lord for a healthy few weeks! We do have to go see a specialist tomorrow to get something checked out that he's had since birth. I'll update more on that tomorrow after the appointment.
Caleb is SO hilarious. Everyday he says new phrases or words that I've never heard him say that make him sound so grown up. For example, "Oh doodness. My Taywub's i-peem-poem (ice cream cone) fall off. Oh bumma!" {That was a pretend situation as well.}
Or there was the situation when he decided to pretend my cell phone was a boat in a cup of water. OOPS! As I was lamenting to him that my phone was broken and oh no what are we going to do he says, "Mommy, go to store and buy new phone." I said, "Caleb, we can't just go to the store and buy a new one, phones cost money and we don't have that much money to just buy a new one." He replies after a brief moment of pondering, "Mommy go to store. Hab Taywub's piggy bank. Use Taywub's peemees (pennies) buy new phone." I have no idea how he even got the concept of money--we've never even told him that his pennies could buy things at the store. What a generous boy! By the way, he didn't get in trouble for that incident. He had no idea that dunking it in water would cause it to break and I was the one who let him hold my phone in the first place.
Caleb's newest achievement is putting together puzzles. My mom sent a puzzle for him the mail a couple of weeks ago. I kind of scoffed when I saw it thinking, "Caleb is HORRIBLE at puzzles." We have many puzzles and it seriously makes me want to pull my hair out when I do them with him because he has NO concept of how to place the pieces or move them slightly. He just didn't ever get them. Sure he can do peg puzzles but jigsaw puzzles (even the ones that say for 18 months) that have 4 pieces--he cannot get. But I showed him the puzzle anyway. I knew he'd like it because it had construction equipment on it. He did! And let me just say that he became instantly obsessed with it. It took 2 or 3 times of me helping him put it together and he could do it. Now he can do it completely by himself in like 30 seconds. This morning I got out the old puzzles and he did awesome at those as well. Here are some pictures of him doing his new one:
(P.S. I am in love with these wooden jigsaw puzzles--they were just what he needed to figure it out! They are sturdy and really helped him get the concept easier than the cardboard thin ones. I highly recommend them!)
Now for my Mr. Elliott. He is so delightful. He giggles and laughs at anything, nothing, and some strange things--Daddy coughing, Mommy making her lips pop, Caleb doing anything. He is ALMOST rolling over but not quite. He is quickly learning to sit unassisted. He grabs at anything you put in front of him and puts it immediately to his mouth. He is working on a tooth. He is figuring out how to use his left thumb as a soother. He would rather stand in your lap then sit in it. He looks like a baby bird because he always has his mouth wide open--either to smile or to try and get something in his mouth. He still is not sleeping through the night after an agonizing week of letting him cry it out with absolutely no progress. He still wants that 3:30 feeding, much to his mother's dismay. With our pediatrician's advice in mind (she originally told us to give it a try but then said if it wasn't working after a week that we should not force it), we are waiting another month or two until we try that again and hopefully we won't have to. Hopefully he will do it on his own. Here's hoping...
He is SO tiny! He was 13 lbs 15 oz at his 4 month check up--25% for all you numbers folk. We about peed our pants when we heard that stat. Caleb has never been below 75% for anything in his entire life--and the 75% was a rarity. He is usually riding on the 90-95% mark. So Elliott is just a teeny tiny babe. As a matter of fact, on Thursday of last week he wore without a problem the outfit that Caleb wore home from the hospital at 2 days old. Hilarious!
He still loves his daytime naps during and falls asleep so easy. The routine is that I bring him upstairs, swaddle him up (with one arm out!), give him his pacifier, sing him a verse or two of a song and put him down. The whole process takes about 3 minutes. When I put him down he is drowsy but sometimes (even after only a verse) he will already have his eyes shut. It's like I couldn't have laid him down awake if I tried. Anyway, it's such a joy to put him down for a nap--no fighting involved! He's like his momma--he'll take any opportunity he can to catch some winks! Did you know when I was little I would tell my parents that it was time for me to go to bed and ask them to please come tuck me in in a few minutes--no lie! This week he has started waking up from naps super early so I'm having to let him cry it out in the middle of naps but I'm thankful that he doesn't cry at the start of them. Praise the Lord for that extreme kindness!
Here are a few pictures of or littlest man:
(he's trying to suck his thumb in this one!)
And for the finale, here is a shot of the both of them taken right before Christmas:
We are enjoying our little boys more than ever. Everyday I'm pretty sure they are cuter and smarter and funnier. Caleb has turned into a little pretender. Elliott has revealed that he wants to be heard--he'll "jabber" and make noises loudly while he's playing in his bouncy seat. I would summarize them both as delightful these days!
So what's new with each of them?
Caleb is loving to pretend--he likes to play pizza delivery with mom (funny thing, too, because I'm pretty sure we've never had pizza delivered to our house!) He likes to play doctor--he pretends he's his friend Tali and I'm the doctor. He will tell me he fell of and bonked his head--"Wike Humpty Dumpty!" He is still in love with his farm toys. He pretends each room of our house is a different field, the living room is beans, the toy room is wheat, the family room is corn. He will drive the combines all over the room "picking" the crop and then drive his tractor and wagon next to it to empty the hopper into the wagon. When he is all done, he'll drive his machines into the canvas box where we store them (their "shed") and say "Doodnight Combine! Doodnight tractor 'n green John Deere wagon!" My favorite pretend scenario was this one from last week:
"Mommy, may I Taywub peese hab that buck buck (bucket)?"
Sure Caleb, here you go.
"Fanks Mommy.....in case I pit (spit) up."
Runs into the other room, grabs a block, pretends it's an onion and pretends to eat it. Then he fake pukes in the bucket and runs to the bathroom and dumps it in the toilet and flushes while yelling:
"Taywub pit up. Fush down pah-dee. Bye bye pit up."
Then he literally just dropped the bucket on the floor and kept on playing with his toys like it never happened. Meanwhile I was in the kitchen rolling on the floor with laughter at how funny it was!
He has been healthy for a few weeks now--we had one crazy high fever after Christmas but nothing since then and it is so nice to see my little man's personality as it is instead of masked by the yuckiness of high fevers and how awful it makes him feel. Praise the Lord for a healthy few weeks! We do have to go see a specialist tomorrow to get something checked out that he's had since birth. I'll update more on that tomorrow after the appointment.
Caleb is SO hilarious. Everyday he says new phrases or words that I've never heard him say that make him sound so grown up. For example, "Oh doodness. My Taywub's i-peem-poem (ice cream cone) fall off. Oh bumma!" {That was a pretend situation as well.}
Or there was the situation when he decided to pretend my cell phone was a boat in a cup of water. OOPS! As I was lamenting to him that my phone was broken and oh no what are we going to do he says, "Mommy, go to store and buy new phone." I said, "Caleb, we can't just go to the store and buy a new one, phones cost money and we don't have that much money to just buy a new one." He replies after a brief moment of pondering, "Mommy go to store. Hab Taywub's piggy bank. Use Taywub's peemees (pennies) buy new phone." I have no idea how he even got the concept of money--we've never even told him that his pennies could buy things at the store. What a generous boy! By the way, he didn't get in trouble for that incident. He had no idea that dunking it in water would cause it to break and I was the one who let him hold my phone in the first place.
Caleb's newest achievement is putting together puzzles. My mom sent a puzzle for him the mail a couple of weeks ago. I kind of scoffed when I saw it thinking, "Caleb is HORRIBLE at puzzles." We have many puzzles and it seriously makes me want to pull my hair out when I do them with him because he has NO concept of how to place the pieces or move them slightly. He just didn't ever get them. Sure he can do peg puzzles but jigsaw puzzles (even the ones that say for 18 months) that have 4 pieces--he cannot get. But I showed him the puzzle anyway. I knew he'd like it because it had construction equipment on it. He did! And let me just say that he became instantly obsessed with it. It took 2 or 3 times of me helping him put it together and he could do it. Now he can do it completely by himself in like 30 seconds. This morning I got out the old puzzles and he did awesome at those as well. Here are some pictures of him doing his new one:
(P.S. I am in love with these wooden jigsaw puzzles--they were just what he needed to figure it out! They are sturdy and really helped him get the concept easier than the cardboard thin ones. I highly recommend them!)
Now for my Mr. Elliott. He is so delightful. He giggles and laughs at anything, nothing, and some strange things--Daddy coughing, Mommy making her lips pop, Caleb doing anything. He is ALMOST rolling over but not quite. He is quickly learning to sit unassisted. He grabs at anything you put in front of him and puts it immediately to his mouth. He is working on a tooth. He is figuring out how to use his left thumb as a soother. He would rather stand in your lap then sit in it. He looks like a baby bird because he always has his mouth wide open--either to smile or to try and get something in his mouth. He still is not sleeping through the night after an agonizing week of letting him cry it out with absolutely no progress. He still wants that 3:30 feeding, much to his mother's dismay. With our pediatrician's advice in mind (she originally told us to give it a try but then said if it wasn't working after a week that we should not force it), we are waiting another month or two until we try that again and hopefully we won't have to. Hopefully he will do it on his own. Here's hoping...
He is SO tiny! He was 13 lbs 15 oz at his 4 month check up--25% for all you numbers folk. We about peed our pants when we heard that stat. Caleb has never been below 75% for anything in his entire life--and the 75% was a rarity. He is usually riding on the 90-95% mark. So Elliott is just a teeny tiny babe. As a matter of fact, on Thursday of last week he wore without a problem the outfit that Caleb wore home from the hospital at 2 days old. Hilarious!
He still loves his daytime naps during and falls asleep so easy. The routine is that I bring him upstairs, swaddle him up (with one arm out!), give him his pacifier, sing him a verse or two of a song and put him down. The whole process takes about 3 minutes. When I put him down he is drowsy but sometimes (even after only a verse) he will already have his eyes shut. It's like I couldn't have laid him down awake if I tried. Anyway, it's such a joy to put him down for a nap--no fighting involved! He's like his momma--he'll take any opportunity he can to catch some winks! Did you know when I was little I would tell my parents that it was time for me to go to bed and ask them to please come tuck me in in a few minutes--no lie! This week he has started waking up from naps super early so I'm having to let him cry it out in the middle of naps but I'm thankful that he doesn't cry at the start of them. Praise the Lord for that extreme kindness!
Here are a few pictures of or littlest man:
(he's trying to suck his thumb in this one!)
And for the finale, here is a shot of the both of them taken right before Christmas:
December 16, 2008
Happy Baby
Elliott is one of the happiest babies we know. He can be starving, exhausted, and cold and still be cooing and smiling. He's had a very upset tummy the last couple of days but you would never know it by his demeanor. We praise God for the joy the he exudes.
Elliott has recently been falling in love with Caleb. Even when Caleb is across the room paying no attention to him Elliott will smile. Here are some pictures of Caleb doing goofy things to make Elliott smile. It worked :)
Caleb flapping his finger back and forth on his lips to make a funny noise:
The result:
Elliott has recently been falling in love with Caleb. Even when Caleb is across the room paying no attention to him Elliott will smile. Here are some pictures of Caleb doing goofy things to make Elliott smile. It worked :)
Caleb flapping his finger back and forth on his lips to make a funny noise:
The result:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)