Lucky In Love: 2012

Saturday, December 22, 2012

36 & 37 weeks

Big milestones -

Recently Eli has started waving! He won't do it on demand, though.

He is getting really good at walking with his walker. He will stop and dance to the music just shaking his little booty, HILARIOUS!!! Love this little man.

Eli Walking THE REMIX

Eli has also started saying "Ahh" when you feed him :) Here is a video, be warned, it is adorable.

Special visitors - My mother-and sister-in-law came to visit for Christmas! And Eli has loved getting all this attention. I don't know what he is going to do when they leave :)

Weight - 19.2 lbs - we had to go to the Dr. last week because he had what looked like the pink eye.

Teeth - We have 2 on the bottom and 2 all the way through on the top and 2 more trying to make their way through.

What's new? Eli has started to mimic all of our sounds... one morning last week, when Eli woke up I let out a yawn. And Eli tried so hard to imitate. He went through his repertoire of sounds that he knew, trying to find the one that matched my yawn.

Also, when we laugh, he tries to laugh like us too! He is so stinkin' cute! I love that his personality is uniquely his own.

Eli really really hates getting his diaper changed. Like, as I am writing this now I hear his cries while his daddy is changing him :-(

Pictures of Eli

First school picture!! SO CUTE!!

Cookie in a Jar

Love our late night cuddles - he does sleep in his own bed but he usually falls asleep cuddling with me and Chris moves him

In his super cute rubber ducky robe

Reading with daddy

LOVE my cuddles

Stay Back! I've got this.

"Helping" with breakfast

But I don't want to sit down

Christmas gifts for our neighbors, and Eli helped!

Teething is hard :(

At Aunt Amama's play

Mom and Amelia

It's a Wonderful Life

This is the difference between perception and reality folks.

We shopped till we dropped

We went to visit Meemaw in the nursing home

Eli and Nana

Eli wearing my socks

Debbie's perfect Christmas Village. I dream of having something like this one day!

Guitar with daddy

Snow suit! Getting ready for Tennessee

"Mommy I don't know why you keep taking my picture!" With Aunt Liz

Me and Eli's matching Tom's from my lovely in-laws

Ozones!

Reading with momma mia

Such a big boy!

Friday, December 7, 2012

34 & 35 weeks {8 months}

Big milestones - Eli is letting go while standing more and more.... But as soon as he realizes what he is doing he sits right back down. He is also starting to stand on his knees. It is hard to get a picture of this because he is normally standing on his knees when he is trying to get me to hold him. I love when he tries to climb up my leg saying "mamamama" melts my heart.

Also, Eli knows what I am saying A LOT. Example... I will tell him to follow me while he is crawling around the house, and I tell him to get his passy,... I tell him to give me kisses (and he turns away :(, I guess I give him too many kisses!) And he knows, more, and milk, and water and cookie, ( those are the ones I am trying to teach him the signs for, he doesn't do the signs yet though)

This is Eli listening to mommy

Eli giving "baby kisses"

Teeth - He has 2 on the bottom 1 on the top and 1 on the way up top

Weight - 17.8 lbs according to the bathroom scale.... my little chunky monkey!

Sounds - Eli is discovering all the different noises he can make.... He likes to "whistle" and he has found a new noise he can make in the back of his throat! It is hilarious! Not the cutest noise, but I LOVE his sounds! Along with mamama and dadadada he says "I love you" well, at least his version.... It makes sense that "I love you" would be one of the first things he'd say, we tell him constantly that we love him

Eli saying I LOVE YOU

Eli's Noises - pretty hilarious

Sleeping- Instead of waking up around 5 then going back to sleep after nursing until 8 or 9,... Eli has starting waking up around 6:30 - 7 for the day,... he will rest for about 30 - 45 minutes before being wide awake though.

Schedule - MWF:

7:45 wake up & nurse

8:15 - 9:45 jazzercise

10 - 11 nap

11:15 nurse

11:15 - 12:30 play time

12:30 lunch

1:15 - 2 nap

2:00 my mom comes M&W to pick up Eli

2:15 - 2:30 leave for schools

2:45 - 4 teach tumbling class

4:30 head home

{Eli takes a nap while I am gone from about 4 to 5}

5:00 nurse

5:15 - 7:30 play

7:30 eat dinner

8 bath time

8:30 nurse

8:30 - 9:30 cuddles

Eli is put in his crib awake and usually falls right asleep

Tues & Thurs

The mornings are the same, but I take Eli to preschool from 9 - 1

Then Eli takes a nap from 1 - 2

My mom picks up Eli at 2

I leave around 2:15

I return around 4

The rest of the day is the same

Favorite Food - Eli LOVES animal crackers!

Upgrading to the Convertible Seat -

I am seriously not a fan of the convertible seat...

Does not have a base that you can easily snap in place and remove
I have to carry Eli out to the car like a baby and not like a bag (you know what I mean) I was able to carry Eli, diaper bag, my bag, and a drink in one trip,... now I have to take 2 trips.
Sits him upright so when he falls asleep it looks not as comfortable
When we bought the car seat we should bought a sun blocker too, because I miss the canopy that the infant seat came with

Favorite part of this week -

Christmas Fun -

We Cut Down Our Tree

Our Tree

Our Christmas Tree

We went to my Aunt Meme's Bell Choir

Eli helping trim the tree

Eli and Nanny playing

Visited Santa Clause

Showing Eli his Santa Clause picture

Waking up in Santa's arms

Sweet boy

Before seeing Santa

How is nursing going - Easier now that I make sure to let Eli calm down (if he is excited) before feeding him. If he is too wand up he will bite! And it super super hurts.

Christmas Crafts -