Eli - 23 weeks & 24 weeks

We have been non-stop these last two weeks! But we (being me) thrive on busy schedules. 

Here is a summary of what we have been up to:

Rock the Universe at Universal Studios - Chris was one of the chaperone's for our church's trip to Rock the Universe. So Eli and I tagged along! 

On the way down, we made a pit stop in Tallahassee to see our family and help split up the trip. With this stop, Eli probably had about 40 minutes total of upset time during the 8 hour drive, which is pretty dang good. I at least had 50 minutes of upset time during the drive... :) Here is Eli with our cousins Reagan and Kendall (They were so good to us! We had pizza, fruit and homemade cupcakes! And only family would let you do your babies bath time routine :)

 

 Here are some pictures from our Universal Studios Trip

 

Who is this man in the spandex? Either way it didn't seem to phase Eli :) 

 

After visiting Harry Potter World, Christian and I have decided we probably should watch the movies

 

Waiting in line for the Harry Potter ride, that kept breaking. They have a great kid-swap program at Universal Studios... you all wait in line together and then when you get up there they have a special room for you to wait in with the bebe while your man rides then you switch without having to wait in line again... pretty cool. 

Eli's first ride! The only ride that Eli could get on was the Dr. Seuss ride! It was really cute watching him check out all the colors. 

Loving on and dancing with Eli at the concert

Eli's first concert 

The Voelkel's came to visit - 

The Voelkel's came into town for Eli's dedication and John's (Christian's dad) birthday 

Eli loves pickles

Eli and his grandpa

We visited Pensacola 360 while the Voelkel's were in town

Eli wasn't so sure about the ferris wheel, and I wasn't either! I was soo nervous! And I have been bungee jumping. 

Don't let this smile fool you, I am freaking out. 

We also visited Ft. Pickens

Aunt Liz with Eli

Eli and Daddy

Group pic

so beautiful!!

creepy tunnel

   
 Eli's dedication - 

Last Sunday we had Eli dedicated. We had a lot of our family come and show their support! The Voelkel's were in town, and my nanny, Aunt Ramona, cousin Daphne and her baby Hailey came over to Pensacola to show Eli some love! It was so sweet :) We wrote a letter to Eli to mark the event. We are in the process of getting our families signatures. The day got away from us before we remembered to get our family to sign.

     

                         

                                       

Bands on the beach - 

Last Tuesday we went out to the beach for Bands on the Beach with my friend Stefanie, her baby Jameson and her momma. Eli was trying to get to baby J in this picture! It was a beautiful night on the beach. I was walking over to our spot, when Eli spit up all over my leg. Thankfully some guy gave me a water bottle to clean up. 

                                                 

Eli's Preschool - 

I love Eli's preschool. It is such a great program. I hope to keep him in this program until it is time to go to school. 

                                      

                                      

Crafts I want to do - This looks easy and precious. 

                                                       

Park - How cute is Eli? Seriously love my little man. 

                                                     

                                                     

 

Eli loves the park as well 

Lunch with my Landrum buddies - 

Thursday we got to have lunch with some great people!

                                                  

22 weeks {5 months}

Eli is 5 months old today! And he is growing into such a big, happy, fun boy!




I honestly sometimes can't believe that he is my son. He is so special, endearing and perfect, that I can't believe he came from me. But then I look over at his daddy, and know that this is our son.

When Eli wakes up at night (which does still happen even though he sleeps through the night) or wakes up earlier than I would like to get up, I crawl into bed with him in the twin size bed we have in his room. And I love when he wakes up and "pets" my face. Sometimes it is a pull at my face! But most of the time it is just a sweet pet, like I do to him. And it just plain melts my heart. Then he will smile at me so big his pacifier falls out of his mouth! 

I am so blessed.

Big milestone - Eli is mobile! My little buddy can army scoot wherever he wants! I posted this on FB, but it is also here too in case you didn't get to see it!

Eli is also taking "clapping lessons" from daddy, here is a sweet video I took during story time

Looking forward to this weekend – This weekend, actually in about 30 minutes… Eli and I are heading down to Orlando to attend Rock the Universe with some members of our church family! Christian is the boy youth chaperone, and is already down in O-town… so that leaves Eli and I all alone to make the 7 hour journey! I am nervous, but we have a plan! We are going to stop over in Tallahassee to see my aunt, uncle and cousins for a few hours, and then get back on the road closer to Eli’s bed time. So hopefully he will snooze the whole way… I will let you know how that goes! J

Looking forward to this week – Most of you know that I have started a small tumbling company that teaches at afterschool care! And this coming week is our first week of lessons! I am so excited and nervous. I have a little over 30 students, and I have Marcus Pointe interested in adding the program at their school! Right now I am teaching at Episcopal Day School, Little Flower School, Creative Learning Academy and the YMCA (classes tentative here, still working out details – like how to get my equipment up their stairs!) Anyway… if you could please pray for me that would be MORE than appreciated. www.pensacolatumblebugs.com

Special outings – If you get a chance, and are in the Pensacola area, go check out the Lullabies and Mudpies sale going on in Milton! I got 2 bags full of stuff for E, for only $100!! Also, there is a sale at the fairgrounds coming up too! http://www.lullabiesandmudpies.com/

Okay, it is getting close to time for us to leave! Better go get E up from his nap, tank him up and head on out!

Pictures from the week: 

Momma's with their babies! Eli and his 2nd cousin Vivie!

Grandma and great-grandma!

Eli and Vivie playing at Mamaw's surprise party!

Aunt Necie reading "75 Thing we love about you" to Mamaw on her 75th birthday at her surprise party!

Most of the Smith cousins!

Reading about how Obama shouldn't be our president next year with Super Cool - please notice Eli's adorable vest 

Eli and Vivie playing with cousin Nathan 

Win or lose WAR EAGLE! 

What a treat that I got to see my bff!! 

Hurry up and make a baby so they can be Eli's buddy!! xoxo

Sweet baby!

Eli at his first day of preschool! We LOVE FBCCP! His teacher Ms. Lynn was my English teacher in the 7th grade! And I cheered with her daughter Lindsey! So I KNOW he is in loving hands!