Monday, September 29, 2008

2 months old - september 29th, 2008






today elias is officially two months old - it is hard to believe. at his last appointment he weighed 10 pounds 7 ounces. so we are guessing that he weighs about 11 to 11 and a half pounds right now. his second month was less eventful than his first month, which we are thankful for. he is growing like he should and eating better. there are still moments when we have some flare ups, but things are much better.

in month two elias began to chunk up a little bit. he has cooed (not sure if i spelled that right) a lot lately, and he has been smiling like crazy. he still loves to look at lights and ceiling fans (who knew that we didn't really need all the cool toys - just let him look at lights and fans and he is great). we are still trying to develop sleeping patterns, but we do know how to get sleep when we really need it. elias has started to like his swing a lot more. he also likes going for walks in his stroller - thanks to his grandmas.

he's a snuggler - just the way we like it. and in month two he watched his first notre dame and chicago bears football games. he attended his first wedding reception and loved the music and lights. he visited his friend evan when we had dinner at the baker's. he is such a gift and blessing to us. we are so thankful for him. we have some additional pictures that we will try to post soon.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

2 month checkup


even though elias won't be 2 months old for another week or so, we took him in for his two month checkup on friday. everything looked great. he is developing really well according to the doctor, and his growth has also been good. he is 21 1/2 inches long (very short in comparison with other babies, but good for him - and good considering he comes from the ward and spaw families). he also weighed in at 10 pounds 7 ounces - which was a six ounce gain from monday when he weighed 10 pounds 1 ounce. we weren't looking forward to him getting several immunization shots, but besides a little crying he did really well. we will have a full two month update on september 29th with his two month picture.

almost 2 months old...


























Thursday, September 11, 2008

elias loves israel


here is elias playing with some of daddy's israel stuff in his office at church on wednesday night...can't wait to take elias there sometime to see the biblical lands and visit leor and his family!

watching the nd game with mom...


picture of elias with mommy during the notre dame game last week. his daddy really missed him while he was at the game!

Sunday, September 7, 2008

I Love My Dad


(Elias asked his mom to communicate the following message about his dad): To an amazing guy who watches football games with me... reads books to me... takes naps with me...snuggles with me... misses me when he's away and loves me to death. He's my role model, I love him and I'm so glad he's my Dad.

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Friday, September 5, 2008

speechless...


pictures like this just leave us speechless. elias is amazing!

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hanging with dad...


since monday was a holiday, we were able to spend friday together as veg day. i have loaded some pics. the first one is of elias getting ready to watch rudy - in preparation for his first notre dame game tomorrow.

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