Moving Pictures

May 17th, 2008

Elijah being mischevious:

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Our new Living Room:

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Our new Dinning Room:

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Moved

May 4th, 2008

Hi Everyone!  Sorry for no updates.  We have successfully moved to our new place in Felton, and it is wonderful!  I don’t yet have internet access at the house, but when I do I will post pictures.  Just thought I’d let you all know I am still alive and that everything went well.

More Climbing Adventures

April 23rd, 2008

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Packing up the books

April 17th, 2008

For those of you who don’t know yet, we are moving by the end of this month to Felton.  Nick’s family has blessed us with the opportunity to rent their house since they are moving in with Opa.  Pretty soon Elijah will be growing up in the house that Nick grew up in!  Anyway, I digress.  So last night Nick and I started packing up all our books.  And wow, were there alot.  Here is the finished product:

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But before we were completely done, Elijah noticed that we had created a new “play area” for him and promptly crawled over to check it out:

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He assumed we had done this to create a nice seat for him:

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And also as an interesting tunneling system:

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Good thing I didn’t take a picture of his feet after this… it would have shown you all how long it had been since I dusted the bookshelves. 

Elijah’s Birthday

April 16th, 2008

We had a great party on Sunday, April 13th, for Elijah’s first birthday.  We went down to the beach with family and friends and enjoyed being outside in the beautiful weather.  (Although it did end up getting a little windy!)  I don’t think we could have picked a better place for Elijah’s party, he loved it!  He loved having all the kids around to play with, and so much open space to explore.  He helped the kids dig a hole, went in the ocean, and screamed when I took him out.  Here are just a few pictures from the day, hopefully I will get the video edited soon so I can post that too.  Enjoy!

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Yes, he got a Latin dictionary for his birthday!

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One Year

April 10th, 2008

Then:

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Now:

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Happy Birthday Elijah!

(His party is in a few days… so expect birthday pictures soon!)

Hunger Strikes

April 10th, 2008

My son has been going on hunger strikes these last few days.  He is trying so hard not to be weaned, that he will skip meals just because he refuses to take a bottle!  This really shouldn’t surprise me.  It shouldn’t, but it still does.  Let me tell you a little story to help you understand why I really should not be surprised by this.  Years and years ago, when my mom was potting training me I raised a little trouble myself.  No matter what my mom tried, I refused to be potty trained.  Needless to say, this was very frustrating to her so my dad decided to take over.  We started on a Saturday morning.  He sat me on the toilet and told me I couldn’t get up until I went.  Stubborn little me decided that it was better to sit on the toilet all day than to give in.  So that’s what we did.  We spent all day in the bathroom.  I was so stubborn that I even fell asleep on the toilet!  Mom and Dad put me to bed, and I kept dry all night.  Next morning mom said I just got up, walked into the bathroom, did my business and was potty trained.  All this to say that this week’s hunger strikes should not have surprised me in the least. 

Fun at the pool

April 7th, 2008

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Weaning = Whining

April 7th, 2008

For both me and Elijah.  That’s all I have to say about that.

First Hair Cut

April 4th, 2008

BEFORE:

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AFTER:

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Can you tell the difference?  :)  If not, thats ok.  I didn’t cut off very much… but it still was an all afternoon project!  I had to sneak around with the scissors and get a little chunk off here and there all the while trying to still make it look half-way decent.