Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
On the second day of Christmas...
Christmas night, we drove up to Fresno to celebrate Christmas day, take two with Dustin's family, starting the morning off with eating a frosted Christmas tree of rolls.
I managed to snap yet another picture of baby-crawling-away-from-Christmas-tree.
Elijah continued to be only mildly interested in presents as such.
He did enjoy playing with his new toys, though.
It was the first Christmas without everyone there--Heather, Joel, and Teddy were missed! Skype just isn't the same.
Games were played in the afternoon, with Jason almost beating Dustin at chess.
Elijah liked playing the piano.
We finished the evening with Grandpa and Grandma K. joining us for a delicious Christmas roast.
I managed to snap yet another picture of baby-crawling-away-from-Christmas-tree.
Elijah continued to be only mildly interested in presents as such.
He did enjoy playing with his new toys, though.
It was the first Christmas without everyone there--Heather, Joel, and Teddy were missed! Skype just isn't the same.
Games were played in the afternoon, with Jason almost beating Dustin at chess.
Elijah liked playing the piano.
We finished the evening with Grandpa and Grandma K. joining us for a delicious Christmas roast.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
10 Months
Elijah is now ten months. He loves cruising and crawling and will occasionally practice balancing on his own for a second. He likes to be on the move!
He got his first two teeth and has also mastered drinking from a straw.
He likes all things electronic--computers and phones are his favorites. He likes pushing buttons and seeing what they do.
He still loves his books. Favorite Christmas reads are "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Spot's First Christmas." "Goodnight, Gorilla," "Freight Train," and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" continue to be favorite books. His favorite Christmas song is "Joy to the World," I think because that's the hymn my students were learning over the Christmas season.
He's weaned himself from the pacifier (for months now it has only been offered at naps and bedtime, and now it is strongly rejected). It is good only for chewing on.
He has said, "vroom," "bread," and "dada" appropriately multiple times, although he is not consistent in his language usage. He seems to be on the verge of saying many other words. The other morning I asked him to "Give daddy a kiss," and he turned and did!Monday, December 28, 2009
On the first day of Christmas...
Elijah started off Christmas with the ultimate baby breakfast: water from a cup
and cheerios straight from the box.
He knew we had been holding out on him with our offers of mere handfuls.
Then it was time for pictures under a tree and a nap.
He wisely realized that good napping conditions would be scarce in days to come and settled in for a three hour nap.
Then it was time to open presents!
He liked tearing little bits of paper into tinier bits of paper, but on the whole wasn't too big on the opening presents idea. But thought that all the attention was fun.
After our Christmas morning as a threesome, we headed up to my uncle's to celebrate with my family.
and cheerios straight from the box.
He knew we had been holding out on him with our offers of mere handfuls.
Then it was time for pictures under a tree and a nap.
He wisely realized that good napping conditions would be scarce in days to come and settled in for a three hour nap.
Then it was time to open presents!
He liked tearing little bits of paper into tinier bits of paper, but on the whole wasn't too big on the opening presents idea. But thought that all the attention was fun.
After our Christmas morning as a threesome, we headed up to my uncle's to celebrate with my family.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
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