Our Family: Recent Developments

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Elijah:

Has mastered the cutest smile ever. When he is super excited he sticks his tongue way out and smiles from ear to ear. This weekend, he was complimented for "smiling with his eyes." His smile is definitely addicting
Is SO close to rolling over on his own!! I took a video tonight of him rocking from side to side each time getting closer to the goal. Its not going to be much longer before he's on his tummy.
Finally tolerates tummy time. After his workout rolling from side to side, I rolled him over and he did OK with it and allowed me to take a few pictures even!
Love to have long loud conversations with whoever will listen. He also will sit and scream in conversation mode and most often this occurs while Alex is in bed sleeping.

Alex:

Has mastered playing his first board game (something his mom and dad are quite proud of!)
Is improving daily in full conversation. His language continues to amaze us. We're seeing how much he looks up to us and our conversations, by the parroting that he does with our phrases. His most recent phrases are, "uh, nothing" "or something" "last week" "a long time" and many more.
Loves being a big brother and often has quick conversations with Elijah that get them both excited and giggly!
Enjoys being Mom's "Super Helper" and helps complete chores and get things for us to the best of his ability.

Mom and Dad

Find their love for their children growing each day, its amazing how much love a person is capable of. Before having Elijah we feared taking love away from Alex for Elijah, but realize now that is far from the truth, your love continues to grow!
Are proud of their children beyond any words.
Have found their energy banks dwindling and could really use a nice long nap, or ten.

Here is just a sample of what our busy last week or so have brought us: