Elijah is cruising on furniture and beginning to stand for short periods of time on his own. He loves to hold our fingers and walk around the house. He laughs at his big sister all of the time and wants to crawl after her where ever she goes! He says mam, dog, cat, car, and woof. He also does some baby sign language. (more, eat, milk, and all done). He can say dada but would rather call Matt mama. However, Elijah is a daddy's boy from the minute daddy walks through the door! Elijah is a very picky eater! He has some texture issues as well, but we are starting to figure out what he does like!
Mattie is going to preschool and she loves it! Her school time allows Mama and Elijah to go to Kindermusik and have some one on one time together! Mattie tells me she eats and plays at school. She did tell me a story about going to time out last week. The teachers did not tell me she told on herself! Kinda cute. She was throwing the mulch on the playgroud so it could have been worse! We are also doing school at home on the days she does not go to preschool. She knows that when Elijah goes to his first nap time we get the school items out and have some fun! Mattie still LOVES to read so we check out library books weekly! Recently Mattie was a flower girl at her cousin's wedding. She did a great job! She did so good that she even threw more flowers down the isle on her way OUT of the church. She was too cute as you could all imagine!
We recently went to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Hilton Head. The kids loved them both! They enjoyed some time at the beach. They loved the sand but not the ocean! I will post those pictures soon.
We are excited about the fall! Mattie is going to be a "Pink Princess" and Elijah is going to be a frog Prince for Halloween. We hope to avoid all unsafe candy as I will be carrying my own stash when we go show off our costumes! Mattie is so excited! We are also excited about Elijah's first birthday! What a first year it has been! He has had many health issue hurdles, but with a great pediatrician's office and prayers we have made it thru it all! Look for more updates soon!
