and this is what we do
Apr 24
A couple weeks ago mister man moved to his “big boy bed”. The transition went amazingly well. We talked it up for a week or so, telling him about all of his friends that are in twin size beds now, so he was prepped. Then one afternoon we all went to the mattress store and […]
Feb 05
Um. Ooops. It’s been almost a year since I updated the blog. Oh well…. Maybe this will make up for it: Watch the video here. Matt: What did God say to Noah? Eli: Build an ark! Matt: Why? Eli: There’s a storm comin’! There’s a storm comin’! Matt: Who lived on the ark? Eli: Animals. […]
Mar 10
One of my greatest fatherly accomplishments of the last couple weeks was teaching Eli the difference between trucks and airplanes, and the fact that even though airplanes have wheels, they don’t actually drive on the ground like trucks do. Here he is showing how he flies his red airplane. The sounds he makes are either […]
Mar 05
Eli’s new car seat came in a box – a fairly decent sized box. What does any kid do with a new box? He makes a fort out of it. Of course, Eli isn’t capable of making forts yet so mom and dad helped him. His new car seat box clubhouse is one of his […]
Mar 04
Once Eli turned a year old he was cleared by the doc to graduate to a forward facing car seat. It’s been wonderful, for him and for us. Now we don’t have to perform a contortionist event to feed him Cheerios while driving down the interstate at 70 miles per hour. Eli likes looking forward […]
Mar 03
Remember that E*Trade commercial where the guy’s playing the lottery and loses? The baby turns and says, “I wanna show you something. It’s my shocked face”. This is Eli’s version: Not sure what he’s shocked about.
Feb 23
A few months ago Eli said his first word, which was “hot”. His first word was “hot” because he would always crawl towards the oven and try to clamber up inside it, and we would say “No Eli, that’s hot”. Then we’d scoot him back, and he’d cry. The same thing would happen with the […]
Feb 04
Eli has learned how to say goodbye. It’s a little hit and miss on the timing, but when he gets it right it’s super cute. If you can’t see the video, click here to watch.
Feb 03
We had a fun weekend celebrating Eli’s birthday with family and friends. Thanks to everyone who helped us remember Eli’s first year and for all the love and support you’ve shared with us over the last 12 months. One of Eli’s favorite books that he has loved since he was just a little guy is […]
Jan 26
As I’m sitting here writing this tonight I’m remembering that exactly 1 year ago to the minute I was running around the house like a madman throwing things in the car while this was going on upstairs. Looking back, in that moment, I could not have imagined that Elijah was less than an hour of […]
