Catch up

Wow, it has been a while since I posted. The summer is almost gone already. I've been busy with my new job along with everything else.

Fourth of July weekend we went to my parents house and Elijah got to see his cousins from Indiana that we don't get to see very often. They played in the water and Elijah got to see lightening bugs (which later he was calling "yellow ants").

Elijah is getting so big. At the beginning of the summer he started talking in sentences, which I thought I would never get used to. It surprised me everytime he said something. But now, of course, it doesn't phase us. Although he cracks me up with some of things he says. We got rid of his booster seat at the table and I said, "Now you have a big boy chair!" And later he said, "Mama, you have a gurl chair?" He's lost almost all the little kid chub that they have on their hands and legs. I love watching him get bigger and understand things. Even though the constant "why" asking drives me nuts sometimes. Well, the next big boy thing is potty training...ugh.

Brave Little Boy

The last week and a half has been rife with air conditioner drama. Working, not working, thought it was fixed, it wasn't, found a leak, needs to be replaced, need a permit to get a crane to put it on the roof, no we don't, found the broken part... Anyway, you get the point...drama.  Elijah has been extremely good during this whole sitting in a 90 degree apartment waiting for the repairmen to get there. He did get a heat rash that if my husband weren't a pediatrician, I would have taken him to the doctor for because it looked pretty nasty. But it didn't seem to bother him too much and he loves running around in just his diaper.

Aside from all that, Elijah has been demonstrating his bravery and independence.  On Thursday night, we went to Micah's boss' house for a little pitch-in.  His boss has two HUGE, sweet dogs.  Elijah loves dogs and goes "woo woo"(that's woof woof) everytime we pass a dog or hear a dog out the window.  But the back of these dogs were taller than Elijah standing up so we weren't sure how he would react to them.  Once I put him down, he ran right over to one of the dogs and started petting him and rubbing his head on him.  Towards the end of the night he tried to climb on top of one of them who was laying down on the floor. The only time he got a little scared is when the dog barked, but he didn't cry, he just wanted me to pick him up for a minute. He also didn't like it when the dog tried to take some food out of his hand.

Yesterday the heat broke a little so we went to the park.  Elijah played in the sandbox for a long time, he loves it! Then we played on the playground a little bit. When he gets to the top of the slide, he holds his arms out for me to help him down. I did the first time and then the second time I let go half way down.  Oh my, his face! It lit up like you would not believe. Then he wanted to go down over and over all by himself. He was so excited and having so much fun, I wish I had had my camera to capture that little face so full of excitment.

Happy New Year!

I've been working on the "obligitory New Year post" for a week or so and I've decided it's just crap. All this reflecting on the year and making resolutions for the next year, I've never been a fan. This year has been both good and bad, just like every year is (although this year had more extremes). Good bye 2009 and don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out! That's how I feel about it. But just to give you warm fuzzies, here's some good stuff from the year:

• Welcomed our healthy, beautiful baby boy
• Celebrated 5 years of marriage (and 10 years of togetherness) with my hubby
• Lost 35 pounds. Yeah, you can all give me dirty looks. 28 pounds of that was baby weight and the other 7 lbs, I have 2 explainations: 3rd floor walk-up and unemployment, neither of which I recommend
• Turned 30 years old and it was actually pretty awesome
• Got a job!!!
• We were able to travel and people traveled to us so that Elijah could meet almost all of his aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents and great-grandma (and great aunts and uncles and second cousins...)
• I read several books this year. For fun. And this was even before I lost my job. (Hurray Reading and Eating Ladies!)

Haircut

So we got tired of trying to hold the little bugger while also cutting his hair, so we went to the professionals yesterday. Little did I know that this kids salon was located at a shopping mall. ACK! It was crazy, but we made it and he has a handsome little haircut now. I think the professionals are much better at hitting a moving target than we are.There was much crying after this point, so to preserve his dignity, there are no crying pictures.

Red eyes but cool hair.

He likes it now