2 Months Have Passed

The last 2 months since Adam has joined our family have gone by very fast...so fast that I haven't updated our blog for a month:). Adam is turning out to be a really sweet little boy. He is very alert and strong now. He loves holding his head up and swinging it around to look at everything. He also loves being held and being rocked in his vibrating bouncer seat. I'm grateful that he isn't too fussy since he refuses to take a pacifier. We're loving having this boy in our family.

Below are some pictures of our boys for your viewing pleasure. I think it's hard to get a pictures of a babies that looks exactly like them, but the first picture really captures what Adam looks like when he is calm.



As we were getting ready for church Eli asked if he could hold Adam. I put Adam in his lap and started working on some church stuff at the computer next to the couch. The next thing I hear is Eli opening up the book next to him and reciting 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed to Adam. This was really the first brotherly bonding experience I have observed. It was heartwarming to see a glimpse of the friendship these two will have with each other in the coming years.

Adam's Baby Blessing

June Pictures

Eli, Adam, and Grandma Criddle.

Splish Splash Story Time at the water park with daddy.

These are Eli's friends the Cooper boys.

Eli helped me make the cake for Jake's birthday.

Adam's Birth Pictures

Getting settled in at the hospital.

Just after Adam was born.

Adam with Grandma Criddle.
The boys approve.
Eli is pointing out all the fingers, toes, eyes, ears, and nose on Adam.

Lunch Guests, Crazy Hair, & Belly Shot

Outside of singing and dancing, Eli loves to serve pretend food. A few weeks ago I got out some dishes and his stuffed animals so that he could have "lunch" with them. Below are a few pictures from the event.

We cut Eli's hair two weeks ago. It was getting unruly. A few days before the big trim we gave him a bath and Jake fluffed his hair. Below is the result.


Since I've gotten a few requests for it, I'm posting a belly shot. This picture was taken today at 26 weeks 4 days. I'm feeling pretty good, although I do feel bigger. However, comparing this picture with my 9 month belly picture when I was pregnant with Eli makes me realize that I've still got a lot further to grow. I feel like I'm carrying pretty low with this one. Although I feel him moving around (mostly in the evening), he is a lot quieter in his movements compared to Eli.

Tuesday Morning Playdate

Every Tuesday morning Jake takes the time to go to the park with Eli and me before heading to school. We have our Family Home Evening (or morning) lesson first along with a snack, and then we head over to the park with a bunch of balls. We usually start off playing on the basketball court and then heading over to the playground. We all look forward to this time together.

In this picture (below), Eli is pointing to the colored roof on top of the play structure.

Elmo's Song and New Room

I got the video camera out today hoping to catch Eli singing some songs. His favorite pastime is singing while strumming his guitar (anything can be a guitar...even the egg slicer, a spatula, or a stick he finds on the ground). His current repertoire is the following:

• Elmo's Song
• Hello Everybody
• Shake Your Sillies Out
• The Alphabet
• I Am a Child of God
• I Love to See the Temple
• I've Got a New Way to Walk (Destiny's Child on Sesame Street)
• The Ants Go Marching One by One
• The Wheels On the Bus
• The "N" Lullaby (Sesame Street)
• Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
• The More We Read Together (Tune of Here We Are Together)
  

Unfortunately, I couldn't really get him to perform. Below is my attempt.


In preparing for baby Adam's arrival in June, we moved Eli into his new room with his new "big boy bed" this past weekend. Here is a video of him showing you his room.

Singing

These two videos were taken back in early February. In the first video Eli is singing the alphabet. In the second video he is singing the song "Hello Everybody" from our library story time. He can sing both of these a lot better now since it's a month later, but I can't get him to sit and sing it for me in front of the camera again.

2 Year Pictures

I scanned Eli's 2 year pictures. The quality of the scan isn't great, but you can get the idea. The black and white picture was taken at Jake's brother's wedding.

It's a Boy!

Today we found out that we're having a baby boy. Right now his due date is June 16th, although he was measuring a little ahead of that date in the ultrasound today. I made a video montage of some images from our ultrasound since it was requested by the grandparents.

Dressed to Impress

We inherited a snazzy white suit for Eli passed down from his cousins. We put him in it for church on Sunday, and I think he is adorable in it. Jake was trying to take a video so that we could capture a still shot to put on our blog, but the person being videoed wasn't complying. Attached are the 2 videos he shot.

6 minutes of Eli

We were watching our friends little girl last night and Eli started putting on a performance so we grabbed the camera and taped him to see how long it would go. This is the result. We think some of his best material happened before we started filming but you'll get the idea. Here you go doting aunts and grandmother's: Eli in all his diapered glory.

Roll with It

Eli has a few new tricks that he can do now, and we're really excited about them.

1. Roll his hands
2. Give a high five
3. Put his arms up when you say "touchdown"
4. Run
5. Blow into a recorder

Woohoo kid. Below are his 1 year old pictures. I scanned them in, so the quality isn't great on the first two.

Jabber the Hut