Monday, December 26, 2011

And We Are Back . . . .

Wow, I did not realize it had been quite that long since I updated my blog. Many of you may have thought that I abandoned it all together after having Eli. Well, I can assure that was never my intent but I did kind of get a little to preoccupied to post Smile And I mean preoccupied in a good way by this little guy

I have to admit looking at my blog I am feeling a bit of guilt (the Mom guilt never ends). I was loyal and faithful at blogging my pregnancy and have completely laid down on the job of blogging Eli’s life on the outside world.

I guess since I have fallen a bit behind it is hard to know where to start out at this point. I have had so many people say to me in the past “You think time goes by fast now, just wait till you have kids . . .” Well, I know exactly what they are saying. The last 2 months have flown by. I remember when I went back to work a couple of weeks ago I thought “How did it become winter?” Eli has grown and changed so much and so has our life and routine, in a good way of course.

I realized today that I do not have a “formal” Baby Book to capture everything in and it is almost impossible to remember. HOWEVER I am going to attempt to catch you up . . .

Just finished my 1st bath

1 Month Old

My 1st Thanksgiving

My 1st Facetime (seriously would this have been in the Baby Book).

My 1st Smile (Maybe not the very 1st one).

2 Months Old

Our little man weighed 8 lbs and was 21 inches long at his one month check up and weighed 8 lbs 13 oz when I had to take him in for a quick visit 2 weeks ago. So he is still a smaller guy, but the doctor says he is growing at a good rate. We have his 2 month appointment this Wednesday so I am anxious to see how much he has gained. We have another exciting 1st at the Wednesday appointment, the DREADED 1st shoots. I have been told that these will not be that bad and might just be worse on Mommy than Eli. Prayers requested!!

How is Eli’s disposition? I would have to say that we have been blessed to have a pretty easy going happy baby. He mostly just cries if he is hungry or overly tired. He sleeps pretty good at night we usually just have to wake up 1x to feed him. Of course we have had some bad nights like any new parent and I am sure we will have more. Eli just seems to be so happy and curious. He is still an alert little guy, always looking around and taking everything in. He is smiling and cooing now, which just makes me smile all over Smile We got him started using his swing when he was about 1 month old and he  loves that. I started him on his activity mat this week  and he loves that as well. he just kicks his little legs and tries to touch everything.  So wonderful to watch him learn new things! I can tell now that he recognizes me and Nick and that is such a great feeling. It just warms my heart. Who ever knew that you could love someone so much?! Smile

Now I know some of you are thinking are you not going to tell us about Eli’s 1st Christmas? The answer is yes I am going to in a separate blog. So stay tuned! AND I promise it will not take me 2 months to post it!