Elijah Thomas

Meet Elijah Thomas born on May 2, 2011. He was 8 lbs 15 oz and 21 1/2 in. long. It is now 1 month later and he is already growing fast!

At 1 Month you...

*like laying on your tummy

*music calms you down

*like to watch the ceiling fans

*have started to hold your head up a few seconds at a time

*sleep 4-5 hrs at a time during the night

Boy or Girl?

In less than 4 weeks we get to meet our Sweet Baby Triplett! We've had A LOT of projects going on around the house in preperation for the Wee One. We are finishing our basement and hopefully we'll be moving Teagan into his big boy room very soon! Here's one of the simplier projects I've been working on...burp clothes!
Will Baby T be a boy...

or a girl?

Happy Valentines Day!

I hope everyone had a great Valentines Day! Here are a few pictures from ours...

These are the Valentines for Teagan and his friends. They have a little pocket in them to put a little note and treat. I plan to use Teagan's as he grows up to put little notes of encouragement or a treat of some kind. I'll leave it on his bed or in his pack back as he gets older as a little surprise.

Our Valentines dessert...Red Velvet cupcakes with Heart sprinkles. Teagan picked the sprinkles out...he's really into hearts right now. I guess it's good timing.

All Gone!

He found his M&M's. His favorite candy right now!

My Valentines present from Ryan! More crafting fun!!

18 Months

At 18 months you...
* run, jump with both feet, dance, and walk backwards
* love "peepa" (pizza)
* love anything to do with "choo trains" and Sesame Street
*can recognize the letters "O", "P", and "T"
*are getting more and more independent by putting things where they belong (like your dirty clothes)
*love being daddy's helper on projects around the house
*love to read books, especially your Bible
*have what we like to call the "fancy dance"...whenever upbeat music comes on your feet really get going

Giving Thanks

"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done."
I Chronicles 16:8

A Boy and His Hat

Teagan has really been into hats lately. When he's in our room he always goes to Ryan's tin of hats and picks one out to walk around with. Well, I was in his room pulling clothes to pack when he found this cowboy hat that he had got almost a year ago at his cousins birthday party. He said "Hat" pulled it out and has been playing with it ever since.

This picture also shows his other thing he loves to do...sit on the register while the air is on!

Fishing for Colors

I was looking at Teagan's toys the other day and realized that he didn't really have anything that taught colors. So my crafty/teacher instinct kicked in and I came up with a cute game. Ryan loves to fish so I thought it only fitting to make Teagan his own fishing pole and fish.

There is two of each color so I can fish for a color then Teagan can go fishing for the same one. The other fun thing about this game is that I had all the materials for it already at home except for the dowel rods and the magnets!

Five Years and Counting

Yesterday Ryan and I celebrated our 5 year Anniversary. We've been through a lot in the last 5 years, definitely had our share of ups and downs. God has been with us the whole time and so we were able to celebrate yesterday with joy and more love for each other than when we started our journey together!

To celebrate the day I had suggested a restaurant that I had gone to with some friends. It's called Bamboo (Asian style food) and I thought Ryan would enjoy it. Ryan was so cute and to go with the Asian theme he surprised me and took me to a place called Anderson Japanese Gardens. It is a calm and serene garden surrounding a couple of ponds and a few little waterfalls. We were a little sad because we missed a lot of the plants blooming but it was nice to be able to enjoy some of God's creation Asian style! :)

Big Boy!

So here's the long awaited Birthday pictures. The theme was Curious George and I had a blast planning the party.

Happy Mother's Day!

11 months

Teagan turned 11 months today! I thought this picture would be so cute on our porch with my little wooden bench, but Teagan would not smile for anything. I can't blame him though, I think he's trying to cut more than one tooth right now. He's been very cranky and clingy. In this last month he has gotten another tooth so he's up to 7! He hasn't tried walking by himself yet. He cruises around the furniture and will walk behind a push toy but as soon as we stand him up and let go he sits on his bum! He's starting to sign more now...he will sign "please", "milk", and sometimes "more". This boy loves to eat too. If he sees his snack container or we put him in a high chair or he just sees food that he knows he generally eats he will start freaking out. We are truly shocked about the amount of food he will eat in one sitting. He also loves being outside. When we're not outside he will stand at the window a lot of the time watching the cars go by and saying "vroom," I can't believe that in a month he'll be one! He's such a big boy!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! I know I'm a day late but we had a very busy day yesterday. Although it was busy it was also relaxing and fun. Teagan opened his Easter Basket from us after he got up from his morning nap. He went straight for his little Curious George. He has a big one but because he loved that one so much we decided to get him a little one that he can take with him on trips.

We went to Grammy lunch at my Aunt Merna's (which is something we do almost every Sunday) and we of course had a delicious meal! I don't think Aunt Merna has ever made a bad meal. After lunch the dads hid eggs filled with goodies while the big kids played downstairs. We had so many eggs this year that they started to just toss them around the yard. I wish I would've gotten a picture of it...Ryan was bowling with his! Teagan had his own little section of the yard to look for eggs. He loved crawling around and then shaking the eggs he found.

That evening we went over to Ryan's parents for Easter Supper and another little egg hunt for Teagan and his cousin Addisyn.