Voting

Today Eli and I went and did our civic duty by voting. This was my first time voting and I felt proud. Eli woke up at 5:30 this morning so I decided to feed him and then go vote. It worked out perfectly because he fell back asleep while waiting in line. We got to the poll a little before 7:00 and had to wait outside. Eli was in his winter jacket, wrapped in a blanket, in his carseat, in the stroller with the cover. He was snuggled so warm he fell right asleep. Which was great because we had to wait outside for about 50 minutes. I was cold but all I was worried about was Eli. Once we made it inside Eli woke up and wanted out of the stroller. He was very entertaing for everyone in line. He just kept smiling at people and talking. It was too cute. We were there for a little over 90 minutes but it wasn't too bad. It felt good to be doing my part, now the rest is in God's hands.

Eli got an I Voted sticker!!

It Is About Time!!!!

Yesterday Eli rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time!!! He rolled from his tummy to his back for the first time on July 12th and it has taken him this long to finally roll from his back to his tummy. He has been so content to just stay in one place, but lately I have been able to see that he really wants to be on the move. He is trying to crawl but just doesn't have it down yet. And today for the first time he tried rolling away from me when I was changing his diaper. I guess I should consider myself lucky that he has laid perfectly still for me while I have changed his diaper for 9 months.

November Already?

I can't beleive it is already November. Especially since it is so warm out. I am so excited for this month. Baby Sunjay will be born, I am hosting my first family holiday :-), and this means we are closer to Christmas. October was a great month too. Eli has grown and changed so much. Here are a few milestones from October.

• got his 3rd tooth
• makes the sounds for ma, da, wa and ba
• says dada
• goes from sitting to hands and knees
• trys to crawl
• has mastered the finger thumb technique
• waves
• makes the wa wa sound while rubbing his hand over his mouth
• bangs 2 toys together
• loves to stand
• loves to walk with our hands
• can balance himself standing for a short time
• is sleeping through the night again :-)
• mastered the sippy cup
• has moved on to stage 2 foods

Eli is such a sweetie. He still loves to cuddle with me. Very rarely does he reach to get down to the floor. I am sure once he learns to move he will want to be down more. I will be fine with that as long as I still get to cuddle with him.

Eli's first Halloween!

Yesterday was Eli's first Halloween and it was awesome. Since Eli isn't old enough to go trick or treating we over to my sister Katie's to go trick or treating with the whole family. Katie, Girish, Maya, Tracy, Chris, Grace, Isaac, Lily, Luke, Mike, Me, Eli and Jackie all went trick or treating together. It was so much fun. It was great to have the cousins together and to see all the cute outfits. Eli had a blast. He just rode around in the stroller and looked at everything. It was the perfect Halloween, not to mention the fact that the weather was beautiful. 70 degrees on Halloween :-)

My little Westie

Going Trick or Treating

Our First Halloween as a family!

Lily wanted to walk with Eli, she loves her cousin! (lily was a duck, but never put on the rest of her costume) :-)

Maya 2, Eli 9 months, Lily 2, Grace 6, Luke 3 months, Isaac 4

Happy 9 Months Eli!!

I can't believe my baby is 9 months old already! Where has the time gone. Today I took Eli to his 9 month appointment. He weighs 17lbs 4 oz and is 27 inches. He went from being in the 50% to the 10%, but Dr. Jarvis said that was normal. He only had to get one shot, the flu shot, so that wasn't too bad. Then we went yesterday afternoon to get his 9 month picture (not a good idea after the shot) We did get a few good poses, but he wasn't his normal smiley self. But that is ok. I wasn't too sure I was ready to take down his 6 month pictures. They turned out too cute.

My favorite thing to do is stand!

Trying to crawl

Our New Westie

No we didn't get another dog. Today I took Eli to story hour and he got wear his halloween costume. He sure makes a cute westie! He was definately the cutest kid there. There was an adorable little bumblebee there too. :-)

Eli and Mommy at story hour

Eli and Madeleine

Last night Mike and I carved our pumpkins. It was so much fun. At first Eli was very in to what we were doing, but that didn't last too long. He got to have a teething cooking while we worked until it started to break off. I ended up holding him while I carved our pumpkins. I am really getting good at doing things with only one arm!

Eli and his Pumpkin

My Pumpkin

Mike's Pumpkin

Eli's First Word!!!

It is official, my little boy is a talker. He has been able to make the sounds for ma, ba, and wa for a little while now and the past few days he has made the sound for da. Tonight we finally got a word. While Mike was playing with Eli he said Da Da. It was so cute. Mike said it again and Eli repeated Da Da. It melted my heart. I am so glad that Mike got to hear it too. Otherwise he probably wouldn't have believed me. I am still going to claim that ma was his first sound, but Da Da is officially the first word!!! I can't believe he is talking.