my best skill yet

look what i can do

look what i can do everybody! i've developed all kinds of skills this week and i can't wait to show them off at christmas. see you soon! xoxoxo-eli

i can hold my toes

i can smile at mommy whenever she asks
i can hold my rattle & suck on it

i can sit in my bumbo all by myself (sort of)

i can hold 2 pens at the same time!

there he is!

like daddy, like boy

mom!!!

MOM! all you ever do is dress me in cute holiday outfits!

...like this ho ho ho outfit

...and the truck carrying the christmas tree

and what is this? is that a reindeer?

alright, i guess the snowman outfit's kinda cute

here comes santa clause

So tonight was the church Christmas party and guess who was there!? That's right- SANTA. Because Santa is a Christian and he visits church parties. DUH! Eli was excited of course to get to sit on Santa's lap so I snapped a few photos as any good mother would so we could remember this momentus day.
(by the way, there was absolutely no crying involved)

Here's Eli practicing his smile for santa.

Eli's big moment on santa's lap.

Proud mommy & daddy.

Tired after all that smiling at church.

face workout

After Eli's nap yesterday he decided to make all kinds of weird faces while blowing bubbles. It was totally hilarious!

nativity update

i have updated a previous post with 2 new pictures. last night i was mary in the "mary & angel scene" with my friend jennifer playing the angel. go check them out! :)

Joy

This is the joy I get to see when Eli wakes up from a nap. What a blessing it is to be home to see this! I love you Matt and thank you for making this possible.

eli telling daddy his christmas list

no room joseph

This weekend at church was the Live Nativity. Last night I was an angel and tonight Matt was 'Joseph at the Inn'. Here he is pictured with a very pregnant Mary (aka Patty) and here I am with the Innkeeper who turned them away (aka William, Patty's husband). So for those of you who followed that logic, the Innkeeper and Mary are married in real life and Matt was the Joseph. Well, we thought it was funny.

hold my head up forever mom!

I would just like everyone to know that this is why my child STILL cannot hold his head up on his own. He would rather sit with his head back than try to use his neck muscles. Hmmm....already taking the easy way out........
(just for the record- he CAN do it on his own, he just won't)

O Christmas Tree

Some of my fondest childhood holiday memories are going to pick out our Christmas tree at the Christmas tree farm in Cave City. I love getting a real tree at Christmas. Since we've lived in Cookeville, Matt & I have gone to this same family farm to get our tree. This year, we got to bring Eli for his first tree hunting adventure. And to make it even more special, my parents and Mema were visiting, and it had snowed that morning! You can see in the pictures the tree I picked out (Eli's wearing his little bear suit), my dad & matt carrying it to the truck, and the final product. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

great grandma visit

My mema (mom's mom) came all the way from Quitaque, TX to see Elijah this past weekend. We had a great time picking out the perfect Christmas tree and listening to matt play his guitar. I'm so glad she got to see him while he's still little.

to sesame street

snow place like home

Eli's wearing "real" pants for the first time!

sleeping with his nuzzy

(the puppy from Aunt Ami)

it's all about the tongue

this is what a 3 month old Eli looks like

It's Thanksgiving in Melber

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Matt's parents house. Matt did work at their new house and Elijah ate and slept just like we were at home. The week flew by and we got lots of visiting time with Eli's cousins. And of course no trip to Melber is complete without a trip to Hardee's- Eli's first. We can't wait until Christmas!

O'Pa's favorite place

on the porch of grandmommy's new house

Cousin Elayna

Mommy & Eli at the Thanksgiving table

(this is right before he got fussy & grandmommy put him to bed for me)

Cousin Aaaron- almost 6 months old

yellow

Eli with o'pa in his yellow hat

Eli with Grandmommy's kitten Yellow.

tummy time & cousin time

i've been attempting to give eli some tummy time everyday so i don't have to hold his head for him forever. he's actually pretty good at holding his head up already & getting stronger at it everyday.

yesterday eli & i visited aunt diane & cousin aaron. it was the longest car ride yet for eli- 1 1/2 hours. going & coming he slept the first 45 minutes and cried the last 45 minutes. other than the car crying, he was a wonderfully happy baby all day and even took a cat nap in the car with aaron. thanks diane for a wonderful day. can't wait to do it again!

little turkey

Here's the latest pictures of my cutie boy in Mema's "first Thanksgiving" outfit. He wore it on Wednesday to our church's annual Thanksgiving Banquet where everyone ooohhh'd and awwwww'd over his cuteness.

And mommy was quite proud- Eli sat in his car seat and watched us all eat, then Auntie Liv fed him and rocked him to sleep. What a precious boy he was!