Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet Eli James!!! How is it that it has been one year since we saw your sweet face for the first time? Time definitely seems to go by faster with each baby. Eli, our family wouldn’t be complete without you. You are such a sweet and feisty baby! You have such a sweet smile and are starting to get such a sense of humor. I love watching your personality start to come out. You still adore your brothers and they love you just the same! I love it when you wake up and give the biggest smile as soon as you see Lucas. You have the same reaction as soon as Andrew gets home from school. It is the cutest thing!! You are able to keep up with your brothers pretty well around the house and in the playroom. You love books, balls, nerf guns, tv remotes, and cell phones. If your brothers do something you don’t like you are very quick to let out a very loud scream.
Your one year appointment went well. You are 20lbs 4oz (32nd percentile) and 30.5in long (75th percentile). You are still my little guy! You are wearing 12 month clothes and size 3
diapers. You are not walking yet but the
doctor isn’t concerned and neither am I.
You can stand on your own and walk around holding on but just haven’t let
go yet. You have surprised me and climbed up the entire flight of stairs on your own, so I guess you know how to climb stairs too. Your appetite is seriously crazy right now. You can put away the food!! There really isn't much you don't like. You must be going through a major growth
spurt. Good news is we made it to one
year breastfeeding!! You have no
interest in regular milk. I have tried a few things with no luck and you don’t even
like breastmilk from a cup. You are very
picky with your beverages! You do love
your water so I guess that is good. You
were sick a few weeks in December and January and got to take your first trip
to the ER with a fever of 105.2. It was
so scary but thankfully everything ended up ok.
Hope our sickness streak is over for a long time.
You love music and love to dance!! I am still holding out hope that you or one
of your brothers will have some musical talent.
The crazy thing is that you can actually kind of hum Twinkle, Twinkle. I thought I heard you do it one day, but I
thought it was random and then I heard it again! You love to clap, play the piano, and the toy
drums. You wave hi and bye all the time
and give the best open mouth kisses ever.
You still have 8 teeth, 4 on top and 4 on bottom. Not much going on the talking
department. You can say Mama, Dada, Hi,
and Bye when you are in the mood. We also taught you "more" in sign language. You are still a great night sleeper. You sleep from 8:00 to 7:30 and I think you would sleep in more if your brothers were quiet. Your naps aren't very long but I can't really complain because you do a great job at night. Sometimes you do 2 naps a day. The problem is that your naps are short, maybe an hour or so. I think I have adjusted to it. If I am going to try and get anything done I just have to do it when Daddy is home.
You are my first kid that has major separation issues with Mommy and Daddy. We discovered that a few months ago when you refused to go to child care at church. You truly have a hard time. You usually get brought back to me after 10 minutes. Recently we made a few steps in the right direction and have been able to stay a little longer a few times. Nothing is consistent when it comes to that. You are even picky about who can hold you. I know you will come around eventually. I just want you to see that it could be fun to stay and play for a bit so Mommy and Daddy can go to church together. The good thing is that you don't have a hard time staying with a babysitter at our house so we do still get a rare night out every now and then.
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| Hanging out with the big kids at Story Time |
You are my first kid that has major separation issues with Mommy and Daddy. We discovered that a few months ago when you refused to go to child care at church. You truly have a hard time. You usually get brought back to me after 10 minutes. Recently we made a few steps in the right direction and have been able to stay a little longer a few times. Nothing is consistent when it comes to that. You are even picky about who can hold you. I know you will come around eventually. I just want you to see that it could be fun to stay and play for a bit so Mommy and Daddy can go to church together. The good thing is that you don't have a hard time staying with a babysitter at our house so we do still get a rare night out every now and then.
Your birthday party was so much fun!! It was so great celebrating you with our
closest friends and family! We did an airplane theme. We are so thankful for all of the friends that came out to celebrate!! We had CFA because you love the nuggets!! I mean who doesn't love some CFA!! We quickly found out that Eli loves cake. You had no problem digging in and didn't want to stop.
Eli, I hate that your first year has come and gone so fast! I love you so much sweet boy!!
