Birthdays

On Monday, you may have heard a distant "thud". Don't be alarmed it was just the sound of Scott's youth officially dying. Scott left his 30's and boldly entered his 40's. As you can see it wasn't pretty. Scott and my dad's birthdays are a few days a part so they shared a little get together...and hats.

In other birthday news, Elijah turned 1 month today. He seems to be enjoying life. Still very easy going. Doesn't get too upset about too much. For the most part he sleeps very well, usually about 4 hours at a time. We have hit 6.5 hours, but not consistently. Eli is still the center of his big brother's attention. Life is good!!

Hope 2009 finds you all well!

More "early pics" of Elijah and family

     Happy New Year!  In another attempt to avoid grading papers, I'll upload more pictures of Elijah!  

     Elijah's really starting to fill out--he's drinking upwards of 6 oz at a time now, and gets up about every three hours.   He does a pretty mean Penguin imitation (from the television Batman series), grunting until he is perfectly comfortable.  He's also stopped scowling at his father now, which is making things easier on me--his napping on my chest during the Vikings loss made the typical end of a Vikings season more bearable! 

      (And in fairness to what looks to be incriminating evidence of Grandpa Tim's babysitting skills, he's been out doing a tremendous amount of snow removal so far this winter!)

Katie's Booties

My friend Katie made these for Elijah. He thought they were pretty cool, so did his mommy!

A discovery in the first week!

Elijah has a dimple! Although we have not been able to photograph it, we have semi-reliable sources that have spotted it on his right cheek. When he gives his smart-aleck smirk, it is in full view.

The little man is still doing well, only getting upset when people take off his blankets. He's definitely resting from all of the kicking he was doing in Danielle, sleeping quite a bit of the day.

Elijah also enjoys wearing a turban and dancing to Hindu folk music... at least when his mother is not around!

Elijah Timothy!

At 5:42 p.m. today, Elijah Timothy was born! At 21.5", 7 lbs, 4.5 oz., a 14" melon and HUGE hands/feet, and with the back labor and epidural problems, he was quite a task for Danielle.

Both Danielle and Elijah are doing fine, and Isaac is so tickled to see his baby brother! Enough of my drivel, though--here are some pix!

Blizzard Ali and STILL no baby

While there have been false indicators from Altru that Danielle and I have had our second, we are waiting until we are COMPLETELY snowed in before going into labor.

Don't worry, I have WebMD up, wikipedia, and a few ideas from sitcoms...

#2 Due 1/2/09