New Adventures

This past weekend was a lot of fun for the family. After working on taking out the bushes on the side of the house, we took off to the park for some kite flying. Elijah and Scout sat happily by watching as Daddy and Mommy tried to get it flying successfully. We finally decided that it wasn't balanced enough because of some missing tails.

After the kite flying fun, we headed to the playground so that Daddy and Elijah could go down the slide.

We've had a few other adventures recently. Elijah's crawling now. Enough said? Hee-hee

The other day, he had some fun playing in the pets' water dish. He loves water...so in his mind, why not? Needless to say, we moved that inside the crate.

Another crawling adventure included going into the pantry and dragging out the 10 lb. bag of potatoes. And where does everything go? In the mouth! (Don't worry...I washed it!)

With crawling, there are many challenges as Elijah learns his new boundaries. I am so thankful to have a loving Heavenly Father who gives us the wisdom we need to make good decisions!

Zoo Fun!

Elijah and I took off today to meet Ms. Noelle and her gang. We had the most fun at the children's zoo area where kids can splash in a "creek" running down the middle. Today was a warm, humid day, so the water really helped!

Later on, we took our first ride on the monorail. Elijah was fascinated by the zebras, storks, bongos, and the ostrich. What fun!

Everytime I go to the zoo I'm reminded of the amazing Creator that we have! He had to have lots of creativity to come up with all of the different types of creatures in the animal kingdom. I thank God for the ability to go see just a small portion of them at the zoo. :)

Living Life in Reverse

Elijah has entered that funny stage of motion where he moves backwards. The look on his face as he does this across the floor is hilarious! You can see those little wheels turning as he thinks, "Hey wait! This isn't the way I want to go! I'm getting farther away from what I wanted!". Priceless!

This little man has also reach the milestone of sitting up all by himself! Hurray! He has been able to be in the sitting position for about five months now. Put him up and he would stay there for a long time, but now he can get there. He loves being able to do that. When he does it, he usually looks around with a smile on his face looking for the coming applause. :)

In all of this movement, I've been able to get a small taste of what it'll be like when he's crawling/walking- and it's scary! This morning I left him on the floor in the middle of his room to go get something. As I came back upstairs I heard a crash. He had pulled the pole lamp in his room right down. No more leaving him alone mommy! :)