On the Move

Just a quick hello from Elijah to all our loved ones. He's been keeping us busy as you can tell by the recent lag in blog posts. He's doing great! He's on the verge of walking on his own. He came up with the idea of pushing his highchair around the house to help him practice. Rob was going through the mail when he suddenly caught sight of the highchair seemingly moving on its own. Then he saw the little guy marching behind. It's a hilarious sight because the chair is twice his size. I'll have to try to capture a picture of that next time--we've got it on video, but I forgot about the camera. ~Nasreen

Another First

I just realized that every parent has a picture of their kid feeding themselves spaghetti for the first time. It must be considered a milestone along with all the other momentous "firsts," like crawling and walking. It was hilarious watching Elijah eat his spaghetti. At one point, he grabbed two fistfuls of spaghetti and started swinging them around like lassos. Come to think of it, he was sort of heehawing, too. I was peeling spaghetti off the walls for a while. I learned my lesson, hold the ragu! Here he is with some buttered noodles instead...

Here's that cowboy again...

The first two months of his second year have been a blur of activity. I can't even keep track of things in a journal anymore. He's been cruising the furniture, lifting the cover on his toy box, grabbing toys out of it, pushing cars around, pulling levers, pushing buttons, squeezing the right spot on anything that makes noise, flipping through books, going through cabinets and drawers, discovering gravity, turning the TV, DVD and CD players on and off (not to mention reprogramming our remotes,) switching lights off, closing doors, pointing to things in books, jibber jabbering, oh and my favorite, yelling at me to hurry my butt over and take care of something for him, immediately. I think he's old enough now to start learning he is not the boss anymore. He's in for a rude awakening....okay, maybe it's me that's in for the rude awakening. Wish me luck! ~Nasreen

Thank Goodness for Digital Cameras

Do you ever wonder how we put up with film back in the day? Look how long it took to get a decent picture of Elijah with his uncles (by "decent," I mean with all of them looking at the camera with their eyes open)...





There are actually about 5 more shots on my camera. Of course, I can't delete any of them, although that IS the point of taking so many. I know! Here's one other one where they're all looking into the camera at once...

So, it was worth the trouble. : )