Elaina puts her first ornament on the tree

My mom (Elaina's Granny) gets her grandchildren a Christmas ornament each year for Christmas. Last year, she bought her ornaments a year early and bought an extra ornamanet in hopes that Erik and I would have a baby soon. She had no idea we were even thinking of getting pregnant so when we announced we were, Granny broke down and cried because she said she had bought an extra Christmas ornament that year hoping that I would have a baby soon. So, I thought it would be appropriate to have Elaina help me put that ornament on our Christmas tree this year. Daddy snapped a few shots of the big event.

Elaina get cereal for the first time

On Friday (11/23), Elaina got a taste of rice cereal for the first time. Like everything else, she took it like a champ. She ate all of it although from the looks of the pictures, she got most of it all over her.... :)
She liked grabbing the spoon while it went in her mouth
Cousins' Alexandra and Iva helped video the event
Post Cereal - full as a tick and happy

Elaina's First Thanksgiving

Elaina enjoyed her first Thanksgiving and was very good all day. She attended Thanksgiving dinners on Wednesday night (camera batteries were dead so no pictures from that night), and 2 on Thursday. She slept through the entire first dinner on Thursday so not very many pictures were taken of her but here are few of the folks that got to hold her after dinner.... By the time she woke up half the family had already left.

Elaina with her Papaw Don

Elaina getting kissed on the noggin by Uncle Brett....
Elaina and Aunt Lisa
Mamaw Sandy giving Elaina a bottle
Elaina doing what she does best - smiling and chewing on her fingers

Look How Big I'm Getting!!!!

Another week gone by and Elaina gets bigger and develops more each day. Nothing particularly exciting happened this week. We're just getting ready for Elaina's first Thanksgiving and looking forward to seeing family. We can't wait to put the tree up and see how little E likes the lights. Until next time, love to all!!

Enjoy these pics:

Last Sunday (11/11) watching the game on daddy's lap. We enjoy watching the Titans play on Sunday afternoons. They're our favorite team.

I took some good pictures of Elaina sitting up in her Bumbo and some good ones of her on her tummy. Until the last few weeks, she has really resisited tummy time but she is starting to enjoy it more.

Everytime Elaina sits with her daddy, someone else gets jealous and jumps on daddy's lap too... Here is good shot of the jealous puppy hard at work not lose his rank with daddy.

Elaina with her Mommy and Daddy...

Elaina is 4 months old

Elaina turned 4 months old on Tuesday (11/6) - we can't believe it! Her daddy took her for her 4 month check up on Friday (11/9) and is healthy and happy. She weighed 12 lbs, 10 oz and measured 24 inches long. She really grew in her height this month (1 1/2 inches). She is still pretty little in comparison as she is in the 28th percentile on her weight and the 39th percentile in height. However, her head circumference is in the 92nd percentile - girls go a big noggin!!! :) She got her second round of shots at this appointment and Daddy said he did not want to do that again - he's such a softy :)

She's still a great baby. Daddy gave her her first bottle of formula on Saturday and she took it like a champ while Mommy cried like a baby just to see it. She's just getting so big. We gave her formula to help supplement for breastmilk and prepare her for cereal in a few weeks...

Here a couple of recent pics... Enjoy!

Elaina sits in her Exersaucer for the first time

Since Elaina is getting pretty steady at holding her upper body steady and is getting very good at standing with assistance, today, mommy put the exersaucer together to see what she'd do. She actually really enjoyed it for the 5 minutes she was in it (that's all she would take of it). She played with one of the toys that lets her spin the toy with her hand. She just looked at the rest of it.

As you can see, she is not tall enough for it yet. Her feet didn't hit the bottom and it was on the shortest setting :) !!!!

Elaina's first time to the park

Elaina went to the park today. It was a beautiful day but a little bit chilly but she was bundled up good. She really enjoyed the outdoors and watching the other children play. She'll be running around parks before we know it!!