Coloring fun

Oct 21st - Elaina does a lot of crafts at school so I thought it would be good if I got some paper and crayons and markers for home. Well, I'm glad I did because we have been fun with that. She's love to sit and color (or bang her crayon on the paper) but she does get something that resemble artwork done. Anyway, here are some pics of her coloring. BTW - the bows in her hair were her doing. She wouldn't do anything until they were both in her hair. Wonder where she gets her girliness from - sure ain't me :)

Family Day

Oct 18th - So, Erik has just started working a 9/80 schedule at work so he now has every other Friday off. Since I am off every Friday, I am super excited about this because we will be able to spend some quality time together as a family every other Friday - something which we don't get a lot of these days. Erik's first Friday off was yesterday. We wanted to go on a picnic but the weather decided to get rainy and a bit cold on us. So, we took Elaina to Bounce USA. Needless to say, all 3 of us had a great time. I'm telling you, it was a blast. I highly recommend it. Here are some shots and video of the experience.

At first all we could get Elaina to do was ride on this toy...
Once I got in the jump "thing" with her, she warmed up quickly. sorry no picks of mommy jumping :)

This was by far her favorite. It took a time or two for her to smile going down it. This is slide #1....she's a bit stiff in this one

slide #2.... a little more relaxed

slide #3 - notice the smile this time

Elaina and her daddy resting after all that sliding. Daddy looks tired after all of that sliding... :) or maybe it was all the walking up to the top that pooped him out.

slide #4 was with me... I look like such a dork but I was having fun

me and Elaina - I look like less of a dork in this pic

After all the sliding, she really warmed up to the whole experience and went into the "under 2" play area and had a ball with the balls... she loved this.

And I promised video - maybe this is overkill on the pics and videos but we had such a good time and am so excited about it, I want to share with everyone all the details.

one more... sorry :) this is Elaina playing in the "under 2" play area. She took the balls out, handed them to Erik, and then put them back in. I got her to show off her bouncing abilities too (as little as they are, but still fun).

Elaina is 15 months old

Oct 6th - Elaina is 15 months old today. I'm sure as a mother, you have moments where you look at your child and you think "when did you become a big kid?" Well, I had that moment for the first time last week before I put Elaina in the car to go to school. She was in the garage trying to play with her tricycle and I stopped dead in my tracks and said out loud "Elaina, you look so big. When did that happen?" I stopped what I was doing and went and got the camera, tearing up on the way, to take a picture of that moment. I don't know if it was the outfit or what about that moment that made me say that, but it hit me. I thought it was an appropriate post for her 15 month post. I guess those moments will never end. My prayer is that they come slowly. Here is what she was doing and what she looked like at the moment.

On a different note, she had her 15 month check up and all is well. She's growing and healthy - as always, we are thankful for that. She weighed 22 lbs, 10 oz. Her daddy took her to her appointment so he got to endure the 4 shots that she got, one in each leg and one in each arm- OUCH!

Murphy's Law

Well, to keep you up to date with what's been going on with us... Last week, Elaina's daycare called Thursdays and said she was running a temperature. So, I went to pick her up and sure enough, she was. She slept most of the day Thursday and ran a fever of over 102. Then on Friday it spiked to 103.7. After a trip to the doctor, went home with a prescription for an antibiotic because she had and ear infection and tonsilitis. So, needless to say, it was a tough weekend for us.

The reason I tell you that??? On Wednesday night, we went to visit Elaina's Mamaw and Papaw and I was commenting on how blessed we have been because Elaina has only been on an antibiotic 1 time in almost 15 months of her life.. Well, wouldn't you know that the next day she came down with all of that. So, word to the wise.... don't say things like that out loud and put them out into the universe. It will be heard... I know I won't say anything like that again.

As you can see she's feeling much better. She loves wearing her sunglasses. Here are some shots of her posing in her shades.....