Eli's second christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday spent with those you love. Eli once again was spoiled! He got some pretty cool things including a rocking horse, clothes, books, ornaments, vtech lap top, little foldable chair and a cute Mickey Mouse table and chairs which he's already taken a liking to! I was cleaning up the kitchen this evening and usually if I'm not paying attention to him, he's wrapped around my leg trying to GET my attention but for once he wasn't and it was really quiet. Uh oh, where's Eli and what's he up to? I go into his bedroom and he was just sitting at his table playing with his blankie. It was the cutest thing :) Here is a pic I snapped of him just chillin' with his markers securely in his fist (you can write on the table with dry erase markers) and his new car steering wheel that plays music, sitting on top:

It dawned on me the night before our family gathering on Saturday that I didn't have a Christmas outfit for him so I frantically went to my craft room to see what I had on hand. I found a blue plain t-shirt hanging in his closet, grabbed the baby legs from his outfit last year to attach to the arms to make it long sleeved and then made Rudolph out of felt to appliqué to the tee. Here it is up close:

To complete the look, I tied jingle bells to his shoes. This served 2 purposes, 1) it got people into the christmas spirit and 2) I always knew where he was :) 

Here he is grooming himself in the mirror, getting ready for the party

 

My little stud all ready for another family gathering

 

On Sunday we went to my dad's side where we got to meet my cousin's son Tae who's the same age as Eli. They were so cute! The minute Eli entered the room Tae walked up to him with open arms ready to give him a hug!  I melted. Here's a pic of the 2 kiddos with a couple of my other cousins:

 

How cute is little Tae??

 

Alrighty, back to the grind tomorrow so I better get myself to bed. Na night all.

 

-Linds

Eli had a wonderful first Christmas…

My mom had all of us over on Christmas for lunch and presents and let me tell you, that kid was spuh-oy-UUlled. And he even surprised me at being an expert present opener. I’d tear a small piece so he could get ahold of it and then he’d go to town! He’d have that present unwrapped in no time at all. It was pretty cute to watch, if I do say so myself . The only down side was that I had to rush after present opening to get to work. Boo, hiss! Oh well, they paid me a pretty penny to be there so it wasn’t too terrible.

Eli got some Christmas cash and because he just LOVES jumping in your lap when holding him, mommy made the judgment call to get him an activity jumper (Thanks Grandpa Don!) It’s got everything a little almost-6-month old could possibly want, except, I suppose a boob with milk in it . He loves it. Oh and I couldn’t pass these puppies up when I saw them:

Such a cool cat in his new toy and shades.

The seat of this thing turns 360 degrees so it has plenty to hold his interest. It was funny watching him contort his upper body to reach a new toy and then realize it swiveled so he could face it-- And around and around he’d go . Love that kid.

I tried to get a couple of family shots with Don & Eli and my hubby too but they turned out more comical than frame worthy. For example:

It looks like Eli is a flashlight shining in Don’s face. Ha ha. Makes me laugh out loud. Oh well.

Eli got a lot of cool stuff, but one thing I’m pretty excited about is the little radio flyer wagon grandma and grandpa got him for summer time strolls. It has the flip up seats for him and room for a buddy. So fun! Thank you everyone who made his first Christmas so special .

-Linds

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I want to apologize if you did not get a Christmas card from us this year. I think I usually order 50 and have a ton left over so I thought well, 25 should be good, especially  since they seemed super expensive this year! Anybody else think so??? Well I was wrong I didn’t realize that with having a new baby, more people were interested in a card this year, doh! Plus we’ve made a lot of new mommy and baby friends since he’s been born. So again, I’m sorry. I stuck with immediate family, people I’ve always sent cards/letters to, and friends with little kids. I thought I’d post a pic of it here so you could all see it and know that I wish I could have sent each of you one. And literally, it is a picture of it. Ha ha.

Front

Back.

This was the “christmas outfit” I posted about making on facebook. He looked so stinkin’ cute in it! I followed a vague tutorial here. (A little bitter that she called it a tutorial but left out pics of major steps and NO PATTERN! But anyways…. ) The leggings are women’s knee highs from walmart that I just cut the foot part off and tucked the raw edges into the booties. The onesie, my mom got him and it says “first Christmas” on it.

Boy was it a chore to get pics of him in this little getup because those bells on the ends of his shoes were waaaay more interesting/entertaining then mom with the camera :/

oh yeah, daddy wanted me to clarify that he had nothing to do with dressing his baby boy as an elf and that he doesn’t condone such behavior. Noted.

Again, Merry Christmas!

-The Sciclunas