Elijah's First Haircut

We are growing his hair out, but it needed a trim. My hair stylist and good friend Ashley cleaned him up and he looks so handsome! Just a little trim around the back and the ears made a huge difference. He did good sitting on my lap. I think he could tell something important was happening.

Before

After

BTW, I was next in line for a clean up if you couldn't already tell. AHHHHHHH!!!

Great website for moms!

This website shows you the restaurants where your kids can eat for free! Just type in your zip code and they will list all the free kids meals in your area for that day.

http://www.kidsmealdeals.com/

Happy Birthday to ME!

My birthday was last week and here are some pictures from our get together. We decided to do pizza at Peter Piper. With Elijah, it just seemed to be a good choice. And it totally was!! It was a great way to have a family party... very laid back and good place for kids to play! Elijah was the center of attention and loved playing on all the riding toys... so it was a great night for me!

Thanks to my sweet husband who planned it all and surprised me with such an awesome birthday gift!
Elijah with his Great Grandpa Gifford


Loving the play gym


My surprise birthday gift! I've been wanting a beach cruiser for a long time and Josh surprised me for my birthday! I couldn't help laughing at myself... here I was turning 27, at a pizza place, getting a bike. Such a grown up.






Tonight I went on my first bike ride with Elijah.

Music you can dance to...

If your looking for some great workout music but don't love listening to the lyrics in secular hip hop, then you've got to check out these two artists. I have been listening to Trip Lee and Lecrae for a few years now.
Love it. Can't get enough.
They are preaching the Gospel thru hip hop. What could be better?!

I was very skeptical of any type of "Christian Hip Hop", but these guys completely changed my opinion. This isn't DC Talk....

http://reachrecords.com/artists/show/Trip-Lee
http://reachrecords.com/artists/show/Lecrae

Let me know what you think!

Hats

And now he likes hats too. His own are fine, but he really likes his daddy's hats. Just got him a bike helmet... loves it.

(Here he's signing that he wants to eat)

Eat! Eat!

Mom's Birthday

Happy Birthday Mom!
Fun times at Kierland in the rain.

Shoes

So Elijah has started walking, but more importantly (in his life) is now he gets to wear shoes. I didn't really put him in shoes much before he could walk, but once he was stable enough to walk outside I strapped on some sandals.

Thanks to all our great baby showers, he is set with shoes for a while. But he didn't have any sandals, and with it being so hot right now, I just couldn't imagine putting his already sweaty and stinky feet in some lace ups. So I went looking for sandals, but for whatever reason, couldn't find much selection. They all had Disney something or other on them and, I don't know... I just wasn't feeling them. The pair I finally got were the coolest ones I could find.... slightly-too-small, but camouflage, so who cares. They were cute. The second Josh saw them he started laughing. Too nerdy. For him. :)

Elijah wants his shoes on all the time. The minute he gets up from a nap, or even in the morning for that matter, he is pointing to his closet and making the 's' sound. It's hot here. So for the most part, it's a diaper and whatever shoes for the entire day while we're in the house. He walks around so proud and I can't get enough.