What a man!

Eating and holding tight to the remote control! Daddy has taught Elijah well!!

Aww

Vince hates Elijah's winter "snow-suit". I think it's adorable! We had been given a snow suit by a friend of mine at one of my showers, but it's still too big on Elijah, and when we did get it on him, he looked like Randy in "Christmas Story" and we couldn't get Elijah's arms down! And, we could barely get the car seat fastened it was so bulky! So, we opted for this blue-soft-as-anything suit with Pooh on it, and adorable ears on the hood! Vince does not care for ears on anything that Elijah wears, but I think it's so cute!!

Music to my ears!!

Well, Elijah has said his first word! He now says, "MAMA". How wonderful to hear that! He hasn't quite figured out what it is (ME!), but he says it none the less. We've been saying it to him for weeks, trying to get him to say it. He's so cute about it - he studies our mouths when we are saying it, and mimicks what we are doing. He presses his lips together and makes a "mmmmm" sound, and then will say it! Sometimes, he looks as if he's an old man who forgot to put his dentures in that morning - he chews and everything - my toothless little guy!

He has also discovered his tongue! It's the cutest thing to see his little tongue darting in and out and slowly come out. Last night he had Vince and I in stitches we were laughing so hard! He went from the "mmmm" gumming, to sticking out his tongue and back and forth. We were laughing so hard, and then Elijah would stop what he was doing, look at us, and then HE would start laughing. It was the cutest thing! I don't have any pictures to go along with it, so you'll just have to imagine - one of these times I'll catch a picture of him doing it.

So, for now, here's a cute shot of Elijah - Enjoy!

Play Time

Elijah was playing in his pack-n-play the other day, and he was having such a good ol' time! When I turned to look at him, I noticed he had gotten his blanket on him and was playing with his toys with his blanket on his head. He didn't let it get in his way of playing! Crazy kid!

Sleeping Peacefully

Elijah fell asleep on me the other day which is pretty normal (and I love it!). I had to finish getting ready for the day, so I put him on the couch so as not to disturb him too much. Don't worry, I was in the same room with him, and put pillows all around him on the floor :-)

Check Out The Loot!

We piled up all the smaller toys that Elijah got for Christmas - we can barely even see Elijah over all the toys!! He made out like a bandit!!

Elijah and his food!

Elijah has become such a great eater! I am thankful that he has finally gotten the hang of it all and hasn't been TOO picky. We've had to try things a few times, but I'm ok with that!

Elijah is now eating:
Oatmeal
Applesauce
Peaches
Bananas
Prunes
Sweet Potatoes
Squash
Green Beans

We're still trying to do:
Peas
Carrots

So, needless to say, he's doing pretty well. I've been able to make peaches, applesauce, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots. I would like to make peas, green beans, and anything else I can think of in the future! I'm hoping an attachment for my kitchen aid mixer will help with that (hint, hint Vince!).

Here's my good eater full after oatmeal with bananas and some prunes:

My man!

I love this guy!

Elijah's New Toy

This is Elijah playing with his new toy from Aunt Terry and Uncle Bub. My foot rescued him a few times as he was falling, but he did pretty well despite that!!

Christmas in the Turner Household - 2007

Well, Elijah's first Christmas went pretty well. As I assumed, he enjoyed the wrapping paper and the simple toys. If only it would be that easy in the coming years! We had Vince's brother and his family over to our house on Christmas Eve Eve and had dinner with them and opened presents with them. The best part of that night was when my nephew opened his present from us. He LOVES to cook, so I was able to get him 2 $50 gift certificates for Young Chef's Academy (cooking school for kids) for only $20!! Gotta love those radio station specials! He was speechless - that was so worth it!

Michaela and Wesley Opening Gifts



Bub and Terry



Wesley Speechless (this NEVER happens!)



Vince showing off the hooded towel Aunt Terry got for Elijah



Wesley playing with Elijah's new toy



On Christmas Eve, Vince had to work, so Elijah and I went in to see him for lunch. We brought in a yummy spiral sliced ham too. This was Elijah all dressed up to see Daddy:




Elijah's new toy - helping him learn to sit by himself!



"Mommy, I think I'm stuck."



"That's Better!"



Alex and Poppy Awaiting Their Gifts



We opened our gifts on Christmas Eve since we were going to Vince's brother's house for Christmas morning breakfast. We wanted to sleep in as best as we could!! Here's some pictures from our gift opening!


My Gift From Elijah - FFH Worship CD



One of Vince's many CD's he got (I think he got 9!)



Starbucks from Elijah (Daddy's favorite!)



Alex getting her treats!



Poppy and her gifts!



Elijah's First Present



After his first gift, he lost interest!



Loves it!



Vince's, er, I mean Elijah's new outfit



Gifts from Nanna!



Yummy Wrapping Paper!




Vince's Gift From me - a new desk and hutch for his office



My Gift From Vince - I got it a week early - it was great for making Christmas cookies!!!!


We had a WONDERFUL Christmas with our families. It was a fun time for Elijah and us as we watched him! I think we have enjoyed it more, but it was still fun! I hope that everyone had as great of a Christmas as we did!!!!

Merry Christmas

From Our House To Yours. . . .





MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This just puts a smile on my face!!

12 Days

This was posted on Lorena's blog and it's GREAT! Hope you enjoy!

New Do

Well, I finally went and got my hair cut and colored! I've been needing to for a while, but I just haven't had the time/energy to go out and get it done. Well, I finally got out last night and got it done. It's a total change and I LOVE it! I figure, I needed to have a change before I turn 30 (only 43 days left in my 20's - ugh!!!)

So, I got several inches cut off and it's a lighter brown with blonde highlights now. Here's the final product:

Too Much Turkey?!

This was taken after Thanksgiving while loafing at our house. Elijah is catching on to the tradition already!

My Little Man!

All Bundled Up

It was cold the morning I took this picture. Elijah is ready for the car ride to my sister-in-law's house and set with all his toys to keep him occupied!

Moving right along. . . . .

Backwards! Elijah is starting the crawling motions, and of course, he does great going backwards! These are from the other night when he started towards the middle of the room and slowly moved his way backwards and ended up under his pack-n-play. So cute!

#100

So, this is my 100th post - yay!

This picture is worth being the 100th post (in my opinion at least!)

Freezer Clean-Up

So, I finally broke down and cleaned out my deep freeze and regular freezer! What a chore! And of course, when dealing with frozen food, you have to move quickly! There were packages of meat, vegetables, cheese, and whatever else you can think of spread all throughout my kitchen. Meijer was having a great sale with a lot of buy one, get 2 free, so I took advantage of that, therefore necessitating cleaning out my freezer!

I went through and inventoried everything that I have and will make a list and post it outside of my deep freeze. That way I'll know what is in there so when I'm planning my menu for the week, I can use whatever I have on hand. We have a membership to both Costco and Sam's, so it's nice to be able to stock up on our meats and freeze the size we need.

Here's some pictures of my neatly organized freezers - whoo hoo!

Christmas Pictures

Well, we got our Christmas pictures done last night and I have to say that I think they came out great! We decided to go with brown and denim, and it worked out really well! Here's some of the pictures for your viewing pleasure!!

EEK, a mouse!

A few days prior to Thanksgiving I had a crazy thing happen! We live in an old house (1875), so with living in an old house comes it's drawbacks - a main one in the winter being MICE! We get them every year without fail. We have a cat, so she's been great at getting them each winter - she's our Mouse Slayer! Well, this one particular morning, I was getting a shirt out of my closet (barefoot since I'm still in my pajamas) and I feel this scratching on the top of my foot, followed by a furry scurry across my foot!!!! It wasn't my cat since she was downstairs and the bedroom door was closed. And besides, the furry scurry was MUCH too small to be my cat!

So, needless to say, I freaked out! I did not make a sound, surprisingly! I started flailing my arms everywhere and I did what some would deem to be River Dance! I then just stood there for about 5 minutes just staring into my closet. Like that was going to solve anything!!!

Well, 2 days ago, my cat FINALLY caught the mouse and brought it downstairs into the living room for us to examine - yes, the mouse was still alive, and it was HUGE! She likes to "play" with the mouse and then catch it again, and then play, etc etc. She had let the mouse go and it tried to run up Vince's leg for shelter!! He screamed and I went flying through the hallway - where I ended up standing on one of our kitchen chairs!!

We haven't seen the mouse since, but there is this funky smell coming from the heating vent, which leads me to believe the mouse crawled in there to hide, and has since departed this world! Vince is going to investigate that tonight - I"ll be downstairs curled up on the couch holding Elijah tight so as not to "interfere"!!

Anyone else have fun rodent experiences?! ha!

Recent Happenings

Wow - guess I didn't realize that it's been a while since I updated my blog. Lots has been going on, I just haven't had a chance to update! Let's see - Thanksgiving was fun. We went to Vince's Uncle and Aunt in Maysville, KY (about an hour from us) and had dinner with them. We then went to my Aunt and Uncle's in Maysville for dessert. The bummer of it all - we didn't come home with ANY leftovers! I was craving leftovers, so on Friday, I went out and bought a turkey and cooked it up with all the fixings, just so we could have leftovers!!!! I've since made Turkey and Dumplings (have been able to feast on for 3 or 4 meals now) and Turkey Salad (still eating that) and will be making Turkey Spaghetti tonight. Not to mention the traditional turkey, gravy, and potato leftover yummies!!

I did some shopping the day after Thanksgiving, but we didn't go out until around lunch time. The stores were dead and we got right in and out pretty quickly. I am happy to say that I have about 85% of my Christmas shopping done! YAY! I didn't think there were TONS of bargains this year, so I didn't feel bad about not going out at 4am!

I have so much to be thankful for this year! Mainly, my little miracle Elijah! He is the joy of my life and every second is better because of him! I am thankful for my wonderful and supportive husband who does so much for our family!! I am thankful for so many things this year!

Visit with Family

My mom and my sister and her newest baby came to visit this weekend. It was such a great visit and we had so much fun. Logan (my sister's baby) was born 10 days after Elijah, so it was great for the cousins to finally meet. We got their pictures done professionally while they were here too. That was definitely a fun experience. I don't get to see my family that often since my mom lives in New Hampshire and my sister is in Pennsylvania, so these visits are always precious. I miss them already! Here are some pictures from the weekend.