Thumb sucker?

The other day, Elijah was taking a nap and Steve called me over saying "You have to see what he is doing!". I came over and couldn't believe it - he had found his thumb and was sucking on it! So, of course, we had to grab the camera and catch him in the moment. I am not sure if this will become a habit for him or not - he has only done it one other time since then, but it is really cute. I know it is a hard habit for kids to break later on in life, so we'll just see where he goes with this... :)

Elijah's favorite store

Okay, maybe we should say Elijah's "Papi's" favorite store. But, anyways, we were so surprised and excited to find this Diesel Kids Store in SoHo, New York! Of course, we didn't buy anything because it is way too expensive, but it was still fun to walk around it and see all the really trendy baby clothes - you know the ones that look like grown up clothes, but that come in tiny sizes. :) As you can see Elijah was having a great time! I'm sure he will remember this forever - hahaha!!

Christmas in NYC

This is a picture of Steve and Elijah on the streets of NYC. The two loves of my life - aww, so cute!!!

Every year my (Christi's) family goes to New York for Christmas. We stay for about 3-4 days and this year due to our new addition to the clan, the days FLEW by!!! We had a wonderful time and the weather was great - not too cold or rainy. Elijah did a great job - being super flexible. We used the stroller and the Baby Bjorn, and he slept most of his time in NYC away! I guess that is the benefit of taking him at such a young age when all they do is sleep, eat and need diaper changes. ;) He did have one night that he didn't sleep too well in the hotel room - I think he got his day and night confused that day cause he slept so much during the day. But, the next few nights he did really well! He really is such a good baby and really only wakes up once a night - we are blessed! But, it truly is amazing how the time in NY went by so quickly. We are usually ready to leave by the time it is time to leave (or even sometimes a little before because we would have done everything already). This time we didn't have nearly enough time to do everything. Some of the things we DID get to do were: walk around Time Sqaure, go shopping in the Manhattan Mall, eat at Virgil's (YUMMY!!!), go to the broadway play of "Annie" - and it was GREAT!, and go shopping in SoHo (could have spent 2 days down there!!!). We had a great time and are so thankful to our family for a wonderful vacation!

From our family to yours...

Merry Christmas!!!!

We are so thankful to have our precious son, Elijah here with us this Christmas!
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy the time with your family and friends and let's all remember what Christmas is really all about!

More pictures, as promised!

So, here are a couple of pics from this weekend!

Mami & Elijah

I go by Mami (Spanish spelling, but pronouned same as Mommy). Steve really wants to integrate Spanish into Elijah's life from very early on so that he will be bilingual. So, we go by Mami & Papi as a part of that.

Big boy! (okay, not BIG, but growing!)

I can't believe how big Elijah has gotten! Amazing!!! It is exciting, but sad at the same time to watch him change and grow!

Our church sent out Christmas cards of our family, as well as Steve and I are about to send out some of our own, but the only pictures we had for both of those were ones taken right after Elijah was first born - so the pictures don't even look like him anymore! I couldn't decide if we should even use them or not, but I figured it was better than nothing! And, I hear that babies change so much, so quickly that is hard to "keep up" with that anyways. So, I am going to have to update this thing more often so the changes can be seen!

I think this whole growing up thing hit me yesterday. I was looking at him while I was at church and just in awe of him - he looked like a little boy to me, not a tiny newborn. I couldn't get over it. I keep telling Steve, "look at him!". I took some pictures yesterday, too, that I wil have to post. He was in a little Cmas outfit (and kinda looked like a little elf! So cute!).

But, what do you think? Does he look different now to you???

1 month old!

Elijah is 1 month old and we can't believe it! He is definitely a snuggly baby and LOVES to be held (which is mostly great, but when I am trying to work it is kinda hard, too!). I started back to work a couple of weeks ago, working from home, but this week I went back to work (going into the office 3 days a week and working from home 2 days a week). So far he has done really well adjusting and I think it is helping us get on a better schedule. Being parents is definitely a big adjustment - but we absolutely love this little guy and are so thankful for him!

Our Family!

Here we are as a family - 2 weeks after Elijah was born!

God's gift to us

Our beautiful gift from the LORD!
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
-Jeremiah 1:5

Steve & Elijah

Baby Elijah and his proud "Papi"! Steve loves being a dad and spending time with his boy.

Elijah Cade

Welcome little Elijah! He was born on Friday, November 3 at 3:43 am! We are so blessed by this precious one!