Snowbound

We were stuck inside for several days due to snow, so we didn't get much done.
Once the roads were clear, we went and found a carousel nearby.


We had more snow after that. Once that snow also started to melt, we were able to get out again.


We got to go to a Valentine's banquet at church, and he got to make some crafts.

Without prompting, he decided to play "Hide and Seek". He turns his head to the wall, says what I think are numbers, then says something very close to "Ready or not, here I come".

Celebration of his birth

We wanted to have fun for his birthday, so we went to a cabin for the weekend.

There was a large bear to play with.

He also got a chance to play with his cousin.

There's that bear again.

It might become a running gag.

We also had a chance to see his other cousin, who's still too little to play.

We went to get another bear, because he obviously doesn't have enough of them. The one we got was a more manageable size.

He and his cousin ran around for a long time, until they both couldn't handle any more.

Another Portrait Session

We went and had more pictures. We'll pick them up in a week and distribute them then.

Big City and Snow

Unrelated picture first:

We drove into town last week. There's a Crayola store there.

It's a whole store of nothing but coloring.

Then, today, we had some snow. Lots of the horrid white stuff.

After his dad got home, we all went out to take a look.

We were all bundled up and trying to stay warm.

He helped his dad try to make a snowman.

Then his mom worked on the snowman.

It wasn't a very good snowman, but we didn't care.


Snow is also fun to throw around.

Snow mustache.

We decided it was time to go inside, so he decided to play some more.

Merry Christmas, part 3

We finally found the camera, so here are the pictures of Christmas Eve.
First, we went to see his Granny. She was the first down here to give him things to unwrap.

Her tree was fun to look at and play with.

He got to listen to her CD player, even though it was turned off.

After that, we went to see his grandpa. They had some really nice things for him.

They got him another train set!

This one goes by itself.

Last night, we went to see them again.

He really likes to play with his new trains.

Merry Christmas, part 2

We weren't done with opening gifts, yet. We had another day of fun.

He got to wear his grandpa's hat. That was cool.

For some reason, everybody gathered around and sat in chairs. He found a chair his size.

He and his cousin got to open more presents.

Then he and his grandmother played Batman.

Last night, he got to eat chips and rice again.
We'll have more pictures after we find our camera.

Merry Christmas

Elijah had a good Christmas so far.

He wasn't quite awake enough to see what he'd been given.

He quickly figured it out and started playing.

He's been playing almost nonstop since then.

He's gotten very good at opening packages.

His cousin came over and they both played with his toys.

We also got to meet his other cousin.

His grandpa played the guitar, and that was fun.
We'll have more pictures soon.