Happy Birthday Elijah

Two years ago today at 6:36 in the morning, Dustin and I were blessed to welcome Elijah Scott Coffman to our family. It is hard to believe that two years ago Elijah was such a tiny helpless little guy, far from the loud and always on the move little man we know today. Elijah now puts together short sentences and overall he knows and says alot more words than he did last month. His favorites things to say are "yeah. Mom," and "I help Dad." He knows his whole alphabet and all of the sounds that the letters make, but he refuses to sing the alphabet song. In fact he hates singing. He yells "stop Mom, stop" everytime I try to sing to him (although that could just be because I am an awful singer.) He loves the movies Cars and Monsters Inc. And he loves to read books and do puzzles. Dustin and I have been very blessed to have Elijah in our lives. He has brought amazing amounts of joy to my life and I feel like he helps me be a better person everyday.

Elijah's Clubhouse

Grandma and Grandpa Tuggle gave Elijah a tent with a tunnel attachment for Christmas. I was a little concerned that Eli would be afraid of the tent or the tunnel, or both when we first set it up for him. But surprisingly he ran right into the tunnel and immediately started setting up a clubhouse for he and his SpongeBob babies.

christmas tree

Dustin took this video of Elijah helping us put up the Christmas tree. Eli loves the tree, he is in total awe of it. He has to have the lights on anytime that he is downstairs.

Thanks Dad!

When Dustin and I got married I brought three dressers with me that my dad had refinished for me. One is completely mine, one is Eli's and the other one Dustin shares with me. In WV we bought Dustin a dresser at a second hand store, so Dustin would have one of his own. The dresser was nice and all but it was HEAVY and the drawers were tiny. So my Dad found this dresser at a estate sale and refinished it to match the two dressers that I already had. The dresser is really, really nice! Dustin very much enjoys having his own drawers to put his clothes in. THANKS DAD!!!!

Elijah at 21 months

Well the end of last month Elijah turned 21 months old. It is hard to believe that in just a few short months he will be two! Unfortunately Dustin and I both agree that he is already starting to enter the Terrible Twos though. His favorite word is "no" and he likes to say it all day everyday about everything. The only time he does say yes is when you ask him about "M's" (m&m's) and anything related to Spongebob. He has a fascination with clocks (wall clocks and watches) and will excitedly point them out wherever he sees them. He also knows 10 letters of the alphabet, and he loves to yell them out over and over again when he sees them. He almost always has one of Daddy's Astros hats on his head. He even takes his naps wearing them most days. He loves playing with his Mr. Potato head and our living room is always covered in all the little pieces from him. He has figured out how to lock the dead bolt on our garage door. And he even locked Dustin in the garage this last weekend. Overall, Elijah is a fun little guy that keeps us busy and very entertained. Everyday is a new adventure with him, and it is really fun to watch him change every day. This is Elijah's favorite way to watch Sesame Street, which is one of his favorite shows. I love Sesame Street because when it is on Eli is glued to the tv for a whole hour!

Peppers, Pickles and Olives

Elijah is a very funny kid. He hardly eats anything, and when he does decide to eat he wants things with very grown-up flavors. He loves pickles and olives, both the green and the black. Anytime the fridge door opens he runs and points at and yells for a pickle or olive. He would eat a whole jar of either one at a sitting if I let him. LOL He also has decided that he likes green and red peppers raw. Unfortunately they do not like him and they give him horrible painful gas. Now you are probably asking yourself why if this was the case would I let him eat the few pieces he is eating in the picture. Honestly he has to be involved in everything I do in the kitchen so not letting him watch me cut the peppers was not an option. I tried to trick him though by cutting up an apple first and giving him a wedge of that, but he was not fooled. He would grab every slice of pepper that I cut and take one small bite from it and then move on to the next slice. The whole time making "mmmmmmmm" sounds and little happy noises to make sure that Dustin and I both knew how pleased he was with himself. I didn't realize how quickly the small bites he had taken added up until later that night when I was up all night dealing with a screaming unhappy kid. Thank goodness for infant gas relief medicine! lOL

Happy Hallowen