First Time to Eat with a Spoon!

On December 23 we used a spoon for the first time and Elijah enjoyed some delicious rice cereal!

Elijah's First Christmas: Morning Report

Elijah spent part of Christmas morning playing in his Baby Einstein play set and activity center. For more Elijah photos and to get the entire scoop on Elijah's first Christmas check out my other blog: http://coachsam.blogspot.com

Elijah awakened around 8 AM this morning with a big smile on his face. He played for awhile and watched Dr Charles Stanley on TV with Mom and Dad and then took his morning nap around 10:15 AM... To be continued...

More Christmas Photos

Here's Connor and Elijah hanging out on the couch

Elijah and Mom open more Christmas presents from Grandma and Grandpa Ohlemacher

Santa Suit

Previously I didn't think Elijah Red was his color, but... Elijah looks pretty good in his Santa Suit!

Elijah Chadwell: The Christmas Photo Series

Warning: We took 44 pictures of Elijah and Connor opening Christmas presents yesterday. I'll be posting Christmas photos every day from here on out the remainder of the holiday!


Here's one of the cutest ones if I do say so myself... Elijah's Santa Outfit was a present from Grandma Judy and Grandpa Arno...

Elijah just loves his new baby Einstein activity center that his aunt Becky gave him!

Elijah will be stylin' in his new genuine leather bomber jacket! (another gift from Arno and Judy)

Feeding The Baby

Here's a photo of Elijah drinking a bottle of pedialite. He's wearing a red jumper in honor of Christmas time. You can see Hobbes snoozing on the kitchen table in the background....

Here's the Proud Poppa feeding his son....! By the way, I changed diapers number 41 and 42 yesterday. And we think Elijah's teeth are starting to come in....!

Playing With My Connor...!

Here's three great Photos of Elijah and Connor. In these photos Connor has given Elijah a Head-Dress with a pair of Elijah's pants. For more photos of Connor check out my new blog: Connor's Corner...!

Presenting Elijah...!

This photo was taken shortly before we moved from Houston to West Columbia. Elijah's eyes look a little bit dark because I over did it with the photo shop tools. Previously Elijah's eye's were too red from the flash of the camera. He really has very beautiful eyes. At four and a half months they are momma's bright blue with a touch of daddy's green around the iris...! Elijah is not his usual smiley self in this photo. I think he's just about ready for a nap....

Cute Baby Contest Winner

Should I enter this guy in a baby beauty~talent contest or what...? He really loves to have his photo taken. He's starting to really use his vocal cords alot now, too. Saturday night at church he was singing with the worship band...! Of course, it's just chattering right now... But I love to listen to him. He's a great baby. Oh, and for those of you keeping track of the baby diaper change statistics I changed diaper number forty this morning...! Ten more and I'll have my 'Golden Diaper'

Thanksgiving Photo

Connor, Elijah, and I were hanging out in the back yard on Thanksgiving day cooking the Turkey! It was Elijah's first Thanksgiving. We cooked up a perfect recipe for a successful holiday: Family, Food, and Fun...!

Looking Back to July 28, 2005...!

Dear Elijah,

I was just thinking back to the day you were born. That was quite a day...! On that day your mom's life and my life changed irrevocably for the better...! You have brought such joy into everyone's life. We thank God every day for You. You are truly a blessing.

We can't believe how strong you are for your age. You are already starting to pull yourself up. (Which most babies don't do for several more months.) We think it's because of all the attention you get. You're pretty much never alone and someone always wants to hold you. Your mom hardly ever puts you down. And I try to hold you every chance I get.

Here are a few things you should know about what you were like at 4 and a half months old:

• You still are the smiley-est baby I've ever seen...!
• You love to watch us eat and try to grab our food, plates, glasses, anything you can get your hands on...
• You love to watch the fire in the fireplace.
• You love to fall asleep on Daddy's stomach.
• You like to watch Sesame Street.
• You are a big fan of the Bryan Brothers. (World #1 ranked doubles team)
• You think Mommy is the greatest Mommy in the world. (And she is...)

That's about it for now. I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you and that your Daddy loves you very much...!

Love Always,

Dad

Elijah Loves Pro Tennis!

Here's one more photo of Elijah and Monica sitting in the front row of the south boxes at the Pro Doubles Exhibition held at River Oaks Country Club December 4. The featured mtaches included the number one world ranked Bryan Brothers.

Elijah Loves Pro Tennis!

Here's one more photo of Elijah and Monica sitting in the front row of the south boxes at the Pro Doubles Exhibition held at River Oaks Country Club December 4. The featured mtaches included the number one world ranked Bryan Brothers.

Elijah's First Pro Tennis Event

Elijah recently attended the Save Doubles Event at River Oaks Country Club featuring the Number One World Ranked Team of Bob and Mike Bryan. In this photo he and mom are standing outside the River Oaks Tennis Pro Shop watching Coach Wayne Bryan give a clinic. I'm jealous. I didn't get to see my first pro tennis event until I was about 17 years old...!

Daddy and Son

This is my new favorite photo...! Elijah is four months and one week old in this picture. He is the sweetest baby I've ever seen... (of course my perspective might be a little biased)

Starting to Sit Up...!

This photo is from our old house in Houston right before we moved. Elijah is about 3 and a half months old in this photo. He likes it when we prop him up like that and He's trying to sit up himself but is not able to yet. But we can tell he's getting stronger every day doing his baby crunches!

Uncle Eddie and Elijah

Here's a nice photo of Elijah and my good friend Eddie Clayworth. He'll be known as 'Uncle Eddie' to Elijah... Elijah is about 2 and a half months old in this photo...