Here's Elijah at the Home Inspection

This photo was taken Thursday, October 13 when we had the Columbia Lakes property inspected. We are in the master-bathroom in this photo. Elijah is trying to pull out my chest hair as I carry him around... Ouch...! His grip is getting stronger and stronger!

My Two Sweeties...!

Here's Elijah and Mom back when Elijah was a little over a month old... He's much bigger now. And he's much more talkative than before. He still doesn't speak English yet. It's all just baby talk right now... I can't wait until he and I can start having a real conversation...!

Enjoying The Berber...

Here's a photo of Elijah just after he had his diaper changed...! There's nothing quite like the feeling of a clean diaper, eh Elijah? This photo was taken at the House on Invernes Lane in Columbia Lakes.

Sleeping Just Like Daddy...!

Baby Elijah sleeps just like I do... Except he doesn't snore...! It's so cute that when he stretches out his arms they don't even reach above his head... Oh, he's such a sweet baby...!

Another Smiley Baby Photo

Elijah's doing well...! He slept good last night. He's smiling all the time. He's just a happy baby! And we recently discovered that he enjoys classical music... So he's a man after my own heart. Maybe he'll grow up to play the tuba or trombone...!

Note to Elijah From Dad

Hi Son,

I don't know when You'll be reading this. But I hope and pray that one day You'll look over this labor of love and have nothing but fond memories of your childhood. I want you to know how much Your mom and I and Connor love You and what a joy it's been raising you these past 10 weeks....! You've been a very good baby. It's truly been a blessing to our lives to have You.

You are such a sweet, smiley baby. I know that the joy of the Lord is in Your little baby heart...! I lifted you up in prayer today. (As I do every day) I prayed for Your future. I have no idea what kind of world it will be like when you get to be a young man. But whatever is out there I promise to get You ready to face any circumstance. I can tell you a little secret that has worked for me and has carried me through many trials: And that's to trust and love in the Lord Your God with all Your heart, mind, soul, and strength.

Elijah, I pray that you come to have a close, personal relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It's the key to a happy life. And I hope that life You see me living out models that sentiment. I love You very much and I want you to know that I am proud, grateful, and honored to be Your Father.

Love Always,

Dad

My New Favorite Photo...!

This is such a 'Smiley baby'...! And he appears to love having his photo taken...! This photo was taken by me the day I played with him on the baby Einstein set and he grabbed my hair. I enlarged the picture and cropped myself out. You can just barely see a little of my hair in the upper left hand corner. He's a handsome fellow, isn't he...?

Let's See If I Can Pull Daddy's Hair Out...!

Monica left me in charge of Elijah for awhile while she was out of the house and he started crying. I laid myself down on the Einstein play-set to try to keep him company and although he did stop crying, he also grabbed my hair and would not let go... It took quite a long time to get myself out of that jam. Luckily I had the camera right next to me to record the event.

Elijah's already got a pretty strong grip...! He's also really good at pulling out chest hair...!

How About Another Baby in the Boppy Photo...?

This is a photo of Elijah when he was just about 3 weeks old. He's changed a bunch in the past 5 weeks, but this was one photo that I thought should be published. He's nestled inside his beloved boppy pillow and tucked into his home made baby quilt. I have many new photos but just haven't had time lately to download them from the camera.

Elijah and Granpa Arno....

Here's a photo of Elijah and his Grandfather. (Monica's Dad) Arno and Judy will be coming for another visit towards the end of October and will be staying through Thanksgiving. This will be Elijah's First Thanksgiving. I'm excited at the prospect of having the entire family together for the holiday...!

Happy 2 Month Birthday Elijah!

Here's another Baby Einstein Play Set Photo. Boy, we sure use that alot. Elijah just loves it...! By the way, today is Elijah's 8 week birthday...! And I'm still at diaper # 22 in the diaper changing statistics department. Monica has been handling most of the diaper duties lately...! (Yea!)

The Baby Dome...

This is what's called a Baby Bouncer. It vibrates, or bounces at various speeds to keep the baby calm. It's light-weight and portable. And a really neat feature is the see-through mesh that keeps mosquitos out. We used the baby bouncer during the US Open on evenings when we went out to play after watching matches on tv. It worked pretty good. I nick-named it the Baby-Dome because the mesh cover rounded it out. The Baby-Dome was a gift we got at our home-school baby shower.

As I look over this picture a second time I just noticed that it sort of resembles an astronaught's helment on wheels. (Do you see that, or is it just my imagination working overtime again...?)

Another Connor and the Baby Sling Photo

Here's a nice photo of Connor and Elijah. Elijah rode out the Hurricane just fine. He even handled a 12 hour aborted evacuation with ease in spite of driving at least 8 of the 12 hours without air conditioning in order to conserve gasoline. He hardly cried at all...! What a good baby!

Resting on Mommies' Shoulder

I think Elijah really likes having his photo taken. He's a good and happy baby. And He slept well last night...! That's good news for Mommy...!

Sleepy Little Baby Face

Elijah was asleep when I was about to snap this photo but he was just waking up as I pressed the button. He's getting close to two months old now...!

Baby In Denim

It was casual Day at the Chadwell House last Thursday and Elijah wore his Denim Overalls for the first Time...

The Denim Overalls were a present from his beloved Aunt Becky...!

A Rear View and Bad Hair Day Part II

I thought Elijah had an interesting look on his face in this photo... I can't really read his emotion here... Any suggestions...? I do think the title: 'A Rear View' is appropriate, though...!


Once again, Sorry Elijah... When You're old enough to read this blog You'll be mad at me. I know the girls are going to give you a hard time about your first born hair style, but hey buddy... We Chadwell men really like to let our hang down every now and then. Yours just hangs straight up at the moment!

Two Photos to Catch You Up...!

Sorry I've missed a few days... I took Sunday off. I was extremely busy Monday and Tuesday I was extremely sick... I must of slept for something like 15 hours on Tuesday.... Wednesday I worked at Columbia Lakes all day and the dial up networking is not condusive to uploading pictures... But, Here's two cute photos... -Enjoy!


Baby Elijah is really enjoying the Rocking Chair... He says Thanks Grandpa Arno and Granma Judy...! (They gave the rocker as a birthday gift to Elijah when he was born!)


Connor thought he would try out the baby sling... Elijah says... Hey what's going on here...? You won't see the baby sling on Coach Sam until I lose a little more weight...!

Baby in the Bed Part II

Here's another photo from the 'baby in the bed' series. And for those of you keeping up with the diaper changing statistics I changed diaper number 22 today. Elijah is 6 and 1/2 weeks now and he's doing very well.

Having Some Playtime...

Here's Elijah enjoying his Baby Einstein Play set.

He is such a happy, sweet baby...! What a joy!