Getting dried and dressed after bathtime

Getting dressed on his changing table

Posing in his sleep

Elijah is so cute and entertaining even when he sleeps.


This is a stick-up


Trying to figure something out


Getting ready to scare someone


Practicing his air guitar


Awake and dressed for the day


Back to sleep

Funny Faces

Making funny faces in his sleep







Finally sound asleep

Almost Three Weeks

18 days old

1st Photo Shoot

We went to Kiddie Kandids in Babies R Us to have some newborn pictures taken of Elijah. After we were done and I went home to look at the pictures, I wasn't very happy with them. I didn't think that they were as good as they should have been. Elijah is cute so you can't mess that up, but the angles and lighting could have been a lot better. We have never had professional photos taken and the person taking them gave us no direction. We were on our own to position ourselves. We ended up going back about a month later to have some retaken. Here are some from the 1st shoot.















Daddy and Elijah took a nap after the photo shoot

Two Weeks Old

Sleeping in his bouncer. He was unsure of it at first, but now he loves it. He doesn't stay asleep when I try putting him in his Pack-N-Play, but he will sleep in his bouncer.

So many pictures

So Sweet



Daddy and Elijah love taking naps together when Daddy gets home from his rotation



I think he is trying to hide from all the pictures I keep taking:-)


Trying on his Sunday clothes:-)

He's awake!! :-)

Doing what he does best


Getting Ready for his bath


Awake after his bath


His 1st time having a pacifier, we have found that he doesn't really like them

11 days

Growing Boy

Elijah had an appointment today to have his circumcision done. I was really nervous because I didn't want to see him unhappy. When we got there they were running really late and we waited for a long time. This was hard because he got really hungry and you aren't allowed to feed them a few hours before the circumcision and I had fed him quite a few hours earlier by now. They don't usually allow the parents to go in the rooms with the baby while they are doing the procedure, but they let Joel go in. I was ok waiting in the room and having Joel go. Joel said the he did really well and didn't cry at all. They gave him some sugar water while giving him the anesthetic and that made him really happy. Before the procedure they weighed him and he is at 8 pounds 1 ounce. The say they are usually back to their birth weight at 10 days and he is a pound over!!!! He is already growing so fast. When we got home we gave him a bath. This is one of his favorite times.

Relaxing after his bath

9 days

A glimpse at what Elijah spends most of his time doing

Sleeping Elijah

Since Elijah is still so little, he mostly sleeps all day. He wakes up to eat and will stay awake for a little while before going back to sleep.



He will open his eyes and look like he is awake or waking up, but he is still sleeping



Daddy and Elijah love taking naps together

One Week Old

Hanging out with Mom







The many sleeping poses of Elijah

Day 6

Sleeping soundly:-) He is a good sleeper. He gets up a lot to eat, but he really doesn't fuss very much. I love watching him sleep.




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