Elijah

I thought it was about time I do a little spotlight on Elijah.  Man oh man does he bring a whole lot of spunk and adventure to our little family.  I'm sitting here staring at the computer screen looking at that little face up there and I have no idea where to start.  He may be little but the effect he has on all of us is anything but little.

Most of the time E-man is pretty loving.  He loves Maverick so much and when they wrestle or hug each other gently it just melts my heart.  I feel so blessed that we have two boys so close in age.  I hope that they will be best friends forever.

I'm pretty sure that Michael is Elijah's favorite person in the world!  He definitely preferes Michael over me.  Sometimes that's a hard pill to swallow but I guess Michael is a whole lot better at playing Star Wars than I am!  And really I'm so glad that they love each other so much.

His primary teachers say that he is very organized in class and always wants things to be done a certain way.  I can't even imagine where he gets that from! (wink, wink).

He really likes to play with other kids and ever since our move he has been dying to meet new friends.  I'm hoping Summer will bring more opportunities to be out and to meet some of the neighborhood kids.

Eli can also be such a little stinker!  I say that in the most loving way possible!

We are really struggling with bedtime right now.  I finally bit the bullet and ended nap time.  It was really, really hard for me to do but it has been worth it.  He goes to sleep a little earlier leaving me and Michael more time in the evenings.

We have also had some problems with talking back and just general rudeness and disobedience.  Basically Michael and I have absolutely no idea how to handle it.  Eli is just really different from us!  It's amazing how different your child can be from you even though you created him!

We have heard about some really great books that we are planning on reading that I hope will give us some tools to use.

I really do love this kid!  He is one big ball of energy that NEVER stops.  Back talking, fighting with his brother, and being rude are all difficult things to deal with, but none of those things could ever change how much I love him.  I just pray that I can be the parent he needs me to be.

I love you Elijah!

{All of these fabulous photos are by Libby Jones}