Random

I always try to have some theme for a blog post . . . which is probably why I don't post more often. Bridget says that's ridiculous. So, I'm trying to be a little less neurotic and a little more random. So here goes.

1) Bridget's quote of the day: "Elliott, Elijah does not want your foot on his head."

I don't know why it was so funny, but I was sitting at the dinner table and almost spit out my food. Add that to the list of things that you never thought you'd have to say.


2) Elijah is such a fun baby. Every time we change his clothes, he knows it is "Tickle Time" and will get giddy even before we tickle him. If I ever figure out how to upload videos from our video camera, you may get to see the giggling.

On the other hand, Elijah is not a big fan of tummy time. But he's still pretty cute.



My dad always said that we should read to our kids from an early age, and Elliott has certainly come to love his books (especially Christmas books--speaking of random!). We have started to read to Elijah, but mostly he wants to eat the book and Elliott wants to steal the book away from him.


3) One of the best moments of my work week is when I get a picture message from Bridget with a random picture. Although it makes me sad that I am not home with them, it always brings a smile to my face. Especially when the picture is one of Elliott wearing an apron. Some people are surprised to find out that I like to cook, but they usually give me less of a hard time after they've tried something I made. Anyway, Elliott and I have had some fun times making cookies and watching them bake in the oven. For the whole ten minutes.


4) The other night I was working on the computer, and both of the kids were asleep, and I heard Bridget giggling to herself. I looked up to find that she had Elijah's Bumbo on her head. She thought it was hilarious. Then she said that I had to try it. So, there you go.


Is that random enough for you?

Christmas

Some people visit the hospital at Christmas to sing to the patients or deliver goodies. We also visited the hospital this Christmas, but we weren't really singing and the only thing we were delivering was a whole bunch of germs. Elliott started getting a fever a few days before Christmas, and by Christmas Eve, the fever got up to 105 degrees. He also developed some blood in his mucus and may have had a seizure . . . so we were fortunate enough to spend Christmas Eve in the Emergency Room! Poor Elliott was such a champ, and we felt bad that he couldn't enjoy his presents a little more.

Even though we missed spending time with family and friends, we were glad that we didn't share our fever with anyone else. And in some ways it was nice just to stay home and allow Elliott to recuperate. Of course, we didn't just sit around staring at the walls . . .

We may or may not have taken a trip to the park (even though Elliott had a fever) just because it was 65 degrees!


We found time to finish decorating our house, including a creative way to display our stockings due to our lack of mantle . . .


We had a lot of fun opening presents on Christmas (although you may notice that Elliott looks a little miserable and Elijah was more entranced by Pandora's Christmas music than his own presents) . . .


And we certainly found the time to be very, very spoiled.


Don't you love the matching pajamas?! Thanks, Nana Kathy! All in all, it was a great Christmas. We just hope that next year Santa can keep his germs to himself!