So I know it's been a long time

Like I said I know it's been a long time. It has been a really hectic month for us. Eden got sick, got better, and then got sick again, Elliott had a chemical burn on his eye, Tropical Storm Fay hit, and somewhere in there we still had to find time to do all the things we needed to. SO life has been crazy. Instead of trying to catch up on everything I am going to look forward.

Today Eden had cake for the first time. Her daycare had a party at Chik-Fil-A and they had a cake. I figured why not and Eden loved it, as oyu can tell from the pics. She is such a sweetheart, but stubborn as anything. At daycare they have given up on trying to get her to nap. She knows if she cries long enough they will come pick her up. So even though she naps great at home, she refuses to nap at daycare. So instead they give her free reign of the school during naptime. She helps make lunch and hangs out with the big kids which she loves. Last week she wa sup while the other babies were sleeping and Eden crawled to and pulled herself up on each crib and laughed at them. Apparently she thought it really funny that she was free and they were in the cribs! Oh, well. My baby girl has to be the center of attention and if she isn't she isn't happy. She gets that from her dad by the way. Add to that the stubborness she got from me and you have got one little princess. I just love that girl something fierce.

We are getting really excited about our upcoming vacation. On Sept. 25 Eden and I are flying up to meet Elliott in Washington D.C. We will be there for a few days and then we are going to drive down to Williamsburg, VA. We are super excited. We get to see some old friends in DC, and family in VA. I have never been to DC so I am just thrilled to get to go. Plus we get to take Eden. We bought a new video camera and can't wait to take videos of her. Too bad we didn't take the video camera today. Oh, well there will be more cake pictures. At least we know she will ike it on her birthday. Well, that's all for now. I will try to be better this coming month.

One Sick Baby

So Eden is sick again. She has had a cough and a runny nose for a while, and the pediatrician said it wasn't anything to worry about. But this morning she was coughing so much she couldn't eat, and she has green snot just pouring down her face. I think we suctioned out like a tablespoon of snot this morning. So I am home with the baby girl and we will be going to the doctor this afternoon. I don't know why she keeps getting so sick. I like the new daycare we have her at, but I can't help but feel like it is all my fault she is getting sick. I mean if I was at home with her she wouldn't be getting sick so much. I wish I could stay home with her. I would give anything to be with her all day. Right now she is napping, and I know she doesn't feel good. She went down without a fight and without a peep. Nap time isn't always that easy. Most days she complains about it before rolling over and going to sleep. But not today. She looked at me as I was putting her down and just started sucking her thumb.

On a happier note my cousin Peter is driving through Naples today and we are going to have lunch. I am excited to see him, it's been three years since the last time. And since Eden is home she is going to lunch with us. She loves to eat out at restaurants. I think she just likes it because there is so much to see, and Mom usually gives her bits of her food which is always fun.

Elliott is doing well, though he has been in a funky mood these last few days. He was supposed to get a raise and now it seems as if they are backing down from what they said they would do. He is upset at this, and wonders if we are making the right decision to stay here in Naples. It has been something we have talked about a lot over the last few years, and we always thought that it would eventually be worth it job wise. But now it seems as if it might not be. Well, for now we are still here and we will have to pray long and hard about what to do next. We know that there is a plan for us, we just wish we had a little peek at that plan right now.

One tough girl

So I think we may have the bully at daycare. Last Friday Elliott had the day off and he went to daycare and spent some time there playing with Eden. He said that there is one baby who is two months older than Eden and Eden went up and took the toy she was playing with. When the little girl took it back Eden pulled her hair! Elliott said Eden would crawl up to all the babies and take their toys. I asked him if they took Eden's toys and he said they tried, but they didn't. And today when I went to pick her up from daycare, the teacher Miss Karen told me Eden had pulled another little girl's hair. When Miss Karen told her no, and the other little girl was crying Eden had this guilty look on her face. I guess we need to start figuring out how to teach her to share, and not to pull other people's hair.

Eden has learned to do a lot in the last few weeks. She can sit up by herself. I mean she can go from being on her tummy and crawling to sitting up all by herself. Which she likes to do in her crib when it's bedtime. She can also wave now too. Though she waves a lot. She waves at me in the morning and it makes me happy and sad all at the same time. I love that she is getting bigger and learning new things, but it's hard cause I want her to stay little too. We are going to work on using a sippy cup next. I think it will help daycare.

Eden loves to eat. That girl will eat anything, and I swear I think she would eat all day long if you let her. She especially loves to eat what Mommy and Daddy are eating. We are giving her little bites of food when we eat with her. She is getting pretty good at feeding herself too. She especially likes the little star puffs from gerber. Hopefully here are a few new pictures for you all to enjoy!

And the fun begins.

So Eden is a crawling monster! She has been able to crawl for a few weeks now, but she pretty much only crawled a little bit. Yesterday she went into full crawling mode and crawled all over the living room. She sees something she thinks is interesting and off she goes. Elliott and I have been trying to get our messy house cleaned up, but now we are putting it into overdrive. She crawled over to the table last night, found a tag and proceeded to try and chew on it. Luckily I caught her before she ate it. So preety much one of us has to sit on the floor with her at all times and watch her. She even crawled at church today. She saw some other babies in the lobby and she wanted to go over to them, so she crawled over. Then she insisted on standing to look at them. The girl loves to stand. She is also turning into a giggling girl. She has this funny old man laugh, where she sounds like a little old man huh, huh. And then she has her giggly I am being tickled giggle. It is a riot. We love that little baby girl.

Eden is moving towards wanting more solids. She loves to eat. I swear I think she eats all day long. She loves those little gerber puffed stars, and so does Elliott. He loves the banana ones and i have to buy double one for him and one for her! I think her favorite thing is bananas. She just loves them. I used to mash them, and now all I do is cut them into small chunks so she can chew on them. But you have to watch out that she doesn't trick you. Sometimes she tries to stuff several chunks in her mouth at once. But at those times she just spits them at you with this silly grin on her face. Sorry no pictures today, the computer is being stupid. I'll try again tomorrow.

We'll see how well I do at this

I got the idea from Janea to start a blog about our family. So many of you live far away from us and it would be nice to let you know what is going on with us. Eden is a little sweetie pie. She has been pulling herself up on everything lately. Even though she only learned to crawl a few weeks ago, she seems to have tired of it already. She will pull herself up on just about everything. She has even started in the last few days to walk while holding your fingers. Our little girl is one active woman. It is go from the moment she gets up to the moment we fall asleep. She is getting big so fast and starting to move on from being mamma's little baby. She seems less interested in nursing now, in fact she seems to only want solids now. Of course when she gets upset or it's bedtime she still wants to nurse, but for regular meals it has to be solids. She is tiring of the baby foods too. She wants to eat what we are eating. We already give her little pieces of chicken and turkey off our plates. And we give her veggies too. That baby girl has yet to meet a food she doesn't like except for baby cereal. But I don't really count that cause it tastes like paste so I don't blame her.

Today was exciting at work. There was a bomb threat at the courthouse which is in our complex, so the entire government center went on lock down. It sounds way more serious than it was. Apparently they blocked the two main exits and wouldn't allow anyone in or out, but forgot to block the other two entrances. Then they finally figured that out, and decided that no one could leave. Overall the incident was not handled very well. But at least there wasn't an actual bomb. And at leas tit gave us all something to talk about today. Well, that's it for now. Here are some new pictures of Eden!