Yesterday was a big day for Elijah, or at least it felt that it was. It was his first day in size 3 diapers for one thing, although that is admittedly not terribly exciting. A little sad I suppose, he's growing so fast, but I'm excited for every milestone, and there is much to look forward to as he grows older.
Another first from yesterday involved Elijah's first swim. He took it pretty well, and didn't even cry, although he did look a little startled and confused by everything that was going on. Here is a cute picture of him with Matt:
and Elijah being dried off in his one-fish-two-fish towel (I think his favourite part of the evening):
And the last big first from yesterday was Elijah's first time eating solids! Well, sort of solids. He had some rice cereal but it was very watered-down by breast milk. In a few days we'll try mixing it with formula instead, but as he hasn't had any formula yet either, we thought it wise to not try two new things at once.
Here are a few pictures of Elijah's first spoon-fed experience:
He took a little bit of coaxing, but after a few attempts he figured out that he needed to open wide for the spoon.
Enjoying his food!
Feeding him was a little difficult as he kept leaning forwards to gnaw on the edge of the bumbo and also to grab his feet, like so:
A new habit of his.
So happy grabbing his feet.
Today Elijah grabbed his feet and stuck his toes right in his mouth, and proceeded to chomp on them, it was the cutest thing! Now whenever he is on his back his feet are straight in the air and he is making swipes at his little toes. Suffice it to say we believe he has discovered his feet. Another first! Oh, AND today he rolled from back to front for the first time. What an over-achiever!
And just because he is so adorable, here are some more photos of him:
A brief smile between some major fussing at mum and dad's place. We were selfishly staying a little late, trying to play a game with Rob, Kira, Aaron and Rachelle. I think we're going to have to start being responsible parents quite soon...
A pretty blurry photo, but it looks like Elijah is pointing at Matt and laughing!
Smiling between some more fusses at Swiss Chalet on Canada Day. He was such a trooper though, and was good for us all day.
In between all of our craziness we had our birthdays (which, I suppose, contributed to some of the craziness!) and spent some good quality time together. I'd go into it more right now, but I'm just too tired. I think there are even a bunch of things that I was going to write about Eli and other things not related to our birthdays, but they've all slipped my mind. Oh, one was how my dental work is done (**shakes hands in a silent cheer**) and another is how I've had Backyardigan songs going through my head for days. Ummm...nope, that's all I've got. Not too exciting, but we're happy and life is good. Matt's 29 now and I'm 26, and one of my favourite past-times right now is imagining all of the possibilities that 26 will bring for me. I hope it's a wonderful year, but to be honest, it's going to kinda hard to beat 25, because 25 was just that beautiful.
Here's to life.
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