2.9

This is Elijah Cole at exactly 2 years, 9 months

-likes to listen to "U Can't Touch This" (don't worry, it is a clean song)

-likes to pray before dinner whether others like it or not

-is afraid of the potty, but yet wants to see his poop at every diaper change

-sets up books on the bottom step of our staircase insiting they are diving boards and jumps off of them

-wears 3T clothes with adjustable waist, but still fits into his old 18 month shorts

-likes to wrestle with his friends and Daddy

-likes to squeeze his sister's nose and say "HONK!"

-imitates fellow churchgoers who raise their hands in worship to the Lord by raising his own

-in a phase where he screams at the top of his lungs when he doesn't get his way

-likes to practice cup stacking, or as Eli calls it, stack cupping

-thinks that thunder is Jesus and God playing bowling together up in heaven

-will school ANYBODY in soccer

-likes to pretend to seperate fake garbage and recycling

-likes to cuddle under a blanket and say "nice and warm and cozy"

-likes the books "Looks like Spilt Milk", "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and "On the Farm" (a seek and find book)

-still lip synchs to songs, but is branching out and saying some lines and words

-loves to give hugs and loves his cousin Nathan

-is excited to go to the beach next week

-won't sit still for puzzles and games; LOVEs to play football, soccer, t-ball, any sport

-told me, as he was hugging his sister, completely unprovoked "I loooove her."

-says thank you all of the time, but consistenly has to be reminded to say please

-is the greatest son a mother could ever ask for

misc

continuous

wellness

Evangeline had her 2 month check up today. Here are her stats:

Height: 23.75 inches (95%)

Weight: 12 pounds, 8 ounces (90%)

Head Circ: 15.5 inches (75%)

She is doing very well in all aspects!

We thought she may had constipation issues, but apparently it is normal for her to poop once a week....nice for us, but when she does go, immediate bath afterwards! Yikes!

She also does this breathing thing where out of the blue, she will gasp for air like she is suffocating. This is acid reflux coming into the throat, but is blocked from getting into the airway by the airway itself. So because the airway is protecting itself by closing, she can't breathe for a few seconds. VERY scary! But nice to finally know what it is and that it is normal. and will go away at some point.

She still has thrush, but it is going away with a second round of treatment.

She received two shots and cried for only a minute or two....took them like a champ!

daylight

neon

We went to see the fireworks at Miller Park in Exton on Sunday night. We watched them from the top of the Sears parking garage. It was nice and easy in, easy out which made Mommy and Daddy happy.

This was the first time Eli has seen fireworks. He liked them a little and then didn't a little.....he went from Chad's embrace to sitting with me a few feet away

in the back of the Jeep.

Of course it being

9:30 at night didn't help

his nutty mood either.

Evangeline was hanging out, eating while the fireworks were booming and hissing. She didn't seem very bothered, though was also a bit

fussy from the lack of sleep.

Then I was getting loopy from exhaustion too and decided to try out different settings on my DSLR camera. We experimetented with glow necklaces friends

of ours gave to Eli.

All in all, it was a great

4th of July weekend! :)

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