tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24326782185417228052024-02-02T15:13:17.207-08:00The Olson Odyssey..For our friends and family, near and far, we hope this gives you a glimpse into our journey of life.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-63915137775878019822011-12-16T00:07:00.000-08:002011-12-16T01:48:41.349-08:00It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!<span style="font-family:verdana;">As I look over the past year it has honestly been one of the roughest, richest years of my life. It is marked by strained relationships, the loss of two babies to miscarriage, a tumultuous job situation, the loss of loved ones, and damage from our own hurts, habits and hang ups. And yet, somehow, in the midst of it all, God has met us and ministered so deeply to our hearts. He has grown us and steadied us like never before. He has better equipped us for the remaining journey and has allowed us to better fix our eyes on Jesus Christ and things above. He has healed past wounds and allowed some new. Through our trials, He has changed us. And though the job is far from complete, I feel stronger and more prepared to focus on things that really matter in this world.<br /><br />This Christmas season we have tried to do that. One thing that never seems to lose its luster is the opportunity to tell others about Jesus!! He so radically changed my life that January night in 2000 the first time I encountered Him. He filled me with the love, joy, hope and peace I so desperately searched for all my life. And it all happened that night when the walls were closing in on me and I saw no other alternative, but to end my life. I cried out to God for the first time and said, "If You are really there, take my life or it is over." He very much took me up on that offer.<br /><br />Shortly thereafter, I admitted to God I was a sinner, believed that Jesus died on the cross to pay for my sin and chose to accept the gift of eternal life with God. In that instant I entered into a forever relationship with the living God of the Universe. It isn't something I could have ever earned on my own. It was given. Though it was given at great cost to Jesus Christ, it was freely given to me in love and it is available to you too. I can handle the trials of life because I have Him by my side and in my life. I want others to know that freedom and joy. If you ever need somebody to pray for you, or if you aren't sure you've ever entered into this relationship with God that I describe, I'd love to help. Shoot me an email (dana.racquel.olson@gmail.com) and we can get in contact with each other.<br /><br />You, God, are good. You alone satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts. No matter what my circumstances are in life, I praise You, for you alone are worthy. "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13.<br /><br />Here are few glimpses into our life this past week! I love the anticipation of Christmas!!<br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qblO20eitSbbpIGYxrkBM4D1jSiXPr7dHTBK8NbRS22Oa6zmcBpaSCwzeXSgSIFB6FD6JsAjKQPb8J9tP3427ASRoC_O-xdKuO76z2XnnEsMX-B1aIztN1ZeDrUvnIJxBVR6woA24Jg/s1600/Christmas+card+2011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qblO20eitSbbpIGYxrkBM4D1jSiXPr7dHTBK8NbRS22Oa6zmcBpaSCwzeXSgSIFB6FD6JsAjKQPb8J9tP3427ASRoC_O-xdKuO76z2XnnEsMX-B1aIztN1ZeDrUvnIJxBVR6woA24Jg/s400/Christmas+card+2011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686635819781073762" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aaron, Elijah and I trying to get a decent shot<br />for our first attempt ever at Christmas cards!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NhTGEtt7n-FzIJIM1kwIM7Ei3M4yjMX4zebqNWw8HVRc5GYVxEV-yH9dadk0rb96Y-sQDwUP8s35RvWaFXcSpU5YZTeJCMU3z2kYqMe5gWzgMj8msuBfc5tbFCmQokhCZTjodKtGeNA/s1600/Santa+076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NhTGEtt7n-FzIJIM1kwIM7Ei3M4yjMX4zebqNWw8HVRc5GYVxEV-yH9dadk0rb96Y-sQDwUP8s35RvWaFXcSpU5YZTeJCMU3z2kYqMe5gWzgMj8msuBfc5tbFCmQokhCZTjodKtGeNA/s400/Santa+076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686635876438331650" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aaron helped to coordinate a Christmas Party<br />for families in our community and Santa himself made<br />an appearance! Here he is with my favorite 3 year old!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb3_qb_-IAxmRcFj5TYmEmFxQSTek-OU6lKYYkBJYumeUAGP4GR46xeiH_2Q9zJEpsoI7pq99Oncxa4dRNsteb9aMXLwA1YX8hsOzKIwPbYh_5MtF-YFeIdgF9-HSd8lKDaQW_nPFZYQ/s1600/Santa+111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb3_qb_-IAxmRcFj5TYmEmFxQSTek-OU6lKYYkBJYumeUAGP4GR46xeiH_2Q9zJEpsoI7pq99Oncxa4dRNsteb9aMXLwA1YX8hsOzKIwPbYh_5MtF-YFeIdgF9-HSd8lKDaQW_nPFZYQ/s400/Santa+111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686635851915878514" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;">There were between 50 and 75 kids there. I was excited to see<br />many new faces. There were several children we met through<br />Angel Tree Ministry. Angel Tree is a Prison Fellowship program that<br />connects parents in prison with their children through the delivery of<br />Christmas gifts. Our church purchased gifts and we will deliver them and the Gospel to children in the name of their prisoner-parent. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjv8aVXQW_EnvAGIDJr48qCMHpBkDIVYAwuS1pzPtUhqDazDc4Vch2L6cWpPUdwtW4usXQVtEEXnSvh5PM_fqJ4ALLm9UXNDF7fvTBiZ96gxKGS9fCb_3wYuu32K3qDcpBceU91-ERhw/s1600/Santa+112.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjv8aVXQW_EnvAGIDJr48qCMHpBkDIVYAwuS1pzPtUhqDazDc4Vch2L6cWpPUdwtW4usXQVtEEXnSvh5PM_fqJ4ALLm9UXNDF7fvTBiZ96gxKGS9fCb_3wYuu32K3qDcpBceU91-ERhw/s400/Santa+112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686635855934710594" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We did a little skit to present the gospel. Aaron let me coordinate the group and write the skit they were performing, but I didn't plan to be in it until the last minute when one of our performers was sick. It was a lot of fun despite my lack of preparation and several kids responded in faith. I love these youth girls!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFjJFaVCseNCcR5_WI3unXC5xGHhJEsza07eGWxFG1HdUHrK0txnwGQ-j2F8kHj8etghNCHUeH3vmb5Qdi3QBo0S_qlKJNPOkzSZ6cJgaJ724RI1h2Cs2Fblm3Fa7bS8IcuQPmYwfZvE/s1600/Santa+092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFjJFaVCseNCcR5_WI3unXC5xGHhJEsza07eGWxFG1HdUHrK0txnwGQ-j2F8kHj8etghNCHUeH3vmb5Qdi3QBo0S_qlKJNPOkzSZ6cJgaJ724RI1h2Cs2Fblm3Fa7bS8IcuQPmYwfZvE/s400/Santa+092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686635824411784082" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This just makes me happy to see Elijah's joy!</span><br /></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-8449951483929562252011-02-28T21:22:00.000-08:002011-02-28T22:42:55.994-08:00Random and Sometimes Bizarre Glimpses!<span style="font-family:verdana;">As usual, life is traveling far faster than I can keep up. Here are a few cute shots of my little ball of energy! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VKbnTY40B71ZP0S770Sscj42yZOK82WWqeIPxVgkFd7wEg_hjMviBI9xjaO90srAZsBuVKLxEoyplgrsXXI0FDTBLM8HCumYf10qWoZwPx43qVLH4VeYd2cVIUqYWmn9GyUkT0GAt-0/s1600/DSC05777.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VKbnTY40B71ZP0S770Sscj42yZOK82WWqeIPxVgkFd7wEg_hjMviBI9xjaO90srAZsBuVKLxEoyplgrsXXI0FDTBLM8HCumYf10qWoZwPx43qVLH4VeYd2cVIUqYWmn9GyUkT0GAt-0/s400/DSC05777.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578984437065012738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hello there!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvFDZI8HjIL2pVtbN7SIFDSZMD3pqxqFa0U7cJ1TVWEDe7Y0Gq5VcwHxe5wykev6ExNS2Vm71sPYuCLroPVSXb1kAAzs9Cl3bNxZMoo40zIUDf2RM1QFK9Bkv34HRlovfD2N6QxtjeVo/s1600/DSC05790.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvFDZI8HjIL2pVtbN7SIFDSZMD3pqxqFa0U7cJ1TVWEDe7Y0Gq5VcwHxe5wykev6ExNS2Vm71sPYuCLroPVSXb1kAAzs9Cl3bNxZMoo40zIUDf2RM1QFK9Bkv34HRlovfD2N6QxtjeVo/s400/DSC05790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578984431071948946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just some cute, random friend Elijah made at an open gym.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Odmhc6LbytJmILXwR2SlG4QYDhEKY4rGlm3-AXHzT8bAklvmoC5cvdIS-4ACqDFDZws3nfqHCof9DD7Zz0jloRp43lnazI2bPgePqX2Lcuiq2H159Cf0l_ZVuVOXLcNPsNCGK6IJPvc/s1600/DSC05791.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Odmhc6LbytJmILXwR2SlG4QYDhEKY4rGlm3-AXHzT8bAklvmoC5cvdIS-4ACqDFDZws3nfqHCof9DD7Zz0jloRp43lnazI2bPgePqX2Lcuiq2H159Cf0l_ZVuVOXLcNPsNCGK6IJPvc/s400/DSC05791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578984430233540018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Teeter-Totter buckin' bronco style! She held her own!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvqx9ZnH1jswKz4wtbVNkUoqPEojSrCSwvD3Y1Nb9J7gO9JLi8DMuSaHKcQWoRqYbLE4aRR29BfGXC6j0bh_QQinEPvvtQ05mdFrVJviFHSZGzS1iXfZ0qiZfAy9WXcDyrosesCv2aw4/s1600/DSC05916.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvqx9ZnH1jswKz4wtbVNkUoqPEojSrCSwvD3Y1Nb9J7gO9JLi8DMuSaHKcQWoRqYbLE4aRR29BfGXC6j0bh_QQinEPvvtQ05mdFrVJviFHSZGzS1iXfZ0qiZfAy9WXcDyrosesCv2aw4/s400/DSC05916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983717260527442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">That's one big bear!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWHpVI-kMRE6ogEPKz1mMWAIFOYt1msbNfevjKLSbTm-m1D46N-44abhY02jcxIjwRkNkOVyIPT11tVZY1ZW6mwjcVaif6xxevLALMisYj02bBPE6r_O6a-OQm56rnghagnPtv-z_wwE/s1600/DSC05985.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWHpVI-kMRE6ogEPKz1mMWAIFOYt1msbNfevjKLSbTm-m1D46N-44abhY02jcxIjwRkNkOVyIPT11tVZY1ZW6mwjcVaif6xxevLALMisYj02bBPE6r_O6a-OQm56rnghagnPtv-z_wwE/s400/DSC05985.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983712879886594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Christmas morning!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7bImva-3AwpIHKeP4-bk6mSsnYx4BDJCppUnp-DC1yahDLnjO8p9UlChn2FlV7cMzX0DXQyH3uJRS5E6FfibTgq3V6e1fFQezBKhN9WdE3-ei8RRidZ8hWP3sYmbV9JR9LogxrtvTCc/s1600/DSC06019.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7bImva-3AwpIHKeP4-bk6mSsnYx4BDJCppUnp-DC1yahDLnjO8p9UlChn2FlV7cMzX0DXQyH3uJRS5E6FfibTgq3V6e1fFQezBKhN9WdE3-ei8RRidZ8hWP3sYmbV9JR9LogxrtvTCc/s400/DSC06019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983705397700258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">SO busted! Notice the smashed gingerbread train<br />on the ground and the kid chowing down? Yeah.<br />Guilty! In all honesty, Aaron fell backwards into<br />the shelf that housed the train and he destroyed it.<br />Elijah just came to scavenge what he could before<br />Mommy ruined the fun.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8x8LUXN3Mj08UlamwrIeDHYuDTYb1bKowsXq4aDWC5d3vjDZdZbCfuJH5lqwUL3RLtmmk6knB-hC4Gh07tg7UffnXZ_JxKFAyegkPI93c-0l9R_Dr2Cz8lwAKC0Y_NlTjPpJyoIdVqk/s1600/DSC06062.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8x8LUXN3Mj08UlamwrIeDHYuDTYb1bKowsXq4aDWC5d3vjDZdZbCfuJH5lqwUL3RLtmmk6knB-hC4Gh07tg7UffnXZ_JxKFAyegkPI93c-0l9R_Dr2Cz8lwAKC0Y_NlTjPpJyoIdVqk/s400/DSC06062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983701271280978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bevo! Thanks to Aunt Karrin and Uncle Chris,<br />I may have a chance against Aunt Kristin's attempt<br />to brainwash my son with the silly notion that A&M<br />is the way to go! After Aunt Kristin stayed with<br />him for four days straight, I came home and tried<br />to dress him in his longhorn pajamas. I was<br />told that those were the "yucky pajamas."<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_RIdW9VwGnJSqC5XnSjB3hH8VSAK19isF7cS_Y89imX9k54henI4FWisu4-GcujEG2rfcTb-Xte_t2l0ZMLzamTp7X5PxFkNfI1h05gBQSC7Zyf0q-DevEEgIMNUKcXegCDkOQIQBcQ/s1600/DSC06068.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_RIdW9VwGnJSqC5XnSjB3hH8VSAK19isF7cS_Y89imX9k54henI4FWisu4-GcujEG2rfcTb-Xte_t2l0ZMLzamTp7X5PxFkNfI1h05gBQSC7Zyf0q-DevEEgIMNUKcXegCDkOQIQBcQ/s400/DSC06068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983699127945202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">No idea!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQeshqjSPOK-RJH6XqBB562vj2Cj73BCXJnrjXSevRy1xlfvL0W0CN2OMoDVcWfnIdq515W6tiKoQcSpTZrwf8moH8YJsst8EM0YHK_rimxId1U-A1yzmQd95ro_zBRsJltDPV4F77Qw/s1600/DSC06091.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQeshqjSPOK-RJH6XqBB562vj2Cj73BCXJnrjXSevRy1xlfvL0W0CN2OMoDVcWfnIdq515W6tiKoQcSpTZrwf8moH8YJsst8EM0YHK_rimxId1U-A1yzmQd95ro_zBRsJltDPV4F77Qw/s400/DSC06091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983019652915490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Run for your life! On guard! Touche! This is Aidan,<br />Elijah's little friend I watch one afternoon a week.<br />Sword fights are a frequent method used to pass time.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UNfIGuUBUpUX45JOaxoQmmKm-Upvdt15KzWs0bQvsLBeZdsN7Ge6BSfCBcDndXrW0l9sbgbYTX3XCiwgsYLrU6NLTBb2hLtVru2LAryYZI80TmGUMESdO2-BEyeFsE9TUyQwX60Cv5w/s1600/DSC06104.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UNfIGuUBUpUX45JOaxoQmmKm-Upvdt15KzWs0bQvsLBeZdsN7Ge6BSfCBcDndXrW0l9sbgbYTX3XCiwgsYLrU6NLTBb2hLtVru2LAryYZI80TmGUMESdO2-BEyeFsE9TUyQwX60Cv5w/s400/DSC06104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983016790385202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aaron getting schooled in arm wrestling. Notice<br />the band aid head. One of those band aids stayed<br />on for several weeks despite the fact there was no<br />wound. Granted, he did run into a door frame during<br />a growing spurt which inspired the band aid, but he is<br />just generally obsessed with them and it's not a battle we<br />are willing to fight. He sure gets lots of sympathy<br />points from people this way though.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPTyFcSiwi9MlNkijQBg0OU9USykL9-7ybWzfjWbT-oLnwLlFCZCPoSS3V0gpAQ70rhyphenhyphenlIpg65QVKwuy2OxMAIDZU06Kh8erpSKT6kJaPE9utrGwHJ02cOEJgaomkpB5hfCAiBoz3E1I/s1600/DSC06112.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPTyFcSiwi9MlNkijQBg0OU9USykL9-7ybWzfjWbT-oLnwLlFCZCPoSS3V0gpAQ70rhyphenhyphenlIpg65QVKwuy2OxMAIDZU06Kh8erpSKT6kJaPE9utrGwHJ02cOEJgaomkpB5hfCAiBoz3E1I/s400/DSC06112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983011804395058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Relatively prepared for the elements minus the pants!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmEschHPFSUAss6NRkpKsrwK1xCRMIqMFqtsxZWuP8qM24y9aV-6aQYSwdnY9GMZPagHEX-pMcZJtkmSwdLAaYb_s5NF4q5TWsG9zpLBGCuu7KWA1-hVi_kAS3TEPrHLVEt1uw6tFrnM/s1600/DSC06166.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmEschHPFSUAss6NRkpKsrwK1xCRMIqMFqtsxZWuP8qM24y9aV-6aQYSwdnY9GMZPagHEX-pMcZJtkmSwdLAaYb_s5NF4q5TWsG9zpLBGCuu7KWA1-hVi_kAS3TEPrHLVEt1uw6tFrnM/s400/DSC06166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983007147260402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Strike a pose Mr. Male Model!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fP4PpYukADkBlllr_Ra66c8Lv-5oX1HJf6v-cYtCvb8VVt97ilt0bikWPe7gNYTDDAeO6AXK9QmzBbHOY2vG92JN7Z_Tkse6cUXc5rVJABFl182GJMrRVBAnUna5sRw40VHhYnUFIF0/s1600/DSC06171.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fP4PpYukADkBlllr_Ra66c8Lv-5oX1HJf6v-cYtCvb8VVt97ilt0bikWPe7gNYTDDAeO6AXK9QmzBbHOY2vG92JN7Z_Tkse6cUXc5rVJABFl182GJMrRVBAnUna5sRw40VHhYnUFIF0/s400/DSC06171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578983003780386994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Flash! Flash! Flash!<span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: webdings;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah is talking a LOT these days. He has his feisty moments for sure. He lets his will be known, but is quite polite when reminded. He growls and grunts at people who try to say hi to him or who approach him too quickly for his taste. He is a bit of an antogonizer if he has friends he knows he can get a big reaction from. We've been talking a LOT about that. He makes me think of his Uncle Bubba in that regard often. :) <br /><br />He loves narratives and oh my, he LOVES his daddy. They crack up together, run through the house playing swords and tag often and unfortunately gang up on me. Elijah is so like me when he sings songs...can't remember the words to save his life so he makes them up as goes or just jumps from song to song. I see the Spirit of God working in his heart to change him. This is a comical example, but the other day, on the way to church, we were praying together as a family. Elijah thanked God for his friends, Ryan and Puah, before he earnestly asked God to help his friends not to push him and to help him not push his friends. <br /><br />He's in a big boy bed now...well, his crib that was converted to a day bed anyway. As soon as he hears the garage door open, he runs to hide so he can jump out and scare whoever is coming home and he constantly runs up to people and shouts, "BOO!" He can be a bit of a handful, but mostly he is simply a delight!</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-90630527512289420642010-12-14T20:37:00.000-08:002010-12-14T21:49:18.333-08:00He's Kind<span style="font-family: verdana;">The course of the last week has been interesting and marked with extremes and while I don't generally journal much these days, especially publicly, God is working in Elijah and I'd like to record, share and reflect a bit. I posted about Elijah "getting" mercy yesterday and tonight I had a conversation with him that just really caused me to pause. To give you a bit of background, last week, I went to Moms Group and had to do childcare in Elijah's class since the normal teacher had a car accident on the way to the church. At Moms Group we have childcare while moms drink coffee, have delightfully complete sentences with each other since there are no children and we break into small groups to discuss either a parenting book or a Bible study. I was bummed to miss my time with the moms, but glad to get a glimpse of Elijah with his peers. <br /><br />To be honest though, it was like a kick in the stomach. Elijah was one of the worst behaved children. He was taking things from others, pushing, hitting, fighting for the only green chair in a sea of red chairs during musical chairs...he had to be reminded to listen often and he was just plain not very nice in how he spoke to other children. Oh, did I mention he was super bossy too and that he seemed to enjoy instigating others to act out. I was embarrassed and started to jump in, but then decided to just observe as much as possible. When I had a quiet moment with the assistant that is usually in there, I asked if this was how Elijah always behaved. Sheepishly she nodded with a look that communicated an element of pity. <br /><br />Sin. I see it every day in this broken world we live. I see it everyday in my own heart and interactions with others...in my selfishness and impatience. Seeing it blatantly in your own kid though...man, that is hard.<br /><br />When the normal teacher showed up she assured me he wasn't the "difficult child" I was apologizing for him being and she reminded me that he was the youngest by as much as a year and half to some of the other kids in the group. She shared that developmentally, he is right where he should be and that the things he is doing are normal for his age. I realize those things are true, but there were a few other little ones his age that were not pulling those shenanigans! Don't get me wrong...I LOVE my kid and think the world of him. Often I think too highly of him and let him get away with too much maybe. I am not sure. I feel quite blind and alone in this task of parenting at times. I may be getting a lot right....or I may be getting a lot wrong...and to be honest...I never know which is it for sure.<br /><br />A few days before the Moms Group incident, Elijah got something he knew very well he wasn't supposed to have...it was a candle. I didn't even know he had it, but he took off at the speed of light and I found him hiding with it. Man, it was such an image of Adam and Eve hiding in the garden. I told him the story and prayed for him to be a person of integrity even when no one was looking. <br /><br />Today, I go into the gym where we got a membership recently because I had been struggling with some ongoing depression that I couldn't seem to get to lift (it helped a lot by the way). There is a kids' klub there where the kids are supervised and have toys and a play-scape. When I went in today, one of the childcare people asked to speak with me about Elijah. She proceeded to tell me that Elijah hit people on a consistent basis and wanted to know if she could give him a time out if needed. I told her absolutely and to let me know every time anything happened because I will follow up more severely. I explained to Elijah that if he hit anybody, that he'd get a time out and a spanking when I got back. He agreed that he would not hit anybody. Upon my return I asked if he got any time outs. "No, no," she said, "he did well. He only got a few warnings for pulling hair." My eyes bulged out. Pulling hair? I was able to find out his heart in the matter after talking to him and the little girl he had hurt. She had a back pack and he is really into them so he was trying to take from her...doesn't make it much better, but some! <br /><br />In interacting with various moms and authors, I've come to understand that often, kids raised in the church don't fully recognize their bankruptcy in regard to sin because they often learn the right motions. They don't often understand the depth of grace and mercy so those are things I am working on with Elijah. When he doesn't do what I say, I don't say you aren't listening....I say, you not obeying. When he hits, lies, says no to me, I tell him it is a sin. He has to recognize his need to be saved in order to be saved. Tonight, after we read his children's Bible and brushed teeth, we went to read a bedtime book in his room. Afterward I asked if he wanted me to pray for anybody for him. He asked me to pray for Maddie, Reese and Trevin, three of his closest friends. That was new as he usually just wants to thank God for milk, toys, food, or even more spiritual things like Jesus or angels. I just found it neat that he wanted to pray for his friends. <br /><br />He also looked around the room to list things to thank God for as usual. He wanted to thank God for his animals and books and then he looked at the crucifix in his room from his Great Grandma Weber. He looked at me as if he was telling me because I didn't know and said, "Jesus died on the cross." I asked Him if he knew why Jesus did that. He explained to me that Jesus' friends did that to Him, that it hurt a lot and that he said, "Help! Help!" because He didn't want to do it. I told him he was right that Jesus didn't want to have to die on the cross, but that nobody made Him do it. We have been talking a lot about Jesus' birth over the weeks of advent. We've read from Scripture that Jesus came to save us from our sins. That has really stood out to Elijah and every time I asked him why Jesus came to earth as a human baby, he says with glee and celebration in his voice, "to save us from our sins!" So, I asked him tonight. Do you remember why we celebrate Christmas? Whose was born on Christmas? Then he thought he'd be funny and kept saying it was Isaac...not Jesus. After we giggled about his joke and his silliness, I asked him what Jesus had come to earth to save us from. "OUR SINS!" I then looked back at the cross and told him, "Elijah, that is how Jesus saved us from our sin. We were supposed to be punished for our sin. We were supposed to die, but Jesus died on the cross for us. It's the mercy we've been talking about. We deserve to be punished for sin, but we aren't because Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sin. Nobody made Him do it though, Elijah. So why do you think he did it for us?" Heartfelt and in all seriousness, Elijah responded, "He's kiiiiind." <br /><br />You are kind indeed God! I thank you Lord God that You are working in my child. I desire nothing more fully if I am honest. I am such a disaster and yet, in your grace, You allow me to get such glimpses of your grace....your mercy.....fruit from labor that truly is a joy. Lord, I ask you to penetrate his heart with the truth of the gospel. May he recognize his sin and absolute need of You. May he truly understand the depth of grace and mercy You've supplied to Him because of Your great love and glory. I ask for wisdom and guidance for Aaron and me as we walk this journey of parenting as we are clueless, insecure and blind without You. <br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-84695422530092909212010-12-13T23:30:00.000-08:002010-12-13T23:36:24.729-08:00Grace and Mercy<span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been teaching Elijah about concepts like grace and mercy lately. A few times he hasn't been punished for something and I explained to him that he was receiving mercy by not getting the punishment he deserved. Tonight when I told him he was going to get a consequence for something he said, "No, I get mercy." My jaw literally dropped as I looked to Aaron to confirm whether I was hearing him correctly. I doubt so often that he is listening or absorbing. Mercy is a concept he is hanging on to....me too! Praise God for being a God of mercy!<br /><br />We proceeded to talk about justice! </span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-61482286323725115792010-10-25T22:07:00.000-07:002010-10-25T23:18:56.845-07:00Uncle Chris and Aunt Karrin<span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah had some special visitors at the end of August! I started to type that </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">we</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> had special visitors, but my sister and her husband would be the first to admit, they were here to see Elijah! Elijah adores them and they clearly had mutual feelings for him. They came for a week and it was such a fun time for all of us. I am ashamed to say, Karrin and I lost spades a few painful times, but some day, revenge will be had! We laughed a LOT playing games and really enjoyed our time with them. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Chris and Karrin spent the first couple nights seeing what Elijah's routines were like and then they did some sight seeing for a couple days. They returned and Aaron and I spent three glorious days and 2 nights by ourselves at a friend's cabin in the mountains. It was our first weekend away from Elijah since he was born. I spent a couple days before we left for the cabin feeling a bit sad and anxious to leave Elijah. I really tried to embrace all of those emotions and work through them beforehand so I could really enjoy our time away. I had heard from friends that they didn't enjoy their trips away because they missed their kids so much and by the time they got over it, it was time to come home. By the time we were ready to leave to go to the cabin, I really was ready. <br /><br />Aaron and I had such a nice time connecting. We slept passed 10:00am each morning and took naps! We read books for pleasure! We didn't cook anything of any nutritional value! We played games. We went through a long process of family goal setting. We prayed. We read the beginning of a great marriage book by John Gottman </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">And Baby Makes Three: A Six Step Plan for Preserving Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives.</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> We talked. We fought. We enjoyed each other. I was really thankful for the time away with Aaron. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> We didn't have phone coverage so we had to drive back to the highway to call and check on Elijah. Now, I was ready to be away, but I had no idea how Elijah would do so I was eager to find out about his first night away from us. I was half way thinking that I shouldn't call. What if he is doing fine and then he loses it when he gets off the phone with us. Yeah, well, that's not quite how it happened. The kid was at the zoo, said, "Hi Mommy!" and eagerly pushed the phone away because some exciting animal was in view! It was such a relief! He learned his Uncle Chris is a push over and he can get just about any kind of sugary treat he wants from him. And, he really bonded with his Aunt Karrin. He love, love, loves them. To be honest, it wasn't easy recovering from their departure. Chris and Karrin, come back soon. We all miss you! Here are some glimpses of your time here!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWvi-QLLWYsYbNjN1zBCKZSrP4ClQEOguBTiaRs12qoE9m6iHVLVGkVrOUI1DUCnPKcOExmc-UQljjSK3jNtz21wiPbZ58dzk7dGQcoA4iB_lz_Ba4mVhd6whSqgAxV06bflNESH3bGo/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+249.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWvi-QLLWYsYbNjN1zBCKZSrP4ClQEOguBTiaRs12qoE9m6iHVLVGkVrOUI1DUCnPKcOExmc-UQljjSK3jNtz21wiPbZ58dzk7dGQcoA4iB_lz_Ba4mVhd6whSqgAxV06bflNESH3bGo/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532231866575215538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're crossing over the railroad tracks to<br />Richmond Beach, which is close to our home.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtTGWjONO8ccWEeQIfekT1WSj_3ZIT9u2LUKHeJcIoeGPLiupDTKy402gsy-vHx5O7EMv5UtdR9VUMz2lmfqXltnShSfbDcCFHV1KQii0m2h8aCDidWuoLZy1oKbQYvQUq_J2y8Qi1j4/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+251.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtTGWjONO8ccWEeQIfekT1WSj_3ZIT9u2LUKHeJcIoeGPLiupDTKy402gsy-vHx5O7EMv5UtdR9VUMz2lmfqXltnShSfbDcCFHV1KQii0m2h8aCDidWuoLZy1oKbQYvQUq_J2y8Qi1j4/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532230028157315026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Daddy and Elijah!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmcDV8s2IixsCdZ7xWSH6Z_JdTzr1iYv5jWXzftd1N8VkR_CFNMEYsvlewBoOd4q-rp6oFKVlgMNtT365Gch3VZ8M_aoNH3ftD-Bu3lR7ctkhP9eDIM0v7qKpty7KVlu-E5E5f1N0v84/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+258.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmcDV8s2IixsCdZ7xWSH6Z_JdTzr1iYv5jWXzftd1N8VkR_CFNMEYsvlewBoOd4q-rp6oFKVlgMNtT365Gch3VZ8M_aoNH3ftD-Bu3lR7ctkhP9eDIM0v7qKpty7KVlu-E5E5f1N0v84/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532230019491169778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Uncle Chris and Aunt Karrin</span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMwXATYvZGXHrPcOftSyzuGiroCqU6Qk4k6RRr5dOt7BvsMKT9n5018dAia1WgKvgYhhQJoDU8BfwTCjzM46XuEa7EmHqShWfb9y7-P3JFP7RcVRLMKfEz92T49bUFcWn4h9hqxEnlWY/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+259.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMwXATYvZGXHrPcOftSyzuGiroCqU6Qk4k6RRr5dOt7BvsMKT9n5018dAia1WgKvgYhhQJoDU8BfwTCjzM46XuEa7EmHqShWfb9y7-P3JFP7RcVRLMKfEz92T49bUFcWn4h9hqxEnlWY/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532230015436807202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Crazy Chris had to check out the<br />frigid water of the Puget Sound.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrbyAVXruTo861srVbgFvUpe-Z_GWf4UOV96XPSpRkslVSkyd5vkwO4rGOOATXO1pyqXjy_xlP9JpwHwf3fiGcz36tqKL77uagqh-bzFsXN0L-9Q1D9dhDlNsS5TF6mQYMj5p7oNxa-Q/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+263.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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Aaron and I coordinated Vacation Bible School this year along with a culminating carnival. It was a lot of hard work! I got to teach the fourth, fifth and sixth graders and got to see four kids receive Christ. I wrote skits that presented the gospel for the large group times and Aaron and my good friend Dawn did a great job performing them as Mr. Incredible and the Zapinator! VBS was Monday-Friday and then we packed the car Friday night for our vacation to Oregon. Saturday morning we went and set up the carnival and watched the festivities unfold. As soon as the carnival was cleaned up, we were on the road headed for Oregon! It really was insane, but it made the time away all the sweeter. Elijah and I were completely exhausted as we started the trip and we both slept for the first three hours of the drive thanks to Aaron!<br /> <br />The resort we stayed at was in the middle of nowhere, which was perfect for me because I really just needed to get away and truly relax. There weren't even many people at the resort or on the beach. It was perfect for Elijah because he loved the sand, the waves, the heated pool, the hot tub, the playground, and our hot chocolate ritual after swimming. Everything was literally right outside our door. We were on the top level, had the perfect view of the beach and went to sleep each night listening to the waves. We got to feed seagulls off our balcony. We were far enough away from the pool and playground to not hear a thing too so it felt like we had the place to ourselves. It was such a treat. God is so good to us. He provided in such extravagant ways with little expense to our pocketbook. It is all so undeserved, but He extends such grace. <br /> <br />Here are some of the images we captured on our trip! Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawjVay5i4tH8GiPQHSbWw6xuVR21R4p0j3cUBTyllLPNyeQv66Vf0Qd5rwAG0epngKxohrCCozivWR8JqzDNE6vwtCR-DwWP0yTCrHYQA7YxHwi1bdwcsKIOEy-jOxI3shMQgP7oKMSg/s1600/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawjVay5i4tH8GiPQHSbWw6xuVR21R4p0j3cUBTyllLPNyeQv66Vf0Qd5rwAG0epngKxohrCCozivWR8JqzDNE6vwtCR-DwWP0yTCrHYQA7YxHwi1bdwcsKIOEy-jOxI3shMQgP7oKMSg/s400/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531506215422412482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each morning started with a leisurely breakfast and<br />relaxing. Elijah and Aaron played catch a lot.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Ko1tRjDRKlxUW2KNrmJuS0Ece5ZW1NLY2vTtA-LLoLR4FEkGQxCA0S5fHMDjhceO4lcQDlxM4_ond2qf7ACegOn52oBUY5frraUoV2Hb19inDXAtw9pIKtI_r0RRNgS1tMOn-YOUMk/s1600/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Ko1tRjDRKlxUW2KNrmJuS0Ece5ZW1NLY2vTtA-LLoLR4FEkGQxCA0S5fHMDjhceO4lcQDlxM4_ond2qf7ACegOn52oBUY5frraUoV2Hb19inDXAtw9pIKtI_r0RRNgS1tMOn-YOUMk/s400/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531505771936192178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjal3bY-j-zcLy8Zfox4RxW1r1mcAfayUdboryIVYwz6suBiTbQzXKHI3WqxsN4gDqVQy0G5-M4mAqFD64PbnzTKg7UH0QlZZKqMss7ZNwfpHwvd2LSk3Last-pSBC1XGh9rqXdSkq5iIE/s1600/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+010.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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Top far right balcony was ours.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTm4BIpW1lIUI1x96BaOA9SkSB7InmdiL1DMh7qyJEPyuVsR7i4lAYECY4qcOooDqLHhrWIQ2S2PuU7lml2adBqJuDtL3tXW7BTw7IAkBhMHGyc0LS9c2gUR_LZ4wa7XoW7PtAb7cDSE/s1600/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+120.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTm4BIpW1lIUI1x96BaOA9SkSB7InmdiL1DMh7qyJEPyuVsR7i4lAYECY4qcOooDqLHhrWIQ2S2PuU7lml2adBqJuDtL3tXW7BTw7IAkBhMHGyc0LS9c2gUR_LZ4wa7XoW7PtAb7cDSE/s400/Gleneden+Beach+Vacation+2010+Purple+Camera+120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531501731522687410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah loves to jump off things! 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiEmHES2vISDvN9RBmqPnqviPbS-gXNBCZ8ojVsNaQmL7DWcqdrfIXKQOPh6RFPbYoR4GyxzB-80hyphenhyphenLCGv5hAwLkttF2BM4iWJpfRq3dpYgAkhe0AufcdAZTX7ztRTDbSgC95-jEl_Rc/s400/Vacation+2010+Gleneden+Beach+421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531487753344427874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while<br />he'll sit still long enough to snuggle. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwKoIY21yV316ZpqNOx_Ocw7KwODGQYhKRYQMVufCMD68It9Au3gCUZ-R5Ha48Jexv_RRHk8mmWoxYN0S9BpkwNQMGUqxpb_TYG7AWmG84tC_Sjz2YsZuM5Fcwq7FiXiIwO7jYIq75PM/s400/Vacation+2010+Gleneden+Beach+515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531480089466562914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oops! That was very cold! He was pretty scared of<br />waves by the time we left because they'd sneak up<br />on him and he fell a few times.<br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7mYzTqubyBF3XTlS7UtK6XkXUdLFLs-JUeuK98A1-I92gyd8iBrLsoQQQjWclFz56BIbMGXN4olULGOJtQsEDvXXdOa2Hj6aiGS9hILh6TpWz6wV94IGZQlvaWHZoqyg_RxCseprzcc/s1600/Vacation+2010+Gleneden+Beach+530.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7mYzTqubyBF3XTlS7UtK6XkXUdLFLs-JUeuK98A1-I92gyd8iBrLsoQQQjWclFz56BIbMGXN4olULGOJtQsEDvXXdOa2Hj6aiGS9hILh6TpWz6wV94IGZQlvaWHZoqyg_RxCseprzcc/s400/Vacation+2010+Gleneden+Beach+530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531479140398040050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We didn't have a change of clothes so he sported<br />a diaper and my coat. We got some strange looks.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfUZm93bqWkCux2orgY-wQ4FzXKjRdTo-8iRFvwh77X2OW8FAW0iCbkIxrKAVx9sxwjJ4Ey57OHUG2hRpHT507jEyIPWqnxHX-yaVea3Em14FjdPmE3BNLt0SEMxdNB8ciJfEnSbFiDU/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfUZm93bqWkCux2orgY-wQ4FzXKjRdTo-8iRFvwh77X2OW8FAW0iCbkIxrKAVx9sxwjJ4Ey57OHUG2hRpHT507jEyIPWqnxHX-yaVea3Em14FjdPmE3BNLt0SEMxdNB8ciJfEnSbFiDU/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531477780048192610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj998GYemVP4SiG1kWlVJorPJU-KnBW23IlO8LD8TAafWZ1CGihdZG6d0PWa8WiCYMJhk7Sd813CablmYa-Bp3e8eG85c5w_9dAx52hKgTxB3C6ZmIWJC1KF5ciTw5yZZTPbOZwFafxC2w/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+017.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-ixYteACF6XX-oqULuMc1daZb4e2dUaiRea6CcekCY-iS4atZPdIyWj9WyGy3zcmZ7DhxIwppXRsuLPrmtwXvOMd-eSZtUPt7oOR109IL7Sm3YX8_qv2AJBAbIIw99RDErJUxmqc1g4/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531474862267952306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaWQKIypzbSxAhg6c7QNMXQ8mBfnXkBW36pC-hW5fUDJ5S5TYJ-L7y__9qvyM0qFeA6odco62GjxEXlpyR4V7LOqVao8aVZr10XkIP0tck-p_w59c98PqeYQ6hhGxAx96lsQyeezefh4/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+196.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaWQKIypzbSxAhg6c7QNMXQ8mBfnXkBW36pC-hW5fUDJ5S5TYJ-L7y__9qvyM0qFeA6odco62GjxEXlpyR4V7LOqVao8aVZr10XkIP0tck-p_w59c98PqeYQ6hhGxAx96lsQyeezefh4/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+196.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531474211384139586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah LOVED these birds. He'd cart them back and<br />forth between the balcony and the fireplace. On<br />the balcony, he'd line them up so they could see<br />what was going on at the beach. They were his little<br />buddies. When we left, he kissed each of them goodbye!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUP8EZ-dbsZikkB03r8SNpe7sgpYFuzbCf18wyJSOPJmHZRCDZ06l9zJsN30r31T5ktWSRd4mUwevcYnKT2mPm0kGbCXnMi91zgDMqmmVE-TY0JSaFvPY7EXpcZb6vUR9gJsoeG4Bsh8/s1600/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+103.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUP8EZ-dbsZikkB03r8SNpe7sgpYFuzbCf18wyJSOPJmHZRCDZ06l9zJsN30r31T5ktWSRd4mUwevcYnKT2mPm0kGbCXnMi91zgDMqmmVE-TY0JSaFvPY7EXpcZb6vUR9gJsoeG4Bsh8/s400/Elijah+2+years+August-September+Gleneden+Beach+Elijah%27+birthday+103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531473796130985746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">And....the journey continues....<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVKpXypgg77LuTzkd2PkF2mPeNqXFHelHDH7ZuCAqvNKlHnBoV_mnJCDt9Hv7mauyNudazHwLonNIoZRHtvQQMMMJ9u-qMSUAdYdiJ-SOLntN4yRu7xMog6SbYp-Spmh4lgeFK2dAy-A/s1600/Vacation+2010+Gleneden+Beach+530.JPG"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-73591062410816099692010-05-06T23:46:00.000-07:002010-05-07T00:00:43.772-07:00Our Gifted Ventriloquist!<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwtlyW_FFECTjAHbKHpENuPtyqOk_ptWr_Yg7kxII5BSniu2BPZWb-fpUn8RsJqGN1t1BL9eHBNBIJRqgIXaQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-7554009124605679262010-05-06T23:33:00.000-07:002010-05-06T23:42:05.619-07:00To Elijah's Grandma Kathy<span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah's grandma started chemo this week. Kathy, we are praying for you. I hope this sweet video brings much joy to your heart.<br /><br /><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJOIrfrqKkQ3vE_X7oY94NdV9TSG90z25kVM59sx6rRWdZoFZ9WAoRpg0gI9NTkT9TO5kEZvDQUPltJB6v7Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-28448898518706262612010-02-04T23:15:00.001-08:002010-02-05T01:24:09.149-08:00Our First Family Vacation<span style="font-family: verdana;">We took our first family vacation this past week to Leavenworth, Washington. It was absolutely incredible. It was a perfect balance between activity and utter relaxation. The first night there I lit candles and took a long, hot bath. Aaron did his equally enjoyable activity of reading a zombie book. We curled up on the couch with a fire and my newest favorite artist, Norah Jones, and I achieved a level of relaxation I had no idea was even possible. To have nothing hanging over us for a whole week. Amazing. We had a leisurely morning with a big breakfast before we headed outside to the beautiful winter wonderland the next day!</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9H7AXWjqQVHjDBnQw5Se-HWJUSoIu3y_X-kNINddSAebUZ5bVbnGmLczlC8b7zyw7GvbELEwr419JOsi5eyFUPKIGprBNCtSJJx-sQxQa6U4RsxJgldf6lFOzPhi63NCyMs5HfhMJ-c/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9H7AXWjqQVHjDBnQw5Se-HWJUSoIu3y_X-kNINddSAebUZ5bVbnGmLczlC8b7zyw7GvbELEwr419JOsi5eyFUPKIGprBNCtSJJx-sQxQa6U4RsxJgldf6lFOzPhi63NCyMs5HfhMJ-c/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434671352896667602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The weather was beautiful. I was hoping we'd get to<br />see it snow. That didn't happen, but the ground<br />was beautifully covered beforehand so I didn't mind too much.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SPYLwZCQvg34svTk2jcEFCxClnK1h1Od0IwjvEQtteSci3M1fifhfpgTRJ7N4n-CTR2RgRg78tE-YGNIeD7xIM7QKrTNzN2L_DaMGq145UdmaopJNTP_4EqMX7m-UYGKUKH55qDC1Bg/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SPYLwZCQvg34svTk2jcEFCxClnK1h1Od0IwjvEQtteSci3M1fifhfpgTRJ7N4n-CTR2RgRg78tE-YGNIeD7xIM7QKrTNzN2L_DaMGq145UdmaopJNTP_4EqMX7m-UYGKUKH55qDC1Bg/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434670490378052098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">For anybody who knows me at all, they know I have<br />a sweet tooth I rarely deny. I've tried to keep Elijah<br />away from sugar for the most part, but vacations are<br />made for fun. We started the vacation with a trip to<br />Cold Stone for ice-cream and while Aaron made a quick<br />dash into Barnes and Noble, Elijah and I got to check<br />out a pet store. Elijah probably would have thought if<br />this is it, I LOVE vacations. There was so much more though!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9PYoQdhXd0PtPep2XTMDJP-e0EXbylakveCR9lBQcuxLdhM1hBhNSsveuxUs449t2rQstY5NR9ea8HURQkMFRJd6xnRVIJwCuFspdKNlsLG9pomZltGRjzYxfECjime-RcUt-hONf6U/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9PYoQdhXd0PtPep2XTMDJP-e0EXbylakveCR9lBQcuxLdhM1hBhNSsveuxUs449t2rQstY5NR9ea8HURQkMFRJd6xnRVIJwCuFspdKNlsLG9pomZltGRjzYxfECjime-RcUt-hONf6U/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434669711129677106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is from our first morning. I wish this captured<br />the snow-covered mountainous view we had! I couldn't<br />help but praise God throughout this trip. So much<br />was provided by Him to make this the perfect trip. Our<br />unit was so comfortable. The view was stunning. <br />And, we had been given stuff when Elijah was born all<br />the way up to the trip to make it perfect and yet affordable<br />for us. He had boots, snow bibs, coats, hats and<br />mittens, and even a toddler sled.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd6m-1SCdEYWcIJkUTToQEn0JBcYQslZg9vGB_gMy-VTBgrzSTvWfmRYUr6MA0PABPa59edn1U6I47Tag1V1qRewQ-U7HOYMVUCCQga_tzA1QJ6H0MIE_75pUeAPxpxIpa5f4-gi3Yts/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+083.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd6m-1SCdEYWcIJkUTToQEn0JBcYQslZg9vGB_gMy-VTBgrzSTvWfmRYUr6MA0PABPa59edn1U6I47Tag1V1qRewQ-U7HOYMVUCCQga_tzA1QJ6H0MIE_75pUeAPxpxIpa5f4-gi3Yts/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434668805363076930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Getting ready for the snow! It didn't take Elijah<br />long to learn how to say the word snow! He<br />completely cracked up as Aaron and I would toss<br />snow at each other and him. He even joined<br />in the fun of throwing it as best he could. At times when<br />we were inside he'd beg, "Snow! Snow! Snow!"<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh4U4PIe7z1k9o7j8d4ALtiS6zm3Zus9f56K5j0Yc9d0SalbFkl5LwM6h7FoLlWrzHmc6GR9WkQahIRiFooL_jXaWEyuYIg2kMkmGmnFtgVec6rsPGg9bDmWSMV_sNvkSJkCdJnsVGLs/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+097.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAh4U4PIe7z1k9o7j8d4ALtiS6zm3Zus9f56K5j0Yc9d0SalbFkl5LwM6h7FoLlWrzHmc6GR9WkQahIRiFooL_jXaWEyuYIg2kMkmGmnFtgVec6rsPGg9bDmWSMV_sNvkSJkCdJnsVGLs/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434668061417064402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Walking in the snow proved to be a<br /> big challenge for our big boy!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHiYcZO-Oy5jefWHHTmV4JY_tAmaYjksddyvDKjZUgvCfgSHgr_HtPBv76fQrv85xISuNlqLFJNaEYi8cc59xWYBShPREU-lQ55Cy3XPlDzz_iFGsv7A9zsXJP_B_CjTKk4escc-wAd8/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHiYcZO-Oy5jefWHHTmV4JY_tAmaYjksddyvDKjZUgvCfgSHgr_HtPBv76fQrv85xISuNlqLFJNaEYi8cc59xWYBShPREU-lQ55Cy3XPlDzz_iFGsv7A9zsXJP_B_CjTKk4escc-wAd8/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434667321313296962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">He's gaining confidence! This is right outside our unit.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI_4zvgvpyH3qIjfMe4dhj18IZH1phzs4MymGeN9XletqnEPwJqvI0YUBeGedAHs2vatx23DYoHCTs2Kt7Yj97pJra5zpw0bxme-JXYBkKyi0O6KBmfJ-GDB0fjoI7qjljBLGTefWbq4/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZI_4zvgvpyH3qIjfMe4dhj18IZH1phzs4MymGeN9XletqnEPwJqvI0YUBeGedAHs2vatx23DYoHCTs2Kt7Yj97pJra5zpw0bxme-JXYBkKyi0O6KBmfJ-GDB0fjoI7qjljBLGTefWbq4/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434666339671825794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our lovely home for the week!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTU2WdsbEJL3zFD3ZrWF3crZHf1YueIyJ_396OSr9iIfXv2eduNmnVktYLcfyDyZNvrIonZLR1Qlkqq8Qd3IQr00QzLBNi1U-OZU24RQUUOm5vcSiphP9Bxg-vC13N3z3j9iqaQZnW8qM/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTU2WdsbEJL3zFD3ZrWF3crZHf1YueIyJ_396OSr9iIfXv2eduNmnVktYLcfyDyZNvrIonZLR1Qlkqq8Qd3IQr00QzLBNi1U-OZU24RQUUOm5vcSiphP9Bxg-vC13N3z3j9iqaQZnW8qM/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434665402885360274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah's enjoying life on his toddler sled given<br />to us by my mentor, Daudette, and her family. <br />Thank you Catey family!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxbbBKeyqJotsjyr6U-KoUNLYgGapV_MPgO5UNRq1juzkAkkzf-alDrocDLFdO5s75XiNJB4NtWNJLJ736VqhyphenhyphenfMM3GXLCc6CzF906Hoa2zhCrUDKYVJAf6NeUIZzW-jmO3Th_M1-4bo/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+284.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxbbBKeyqJotsjyr6U-KoUNLYgGapV_MPgO5UNRq1juzkAkkzf-alDrocDLFdO5s75XiNJB4NtWNJLJ736VqhyphenhyphenfMM3GXLCc6CzF906Hoa2zhCrUDKYVJAf6NeUIZzW-jmO3Th_M1-4bo/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434664559414114274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah is quite the affectionate little guy and if he<br />doesn't get enough hugs and kisses, he'll just grab<br />me to let me know. He gives a great eskimo kiss! <br />This is the beginning of our snowman. Don't let the<br />photo fool you. Aaron and I did all the work while<br />Elijah just tried to eat the snowman. Pretty cute!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3YJNd02UukxwVsgYYkRzq2_1VRu_HY1XPnFFBIpn3D1pKKK-Da20D8uqbG4wfWALuADh9zwCjr7-6pnQrLKrX4n5i4yGuXBg_zNz0Jq46QLu4zVKcL-dFhyphenhyphenepDciQzgV5MSMSdg_0Yw/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+317.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3YJNd02UukxwVsgYYkRzq2_1VRu_HY1XPnFFBIpn3D1pKKK-Da20D8uqbG4wfWALuADh9zwCjr7-6pnQrLKrX4n5i4yGuXBg_zNz0Jq46QLu4zVKcL-dFhyphenhyphenepDciQzgV5MSMSdg_0Yw/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434663536344403106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who knew creating snowmen was such a labor of love!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC7tYRERKnF5B3O130k1xX55ZvGEHoGRNbTpdI-FC9mcN9UKY1XXAMqY83xZm67CEeE55OUChSQocv39DOFF6BqN75m_6PPnfuuXP_2X-K6spJwkx9xyhqs_Kq6kW5qdofAZH79REk9s/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+323.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlC7tYRERKnF5B3O130k1xX55ZvGEHoGRNbTpdI-FC9mcN9UKY1XXAMqY83xZm67CEeE55OUChSQocv39DOFF6BqN75m_6PPnfuuXP_2X-K6spJwkx9xyhqs_Kq6kW5qdofAZH79REk9s/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434662529433718754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">With all the work that went into this little snowman,<br />you didn't think we'd stop with just one picture...<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9hFWZJPcbcrwP9ATNO9zkONnRrXeQbiOgOnQqvjBEcFumswXhuWRLPxU9BZhe9A2YdsOXJoFNyahQFhRSmOtQPvB_vErsnXlHRNAngc7NCa3oVCGJuy2oLmK5Wp0rkZSt-5I3iDMk-M/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+349.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9hFWZJPcbcrwP9ATNO9zkONnRrXeQbiOgOnQqvjBEcFumswXhuWRLPxU9BZhe9A2YdsOXJoFNyahQFhRSmOtQPvB_vErsnXlHRNAngc7NCa3oVCGJuy2oLmK5Wp0rkZSt-5I3iDMk-M/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434661564550831762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">...or even two!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkOcOqjGxMGeO-4kAmVU3ywEVeiZ_zeDXFvY_1SZHfraxlC9w9Tiwd7tHZuM-mE0G9vEZztP8H2xPzbWhEr7JouB859w4WHLnJtOg9hUKpmW2PYQ3F3qEOzobCGSrFVLfRMM65PcCy3Y/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+361.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkOcOqjGxMGeO-4kAmVU3ywEVeiZ_zeDXFvY_1SZHfraxlC9w9Tiwd7tHZuM-mE0G9vEZztP8H2xPzbWhEr7JouB859w4WHLnJtOg9hUKpmW2PYQ3F3qEOzobCGSrFVLfRMM65PcCy3Y/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434661181961600994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aaron is such a great, involved daddy! It is<br />such a joy to see them delight in each other. <br />This is Elijah's all time favorite activity. You<br />match the puzzle pieces of the mommy and baby<br />animals. He's still totally into animals.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeffQfLUe4QMog6h4ULfn03W8S2U_phLtrILXkHC0CF-JTWlhMbLba3bAFbmvUdla67pAyJWa69p6vMtwauPiLH4N71ROMzN5JUnWwOC3rp0GpZ_NvtQ4VPo6CwerEYNyP5YkkjlhyphenhyphenaM/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeffQfLUe4QMog6h4ULfn03W8S2U_phLtrILXkHC0CF-JTWlhMbLba3bAFbmvUdla67pAyJWa69p6vMtwauPiLH4N71ROMzN5JUnWwOC3rp0GpZ_NvtQ4VPo6CwerEYNyP5YkkjlhyphenhyphenaM/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434660740389706530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Downtown Leavenworth<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIi-RxFWxFfgSvW3_Ofkj7z_N_IbGaTlo1hxUYva25ouNYQ0Ebn7DhdnODuzAsHXGM3fewg8SLs5e4BXb2wxNh79u-Mh33llFqdyng6SDIy5lwHFDc0JPArMSIiLTRFnLvfxmoeBVKLo/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+444.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIi-RxFWxFfgSvW3_Ofkj7z_N_IbGaTlo1hxUYva25ouNYQ0Ebn7DhdnODuzAsHXGM3fewg8SLs5e4BXb2wxNh79u-Mh33llFqdyng6SDIy5lwHFDc0JPArMSIiLTRFnLvfxmoeBVKLo/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434660067859422754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had to go outside and brave the snow in swimsuits to<br />at least give the hot-tub a try. Elijah did NOT care for it though.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGHlh8hGN-nm_9bjdskz-feT4KEYTr3B0vCgTM3_AuFmM-BABd2yX66oIjVU_wg_kqXfDG80MIs6LLhcEWyKzkMvaYA7_pPewZhsE29tCqGETYuOA6jJ0GeZOO8-2ieNVVwI9nAGMwvY/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGHlh8hGN-nm_9bjdskz-feT4KEYTr3B0vCgTM3_AuFmM-BABd2yX66oIjVU_wg_kqXfDG80MIs6LLhcEWyKzkMvaYA7_pPewZhsE29tCqGETYuOA6jJ0GeZOO8-2ieNVVwI9nAGMwvY/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434659511560922082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">To my surprise, Elijah was pretty mild mannered most<br />the trip. We have experienced some sizable melt downs<br />lately and I thought our vacation might be filled with them.<br />But, he did very, very well. He definitely knows what he<br />wants and does his best to get said desire though. He had<br />his first store bought cookie on this trip and was not ever<br />going to forget this new word <span style="font-style: italic;">cookie</span> after such a delightful<br />experience. We wanted to make sugar cookies together as a<br />family and I made the mistake of telling him what we were<br />making. We couldn't understand why he couldn't eat them<br />after we decorated them with colored sugar. I ended up<br />having to give him some alone time to recover from this<br />injustice. After he saw them come out of the oven it made<br />more sense the next time we baked cookies.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqx5bcPJf0WpFhXHuHSlPtq8QOEaQwR4M3MJUDasxhmJBZcgYO-R72hyF6astwLT1pkELSo6xNBwly0xsELgDxVqJrjwMT7BLTkZuaiG3UdNkmVKF0ZV5OqLLzXOY4cIvv6Td15jE_N0/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+478.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqx5bcPJf0WpFhXHuHSlPtq8QOEaQwR4M3MJUDasxhmJBZcgYO-R72hyF6astwLT1pkELSo6xNBwly0xsELgDxVqJrjwMT7BLTkZuaiG3UdNkmVKF0ZV5OqLLzXOY4cIvv6Td15jE_N0/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+478.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434659102384675618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just being adorable! If you saw the other side of<br />his face you may consider calling CPS. He did a<br />face plant sledding down a hill and the snow was<br />pretty unforgiving. Additionally, on our trip, Elijah<br />fell into the corner of the outside closet wall at a<br />pretty good rate of speed. He has a nice cut and<br />some serious black and blue bruises on his chin.<br />This is just to note a few of the best battle wounds<br />of the trip for our little warrior! He is pretty tough<br />and bounces back quickly.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzz-vU0zn2El9UK_BQVrLzvW0DlmJ0yeX2XQGyx2tpZIZm10crp6m3qgiD28LQR3BcZzeCP_CL42UKrktjdA4hmsWkq33E4kXz4a9yrtJctWW__2d25NAE6T7AULYOm6CZU-jGGkEIiQ/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+524.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzz-vU0zn2El9UK_BQVrLzvW0DlmJ0yeX2XQGyx2tpZIZm10crp6m3qgiD28LQR3BcZzeCP_CL42UKrktjdA4hmsWkq33E4kXz4a9yrtJctWW__2d25NAE6T7AULYOm6CZU-jGGkEIiQ/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434658692429576802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just being adorable...again!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl18qh0OaVGlsdpl9t_naEBQujIPPNC3BdDf61hgzphNfvy1myqXPb50FLvU9vtVgiUVi5GMQRFpXnrJoEabfXi5yicZUhp1rn65f1IjLZQZUPrTlDGeOB8zAOxrAaQeL2Y4tP6Mq7ba0/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+535.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl18qh0OaVGlsdpl9t_naEBQujIPPNC3BdDf61hgzphNfvy1myqXPb50FLvU9vtVgiUVi5GMQRFpXnrJoEabfXi5yicZUhp1rn65f1IjLZQZUPrTlDGeOB8zAOxrAaQeL2Y4tP6Mq7ba0/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434658192839259170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">There was a beautiful trail that led us to the Wenatchee<br />River and then to downtown Leavenworth. We walked<br />to the McDonald's where Elijah had his first happy meal<br />since we didn't anticipate being out for lunch. To his<br />delight, he learned to drink milk out of a straw.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMK159CaZMadyge_eCZYuejkVVoACypIXBvC6s1BqPQGZv_oJXUbsA9jjcUXMVhEmg3YW1G1KSTQ2p6MZcLAhoVwAMfZoK4XbRRHcINO91RHfG3SGDdHFB6xCHPspkr-tF8Yk3GOk_xI/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMK159CaZMadyge_eCZYuejkVVoACypIXBvC6s1BqPQGZv_oJXUbsA9jjcUXMVhEmg3YW1G1KSTQ2p6MZcLAhoVwAMfZoK4XbRRHcINO91RHfG3SGDdHFB6xCHPspkr-tF8Yk3GOk_xI/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434657480377658130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's favorite activity in the snow...eating it.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQx7VJ1GUPj0lp8IKtOnOcwTdigLpkmQ0VsXoi4D-lVUEeFmSIOAn0DSBei9HJJX4pR01MDzLvkdTVaTT665KAdpXuqGiKuP9jWTrE3jp56ucEv9AIHrIxDhawUMHx14MW4wBI11OJ1k/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQx7VJ1GUPj0lp8IKtOnOcwTdigLpkmQ0VsXoi4D-lVUEeFmSIOAn0DSBei9HJJX4pR01MDzLvkdTVaTT665KAdpXuqGiKuP9jWTrE3jp56ucEv9AIHrIxDhawUMHx14MW4wBI11OJ1k/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434657055734408322" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah gives a whole new meaning to shoveling snow!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJ_EMNwAUMhwvJaqr4mHoewaynttw5I0sbIYgVfsX-KipiwqPOqJaGT0tc6dLGP1cnT3_1hiMFptDDltGde_iv2AW9LKpHI5_mo4oRNi4YCO-A3chGA0ZOh9hVrIknGX3Fwhh9RBn6WE/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+044.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJ_EMNwAUMhwvJaqr4mHoewaynttw5I0sbIYgVfsX-KipiwqPOqJaGT0tc6dLGP1cnT3_1hiMFptDDltGde_iv2AW9LKpHI5_mo4oRNi4YCO-A3chGA0ZOh9hVrIknGX3Fwhh9RBn6WE/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434656377884604402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">In addition to the great sledding hill right outside<br />our place, at the bottom of the hill was a city park<br />with a couple great playscapes!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7_2v-2VQm8dzGncFNjoJ9t3ItzoDEYQKzEbpHziEtyaS03QRgfspRmjP8H5K3Y-iz32uZrZgBEV7WhXCmDdP6ZDwm_ud-GBtdPSbj3Sz7ThhcfUZjhqV7Ox8KRiqz44zBJRodlZWgvQ/s1600-h/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7_2v-2VQm8dzGncFNjoJ9t3ItzoDEYQKzEbpHziEtyaS03QRgfspRmjP8H5K3Y-iz32uZrZgBEV7WhXCmDdP6ZDwm_ud-GBtdPSbj3Sz7ThhcfUZjhqV7Ox8KRiqz44zBJRodlZWgvQ/s400/Leavenworth+Elijah+17+months+January+2010+047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434655936798253570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Time to continue the journey of life! Thanks for<br />sharing in this glimpse of our journey!<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-71144094724137192242010-01-14T21:31:00.000-08:002010-01-15T10:56:41.560-08:00Christmas 2009<span style="font-family:verdana;">Once all the hustle and bustle was finished our holiday season was full of fun, relaxation and a mad dash to get some projects done as a result my less demanding schedule. Since many of our normally scheduled commitments didn't take place for a couple weeks, I tried to get some long overdue organizing done at home. We got to take advantage of some of the many cool things Seattle has to offer during this festive Christmas season.<br /><br />December was also very full of ministry opportunities for both Aaron and me. We got to see many people make decisions to receive Christ as their Savior. I'll never get used to the fact that God allows us to be active participants in what He is doing in the hearts of people. One of the biggest joys this season was telling Elijah about how God's Son, Jesus Christ, came to earth as a human baby because of God's unfailing love for each of us in this world. Few things topped hearing Elijah say, "Beebe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">zsheezsha</span>!" For those with a less trained ear...this means Baby Jesus! I hope you enjoy some of our memories!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS4EVh29f5ZcyVABv89CZUVn73ESqL28epNgOctpQ5lVK9HVPRzimYQDP9QfvM4ErFNtx8Ya6yEm_y2Klquqoy3VRBRDTyMkJ1uYsYNZv6SuM7HcznZ78aYhyqWIpAx88k_H-7FPWyA0/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+264.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS4EVh29f5ZcyVABv89CZUVn73ESqL28epNgOctpQ5lVK9HVPRzimYQDP9QfvM4ErFNtx8Ya6yEm_y2Klquqoy3VRBRDTyMkJ1uYsYNZv6SuM7HcznZ78aYhyqWIpAx88k_H-7FPWyA0/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426860208071102354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anything Elijah can climb into<br />or on top of makes him happy!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvF2w7IptaxtkglWte5n9jPkBW-GFMPKCPcjX7gxQUSHOMqM5dHdrPss7FxzokKawe_XkkPqAbiqfVdGc3B4wDAsJQx5E3rFYumyg1ZUnQydrNjCGt3SLh78T3SHuzLOl_7-fmJp4ppU/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvF2w7IptaxtkglWte5n9jPkBW-GFMPKCPcjX7gxQUSHOMqM5dHdrPss7FxzokKawe_XkkPqAbiqfVdGc3B4wDAsJQx5E3rFYumyg1ZUnQydrNjCGt3SLh78T3SHuzLOl_7-fmJp4ppU/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426857207161111346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's got quite a kick out of these little elves<br />when we were Christmas tree shopping. He<br />stopped to giggle and wave at them.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GUyA-tjSWLvdaFgM5dZSfPRArX5BcZb0U86XZ4CEdv_G0AwmbkOM3ech80snQERW5GhoRZ_1cbyA_XyStY0DzSsGdYX0Kv2CL-cri4fXR-pA0AHDsgboKvs3PONGdimLGtXsMYIvitA/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GUyA-tjSWLvdaFgM5dZSfPRArX5BcZb0U86XZ4CEdv_G0AwmbkOM3ech80snQERW5GhoRZ_1cbyA_XyStY0DzSsGdYX0Kv2CL-cri4fXR-pA0AHDsgboKvs3PONGdimLGtXsMYIvitA/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426859803688006658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's pretty pleased when he gets to<br />roam free. He loves his independence,<br />but is still </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">such a snuggle bug.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg5IHq0xIvLJXbFTUhsyfpUueBX4yTqI1www2f1zxhVTv84mC-Xz_s8RRrfyKWdAGd5p7AUJUZbmrctyG7yx0y3YNVpO3iBuLuhzsVPSkbVpSiHbvtm0MfpkNdWnXtGGmg-LCKKNghmc/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg5IHq0xIvLJXbFTUhsyfpUueBX4yTqI1www2f1zxhVTv84mC-Xz_s8RRrfyKWdAGd5p7AUJUZbmrctyG7yx0y3YNVpO3iBuLuhzsVPSkbVpSiHbvtm0MfpkNdWnXtGGmg-LCKKNghmc/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426856922621146338" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah gets around pretty fast these days.<br />He loves to run and chase people.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraviZSDu_rZnOlBFpwGtVtO-dF6U_fKDotTq_6oEs40QA-d_ZdvB9kvz-IWulc-EJfqBQqldzKm9xM2CPQdHNCkt-860_IClc2f5AjstgKWICTDHoBKGF1D6RdRJpWK9MGaQXSI585yY/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraviZSDu_rZnOlBFpwGtVtO-dF6U_fKDotTq_6oEs40QA-d_ZdvB9kvz-IWulc-EJfqBQqldzKm9xM2CPQdHNCkt-860_IClc2f5AjstgKWICTDHoBKGF1D6RdRJpWK9MGaQXSI585yY/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426856297953476642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">These are our good friends, Paul and Dawn,<br />hanging out with us after lunch.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_Wx-2pHsZ4tniY3E5GkbmPJydJvB8BUzDBysQZG4VQagBe0f0A8YWJyeNS16A945LDa7WFAVrFCJxKXWi1q2nriijpKX5q6toir7aj6lYrVB0iND2482W8Xx9PhI-zVnkE7IXfVt-YM/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+080.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_Wx-2pHsZ4tniY3E5GkbmPJydJvB8BUzDBysQZG4VQagBe0f0A8YWJyeNS16A945LDa7WFAVrFCJxKXWi1q2nriijpKX5q6toir7aj6lYrVB0iND2482W8Xx9PhI-zVnkE7IXfVt-YM/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426855991805543794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Everybody who sees Elijah's open mouth, which<br />you will later in this post, gets a kick out of the<br />fact that he has only his front four top teeth<br />and his bottom two front teeth, along with four<br />molars. We are hoping to see the rest fill in soon! </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ2fD52MzkQaQnOVMPJadCj9TXgPlyMUlz4EHLMyOktwTUe3X5OIgPnH5WRvH7Umr5PhjpntRd9QZcG0w9gVldgOefSXClSz9IbuTHzopEjRGw4GQ0QjjkGVdDbCJwIclrBu4P5WB27c/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ2fD52MzkQaQnOVMPJadCj9TXgPlyMUlz4EHLMyOktwTUe3X5OIgPnH5WRvH7Umr5PhjpntRd9QZcG0w9gVldgOefSXClSz9IbuTHzopEjRGw4GQ0QjjkGVdDbCJwIclrBu4P5WB27c/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426855394940233138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the end we decided to stick with our little Charlie<br />Brown tree to save some money. Pretty comical.<br />This might just be a great tradition we've started. :)<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdpjTL9s5mxW7YYlBBa5XbvP8wPOiK1kNHzbg2DPCvAfp1wn_mT-5cHKpIAvSaqt4JVsggh0KIgJUDLdRFkrT_Dx9fR9jRygpqdEbiIMWfiBa8UR1qihSJfGCwvNB3cXJ47UM01_hiDE/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdpjTL9s5mxW7YYlBBa5XbvP8wPOiK1kNHzbg2DPCvAfp1wn_mT-5cHKpIAvSaqt4JVsggh0KIgJUDLdRFkrT_Dx9fR9jRygpqdEbiIMWfiBa8UR1qihSJfGCwvNB3cXJ47UM01_hiDE/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426850149252555346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah got to see a camel, a donkey and a<br />couple reindeer at a local garden center,<br />Swanson's nursery. We went with Lisa<br />and Aidan and had a ton of f</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">un</span>.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtZzJToRRmbQi8ndAF7gvooiiutSvRaBw1g3Yu2BoPSVjHQQ5vkE4R2n3fhoFJgCjkocOPLCtIqYr2dw0Rm-BxjfPKrOOl6VM3es-NnISM9P0t6lA9n4wq7gtskG-uju3_I_L5giLeU0/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtZzJToRRmbQi8ndAF7gvooiiutSvRaBw1g3Yu2BoPSVjHQQ5vkE4R2n3fhoFJgCjkocOPLCtIqYr2dw0Rm-BxjfPKrOOl6VM3es-NnISM9P0t6lA9n4wq7gtskG-uju3_I_L5giLeU0/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426849717215592546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dasher and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Blitzen</span> were gearing up for their big night coming up!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyea7picJ-kAdCBwNh9b5hVa61DGdaLLrOBhGmTT8JVuZ6n1DNzp5fxQfmm4RMVLDJiRvDrcijbUz43WuL0632avRGrKz_LdXLuahhMzDBFWQFjoLZ5wLMVZkrFmSisjFWi4hoQ3kgdA/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyea7picJ-kAdCBwNh9b5hVa61DGdaLLrOBhGmTT8JVuZ6n1DNzp5fxQfmm4RMVLDJiRvDrcijbUz43WuL0632avRGrKz_LdXLuahhMzDBFWQFjoLZ5wLMVZkrFmSisjFWi4hoQ3kgdA/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426848282675224914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Our buddies!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2zc8r2HTPCqmpMwb30JozvnVyNI0NXgm_YX3-zG2BdStxt9KMW9Dr2DlMzjGpcKHBWqe9G-OGR2nMjbL1I_C5YxV6vipajAd5zOIquA46Tdp4428nHfnqbF8I6hbh7GKYPeGjnRWpN8/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+042.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2zc8r2HTPCqmpMwb30JozvnVyNI0NXgm_YX3-zG2BdStxt9KMW9Dr2DlMzjGpcKHBWqe9G-OGR2nMjbL1I_C5YxV6vipajAd5zOIquA46Tdp4428nHfnqbF8I6hbh7GKYPeGjnRWpN8/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426847886388547010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Cute!</span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XqkeEZHGUC1p2MglXLMaHpR3GOdRZhPI2RwcP82Uah_72XjMPs81hp3MSxpdRqnopmqTDYSp79t48ou6Ukc_snybXwVBJHgtUQhXqAcYJsHYGRpxUYIncta2MxvJj6jZSkVltpn2rlA/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+054.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XqkeEZHGUC1p2MglXLMaHpR3GOdRZhPI2RwcP82Uah_72XjMPs81hp3MSxpdRqnopmqTDYSp79t48ou6Ukc_snybXwVBJHgtUQhXqAcYJsHYGRpxUYIncta2MxvJj6jZSkVltpn2rlA/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426846383112920018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aaron preached at the Christmas Eve<br />service since our senior pastor was<br />out of town. He did a great job.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gLZvq6aTKq9BMWjCrmVrM3TNqElUdt97Lf_3os-jPhZrc4BT2aidzilDy71D5Ox4NVtg_5XFzCcOz4M-Q1l713rf9amB7zxaKqccBc0SV1meuUjGIhJ8UVDGJQJ5tBg8kzdLOB3iPhc/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gLZvq6aTKq9BMWjCrmVrM3TNqElUdt97Lf_3os-jPhZrc4BT2aidzilDy71D5Ox4NVtg_5XFzCcOz4M-Q1l713rf9amB7zxaKqccBc0SV1meuUjGIhJ8UVDGJQJ5tBg8kzdLOB3iPhc/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426845634818422626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah was pretty pleased with his new Elijah sized<br />chair! He seemed to be in a state of disbelief and<br />kept looking back at me with this look that said,<br />"Mommy, look at this chair!"<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47itCUaBSEGaEzFHUGDb5fCLyly_dOXDZeT0fxzwYypHFBUK3MqoEytjP-PnK2-8GORGVyYNL6pEnLrEIuINtLblMNrCmIy9I6eM0gqcToccgqXM31WwbsSZcUIdhxYCz46jNKqVQ9HY/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47itCUaBSEGaEzFHUGDb5fCLyly_dOXDZeT0fxzwYypHFBUK3MqoEytjP-PnK2-8GORGVyYNL6pEnLrEIuINtLblMNrCmIy9I6eM0gqcToccgqXM31WwbsSZcUIdhxYCz46jNKqVQ9HY/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009+Jan+2010+202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426860950955830018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah LOVES dogs and now has one of<br />his very own that barks, pants and wags<br />his tail! And, he doesn't even chew or have<br />accidents inside. Truly, man's best friend!<br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfdGd1slTTWxbe-1ieBOVt6EZ7buQI1RgYpSISWUoGZ9dnINHW9Ef4pJQMPTneYXCMp7Al3bIlmkHpOpCHxDM39rrWmia5VvK9abLKDDPBu5AzLNMVRmUOgX9wuIt1aggYcqPonwus5s/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+120.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfdGd1slTTWxbe-1ieBOVt6EZ7buQI1RgYpSISWUoGZ9dnINHW9Ef4pJQMPTneYXCMp7Al3bIlmkHpOpCHxDM39rrWmia5VvK9abLKDDPBu5AzLNMVRmUOgX9wuIt1aggYcqPonwus5s/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426845124612489410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's investigating his new<br />tree full of finger puppet animals!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0EzlEJ016M6LfdLbPuboZC_wUfU1pbbBFCoMRPchyVzwdZpeySB4HGSnMJk98Lahz4t4bFBQrIW7yo4vtY6kFmF58OzWUecZ0CNcAdsrEtuTaBHWAIq3LbFJGWqOgaaHDfW4eJ3ZL1c/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0EzlEJ016M6LfdLbPuboZC_wUfU1pbbBFCoMRPchyVzwdZpeySB4HGSnMJk98Lahz4t4bFBQrIW7yo4vtY6kFmF58OzWUecZ0CNcAdsrEtuTaBHWAIq3LbFJGWqOgaaHDfW4eJ3ZL1c/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426844371376441858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">One of Elijah's Christmas gifts was a<br />tent and tunnel set. Fun times!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq0G5lijlAJxLMao1Er8QP5El_L_s6-gLA87V08E8Grdvy3bOrckI-UD38GY47VuHetPL6k3zdSNrGUZnepkuCakuZNxkBmlUxAUgy6UBq0qM2dhS7fq14HoRrnap_MCrFejL8ZxdjLA/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+182.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq0G5lijlAJxLMao1Er8QP5El_L_s6-gLA87V08E8Grdvy3bOrckI-UD38GY47VuHetPL6k3zdSNrGUZnepkuCakuZNxkBmlUxAUgy6UBq0qM2dhS7fq14HoRrnap_MCrFejL8ZxdjLA/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426843066216178274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">My mashed potatoes made it into Aaron's proposal speech<br />and I'd say Elijah may like them a bit too. Thanks Mom!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL2kHTwLFz9pgxAwGrF5znENuDyQEF4n9Pms_oH22-2zWyLZHUGf__gBqlqwKip_rKZtmEKEeVMVPAfczLcECUvlDKcidccm7Iso86ejJT4o30h2L8L3IkBCU7yEU-bd1DomqdLbbTyo/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+194.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL2kHTwLFz9pgxAwGrF5znENuDyQEF4n9Pms_oH22-2zWyLZHUGf__gBqlqwKip_rKZtmEKEeVMVPAfczLcECUvlDKcidccm7Iso86ejJT4o30h2L8L3IkBCU7yEU-bd1DomqdLbbTyo/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426841094926417346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's trying to teach his daddy how to color.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36pCKuBp0IOTWKN1LW-btKk986PBhzc58fRxGbLqVsZEroQ53_Xu4Hs4mvNpB-zsEFUUz5ss-63ZDBQtD3yfuD350xewI3nLvu5grCdhyphenhyphenhP9Yhj_-PIpVnkG5_4atLaSwiGHDmZENsMA/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+202.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36pCKuBp0IOTWKN1LW-btKk986PBhzc58fRxGbLqVsZEroQ53_Xu4Hs4mvNpB-zsEFUUz5ss-63ZDBQtD3yfuD350xewI3nLvu5grCdhyphenhyphenhP9Yhj_-PIpVnkG5_4atLaSwiGHDmZENsMA/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+202.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426840557566978274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Taking a cool evening drive.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdWLqUduAh8NvqXQ83pdXRbEpxDJ67-ewPjyLKS8fAfHpnMD1Z1g19NUpMYSxe4q833WiH_w2DIuRZlh4WMtq5dzBl5KHoM3EPN2vtcjOvjE44OY99eHmKc8vCY8gzabChVZFNrbHOhY/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+228.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdWLqUduAh8NvqXQ83pdXRbEpxDJ67-ewPjyLKS8fAfHpnMD1Z1g19NUpMYSxe4q833WiH_w2DIuRZlh4WMtq5dzBl5KHoM3EPN2vtcjOvjE44OY99eHmKc8vCY8gzabChVZFNrbHOhY/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426839879741479666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Reading books with Daddy in the tent.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6w5k9CXR3i0JMXHm5qXHZdOrwPKkyMQu_v5CaR7I_JvZsgBJDrq7lOYghPTYn58MoQPITO2zCxUHUlvULtiEKd_Z8hEQMa3OejNgYL3wLdQI2qIHuX30uC-wpUE17jXzDDk1V1Si93s/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6w5k9CXR3i0JMXHm5qXHZdOrwPKkyMQu_v5CaR7I_JvZsgBJDrq7lOYghPTYn58MoQPITO2zCxUHUlvULtiEKd_Z8hEQMa3OejNgYL3wLdQI2qIHuX30uC-wpUE17jXzDDk1V1Si93s/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426839077176741394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We took advantage of some of the<br />fun Christmas lights downtown on the<br />waterfront of the Puget Sound.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH9znuOhJnj-Ei7ee00tiOM38_YCtCyZ07LdonLkrlkI_0Ie0BxHPQFDN7B2KHkVwoDW0LRMRvqqP2WodaQJh_gndQoUohO2xHf6T3Bq0yQdZ2pWxJebYmVaSiQfpVrW_uoYvERQt31o/s1600-h/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+296.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH9znuOhJnj-Ei7ee00tiOM38_YCtCyZ07LdonLkrlkI_0Ie0BxHPQFDN7B2KHkVwoDW0LRMRvqqP2WodaQJh_gndQoUohO2xHf6T3Bq0yQdZ2pWxJebYmVaSiQfpVrW_uoYvERQt31o/s400/Elijah+15-16+months+Dec+2009-Jan+2010+296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426835955827088546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah loves carousels! He signs please repeatedly<br />to ride again and does his little point and grunt<br />as we leave. I can't imagine what his reaction would<br />be to a real horse ride.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy New Year to you all! May it be blessed beyond your wildest hopes and expectations!</span><br /></div></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-67109339481629464122009-12-27T13:40:00.000-08:002009-12-27T13:43:51.109-08:00New Blog Posts<span style="font-family: verdana;">I made several new blog posts, but they are post-dated for August and September. I hope to get around to October, November and December before the new year! Thanks for being patient, Mom! :)</span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-25578486538829254402009-11-01T20:44:00.000-08:002009-12-19T14:13:47.997-08:00Halloween<span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been way too long since I've posted pictures. It is hard to believe that Elijah is almost 14 months old! Most of my friends have Elijah's birthday party on their blogs and I do not! Soon... <br /><br />Elijah is walking beautifully and quickly these days! I am stunned by how rapidly he became proficient. He can stand up from a sitting position independently and doesn't need to pull up on anything. It is really strange for me to see him do that. He's not a baby any longer. He can change directions quite easily also and he has just started to do a bit of a "run" when he is excited. I have tons I'd like to share and at this point, I still hope to catch up on the blog, but it seems impossible so lets just take a quick look at Halloween! <br /><br />A sweet woman from our church, Dorothy, found a clown costume at a garage sale that was just his size and thought of Elijah. He wore it when the youth had their Halloween party on Wednesday and he was adorable. A few of the girls who babysit Elijah helped me paint his face. Have I ever mentioned the incredible babysitters we have!? They love Elijah and he adores them! We feel very blessed. To finish off our costume theme, I was a lion and Aaron was a lion tamer. Cute, huh! That was Aaron's witty idea. <br /><br />On Halloween night, Elijah was an octopus. My friend, Kim, who is really into making amazing costumes loaned us the octopus costume that her three boys have outgrown. On Halloween we went with our friends (Ian, Lisa and Aidan) to trick or treat in the downtown Ballard area on Market street and then to dinner. The local businesses had candy for the kids. I was pretty overwhelmed by the large crowd, but it was great fun. Elijah had a portion of his first sucker. He was NOT a happy camper when we decided he had had enough. I think it is safe to say he's definitely going to be like his mommy and have a sweet tooth.<br /><br />After dinner, Aaron, Elijah and I went to a few houses to trick or treat and then went to a carnival at a church. There was a professional photographer taking pictures so we got a really nice shot of Elijah on a bale of hay. Enjoy the pictures of our sweet toddler!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_I4MclCu3x1lG-nbYx-E35y7Zw65gs_H0IY0bbvbCtLjMcUe__2gh_jYWVtGMCXYCsjTyTFrRWmJcmwLmtVtKOzE02a2LMuIuZnWQ1sBX4PfdAaOFW728ReNjEBojnUqmejKCypsZi0/s1600-h/Elijah+14+months+clown+Halloween+2009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_I4MclCu3x1lG-nbYx-E35y7Zw65gs_H0IY0bbvbCtLjMcUe__2gh_jYWVtGMCXYCsjTyTFrRWmJcmwLmtVtKOzE02a2LMuIuZnWQ1sBX4PfdAaOFW728ReNjEBojnUqmejKCypsZi0/s400/Elijah+14+months+clown+Halloween+2009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399373007757503218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ7k376FBPqKPHJ8gS3L6VBsAxtEOuTo1gLSULkRIW0Ij9uZgXEUOoCHlFlymSTwzZagHCHLU8ftK8NR-jPyfnRfW34j-sCrZDgPaoHNoPxFWl4nbRXnVYZe6FZNxMSpQty6IyjRFeiQ/s1600-h/Elijah+and+Mommy+clown+and+lion+Halloween+2009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ7k376FBPqKPHJ8gS3L6VBsAxtEOuTo1gLSULkRIW0Ij9uZgXEUOoCHlFlymSTwzZagHCHLU8ftK8NR-jPyfnRfW34j-sCrZDgPaoHNoPxFWl4nbRXnVYZe6FZNxMSpQty6IyjRFeiQ/s400/Elijah+and+Mommy+clown+and+lion+Halloween+2009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399371561115436034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnreW1-faUnButnrK6K0ToWPUNVoQX32X36s1ixxw3mKIQzMX9bYVxwfeBQZLoh0yD1NJmqNyV7NmCHI1b40VhOBQ3ipylShBYf78YVQ4gAVNhtxM71as4rgQzWsYaqsdQL626nCAffXQ/s1600-h/Elijah+14+months+octopus+Halloween+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnreW1-faUnButnrK6K0ToWPUNVoQX32X36s1ixxw3mKIQzMX9bYVxwfeBQZLoh0yD1NJmqNyV7NmCHI1b40VhOBQ3ipylShBYf78YVQ4gAVNhtxM71as4rgQzWsYaqsdQL626nCAffXQ/s400/Elijah+14+months+octopus+Halloween+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399370835163006850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-80972673275396166872009-09-27T19:47:00.000-07:002009-09-27T21:28:02.585-07:00Elijah Takes His First Steps!<span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Elijah took his first steps today! He has been cruising quite well along walls and has been letting go of the ottoman to take a successful, lunging step to the the next piece of furniture. We decided to just try this out so we stood him up by the ottoman and he walked right to me! You can imagine our surprise! Screaming and scrambling for the camera quickly ensued!<br /><br /><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxuSZPm-iRibRNyyvYhiZWk9cnsvU-DScYL_OZPT_ImR60JVFSQVvq9MDxTUp0U83h3sBFMo8npZH8g-PDERA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-58023736378219387502009-09-12T08:35:00.000-07:002009-12-22T02:44:56.739-08:00Dedicating Elijah to the Lord<span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />We dedicated Elijah to the Lord on Sunday, September 13th. May God guide us as we raise Elijah; may he grow to love the Lord with his whole heart and walk intimately with Him.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFldhXf1Io_z9u2djCKfLawkJqTRjMC49bLr8MnFtfE_hSR3u5Y0Y-oPJfLJA-vuaoFYdI2By4JxjMOoGUq3WkmjKx0sTm3z4LfnZw_8CfUt8MqPy2RsVyNntxXrl2paGiHu1kv9xoyYg/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+077.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFldhXf1Io_z9u2djCKfLawkJqTRjMC49bLr8MnFtfE_hSR3u5Y0Y-oPJfLJA-vuaoFYdI2By4JxjMOoGUq3WkmjKx0sTm3z4LfnZw_8CfUt8MqPy2RsVyNntxXrl2paGiHu1kv9xoyYg/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418008149531794530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQd2gWP-8t3Dsm70Vmfd_Yam2X-lyqc8fIQHWxM21aAeKPd0YDRI2YwDR27VklQ0WJWhwEnXG9TJkh-EmnO8sXnACpm-9cWrWjJ58Pe_QGa1e1Ahe5ZZIFLW6qNbRi45YmlNbIj8wh3E/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+078.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQd2gWP-8t3Dsm70Vmfd_Yam2X-lyqc8fIQHWxM21aAeKPd0YDRI2YwDR27VklQ0WJWhwEnXG9TJkh-EmnO8sXnACpm-9cWrWjJ58Pe_QGa1e1Ahe5ZZIFLW6qNbRi45YmlNbIj8wh3E/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418007928524935170" border="0" /></a>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-59499679388951728052009-09-11T18:40:00.000-07:002009-12-22T02:28:59.119-08:00Elijah's First Birthday Party<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />We went all out to celebrate Elijah's first birthday in the youth room of our church. It can be hard being away from our families at special times like this, but because God has blessed us with such an incredible church family and such caring friends it isn't as difficult as it has the potential of being. We were overwhelmed by and grateful for the love Elijah received on his birthday. Thank you for loving him and for making his birthday special!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOYPlUbxP0O8Mr-qtH3vcnPneDz1wGc03xcOA1cp1B7EjttSCHrSInpP3gurXFadtB8dIskt5N-IZTdr9mLPwOXc3tggf_nc2xGkO4EIQVpVzKGACnDi_D9EoCYHi17bAXIOYn1tM81E/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOYPlUbxP0O8Mr-qtH3vcnPneDz1wGc03xcOA1cp1B7EjttSCHrSInpP3gurXFadtB8dIskt5N-IZTdr9mLPwOXc3tggf_nc2xGkO4EIQVpVzKGACnDi_D9EoCYHi17bAXIOYn1tM81E/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417995179242752754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The birthday boy! Happy Birthday!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizO7dSw492IRngmYp2j1g1aj5aFXaycuknwM7CaBZ1CJBG69yqEhfzQYmquOX3d5_5Es0IuoUcMXqUifjkVHTP1wzE3pfK_YAnaTVrix6Pmh0Ex147dfH37xqo8Z3QgbKrG9fkVKW9aSU/s1600-h/IMG_4502.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizO7dSw492IRngmYp2j1g1aj5aFXaycuknwM7CaBZ1CJBG69yqEhfzQYmquOX3d5_5Es0IuoUcMXqUifjkVHTP1wzE3pfK_YAnaTVrix6Pmh0Ex147dfH37xqo8Z3QgbKrG9fkVKW9aSU/s400/IMG_4502.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417994474421670674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I had a ton of fun decorating with some friends!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HOfgmMIklZ4N9LEeaMcTHWy8LmMJwr_Q81qxsOJaLbQrGzSxYJYob74Rvnyu0AlhaZZOpAJSxe7RIoktDBSqoLFHY2B_vqSbnTflJHYtCjOQXBTCzyPcF32w6m8UmU3YjzlOBa8XrLw/s1600-h/IMG_4504.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HOfgmMIklZ4N9LEeaMcTHWy8LmMJwr_Q81qxsOJaLbQrGzSxYJYob74Rvnyu0AlhaZZOpAJSxe7RIoktDBSqoLFHY2B_vqSbnTflJHYtCjOQXBTCzyPcF32w6m8UmU3YjzlOBa8XrLw/s400/IMG_4504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417994033822251138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah loves animals so we had<br />a safari animal theme.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIotPf2aeZN58P6Tc2ySewIDfYmBjQcL9CJPLNbd1D1CImcicg3L2OtKeae8o25FROEGpiFvmMA7_CcDgEiLaXX6EXrrFtf23eYxXw47zKNm4u2eBUF-S48kY_Cb-XEP042aBDMEWnWKU/s1600-h/IMG_4511.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIotPf2aeZN58P6Tc2ySewIDfYmBjQcL9CJPLNbd1D1CImcicg3L2OtKeae8o25FROEGpiFvmMA7_CcDgEiLaXX6EXrrFtf23eYxXw47zKNm4u2eBUF-S48kY_Cb-XEP042aBDMEWnWKU/s400/IMG_4511.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417992048943974354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yummy!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjO5x4XCGD652zuD2aBOJ-mPC8FSeOIDS-ik3aymGsMLUxA4LSbGcgUEUxw6ztNKLY0vTU1-Qf-6v_oKGOOrF1AvUQjGMvXXEFhNLliI-nbMTcMafq4eHT2dvz-q4VQyYQkfjggb_sBU/s1600-h/IMG_4541.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjO5x4XCGD652zuD2aBOJ-mPC8FSeOIDS-ik3aymGsMLUxA4LSbGcgUEUxw6ztNKLY0vTU1-Qf-6v_oKGOOrF1AvUQjGMvXXEFhNLliI-nbMTcMafq4eHT2dvz-q4VQyYQkfjggb_sBU/s400/IMG_4541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417990107773832658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lisa and the birthday boy with a balloon in tow.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eYrrVoUs5c1X9hLHTllDHNl3NgcoUyb5ZyJvN2iCG_GK7LiB-ctQDUvaBjwJBEGubnqSUDUe851zn2eM63x2RLHIuZHsncDLcuzHts8hVyUZknNy1mtBQ61OQTQGy9qVJkShC9QYuyc/s1600-h/IMG_4569.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eYrrVoUs5c1X9hLHTllDHNl3NgcoUyb5ZyJvN2iCG_GK7LiB-ctQDUvaBjwJBEGubnqSUDUe851zn2eM63x2RLHIuZHsncDLcuzHts8hVyUZknNy1mtBQ61OQTQGy9qVJkShC9QYuyc/s400/IMG_4569.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417989389122314930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Daddy and Elijah enjoyin</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">g a snack!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJFvb5_XdNngaeFTil8DkU7OcXFqEwDf_4MkoH3ZQDZTbrAET3oKfx5IDOxXnMY6NvA2oMbSPpvVM7pxGOlOnxAIaC9A5WhxsuhDCEXfjK1jO2Co73EokbOaXz9FWM6Z9itau2sWaDCc/s1600-h/IMG_4771.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJFvb5_XdNngaeFTil8DkU7OcXFqEwDf_4MkoH3ZQDZTbrAET3oKfx5IDOxXnMY6NvA2oMbSPpvVM7pxGOlOnxAIaC9A5WhxsuhDCEXfjK1jO2Co73EokbOaXz9FWM6Z9itau2sWaDCc/s400/IMG_4771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418003190255651826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Levi cashing in on the pinata candy!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0e8c-pOaK8ndMWTmVOrKi_KTYFOjkwNBnPXaveKMywvVKOtt99nGUvV7yhjerCEr0C7WUSWAWA3o3qdgbb8aOFKnS0s78BwYpDC1iJdqGxVoIVlnlJeHp3hzsNqwAYcl9xQopV8Sh2w/s1600-h/IMG_4789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0e8c-pOaK8ndMWTmVOrKi_KTYFOjkwNBnPXaveKMywvVKOtt99nGUvV7yhjerCEr0C7WUSWAWA3o3qdgbb8aOFKnS0s78BwYpDC1iJdqGxVoIVlnlJeHp3hzsNqwAYcl9xQopV8Sh2w/s400/IMG_4789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417988165660784450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Guests were given the option to contribute money toward a<br />well being dug in a rural village of India in Elijah's honor.<br />Here's the link to the intro video we watched. It is the<br />second video marked intro.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">http://thewaterproject.org/thewaterchallenge_video.asp?utm_source=Water+Challenge+Info+Requests&utm_campaign=a8a8f0ab8e-How_to_Start_the_Challenge8_24_2009&utm_medium=email</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVhcF4JAbGHesu5_o-uz02YsfgTPUhtz2yNDiBrahj2cNYDn-sUAuMHcTUHqLiZPP2e9NHCwl3fh9Ml7z09vVhAkfAAwhHhVVshvnjh8hNcILCcID962MC3Vj_nOBi8cpfjvbQQiy8Sc/s1600-h/IMG_4784.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVhcF4JAbGHesu5_o-uz02YsfgTPUhtz2yNDiBrahj2cNYDn-sUAuMHcTUHqLiZPP2e9NHCwl3fh9Ml7z09vVhAkfAAwhHhVVshvnjh8hNcILCcID962MC3Vj_nOBi8cpfjvbQQiy8Sc/s400/IMG_4784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417988759282650962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are watching the Water Project video.<br />The effects of unclean drinking water are staggering.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v5lcQWvD0zEuPfC3STw9gufsxN4KmKcZvlMOMaF4N7rXn8p1OeJ_tTLwiDcDdmeSdQcso8W_FfCJCiBGTmCqDOh9fjzcMcfyMKugHxcczo2AV_m9EfeSvDpRnF74rei1ynYPWFXAJLc/s1600-h/IMG_4820.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v5lcQWvD0zEuPfC3STw9gufsxN4KmKcZvlMOMaF4N7rXn8p1OeJ_tTLwiDcDdmeSdQcso8W_FfCJCiBGTmCqDOh9fjzcMcfyMKugHxcczo2AV_m9EfeSvDpRnF74rei1ynYPWFXAJLc/s400/IMG_4820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417987368308806354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!<br />Happy Birthday dear Elijah! Happy Birthday to you!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8Dfo7rKUmMumVc6tvXlR8mZ978qCy4dACsMEK2q5VwslH2pX9xQG_rKut82TM6uDd9ySuIvxyTIcPJLYLYgbw1YBZg8wqazW5amjNWz08OuoKRtzFjAsH8KfTwgahTIe7uQCNEDoLhI/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8Dfo7rKUmMumVc6tvXlR8mZ978qCy4dACsMEK2q5VwslH2pX9xQG_rKut82TM6uDd9ySuIvxyTIcPJLYLYgbw1YBZg8wqazW5amjNWz08OuoKRtzFjAsH8KfTwgahTIe7uQCNEDoLhI/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417986592607771506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mmmmmmm!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUUNCQtJrcJl2SQ_z4-LjziUrZ-KHv2gEhW7FMaSbjqSEE31CstXm3piv7zm8TbLMQf8w-pu2NRQWex8jliR1qNVleTskoJ4Njr0BGegRqp-1ToaF-7PEUyvDbNal928lgzYewkIlJRk/s1600-h/IMG_4890.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUUNCQtJrcJl2SQ_z4-LjziUrZ-KHv2gEhW7FMaSbjqSEE31CstXm3piv7zm8TbLMQf8w-pu2NRQWex8jliR1qNVleTskoJ4Njr0BGegRqp-1ToaF-7PEUyvDbNal928lgzYewkIlJRk/s400/IMG_4890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417986103438252482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">What a bad day to forget a bib!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaJVFlsij8LJgviMT-etqoeFbvg_i426FHkoJuh0Ewj-Hl8rKGtiIkNfTuZo2Y4_xDOBow4a0U-3B-YnYWnSBAGWH2w8XFHL2q354SKkZ_zydjGvpVKTOJEhBWNOmdvZy5VcX32eNUWg/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaJVFlsij8LJgviMT-etqoeFbvg_i426FHkoJuh0Ewj-Hl8rKGtiIkNfTuZo2Y4_xDOBow4a0U-3B-YnYWnSBAGWH2w8XFHL2q354SKkZ_zydjGvpVKTOJEhBWNOmdvZy5VcX32eNUWg/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417967403266874082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah really enjoyed all his new toys!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zSL487FyN5gQRwgxdD4JDPWzSdeg6oGv2T_seqUiV8jfVLFYD3uOgSMKw20U3pd21I7C2gqJpRzMIguc-aTWUnfKUchDFUEqd3baCP875Cgbaxx6i6MA-CWXBFDPlP5MQU3u8kKKz4A/s1600-h/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3zSL487FyN5gQRwgxdD4JDPWzSdeg6oGv2T_seqUiV8jfVLFYD3uOgSMKw20U3pd21I7C2gqJpRzMIguc-aTWUnfKUchDFUEqd3baCP875Cgbaxx6i6MA-CWXBFDPlP5MQU3u8kKKz4A/s400/Elijah+12+months+Birthday+Party+Sept+2009+064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417993088508119138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aidan was a great helper since he has more gift opening<br />experience than Elijah. It was a lot of fun for me to see how<br />much fun our young guests had playing with the new toys.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B6ssCM7GvlhXVo2mZeMWCpklw0_x7-aKgvUPMK10ncfNXIb4ogD1-SCXglA664IgRm7uUz1PnwXC52ZrMcx5Z5p53FNrkc-NJkoTbMy-TCw3ska5S6h_cklg_IWH3KycxeaVQxjANgA/s1600-h/IMG_5006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B6ssCM7GvlhXVo2mZeMWCpklw0_x7-aKgvUPMK10ncfNXIb4ogD1-SCXglA664IgRm7uUz1PnwXC52ZrMcx5Z5p53FNrkc-NJkoTbMy-TCw3ska5S6h_cklg_IWH3KycxeaVQxjANgA/s400/IMG_5006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417984878827363410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Maddie and Elijah<br /></span></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-10823477534789318032009-09-10T11:03:00.000-07:002009-12-21T13:32:43.565-08:00Elijah's 2nd Haircut<span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah got his hair cut for his birthday party and his dedication which both took place the second weekend in September! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAM6Bn01djKohAWBpgYewVoUf5cb3gb-rnnoRQxuS5jWwURyxif4KO7NPFEARDi6euRs6KToOVx5cXqR9ycJ47oE6m1uL6QIhhopNHwpCed7KHN6I6Vze8fN-5wFZ7P6UJZiNq9VIQs8/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+395.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAM6Bn01djKohAWBpgYewVoUf5cb3gb-rnnoRQxuS5jWwURyxif4KO7NPFEARDi6euRs6KToOVx5cXqR9ycJ47oE6m1uL6QIhhopNHwpCed7KHN6I6Vze8fN-5wFZ7P6UJZiNq9VIQs8/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417781905349548050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This one has nothing to do with<br />his haircut...it's just cute!<br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvgzPswNWnQ-PEFVagkPwAlzlNkCSAYiQEzJCHHJ9_waDk3BAMnv8yRWS08simoejQvDZGRFjyOnTkC-LbolNtuFv2xEMtRBRUsEB_Ue56yN6yNo-FaROgEpbw199OOcL2lT25_TzlTU/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+418.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvgzPswNWnQ-PEFVagkPwAlzlNkCSAYiQEzJCHHJ9_waDk3BAMnv8yRWS08simoejQvDZGRFjyOnTkC-LbolNtuFv2xEMtRBRUsEB_Ue56yN6yNo-FaROgEpbw199OOcL2lT25_TzlTU/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+418.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417777809205102402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">They had a fun little playground outside the hair salon<br />so we played while we waited for Elijah's appointment.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTdzYw-oQmkp9UDI32xdepNCqU0R5x_EPRs5IoPyZO1JT_lqScqf7JdpxR2sAFcyipI9q1qtzjgJKcq92mBYLTQ-VPoznNNkExNkuNLueCGpIr0m4FTh2DmiUxpt0s-a89TGQXbYUhlQ/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+420.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTdzYw-oQmkp9UDI32xdepNCqU0R5x_EPRs5IoPyZO1JT_lqScqf7JdpxR2sAFcyipI9q1qtzjgJKcq92mBYLTQ-VPoznNNkExNkuNLueCGpIr0m4FTh2DmiUxpt0s-a89TGQXbYUhlQ/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417776910196845954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's sat in a fire engine and was adequately<br />distracted with the toys he was given.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-dL3Zh_yaDDR4QenY3uNiWk2MzLYDPtwHDiApb1cHo_Erfkm-MFlB6-9b2huc150qbHtaKNXdOFql9yLQE2MI9BuKfg7WsMUvZTXB4aSjoEp4WqWHKDrXlwLIqr8o-Xx__7VyVsBVW0/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+426.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-dL3Zh_yaDDR4QenY3uNiWk2MzLYDPtwHDiApb1cHo_Erfkm-MFlB6-9b2huc150qbHtaKNXdOFql9yLQE2MI9BuKfg7WsMUvZTXB4aSjoEp4WqWHKDrXlwLIqr8o-Xx__7VyVsBVW0/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417774748520955218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was watching carefully since I'll<br />hopefully be cutting Elijah's hair in the<br />future when he is a bit less wiggly.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Jp6CpuaNNKGHGEjqOieoDOPYOL-CcBT8WNAI5hyYAw2iEa6sNCiXa4AlMPKMhT1qTD6zYXVp7IqBpf0oYTqpObKvXu59GAOI8muyJt2Y1qoE4mYdJZqswN8OTsPoCsthYLJ1Rxuh-ZU/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+431.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Jp6CpuaNNKGHGEjqOieoDOPYOL-CcBT8WNAI5hyYAw2iEa6sNCiXa4AlMPKMhT1qTD6zYXVp7IqBpf0oYTqpObKvXu59GAOI8muyJt2Y1qoE4mYdJZqswN8OTsPoCsthYLJ1Rxuh-ZU/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417769989205407282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah had fun pushing this Elijah sized cart around.<br /></span></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-82756722733016629702009-09-09T22:48:00.000-07:002009-12-21T00:45:41.927-08:00Elijah's First Birthday<span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Elijah had a great first birthday! I cared for Maddie on his birthday so they had the whole day to play together. It was a beautiful day so we walked to the park and played for quite some time. When we go</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">t ho</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">me we had dinner and cake as a family, and then Elijah opened his gifts. He had a birthday party the following weekend.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7P5cSALdBGnFpKm8XFK9AVG0wVRdSx7IPXLIFqtev3f5DfUxM_NOowOyPTLnyt9BBjOcgh9E6IAxg1w3J6EQrCWMdC1oOQLGOXB3cXbMTnb65gbg4Yw1t3i7ligxNj8TRksU2lD7lDo/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+232.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7P5cSALdBGnFpKm8XFK9AVG0wVRdSx7IPXLIFqtev3f5DfUxM_NOowOyPTLnyt9BBjOcgh9E6IAxg1w3J6EQrCWMdC1oOQLGOXB3cXbMTnb65gbg4Yw1t3i7ligxNj8TRksU2lD7lDo/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417599968968595010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah and Maddie started their own spoon<br />band. They are quite talented!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-PsiFvyqTvFrEWGTCXge3rGM3x7FvKTTh5GRanFZbsfsXKDQHEUT3ou0mxVS3u9mkzIJFTKelBGi2TxexJGnjc7av2DKCJpeSibr16-PXzf8wBzuCJVZHyCT7FWemclYGhUeVdaoqyY/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-PsiFvyqTvFrEWGTCXge3rGM3x7FvKTTh5GRanFZbsfsXKDQHEUT3ou0mxVS3u9mkzIJFTKelBGi2TxexJGnjc7av2DKCJpeSibr16-PXzf8wBzuCJVZHyCT7FWemclYGhUeVdaoqyY/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417585007010202850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's crawling up the steps, but he has to look<br />back often to make sure I'm still following.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHhlLxG_8F-Xqp1JtIWJkY9btrYnV87rg0RYcajcZWWlCqXweeg0PT9oIRf5v5dT7pFAtMMqH_ggTmT6CTSL4dmukZiCAGa8ZVNcpcoIuWo5XfVswbzCqcdTvX9-q5XPh4ON6DROQP_0/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHhlLxG_8F-Xqp1JtIWJkY9btrYnV87rg0RYcajcZWWlCqXweeg0PT9oIRf5v5dT7pFAtMMqH_ggTmT6CTSL4dmukZiCAGa8ZVNcpcoIuWo5XfVswbzCqcdTvX9-q5XPh4ON6DROQP_0/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417584143628926946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Victory! He made it to the top!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxGidFfLuXKWvT1wtR4NdJBxRQhuYOhti7n1VxtD7y0d-AZv8NFYOzahKEir9i-JZgabKL5dQYne9xWWthxicqVADWkSJ44fzOBWstrjbW2xAxy1FRQ26ubM4S0_QvGZ652jF68QPdJo/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+254.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxGidFfLuXKWvT1wtR4NdJBxRQhuYOhti7n1VxtD7y0d-AZv8NFYOzahKEir9i-JZgabKL5dQYne9xWWthxicqVADWkSJ44fzOBWstrjbW2xAxy1FRQ26ubM4S0_QvGZ652jF68QPdJo/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417583226133593938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah and Maddie love to go down the slide!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJiW_Xbm7szqqyfKU_lQeiGg7TQRqc5XZLZJ59kAZtxyxbx5D0OQx7ekgwGETbDyluH42IzNVgnYrX_1VrJxjiM19Id27ZLnxw8w1Q5XjfYZXjtBHgUIWQDyLy3cuytLMHUU1xk91V0Q/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+257.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJiW_Xbm7szqqyfKU_lQeiGg7TQRqc5XZLZJ59kAZtxyxbx5D0OQx7ekgwGETbDyluH42IzNVgnYrX_1VrJxjiM19Id27ZLnxw8w1Q5XjfYZXjtBHgUIWQDyLy3cuytLMHUU1xk91V0Q/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417582377327768002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We're outta here!<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uHFlAMi_2_72WC4CFWOzanaG7Pqiz9kS5MfVQFu3tQoaw1WIy4n4PYw2lkTlg4xmOzuqO4b1O2cq1RdkfqbW_ZX1F8Fsu2qQcAxaoPvTiH4lSuD4A_q3s8XEmuwvuCKZlDQgbljKU_Q/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uHFlAMi_2_72WC4CFWOzanaG7Pqiz9kS5MfVQFu3tQoaw1WIy4n4PYw2lkTlg4xmOzuqO4b1O2cq1RdkfqbW_ZX1F8Fsu2qQcAxaoPvTiH4lSuD4A_q3s8XEmuwvuCKZlDQgbljKU_Q/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417581371214192946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wahoo</span>!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs7uVEsmVjysZygpzQBrxiYgcp0F_z-9uBxbI7Q1-90STyavOz_3LRTc93Okmly2MTp2v4zdeT7UDWWR7jwlgQbTA3IfCpFf-601qgiAwbi1ZjAEkFtGvoyDiG2Fi1z7ed3t13-rwVH4/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+274.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs7uVEsmVjysZygpzQBrxiYgcp0F_z-9uBxbI7Q1-90STyavOz_3LRTc93Okmly2MTp2v4zdeT7UDWWR7jwlgQbTA3IfCpFf-601qgiAwbi1ZjAEkFtGvoyDiG2Fi1z7ed3t13-rwVH4/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417603202815198882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't know what's going on, but I think it's going to be fun!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKlAJBMd3OU3nV5fk0bD_Nfrimr2TbiTJHShKMxnabt33eqTvkLJlKvS1n1mgFP3Z1WPVCwGmannjIjubsfkgJ-cSajziyKJt22Kex4jg2PWyDNtBRUSuYh6vXp6p9TtaxilN-AgSOCc/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+314.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKlAJBMd3OU3nV5fk0bD_Nfrimr2TbiTJHShKMxnabt33eqTvkLJlKvS1n1mgFP3Z1WPVCwGmannjIjubsfkgJ-cSajziyKJt22Kex4jg2PWyDNtBRUSuYh6vXp6p9TtaxilN-AgSOCc/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417580082584794130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mmmmmmmm</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1nmE3_nUEaXnuT_eu0eVFP7NoBrIQ7-uGx6yq76NbF7pXXyJjzC4QUzayurmTxfClrdCCzsIAo39vPNkKEtxooLfRgpLnAmHo0lOQIBUohQItuuQhpbuivwBoCxyejCx1DukytPvjH4/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1nmE3_nUEaXnuT_eu0eVFP7NoBrIQ7-uGx6yq76NbF7pXXyJjzC4QUzayurmTxfClrdCCzsIAo39vPNkKEtxooLfRgpLnAmHo0lOQIBUohQItuuQhpbuivwBoCxyejCx1DukytPvjH4/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417603998332856834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Oh, I get it! They actually want<br />me to rip this paper!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgX75mX2Qfmvy6ASVCxdxWtBoQAx9MWGhiUydX3JEde0Wmqh9JIWWJ-xIeJaCerBT2SJyazGu2F0HddWxEq8O4J4zH_twh35AGsaPHFjvFC7ht3ADSI5ejfJooP5MipYUWcSjjH4fy1s/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+350.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgX75mX2Qfmvy6ASVCxdxWtBoQAx9MWGhiUydX3JEde0Wmqh9JIWWJ-xIeJaCerBT2SJyazGu2F0HddWxEq8O4J4zH_twh35AGsaPHFjvFC7ht3ADSI5ejfJooP5MipYUWcSjjH4fy1s/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417604514581692514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's first football! Sorry Dad...green was<br />the only color I could find at the dollar<br />store! No burnt orange or blue.</span><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZrsOQklxO3r0yzigqiuCNcbtfAY-BtgB9ihOGsErou0-1pcs7J1_lNiYlBBFYAnfKbM8y5-5HB_itebSX-fvYdUcZ8IYRz8iNuLjpeOQU2w78iK1GWsqoDf20LDqdq9xYSsdfzdgfAI/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+355.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZrsOQklxO3r0yzigqiuCNcbtfAY-BtgB9ihOGsErou0-1pcs7J1_lNiYlBBFYAnfKbM8y5-5HB_itebSX-fvYdUcZ8IYRz8iNuLjpeOQU2w78iK1GWsqoDf20LDqdq9xYSsdfzdgfAI/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417579337940131090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hmmm</span>. What do they want me to do with this?<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcUR_kzr9fpUE0jIYwgPR__vnOcoCsPD81L7R_q1CKzXG-cvoZMB1J5SBDdd3AxiLwNKyPBcIfdRWp9RC1diPCGptmeiEC1pGgra9P5rZEhO6TuLmE8LoG9b6829qBNKbf-iXwEDkTWE/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+369.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcUR_kzr9fpUE0jIYwgPR__vnOcoCsPD81L7R_q1CKzXG-cvoZMB1J5SBDdd3AxiLwNKyPBcIfdRWp9RC1diPCGptmeiEC1pGgra9P5rZEhO6TuLmE8LoG9b6829qBNKbf-iXwEDkTWE/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417578529268393122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah's first drum!</span><br /></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-4158800105771972122009-09-08T00:22:00.000-07:002009-09-08T00:24:42.192-07:00Elijah's Birthday!<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-size:180%;" >Happy Birthday Elijah! We love you more than words can describe. We hope today is as special as you are! Love, Mommy and Daddy</span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-8856611882142497932009-09-07T00:50:00.000-07:002009-12-19T11:06:52.880-08:00Zoomazium<span style="font-family: verdana;">The Woodland Park Zoo has some indoor play space for kids when the weather is rainy or cold. It will come in handy this winter. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiL5CL-SQUGpt3fXymRBtPaElkkC0mv70UBXit7BzRh0pN6QE2ZkzmrLwKmIQSfk_xjz91qIyGJpblzfjw5cmC5T841Z4m9fSAGRJCQOfzKLvMSPGPgxt-lChNtnJlEbEuNo3xwQAIzQ/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiL5CL-SQUGpt3fXymRBtPaElkkC0mv70UBXit7BzRh0pN6QE2ZkzmrLwKmIQSfk_xjz91qIyGJpblzfjw5cmC5T841Z4m9fSAGRJCQOfzKLvMSPGPgxt-lChNtnJlEbEuNo3xwQAIzQ/s400/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417021544677020882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qmCfl7eV1iEhjIyCdKPUEWRx3jfI4W_o5eAvF9S3sbOhPCXKnzUcAjbk-rRi7HrOaBzTMjEVckQagjQJPhZRonLcmQDRc7IH7xj_FccfVVW71R0zHyhuMyciXR50oOLrx78YlUuvXFI/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRtw9f8trtHB-SOtb7HtSlSs8yw037PF9yNF9g5_JYwBn9MfbnsQffILTJ6ghT5SO_vMOdPAuFRRcCgH5rshp_M4FvsiXiFurxOKR8uDU6yedXicBPRd42a1bQvIwcPr5hlwz7WipXzo/s400/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417013010203125346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-11355540941652652302009-09-06T14:14:00.000-07:002009-12-19T15:41:23.003-08:00Youth Retreat 2009<span style=""><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first weekend in September we had a youth retreat. God did some amazing things. One student made a decision to trust Christ and we all grew as we studied His word. Aaron did an incredible job planning everything and teaching. A sweet couple in our church, Gordon and Marie, loaned us their cabin in the mountains and Sue returned again this year to cook for the entire retreat. They were both answers to prayer. Aaron and I led small group discussions after the lessons and we played many fun games including a murder mystery. The weekend was also filled with laughter and staying up far too late. Elijah did really well despite the crazy sleeping schedule. He loves these kids. Overall, weekends like this are such a blessing because we get to have fun and see God move in the students we love, but they are also a good reminder of how old we're getting. We sleep well when we return home!</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbo6_o1Zpc92hJdL4lmY2FbVPM_6wzGYhJws2IROgTnInnNVHrQj7S8TT-NX7FPEQvQc28UGWjqHKr-bGvcBcXtlRVAdIsBgTqOgo2WraywzVZv6_hjuY0jLidAUGQyKBmxr1_fd-3bI/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbo6_o1Zpc92hJdL4lmY2FbVPM_6wzGYhJws2IROgTnInnNVHrQj7S8TT-NX7FPEQvQc28UGWjqHKr-bGvcBcXtlRVAdIsBgTqOgo2WraywzVZv6_hjuY0jLidAUGQyKBmxr1_fd-3bI/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417077633695206098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We hiked to this beautiful lake for lunch.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWQIfuCFqimok1QI3N2i7LRwk43izHAuJCw5zNOH1vEwRlw9b0emM6QiHnUvDyMimkT6YmKZsCjvpRDBW7meD7G7Hrhfv3ijB0EkBcjbsWAII0OTS4m_IyiUAySZEfOxj-Sn0iaA8z3Y/s1600-h/Lunch+at+Lake.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWQIfuCFqimok1QI3N2i7LRwk43izHAuJCw5zNOH1vEwRlw9b0emM6QiHnUvDyMimkT6YmKZsCjvpRDBW7meD7G7Hrhfv3ijB0EkBcjbsWAII0OTS4m_IyiUAySZEfOxj-Sn0iaA8z3Y/s400/Lunch+at+Lake.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417076500027150962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a bit drizzly, but it didn't stop any of us from<br />enjoying the beauty of God's creation.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbQXkZU1IQxwdCGhf_W-MDgTU56xw0N279FKJ2O0w1NnWgL5BRFnntfqSSqIlfHQFyMkDMWNxacGQ1i6-GF_HqPub_9bqN4HXKXgycEPQDgyh6Oo4dx-An2gmKSGaRrCCbD-oPE2qS18/s1600-h/Mountains.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbQXkZU1IQxwdCGhf_W-MDgTU56xw0N279FKJ2O0w1NnWgL5BRFnntfqSSqIlfHQFyMkDMWNxacGQ1i6-GF_HqPub_9bqN4HXKXgycEPQDgyh6Oo4dx-An2gmKSGaRrCCbD-oPE2qS18/s400/Mountains.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417075764471292770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IAm-ehl9E1F9M8BrKlidgO18k82R7-urxfs0eLS570M0536QF2-bGsopuDK6bKQrOEp88fPhu4ZSFagy9eIVTYjP1R0m9Xs4YRUIwMfwhQ6kAm46guvrxcZEI4v89iC_N4kjibNQQuc/s1600-h/Lake.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IAm-ehl9E1F9M8BrKlidgO18k82R7-urxfs0eLS570M0536QF2-bGsopuDK6bKQrOEp88fPhu4ZSFagy9eIVTYjP1R0m9Xs4YRUIwMfwhQ6kAm46guvrxcZEI4v89iC_N4kjibNQQuc/s400/Lake.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417075360837012034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0em-hL8ihrzupjeu1Ek7zJs2n51vrjxsN1Tlet4EB01GESYxFZZGCs_6ZBZuf0hjYjob79AEObi6MTZsmbC5Nrf9BvLv9V9QoGUVoXgXRwIhUn9c25qEY88UZwzNM9ZJG_4V8EE6XCjQ/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0em-hL8ihrzupjeu1Ek7zJs2n51vrjxsN1Tlet4EB01GESYxFZZGCs_6ZBZuf0hjYjob79AEObi6MTZsmbC5Nrf9BvLv9V9QoGUVoXgXRwIhUn9c25qEY88UZwzNM9ZJG_4V8EE6XCjQ/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417082613633519058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">During one of the teaching sessions I had to go<br />upstairs to try to keep Elijah from distracting the<br />students. He does that very well, you know! <br />Luckily I could still hear most of the lessons for<br />the small group time.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmJJ4dt3dF1uLgczTmx0I9Jfu_tvAcVlac7hGyr2mys4RwgtZ-Ebft3fI-78UoK-Zn_MzoyhIm5-YcYFS4b_zfemtDfGviLrRDT4rg-zi9GQNotj8hYyovcoUERYt26Xx2SqGqn5sfqE/s1600-h/Elijah+11.5-12+months+209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmJJ4dt3dF1uLgczTmx0I9Jfu_tvAcVlac7hGyr2mys4RwgtZ-Ebft3fI-78UoK-Zn_MzoyhIm5-YcYFS4b_zfemtDfGviLrRDT4rg-zi9GQNotj8hYyovcoUERYt26Xx2SqGqn5sfqE/s400/Elijah+11.5-12+months+209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417074632311255522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrapping up the weekend to head home<br /></span></div>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-92226859952499041182009-09-03T11:17:00.000-07:002009-12-21T15:16:49.190-08:00Cheetos, Tables and Aidan<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlLntOSdR9bwAEPH0juanYxP5iod-4UPMqvPJWgzWqn56WKZ-o0GgUTgXIfUXQTrcvzZ6H5aS-_79BydEYe7xy4CWWxZH2EFHkwZUwSgbbscbnTiNkkzSgllrHtVgpDLuVk18umLR1ww/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlLntOSdR9bwAEPH0juanYxP5iod-4UPMqvPJWgzWqn56WKZ-o0GgUTgXIfUXQTrcvzZ6H5aS-_79BydEYe7xy4CWWxZH2EFHkwZUwSgbbscbnTiNkkzSgllrHtVgpDLuVk18umLR1ww/s400/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417033263656497186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you knew me as a child you know the best way I</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">could teach my son to use a fork is with cheetos!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WBTs1IEUVgjLz-hyLPMFbBmPakFAYlwiS6h6J1dEoK69j4KgUIFQBmyh6LE7T58AexQ0LPLrXKzv2TfAc79EfxXsOWipRZYkQ7Q7iWk6U_GSqIzOfmdo5XBXCQ5u1X7jjKP2g2o8cbU/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+286.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WBTs1IEUVgjLz-hyLPMFbBmPakFAYlwiS6h6J1dEoK69j4KgUIFQBmyh6LE7T58AexQ0LPLrXKzv2TfAc79EfxXsOWipRZYkQ7Q7iWk6U_GSqIzOfmdo5XBXCQ5u1X7jjKP2g2o8cbU/s400/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+286.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417032542672076018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is one of the battles we'll have to fight.<br />Elijah loves to climb and this is his new mountain.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5XZ6eU-4WUIYLogHoiYudKPDxhz2Uh-HcSkExuFeEcR6kUcYrXBn1ixJXz1XsOpfIgxcWy9ZyRluzGxoIyh2CoS__WcoQyI6uQFYAuOjT-vmiYhnsHsmSX1c8enDzw-i01eOVMZuPLE/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5XZ6eU-4WUIYLogHoiYudKPDxhz2Uh-HcSkExuFeEcR6kUcYrXBn1ixJXz1XsOpfIgxcWy9ZyRluzGxoIyh2CoS__WcoQyI6uQFYAuOjT-vmiYhnsHsmSX1c8enDzw-i01eOVMZuPLE/s400/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417030083146415906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Aidan and Elijah</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2WVFZ7xJ0BDM3BRAKVbDNKjxE9jh8NTSStaIMLZqc7-W2YrLU9N-QKMUUVqmJ2cLKdh7tKL__VX1-zz2n0qGQ9rNXYHz-HRoStouMLMw7dZj3LjvilUCriV92sWtO0nFnNsjJziTrTA/s1600-h/Elijah+11-11.75+months+Maddie,+youth+games+August+2009+304.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; 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The wedding was beautiful and Elijah had a ton of fun with the older kids; Katy, Luke, Megan and Jacob; at the reception. Katy is one of our youth who babysits for Elijah. Our whole family loves Katy and her entire family for that matter! Megan and Jacob are my mentor's kids. 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Aaron got a call late this morning letting us know our senior pastor was sick and at the emergency room. Thankfully he only has vertigo and is on the mend. I don't know for certain that vertigo is no big deal, but it sounds better than the possible heart problems that cause some of the same symptoms. So, please pray for God to heal him so that he can enjoy his vacation time scheduled starting next week.
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<br />Aaron will be preaching and teaching tomorrow morning, and all with very little time to prepare so please pray for him also. After the normal services, there is a prayer walk and then a bridal shower for a friend of mine. It is one of those Sundays that make you cringe slightly because you know you'll be functioning on pure fumes and the strength of the Spirit alone. So, as I sit here watching him thump his cheek or thigh (that's what he does when he is in deep concentration) I am praying for God to work in and through him and to continue to renew his energy as he does some very last minute sermon prep. And, that leaves me with a little time to kill.
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<br />So, here are a few cute photos we took this week. Elijah looks like such a little boy now instead of a baby. Take a look!</span></p>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKinSK_Mhz9qD0qMopAUl6Elgv3X4MSRIYLbzahKFDG5ACCAs4AqiUZwbwKAjhwG_xqHVR8kje2rB9MwpP4k_4rc5f2_425vf_Ea1BQgC1l2Pos0CHIPbiT6u-gdzaP0ZxJ3gJgmoryM/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKinSK_Mhz9qD0qMopAUl6Elgv3X4MSRIYLbzahKFDG5ACCAs4AqiUZwbwKAjhwG_xqHVR8kje2rB9MwpP4k_4rc5f2_425vf_Ea1BQgC1l2Pos0CHIPbiT6u-gdzaP0ZxJ3gJgmoryM/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370469263640211618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Streeeeeeeetch!</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLsTK0Z93lqkje8pc5F6su5BvGpKT6VlavrcW45ymtWkJqIhhfMKCLDAjdrZPHDfKDIHrcl-0iG2yTYJU9EtkNcL0W56MxITZWFmApRWSIzxJSX-5SOHWWd70wbVRS6RChutaCDVx99A/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLsTK0Z93lqkje8pc5F6su5BvGpKT6VlavrcW45ymtWkJqIhhfMKCLDAjdrZPHDfKDIHrcl-0iG2yTYJU9EtkNcL0W56MxITZWFmApRWSIzxJSX-5SOHWWd70wbVRS6RChutaCDVx99A/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370468829700571618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Such a little boy! Check out the cool
<br />shirt for his participation in learning
<br />and brain development research!</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eFfQhXgv4HQw1l96w15Ej62s9YCdPieZMlNzvxu4wWpIfij-UyEmRMPf0GrNb8V4dQ1R5gdALHxMgrxWsRUKAIOK8hl_iYOzpEhJs_GzTVHcLA40gj4oaN6AiH262uCP-zlA921cSsc/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eFfQhXgv4HQw1l96w15Ej62s9YCdPieZMlNzvxu4wWpIfij-UyEmRMPf0GrNb8V4dQ1R5gdALHxMgrxWsRUKAIOK8hl_iYOzpEhJs_GzTVHcLA40gj4oaN6AiH262uCP-zlA921cSsc/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370466572917863186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gwen and Reuben adopted Aaron, Elijah and me
<br />while we were house-sitting next door to them at
<br />the Wicks' house. They probably could do without
<br />Aaron and me, but they fell in love with Elijah.
<br />We kept the Wicks' tradition of visiting them
<br />almost daily and it was a blessing.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejNjv6xWRaWwp_e7olt8VvgmjydVCanv7tX47sRBAkENsolWIGfzTNEkPv9X_gP5rvhNBFSfwn2tV2Mj2gUCurRyJ65LYH-Q6SP-4jfe3jWQ95T_HAr8AzC3IBPo1q6xryIm9j6h3GjY/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejNjv6xWRaWwp_e7olt8VvgmjydVCanv7tX47sRBAkENsolWIGfzTNEkPv9X_gP5rvhNBFSfwn2tV2Mj2gUCurRyJ65LYH-Q6SP-4jfe3jWQ95T_HAr8AzC3IBPo1q6xryIm9j6h3GjY/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370466349421038690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gwen is getting her Elijah fix.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAHDBb9KMp-KSHcZMpqshSgHBEQJT8035DPA_Yb3PW5pEJ1zvvJVpU_0rOZrY5b1COaHevGt6DjA3ShHEbEOIksIWBeYxX1fIN7ZdBA7JrfvQ-mKgjceWhaHG3ZAZNUI94uexngsLulY/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAHDBb9KMp-KSHcZMpqshSgHBEQJT8035DPA_Yb3PW5pEJ1zvvJVpU_0rOZrY5b1COaHevGt6DjA3ShHEbEOIksIWBeYxX1fIN7ZdBA7JrfvQ-mKgjceWhaHG3ZAZNUI94uexngsLulY/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370466135271357410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Spaghetti is one of Elijah's favorites. We
<br />went to see a play the night this photo
<br />was taken with our good friends, Bruce and
<br />Deborrah, so Elijah already had his bedtime
<br />bath before he bathed himself in spaghetti. :)
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkcujXXclism7PtVf5u6YJJxLjzz2HI_40BekdAcZevSBRkmbouih_Tsg5Qb99rZfVKYYg3Ln9S77nM6FsVtZU3Z4elkb8rOcIhsSqXqVXzytHjF8RdsXZbM-B1vlU1bIlSAKgF-NnAI/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+039.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkcujXXclism7PtVf5u6YJJxLjzz2HI_40BekdAcZevSBRkmbouih_Tsg5Qb99rZfVKYYg3Ln9S77nM6FsVtZU3Z4elkb8rOcIhsSqXqVXzytHjF8RdsXZbM-B1vlU1bIlSAKgF-NnAI/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370465912673816226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sufficiently bathed!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bf1wdR8BEhEFqS35HETc4nkTvra5ETmUsP0oMY4jAM62_yUKzDIPPYh2oxQ-cWGYQcXY7KA2xQs1WlsgsAciNJhQ3SmNVrhoiT_xIZPb-RJ0qTMXvJjwAPVrCbZALVehVLSSUNlH4fQ/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bf1wdR8BEhEFqS35HETc4nkTvra5ETmUsP0oMY4jAM62_yUKzDIPPYh2oxQ-cWGYQcXY7KA2xQs1WlsgsAciNJhQ3SmNVrhoiT_xIZPb-RJ0qTMXvJjwAPVrCbZALVehVLSSUNlH4fQ/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370465671437538402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah is a master climber now. He seems
<br />to often see the opportunity to climb, but,
<br />fortunately, he is too apprehensive to climb
<br />something taller than a step or two currently.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF3g0MCfqWBKUvU80TLDRJ5d-42Glkm-UKJLoUMqH0kcoYGZWnrzGr8h9jpRpL-_Y6ZpTmQaInvUFp2wW8L-5wUOX7wqSnKGcyjd_Rg43sukYlpMjyflJw7QzwzZMf1TFnYAg2QyIoqw/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF3g0MCfqWBKUvU80TLDRJ5d-42Glkm-UKJLoUMqH0kcoYGZWnrzGr8h9jpRpL-_Y6ZpTmQaInvUFp2wW8L-5wUOX7wqSnKGcyjd_Rg43sukYlpMjyflJw7QzwzZMf1TFnYAg2QyIoqw/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370460984615025602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah turns to make sure I am behind him
<br />every once in a while, especially when
<br />he's going to do something he knows he
<br />shouldn't or if it is risky.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy9uFwgvBG-sHS9Na6UtWI2bmiOPMyDISkeSHoL5687cTZjHbNPoWDC7PXywE67obyNbWwcqpoxb21nKbz1zfZb1BbEAMeqKRPzMP20WtWugs8r3Hb-FCBItAYcfB-y7JGvojgukdOzM/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy9uFwgvBG-sHS9Na6UtWI2bmiOPMyDISkeSHoL5687cTZjHbNPoWDC7PXywE67obyNbWwcqpoxb21nKbz1zfZb1BbEAMeqKRPzMP20WtWugs8r3Hb-FCBItAYcfB-y7JGvojgukdOzM/s400/Elijah+11+months+Wicks+August+2009+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370459841311901330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elijah is making sure I see the mess he
<br />is making for me to clean up. He also points
<br />at airplanes going overhead.
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<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Okay, my body is starting to twitch because it is sufficiently exhausted, and Aaron is practicing his sermon for the last time tonight, so until next time, Adios muchachos y muchachas!</span>
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mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">As a few of you have pointed out, I have not posted anything new lately so I am making up for it here. You want more pictures, you got it! I am really glad to hear that the blog makes you feel less far away from Elijah and helps you get to know him despite the miles. Now lets get to what you are all waiting for: Elijah!
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I can hardly believe he is going to be a year old soon. It has gone by in a flash and I am truly enjoying being a mom. One of my favorite characteristics of Elijah currently is his playfulness. His deep belly laugh is such a delight to hear so we play plenty of games to make it happen. He cracks up chasing me at a full speed crawl when I am running from him. I pretend to get trapped on walls, furniture and such while excitedly saying, "Oh no! He's going to get me! I can't get away." Right before he reaches me, I'll scoot around him and he is off again, cracking up the entire way. He heartily laughs at the funny faces I make and he giggles when I dramatically and haltingly come after him telling him, "I'm gonna get you!" It doesn't take him long though to start chasing me. And there's no doubt about it! The boy did not inherit my lack of ticklishness so that is fun too!
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<br />Another new or at least more pronounced aspect I have loved is his affection. Elijah will crawl up to me, pull up to a stand and reach up for me. When I pick him up he gives me a big, tight hug that lasts for about 30 seconds. Talk about making my heart melt! He isn't shy to wiggle away though. He doesn't like to sit still long. He also loves to give me kisses. The only other "people" he kisses are his teddy bears so I feel pretty honored. ;) I think Aaron has gotten a few too. As soon as he wakes up from naps, he wants some extended affection, but then he expects to go over to the desk where all his teddy bears are lined up. With a big smile he waves at them and sometimes hugs a few. It makes waking up a bit easier for him.
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<br />Another thing I love to see is how much Elijah LOVES his daddy! When Daddy comes home, Elijah celebrates and is all smiles. He crawls as fast as he can to greet him.<span style=""> </span>If Aaron comes home from work and has to leave shortly after for a meeting in the evening, Elijah protests until Aaron comes back from the door to give him another hug.<span style=""> </span>At dinner time, Elijah and Aaron have this cute game they play.<span style=""> </span>At times, most of dinner is spent repeating the sounds the other one makes.<span style=""> </span>So, our dinner conversation sounds something like: ba, ba, ba, ba, ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh, mmmph, mmmmph, ma, ma, ma, ma, awhoow, awhoow…you get the idea.<span style=""> </span>They enjoy it and it is quite entertaining for me as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">
<br />Elijah has really gotten into books lately, but mostly animal books recently. Animal books evoke a thoughtful look of curiosity and concentration. It is quite cute and the reading teacher in me breathes a sigh of relief when he intently looks at books and listens to a story.
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<br />Those are just a few of the joys we are experiencing these days. Life has definitely gotten a bit more challenging these last couple months also. The three biggest contributing factors: crawling combined with pulling up, teething and violence. Crawling and pulling up brought on much more potential for getting into things, causing us to adjust our home yet again in the next stage of baby proofing. For a while I felt like I was always saying no to him. We rearranged some things so that we have to fight fewer battles now. The most frequent piece of advice we've gotten at this stage is to pick our battles. I think that has been really helpful.
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<br />I am convinced, though, as of today that he can learn to just look or touch things. The little girl I take care of two days a week only looks when her parents tell her, "Look, no touch." She only touches when they tell her, "Touch, no play." It has convinced me that he too understands and can learn to control himself and obey. For those of you who told me this a long time ago, sorry for needing some more convincing. In this case, seeing really was believing! So, now starts the quest to be consistent. I have more confidence in the area now so that makes a significant difference.
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I do think the pattern I seem to go through as a mom is interesting and more predictable these days. Here's the order: anxiety over a given struggle like sleep or sickness, prayer, a search for answers, a sorting of the differing advice from friends and books, a few random attempts using differing advice, and finally a confident approach to dealing with said struggle. A lady from Moms' Group whom I greatly respect, but sadly moved away suggested I read <span style="font-style: italic;">Shepherding a Child's Heart</span> shortly after Elijah was born and since then a few others have also suggested it so that and <span style="font-style: italic;">Instructing a Child's Heart</span> are my next parenting books to read. <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>If you ever think of it, pray for us as parents and for Elijah's response as we try to teach him.
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<br />Elijah now has six teeth and it seems like he is much more emotionally fragile when he's working on a new tooth. The little guy who had only cried real tears a handful of times for the first nine months of his life has made up for it the last couple months.<span style=""> </span>Most of it happens when he is teething, but there are a few other things that set him off.<span style=""> </span>We are house-sitting for some friends and caring for their dog, Ella.<span style=""> </span>Elijah absolutely loves her and he is growing on her.<span style=""> </span>He will occasionally come up and lick Elijah, but most of the time she steers clear of him.<span style=""> </span>Ella is a wonderful watch dog and barks whenever she thinks the house is under attack.<span style=""> </span>Occasionally, she mistakenly thinks noises are a threat of attack and she starts barking.<span style=""> </span>The first couple days here Elijah was petrified of the barking and cried huge crocodile sized tears inconsolably every time she barked.<span style=""> </span>I repeatedly comforted him and told him that I could understand how it could be scary, but that is just how dogs talk to us.<span style=""> </span>When Ella has barked the last couple days, it hasn’t fazed him in the least so I suppose he doesn't mind Ella talking anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Now, you have to be wondering about the reference to violence.<span style=""> </span>Yes, I am being overly dramatic for the sake of entertainment. For a few weeks I was pretty anxious though about Elijah’s level of physical contact with people in general, but especially kids around him. When I picked up Elijah at the church nursery, two different adults told me, "Wow, he is quite a scratcher!" Not the news a first time mom likes to hear. Tell me something good first! :) So, I was pretty concerned, but on top of it, <span style=""></span>at our first two visits to the baby story time at the library, Elijah pulled quite a bit of hair, grabbed several kids and scratched/pinched a few in his excitement to meet them.<span style=""> </span>Now, in his defense, I do not believe he has done any of it aggressively. I think most of it is done out of excitement or just unknowingly, but it is still stressful.
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">While my anxiety is not completely gone, most of it has dissipated.<span style=""> </span>Last week we went again to story time and he kept his hands to himself. I am guessing it was a factor of being excited to be in a new place with a bunch of new kids.<span style=""> </span>It was quite a relief, but he is also learning to touch people gently. Overall, he is a fast learner as soon as we figure out what we are doing as parents, but sometimes that takes a bit of time because we aren't the fast learners he is! We continue to seek counsel from other parents and to pray for God to grant us wisdom and follow through as parents.
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Well, here are plenty of pictures to show you what life has been like the last couple of months. Enjoy!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o-KkBqB5mmVqlpG45yYQXf-EmQiiarciSg7ysjjdk0qql39fb1WRrGcZlf2IVPpOAEIAh6ZSHOC913y20EHB32bzl1pmOP3UWa6PguBN1NMKGhVVDWlusKSGwtyhyARkd_NPwcD5mFE/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o-KkBqB5mmVqlpG45yYQXf-EmQiiarciSg7ysjjdk0qql39fb1WRrGcZlf2IVPpOAEIAh6ZSHOC913y20EHB32bzl1pmOP3UWa6PguBN1NMKGhVVDWlusKSGwtyhyARkd_NPwcD5mFE/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368961937533719570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah is having a blast watching Fin play
<br />peek-a-boo at a birthday party! It was the first
<br />party Elijah was invited to attend.</span>
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<br />Maddie is the little girl I care for two days a week.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcE41YlG_DXvbmF-DQCg7wjyywqSCD5tb1YACqpuHkrF_cmxvi6fNM83IL2ZC0IPnogNsB2ln4U5EMz0SYLCbhngkFHaBZwrdxNuK6WPYS7-zN3Thyq_fhm0BUuWJHQKY344h27Cpi80/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcE41YlG_DXvbmF-DQCg7wjyywqSCD5tb1YACqpuHkrF_cmxvi6fNM83IL2ZC0IPnogNsB2ln4U5EMz0SYLCbhngkFHaBZwrdxNuK6WPYS7-zN3Thyq_fhm0BUuWJHQKY344h27Cpi80/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368961430520147714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who needs toys when you have boxes!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKbomuwQMOSfn441VUasmoSAH80NU6-viyGhWvVMsoPeAIy8l8iY0lFb6IyO02nnB9vuJ7JRprNufGc9Gbtwn2cJKQCXrjyeSUyis6rM3aAipPHAofh95VkNacDBbAMnnGPW8zuXYZv8/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKbomuwQMOSfn441VUasmoSAH80NU6-viyGhWvVMsoPeAIy8l8iY0lFb6IyO02nnB9vuJ7JRprNufGc9Gbtwn2cJKQCXrjyeSUyis6rM3aAipPHAofh95VkNacDBbAMnnGPW8zuXYZv8/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368960987140197330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">There he is!</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0tahTWiN3Da3VDFFKFDAvEjdr66GUWmoA0DFOWVd1r6XfAvLXhvvodAKNpLqV4A7hLnIljilVX8_EDHtRSTpZCH1KMlHPE2O7hImZshBKZxOiylwLYmXs1DZUPR3Xd7646T-A3JJquk/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0tahTWiN3Da3VDFFKFDAvEjdr66GUWmoA0DFOWVd1r6XfAvLXhvvodAKNpLqV4A7hLnIljilVX8_EDHtRSTpZCH1KMlHPE2O7hImZshBKZxOiylwLYmXs1DZUPR3Xd7646T-A3JJquk/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368960488625758258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Playing on the balcony while Mommy
<br />does some late spring cleaning!</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3RVVoKXaHW8al0rDvAzy5QmrcceAhDK7C8R0tp34j1e_8LEL4wHGgJVXPLbq2KC9Th7tjfvOfjB_VSr0CSReakR0msHMNYYim_l8YI05qaYVmlnn2hSScXvXT7feDr1f_ymkfiV452w/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3RVVoKXaHW8al0rDvAzy5QmrcceAhDK7C8R0tp34j1e_8LEL4wHGgJVXPLbq2KC9Th7tjfvOfjB_VSr0CSReakR0msHMNYYim_l8YI05qaYVmlnn2hSScXvXT7feDr1f_ymkfiV452w/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368960248272294882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a funny contrast between Elijah and Maddie.
<br />If Maddie loses a cheerio out of her snack trap, she
<br />meticulously puts it back in. If Elijah has a cheerio
<br />left in his snack trap, he eagerly and assiduously
<br />shakes them out. So, for kids like Elijah, instead of
<br />calling these snack traps, we should call them
<br />snack removal challenges.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gTAviBCFo-jgD_NfM6Ee-aig1JxKnd-0BpLwZdOr7zwEwcHQTI7jyrPzwp2sH8RYIkqNTvJDRlmkb1rGP3iO4Tg3fMEiwkjap92CzZnhWQ7vZ9R5k5mnBgjip2q13M-dyE5qUmil4hE/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gTAviBCFo-jgD_NfM6Ee-aig1JxKnd-0BpLwZdOr7zwEwcHQTI7jyrPzwp2sH8RYIkqNTvJDRlmkb1rGP3iO4Tg3fMEiwkjap92CzZnhWQ7vZ9R5k5mnBgjip2q13M-dyE5qUmil4hE/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368959764114968898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">A kind couple at our church has offered their cabin
<br />in the mountains for our youth retreat this year.
<br />Looks like we are going to be seeking God in style
<br />this September!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiEs22Wl7xwe-5ghcnHSKjdP-FRoFzjGMLhZs7xI3sTU4n-ymeKGZgpEOwbH7thCQ8LiuP6NNThnWv85d7EtTKOD6NtGw0XGewGgnh6PURD9QpNDcqL5B6l7odJnAhyphenhyphen4BWfa4mJHd-ds/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiEs22Wl7xwe-5ghcnHSKjdP-FRoFzjGMLhZs7xI3sTU4n-ymeKGZgpEOwbH7thCQ8LiuP6NNThnWv85d7EtTKOD6NtGw0XGewGgnh6PURD9QpNDcqL5B6l7odJnAhyphenhyphen4BWfa4mJHd-ds/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368958846090599186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah trying to temp his daddy into playing
<br />with him instead of working.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqamo_Zqi1kHdiaNX1-c7qCj9Y7jKs7fBa92dg0Rsi1BiUwZgE6ia33wqlwPGugbzcUl__n6ZLczr7TZFDKFcBICwyGpe_Bv63oRNTLcyP36GFQKuQ_xAfH-4K3WyS8GAiSBIRXznxh9A/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+156.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqamo_Zqi1kHdiaNX1-c7qCj9Y7jKs7fBa92dg0Rsi1BiUwZgE6ia33wqlwPGugbzcUl__n6ZLczr7TZFDKFcBICwyGpe_Bv63oRNTLcyP36GFQKuQ_xAfH-4K3WyS8GAiSBIRXznxh9A/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+cabin+156.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368958613378348818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">No caption could capture this cute bath shot.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDampg-y6L2RnJgkFr5ALZYHRAF5D6mLqROf_m7UFyR_5lVDRt6nJUgyb2vYnK2PFPV-Hydy8GB9uRiykZ0XncVQq_K9EkIsx2hrkW24y7XQSYdd4Ef3B8S8YFgejiXpW8Ndhyt6svK4/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+5+Day+Clubs+and+Camping+Belfair+022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDampg-y6L2RnJgkFr5ALZYHRAF5D6mLqROf_m7UFyR_5lVDRt6nJUgyb2vYnK2PFPV-Hydy8GB9uRiykZ0XncVQq_K9EkIsx2hrkW24y7XQSYdd4Ef3B8S8YFgejiXpW8Ndhyt6svK4/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+5+Day+Clubs+and+Camping+Belfair+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368958270380097810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is at a Five Day Good News Club this past summer
<br />that my friend Celia hosted at her home. I did the games
<br />portion of the club and the kids had a ton of fun. We are
<br />opening a new Good News Club at another Seattle school
<br />and I'll be teaching at it. Please pray for God to work
<br />mightily through it.
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<br />learning and brain development at the
<br />University of Washington. He gets a shirt
<br />and the satisfaction of knowing that he
<br />contributed to the cause of Science after each study.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13a715EDKjP5fmDkRGtrGfwIeJXplvDcD-D0zvD8SQB3MnOLLyNraUz1PV5faF0tXfUOsHlTiL6Vj5kYwlQrKBtvghdtZErL-Z3AUR3KR_4KHW7dQitWzkaeQUiDW768Y671ILxLA9Zw/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13a715EDKjP5fmDkRGtrGfwIeJXplvDcD-D0zvD8SQB3MnOLLyNraUz1PV5faF0tXfUOsHlTiL6Vj5kYwlQrKBtvghdtZErL-Z3AUR3KR_4KHW7dQitWzkaeQUiDW768Y671ILxLA9Zw/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368953926747206226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Such concentration!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGoJPImIjLj_udTvfoM0WR6VUtJ3YvWdA2CNrak8GLM1W0TdqDKPj6ugtocIY5zB9zxNgOCJk0xYp_E3F7-aStWfj2tlQdfqWI_kE9tlsCnhDbCQORfCMQW6L-sfSswHbXUZIYsoAjqI/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+045.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGoJPImIjLj_udTvfoM0WR6VUtJ3YvWdA2CNrak8GLM1W0TdqDKPj6ugtocIY5zB9zxNgOCJk0xYp_E3F7-aStWfj2tlQdfqWI_kE9tlsCnhDbCQORfCMQW6L-sfSswHbXUZIYsoAjqI/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368953761644111090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Play-date with Aidan and Ryan at a Moms' Group park date.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQbEBoQ0l-OUO7WitBOXi2S0UceYqKKbpBiIK2rclzWBzNkwBJVX70C7l_N7z-FvGG2TRoOv7AsUi-oIxZYdxuS-0yk_5pxS-GepC1ZGzx18og5I19yHK1Hm3nPlGJGdV3ujjpKa7ffE/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQbEBoQ0l-OUO7WitBOXi2S0UceYqKKbpBiIK2rclzWBzNkwBJVX70C7l_N7z-FvGG2TRoOv7AsUi-oIxZYdxuS-0yk_5pxS-GepC1ZGzx18og5I19yHK1Hm3nPlGJGdV3ujjpKa7ffE/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368953529861292146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is my dear friend, Lisa, and her son, Aidan.
<br />Lisa and her husband do childcare swaps with
<br />Aaron and me on Sundays so we can enjoy less
<br />expensive dates. I absolutely love this family.
<br />You can really tell when people truly love your child
<br />and when people are simply polite. Ian and Lisa
<br />seem to love Elijah like he's their own and it is really
<br />means a lot to me.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCJ0QgzpAPRStohNAAKDG2q5nhC-SC2HOAdP2KkynH6mF1hOglF2rOJUunEFE_U3DZAOmOU0U70dl4mIumcW5oCaHptOAKbccpD-MDAvfk0YeJuOrFeOaRSXyRIMpeKrXZ-kPgEWhtfw/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCJ0QgzpAPRStohNAAKDG2q5nhC-SC2HOAdP2KkynH6mF1hOglF2rOJUunEFE_U3DZAOmOU0U70dl4mIumcW5oCaHptOAKbccpD-MDAvfk0YeJuOrFeOaRSXyRIMpeKrXZ-kPgEWhtfw/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368952984390677090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We walked down the road to Alki beach after our time at the park.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhRbSzvc-mOM8AHqAvHXdWMRZ1Mhi-TSMLxNJsgBJsRTRVDIfwYSD92Vgwl9nNoCoLnz5ReuyhS3UrnxA4w-_wZh6i9M20IUvRYZ_Jjqalmo9h7LNIPy0Vq9L9Ry431xlHxZkit1CNB0/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhRbSzvc-mOM8AHqAvHXdWMRZ1Mhi-TSMLxNJsgBJsRTRVDIfwYSD92Vgwl9nNoCoLnz5ReuyhS3UrnxA4w-_wZh6i9M20IUvRYZ_Jjqalmo9h7LNIPy0Vq9L9Ry431xlHxZkit1CNB0/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Alki+Beach+081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368952539302546178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah is obviously hamming it up here, but
<br />there are a few other things to point out.
<br />Elijah is able to get one shoe off by using the
<br />other shoe as leverage and then he pulls off
<br />his sock. However, he is currently unable
<br />to get the other shoe off so often times you
<br />will see him wandering around with one
<br />shoe and one sock. Also, take a look at how
<br />he has his right foot up on his high chair.
<br />This is generally how he relaxes as he eats.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoocYJethsU3sXHHWBg4aHLIQkd3d35q7w3AdIQQrsRF7eSbBkfY0M_3FZmaBjfrD2ycCkPaPjnznPcch8bXEZfZoWuaVvhR_lPyk_l8Ohf1KLl9gsLdUyNdrgmUIyQ7FjcbOWYwZcec4/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoocYJethsU3sXHHWBg4aHLIQkd3d35q7w3AdIQQrsRF7eSbBkfY0M_3FZmaBjfrD2ycCkPaPjnznPcch8bXEZfZoWuaVvhR_lPyk_l8Ohf1KLl9gsLdUyNdrgmUIyQ7FjcbOWYwZcec4/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368951627374018226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The library has an honor system for baby board books.
<br />You take what you want and return them when you are done.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTDRAy1c9RSO70Zh2xTd411UX3mk2prnMxqDu4oAH8rI48O7CUtWFbFZEuus36i4U2ex3ecDtafCORhF9M9SK7r2sF8MVr4723w3x3twCD2xD-pX7UagN86z3bcEwYW6VmQOo_MnZ59k/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTDRAy1c9RSO70Zh2xTd411UX3mk2prnMxqDu4oAH8rI48O7CUtWFbFZEuus36i4U2ex3ecDtafCORhF9M9SK7r2sF8MVr4723w3x3twCD2xD-pX7UagN86z3bcEwYW6VmQOo_MnZ59k/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368951299320397442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chillin' at the library!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE_Wb1_lUUaaYBthCu07YkDOZPNhx3jFaFy3TqKbt0J8wCfVhXIhWCLLZtb3Szvu4yoO_xICLlrHswLlcoCVcMGZQTWz3t2BpRYem_sEzJbow3lU9OdSiH4s9O4mWqsDp1f0vheaEj9E/s1600-h/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE_Wb1_lUUaaYBthCu07YkDOZPNhx3jFaFy3TqKbt0J8wCfVhXIhWCLLZtb3Szvu4yoO_xICLlrHswLlcoCVcMGZQTWz3t2BpRYem_sEzJbow3lU9OdSiH4s9O4mWqsDp1f0vheaEj9E/s400/Elijah+10+months+July+2009+Library+Story+Time+026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368951025478769426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our favorite hole in the wall pizza joint
<br />across Greenwood from our apartment.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDnhpChY4tLQJ8R-P3wSSTmAP9pSFnJh8an7EOj107t9AvJhd083YgTJcvlW7oBcB_4gWjJNF1VXHdSD9fwCVm0r55SA7znPiBEqYbVSb13IPNGrmdGLwKoX5vUxV3wb99pJTJ3xAhuM/s1600-h/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDnhpChY4tLQJ8R-P3wSSTmAP9pSFnJh8an7EOj107t9AvJhd083YgTJcvlW7oBcB_4gWjJNF1VXHdSD9fwCVm0r55SA7znPiBEqYbVSb13IPNGrmdGLwKoX5vUxV3wb99pJTJ3xAhuM/s400/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368950028850096146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">As the outreach pastor, Aaron organized a church booth
<br />at the Ballard Seafood Fest where kids could fish for a
<br />prize and get their face painted. Since Elijah knew the man
<br />in charge, he got to take a dip in the fish pond. He loves to swim.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80dP77ZRg7XoqAOJ1toANXPo06osn4moGKLfiiBDsDgSjaA0i7tz9FgqYKo03126dESjPxL_s0825Y1dLGiyDvDvjWKRv79LM3i7TZEoZukaOpN2zPIvY5aFu_yGlDpvmxnDQc2t2RHg/s1600-h/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80dP77ZRg7XoqAOJ1toANXPo06osn4moGKLfiiBDsDgSjaA0i7tz9FgqYKo03126dESjPxL_s0825Y1dLGiyDvDvjWKRv79LM3i7TZEoZukaOpN2zPIvY5aFu_yGlDpvmxnDQc2t2RHg/s400/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368949231764911810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">A puppy Elijah met at the Seafood Fest. The other
<br />dog was barking so Elijah was a bit scared here.
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<br />Elijah would take the gold.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAo42yAF7z505Lq7RQRwK-mrkGdcYfJfH3XjHoo7H1BMKdCHITd5Jc04DD_tiMMy069zRKKuAf6bIUqXHHjxMUXNe7SDrTcfg45FKwFcdymUDJg8aEi3vGZSBsE-kQpGd0KqrWMVjNCY/s1600-h/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAo42yAF7z505Lq7RQRwK-mrkGdcYfJfH3XjHoo7H1BMKdCHITd5Jc04DD_tiMMy069zRKKuAf6bIUqXHHjxMUXNe7SDrTcfg45FKwFcdymUDJg8aEi3vGZSBsE-kQpGd0KqrWMVjNCY/s400/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368948021012286210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah's favorite sleeping position.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBnpHY2SsaTOPmnQwtRxBVp55iRPmrK_9Tb0st4J-u6dXq94Zsu8CJNLP58D9VoiU26Fk9HgoO1GVBQE6fyl7Z3pDTc7JlMwrpU-FEFKrO7SGT5_2-juEE_TtyRNIatvfjZghJ84-h9o/s1600-h/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+062.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBnpHY2SsaTOPmnQwtRxBVp55iRPmrK_9Tb0st4J-u6dXq94Zsu8CJNLP58D9VoiU26Fk9HgoO1GVBQE6fyl7Z3pDTc7JlMwrpU-FEFKrO7SGT5_2-juEE_TtyRNIatvfjZghJ84-h9o/s400/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368947412813464802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day #2 at the hot Seafood Fest. Elijah got
<br />a duck from one of the booths representing
<br />a hospital. He loves ducks and says,
<br />"D, d, da," when he sees one.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfRzLbnmpYtojWG1HL9xfQvQ9Z2PHWMO3Hu03AmmWFdIAd3Kss8scK7sEkbLtxDJJH7j2O0i6iBi9cG8KuqSRY6sP9qoocxbyy_-5bl8cH3fAN4Kl346_65uu5rWyLzZ7YN0Z-wsvucU/s1600-h/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+075.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfRzLbnmpYtojWG1HL9xfQvQ9Z2PHWMO3Hu03AmmWFdIAd3Kss8scK7sEkbLtxDJJH7j2O0i6iBi9cG8KuqSRY6sP9qoocxbyy_-5bl8cH3fAN4Kl346_65uu5rWyLzZ7YN0Z-wsvucU/s400/Elijah+10.5+months+July+2009+075.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368947019724585330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We hiked down to Carkeek from my apartment with
<br />a picnic lunch on an exremely hot day. Lisa and
<br />I laughed at our stupidity most the way back.
<br />Aidan and Elijah enjoyed the ride though! By the
<br />way, the water in the distance is the Puget Sound.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQVgesz-p0sYNL9so3WbRDkFBuGDDXX4bON6gYNJ_dIgN_eD2_HPT1OMZWZM8RO6h4ufGDtcoQbOS3cMsJTGsNs9n3ouEAap2MUtplTE4AtYKYlA0FmLfvLIw-K628eLwjzs_RDc6WXs/s1600-h/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+043.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQVgesz-p0sYNL9so3WbRDkFBuGDDXX4bON6gYNJ_dIgN_eD2_HPT1OMZWZM8RO6h4ufGDtcoQbOS3cMsJTGsNs9n3ouEAap2MUtplTE4AtYKYlA0FmLfvLIw-K628eLwjzs_RDc6WXs/s400/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368943002243854674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah's Baby Story Time teacher at the library.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN88SLWDiIdDe8x4diDpaIo56YpkGvgA5BbQwz5coPbSwLV_ztyi0HjlmIyMxcuodiBotDIoSCpucv4gFHyz97S6H1FhwZbAH7cJSinxoP69g2ePLxb0ooM-bFOljOBGv1fIdf_jUpkrQ/s1600-h/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN88SLWDiIdDe8x4diDpaIo56YpkGvgA5BbQwz5coPbSwLV_ztyi0HjlmIyMxcuodiBotDIoSCpucv4gFHyz97S6H1FhwZbAH7cJSinxoP69g2ePLxb0ooM-bFOljOBGv1fIdf_jUpkrQ/s400/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368939476576236610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We stopped to visit the ducks on the way to the
<br />Greenlake wading pool on Seattle's hottest day,
<br />ever, I believe.
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOemz4eelBJHnEPgfGMImqIWz-ZSNmOPgO7c42wxbPpx1bTTUaxBhYWDqodC4XrFkKUeI_Qflo0lPoLxXGShYmYO0sO-vk9V5pCdk6VEQmpBzSfldDTm4VM4vSnMBdeQ-Du6jZqiOqV8/s1600-h/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+077.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOemz4eelBJHnEPgfGMImqIWz-ZSNmOPgO7c42wxbPpx1bTTUaxBhYWDqodC4XrFkKUeI_Qflo0lPoLxXGShYmYO0sO-vk9V5pCdk6VEQmpBzSfldDTm4VM4vSnMBdeQ-Du6jZqiOqV8/s400/Elijah+10.75+months+July+2009+077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368939141740911074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This frog was a gag gift from one of my
<br />past birthdays, but Elijah loves it!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLq887-FlTIxKRcHh9P6VURyd9McOT5hl_kD_3o01sRAYcxjbKH0_8lIJ7m-k6qhJpxslUSAMU1kv9sO9Yumxvz-Y5xBKIiRts8ZdJqgCnuxfvjwAS78UFcO81hZDfI4QLnDV8meRTSg/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLq887-FlTIxKRcHh9P6VURyd9McOT5hl_kD_3o01sRAYcxjbKH0_8lIJ7m-k6qhJpxslUSAMU1kv9sO9Yumxvz-Y5xBKIiRts8ZdJqgCnuxfvjwAS78UFcO81hZDfI4QLnDV8meRTSg/s400/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368938159024772642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Shewww! Daddy is packing up to go house-sit
<br />for friends and he agreed to pack and take me too!"
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNjAi32u71Itzy5hR9jDUSbSRSQhQrOlHgpyjHP67K-p_Ts-U3gHALUkX_JY1tH4xWWj3Py95F6rYkhPptZ6yg2jskMa86PU6L-D7RuAls6T5srVUjv6MC0SvHPAA5Qc1d5MAOBIar1E/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNjAi32u71Itzy5hR9jDUSbSRSQhQrOlHgpyjHP67K-p_Ts-U3gHALUkX_JY1tH4xWWj3Py95F6rYkhPptZ6yg2jskMa86PU6L-D7RuAls6T5srVUjv6MC0SvHPAA5Qc1d5MAOBIar1E/s400/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368937804794834306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Oh no! If I don't fit Daddy may not want to take me!"</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJtnzLhQQLMGMmEUHhxbhcQeC5qHxLMNueBnpZfgshAyDnpwKwAh2WdgOAq3pG-qzs7WkcDgXmNCbtGxV3Cwume98GYejUjXIeYiR1G97_FjBGu09Gx93LnuxlvAcupX6VDK94rrMFUs/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJtnzLhQQLMGMmEUHhxbhcQeC5qHxLMNueBnpZfgshAyDnpwKwAh2WdgOAq3pG-qzs7WkcDgXmNCbtGxV3Cwume98GYejUjXIeYiR1G97_FjBGu09Gx93LnuxlvAcupX6VDK94rrMFUs/s400/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368937452916030274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Daddy took my high chair to the Wicks' house, where
<br />we'll be house and dog sitting so that leaves me
<br />one place to eat. The kitchen floor!"
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgxiNiRcy6tUTUVPufzR2JpxCWFLitSVzPQakXb9dLSmAEFHZ_hjk7cnZRaa6p9KezBT5RX5Szo3MR5afVJV0hiVaxxatvK5g0pf-9iXlYytswovytE6jWl-UMSTihRcdy9usvMkAie8/s1600-h/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgxiNiRcy6tUTUVPufzR2JpxCWFLitSVzPQakXb9dLSmAEFHZ_hjk7cnZRaa6p9KezBT5RX5Szo3MR5afVJV0hiVaxxatvK5g0pf-9iXlYytswovytE6jWl-UMSTihRcdy9usvMkAie8/s400/Elijah+11+months+August+2009+041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368937009460414434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Elijah watched other babies crawling up the stairs at
<br />story time so now he has mastered it also. He crawls up
<br />a flight of stairs to Luke's room when we let him.
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<br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a great week! Thanks for loving Elijah!</span>
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432678218541722805.post-13708360787016573102009-07-29T07:31:00.000-07:002009-07-29T07:39:27.689-07:00Meet Adeline Marner!<span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Elijah's new cousin, Adeline Marner, was b</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">orn yesterday, July 28, 2009. Addy weighed 8 lbs, 10.5 oz. and was 20 inches</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> long! She is beautiful and we cannot wait to meet her!<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5fF5pL6nJE2pwSZNUtgxrG7_8trDMF0P1xv1DdmgwVALMhkYzdXLJBzYP9qqV0XP4ffQrWXL9w4Fsgs0I1PhyphenhyphenjCkeT3QpMH_jSg_6XXFB-O4dYuG_2q2Q_r2g6yyFSHG5MmUeAWGjDY/s1600-h/Addy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5fF5pL6nJE2pwSZNUtgxrG7_8trDMF0P1xv1DdmgwVALMhkYzdXLJBzYP9qqV0XP4ffQrWXL9w4Fsgs0I1PhyphenhyphenjCkeT3QpMH_jSg_6XXFB-O4dYuG_2q2Q_r2g6yyFSHG5MmUeAWGjDY/s400/Addy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363890731122402114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span>Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05868707152917432391noreply@blogger.com0