Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Elijah & Luke Have a New Cousin!



Elijah and Luke's Aunt Kristi gave birth to a baby boy named Riley Thomas Swearengin on Monday, April 26th at 10:03. Riley was 7lbs 10oz and 18in long and is as cute as can be! He was 3 weeks early, but is wonderfully healthy and is doing great. They came home from the hospital today and are really excited. We've been up in Huntsville to celebrate his birth and Elijah & Luke have been having so much fun hanging out with their cousin Taylor and all our Huntsville family.
Our boys are doing great - Luke's had his 9mo check up since I've last written on here. To our surprise, he was only 50% in weight and height. He's been crawling around everywhere, pulling up on everything (including walls!) and cruising along furniture and everything else that will hold him. He's starting to talk more, but
refuses to say Mamma! He loves saying Dadda and he says Nanna whenever I pull out a banana for him to eat, so maybe that's his second word... we'll have to see if that continues. Elijah is doing great as well. I have tons of funny stories that I've been meaning to post, but time just seems to fly by with these guys. I'm trying to ignore the crying I hear in the background b/c Luke needs to nap, but I'm about to give in... I'll write more soon.

Friday, April 2, 2010

"Are we going to heaven, Daddy?"

So it's been tough with the big guy these past few days... terrible twos, here we are. Instead of reading Elijah a book today before his nap, I just prayed as hard as I could b/c I was at the point of tears dealing with him! So to remind us all (including myself!) of how cute he can be...
Elijah: Are we going to heaven, Daddy? (saw a commercial for 700 club earlier that day, apparently)
Stephen explained how we get to heaven... A few minutes later...
Elijah: Are we going to heaven, Daddy?
Daddy: Do you know how we get to heaven?
Elijah: Yes.
Daddy: How do we get to heaven?
Elijah: By a donkey... we get to heaven by a donkey
Daddy: No. Do you know how we get to heaven?
Elijah: Yes.
Daddy: How do we get to heaven?

Elijah: By an airplane
Daddy: No. Do you know how we get to heaven?
Elijah: Yes.
Daddy: How do we get to heaven?

Elijah: A car.
Daddy: No. Do you know how we get to heaven?
Elijah: Yes.
Daddy: How do we get to heaven?

Elijah: Jesus. We get to heaven by Jesus
Daddy: Yes!!!! We get to heaven by trusting and believeing in Jesus! (and then a further explanation)

Then this morning, we were going over the Easter story, and I asked him where Jesus was carrying his cross...
Mommy: He was carrying his cross to Gol....
Elijah: ly. Golly. (with a smile)
Mommy: No... He was carrying his cross to Gol-ga-
Elijah: fa! (He can't say his th sounds great, so he meant Golgatha)
........
Mommy: Then what happened three days later?
Elijah: (singing in a high voice like David Phelps song) Three days later! Three days later! (with eyes squinting b/c he's singing so high!) Three days later!!!! He ROSE FROM THE DEAD!

Too funny! He can tell the Easter story so well... He says that after they "spanked" Jesus and nailed him to the cross, that "He was stuck". He can tell you what Jesus said when He was up on the cross, what happened to the sky when He died, who came to visit his tomb... future preacher maybe? =) We'll see!
This perked me up a bit before the boys awake, and I hope it did the same for you.
Stories and actual pictures of the boys to come soon.
ps - Luke's doing great! He's crawling EVERYWHERE (even in the fireplace - not lit). And his favorite (only) word is.... Dada!
Mommy: What does Luke say when he's hungry?
Elijah: Dada
Mommy:
What does Luke say when he's happy?
Elijah: Dada
Mommy: What does Luke say when he's sleepy?
Elijah: Dada....