Things are getting quite crazy in our household with Luke growing up so fast! He is almost 10 months old now and has been crawling around for a while and cruising along anything that will hold his body weight up. I think this is one of the harder stages of the first year - where you have to be sure everything they try to pull up on won't topple back on top of them. But Luke is now into pushing everything and walking behind them - the kitchen chairs, his table toy, boxes, Elijah's bicycle (which makes for a pretty cute scene when Elijah's on it, trying to pedal) Luke is talking a lot more now. He can say "Dada" and I think he says "nana" for banana (which he gets so excited to eat)- but the boy REFUSES to say "Mama!" I think he's a true Burns boy and is just giving me a hard time by not saying it. =) He got his first tooth at 9 months and we are in the process of cutting tooth number two. He's having a bit of trouble with it. He's the world's happiest baby all the time, so for him to be fussy, you know something's wrong. But in no time at all I'm sure he'll be back to his sweet happy self. We've noticed that he has a bit of a shy personality. If he meets someone and is in my arms, he will put his head against my shoulder or chest in a super sweet, but shy sort of way. I guess God might be trying to balance out my boys with a super social Elijah and a shy laid back Luke... time will tell!
Elijah has been so sweet lately. Just a happy little boy - although we've been having issues dropping him off at childcare when I teach aerobics. He pitches the biggest fit and nearly left me in tears on Friday! But I spoke with some of the workers and they've assured me that this is another phase that most kids go through about this age. And the hardest thing is leaving him, knowing he's crying and sad, but knowing that's what you've got to do. Hopefully this phase, too, will soon pass! Okay on with some more stories that make you smile...
Elijah's daddy recently taught him the biggest word he knows - supercalifragilisticespeallidocious (spelling?!) He's so cute to hear him say it!
He is currently obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. When we went up to Huntsville, his Nanny ran to the stores and got him a Buzz Lightyear toy so that both he and cousin Taylor would have one. All we heard that week (and are still hearing) was "To Infinity And Beyond!" I mean, all the time! But it's pretty cute.
Elijah likes to pretend to be other people now... we were eating lunch and he said "I'm the Daddy - I'm the fastest man in the world!!!! I'm the Luke - Dada... Dada...Dada..." I asked him to pretend to be the Mommy, but he didn't have an impersonation...
So as a former music teacher, I'm kind of proud to say that my 2 year old can sign a solfege scale (do re mi fa sol la ti do). Well, one day at Publix, Elijah was singing (rather loudly) "Do Re Mi!" over and over until one of the sweet men who was stocking the shelves sang it back to him. They went back and forth singing Do Re Mi for a while, and then, even when we were several aisles over, kept singing. It was pretty funny. But now whenever we go to Publix, Elijah will singing "Do Re Mi" to each and every shelf stocker in hopes that they sing back (and they often do). It's pretty cute.
Elijah looked at one of his weeble toys who had blonde hair and said "Mommy, he has corn on top of his head". This made me laugh so much that I called Stephen and let Elijah tell him that. Stephen said "he has corn on top of his head?" And Elijah said "That's so silly!" in a manner that made it sound like it was Stephen's idea.
Whenever Elijah waters the flowers and plants, I've noticed that he sings "Sprinkle Sprinkle little flower..." and then some other words to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, very softly.
The pictures are from Luke's 9 (and a half) pictures. He's getting so big and grown up! The picture of Stephen and the Elijah is after one of Stephen's softball games. Their Grammy was sweet enough to watch Luke so Elijah and I could cheer their Daddy on during a softball game, which is too late for Luke and pushing it for Elijah. But we went and had a blast. I spent more time trying to keep little man off the field than actually watching, but it was fun nonetheless! The one with the "Cahaba Cup" trophy is after Stephen got finished playing (and winning) the "Mudtown Classic" Basketball tournament. And the cute little girl is Bella Grace Monroe, our future daughter-in-law. Elijah and Luke's Aunt Beth and Bella Grace came to visit for a playdate on Monday and we had so much fun!
Elijah has been so sweet lately. Just a happy little boy - although we've been having issues dropping him off at childcare when I teach aerobics. He pitches the biggest fit and nearly left me in tears on Friday! But I spoke with some of the workers and they've assured me that this is another phase that most kids go through about this age. And the hardest thing is leaving him, knowing he's crying and sad, but knowing that's what you've got to do. Hopefully this phase, too, will soon pass! Okay on with some more stories that make you smile...
Elijah's daddy recently taught him the biggest word he knows - supercalifragilisticespeallidocious (spelling?!) He's so cute to hear him say it!
He is currently obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. When we went up to Huntsville, his Nanny ran to the stores and got him a Buzz Lightyear toy so that both he and cousin Taylor would have one. All we heard that week (and are still hearing) was "To Infinity And Beyond!" I mean, all the time! But it's pretty cute.
Elijah likes to pretend to be other people now... we were eating lunch and he said "I'm the Daddy - I'm the fastest man in the world!!!! I'm the Luke - Dada... Dada...Dada..." I asked him to pretend to be the Mommy, but he didn't have an impersonation...
So as a former music teacher, I'm kind of proud to say that my 2 year old can sign a solfege scale (do re mi fa sol la ti do). Well, one day at Publix, Elijah was singing (rather loudly) "Do Re Mi!" over and over until one of the sweet men who was stocking the shelves sang it back to him. They went back and forth singing Do Re Mi for a while, and then, even when we were several aisles over, kept singing. It was pretty funny. But now whenever we go to Publix, Elijah will singing "Do Re Mi" to each and every shelf stocker in hopes that they sing back (and they often do). It's pretty cute.
Elijah looked at one of his weeble toys who had blonde hair and said "Mommy, he has corn on top of his head". This made me laugh so much that I called Stephen and let Elijah tell him that. Stephen said "he has corn on top of his head?" And Elijah said "That's so silly!" in a manner that made it sound like it was Stephen's idea.
Whenever Elijah waters the flowers and plants, I've noticed that he sings "Sprinkle Sprinkle little flower..." and then some other words to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, very softly.
The pictures are from Luke's 9 (and a half) pictures. He's getting so big and grown up! The picture of Stephen and the Elijah is after one of Stephen's softball games. Their Grammy was sweet enough to watch Luke so Elijah and I could cheer their Daddy on during a softball game, which is too late for Luke and pushing it for Elijah. But we went and had a blast. I spent more time trying to keep little man off the field than actually watching, but it was fun nonetheless! The one with the "Cahaba Cup" trophy is after Stephen got finished playing (and winning) the "Mudtown Classic" Basketball tournament. And the cute little girl is Bella Grace Monroe, our future daughter-in-law. Elijah and Luke's Aunt Beth and Bella Grace came to visit for a playdate on Monday and we had so much fun!
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