Category Archives: Kids

Elias has been so smiley lately. I love his big toothy grin. The other night he found some of Nathan’s pants and an empty wrapping paper roll. We played shepherds. He loves doing anything silly…so putting pants on his head … Continue reading →

Last year for Easter, we got Elias a cd called 102 Bible Songs. His grandma also got him a cd of Bible songs…so we were well set. Elias has loved listening to this music since he got it, but within … Continue reading →

Elias has been picking up new sounds every day lately. His babble has really taken a step up. But just in the last two or three days he has had a small explosion of word usage as well. He says … Continue reading →

It’s not like we actually need sunglasses much this time of year. But I still keep mine handy just in case there is a sun break while I am driving or outside walking or something. Elias likes to play with … Continue reading →

Elias is growing and changing every day. He has some new favorite things to do and play with. 1. Grandpa and Grandma Bartle got Elias a cars push along toy for Christmas. I’ve shown it on this blog before. He … Continue reading →

Elias is experimenting with new phonemes, so here is a sample of his newest sayings: “Hi, daddy!” “Hi, kitty!” “God is good” “I googled it” He’s also taken to spinning in circles. Dizziness has occured.

It has been a fun week and weekend, and here are my notes: I have been nicknaming each progression of Elias’ walking. He has now moved from “Cap’n Jack Sparrow” into his “E.T.” phase. This evening Kimberly was laying on … Continue reading →

My son is a super hero. I am pretty sure that is objectively true and that I am not displaying any parental bias or hyperbole here. To prove my point, I’ll provide three four anecdotes: Unicode hero: We let Elias … Continue reading →