Major Rolls Over

 Yesterday, September 29th, Major rolled over for the first time at 2 1/2 months going from his back to his front.  The following are my attempts to get a victory pose.  Out of 30 pictures taken, this is the best I could do... :)  Yay, Major!  What a big boy!

Lovin' on Major

 Major is now 10 weeks old and his brothers still adore him.  They carry him around the house, play with him, and are the absolute best at getting him to stop crying.  Today, they asked me to get the camera and take pictures of them.  How can I say no?  I know that Major doesn't look happy in these photos, but actually, he had been crying for some time and stopped when he was placed in between his brothers.  He loves them, too!

 Of course, Daddy and Mommy get some lovin' time in on Major, too.  Ours comes after the boys go to bed at night.  Recently, Major has decided to go to bed between 11 and midnight, so we have 3 or 4 hours alone with Major when the boys go to bed.  Here is Daddy playing with his youngest boy.  Look at that sweet, squishy little face!

Today I put away all of Major's 0-3 months clothes and got out his 3-6 months clothes.  I can't believe that time is going so fast, and sadly, I know it will continue to do so.  Actually, putting his little clothes away made me very sad, much more so than I thought it would.  This is the last time a baby of mine will wear those clothes.  My newborn isn't a newborn anymore.  But I am thankful that he is happy, healthy, and growing!

Eli's First Football Game

 Yesterday (Sunday) was Eli's first ever football game!  It was so exciting to see him and his best friend, Max, get out there on the field together.  Eli played quarterback for the game and Max was a running back.  I don't know if Eli will always get to be quarterback, but he was today!  Their team won, although I don't know the exact score because it started raining really hard, so I got poor baby Major inside.  Eli did score a two point conversion, so he got in the in-zone, too!  He did such a great job at quarterback, I can't wait to see what the future holds for him!

I love this shot.  Eli taking the snap, Max on the outside waiting for the pass.  They are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season.  I know it is completely random, but evidently, the coach allowed his wife to pick the team, and she picked the "bays" because she likes bays.  So she chose Green Bay, Tampa Bay or San Francisco Bay.  We got stuck with Tampa Bay.  Perhaps next year we can get a better team, but at least we now have a jersey we didn't have before! :)

6 Weeks and 2 Months Old!

 I know I am a little behind in my posting, but having three children and taking Eli to and from school everyday is really eating up all of my time!  Major is growing fast and getting bigger everyday.  These first pictures are of Major at 6 weeks old.  At that point, he was smiling constantly and still sleeping in the day and staying up into the night.  Our friend at church, Mary Fink, brought me a recliner, so now I spend many nights holding him and sleeping in the recliner.  These first two photos are my attempts to catch him smiling.  You have to be fast to get it, I guess I'm not fast enough. :)

 Photos 3 and 4: Major at 6 weeks old.

 Photo 5: Taken at 8 weeks old, just because he's so stinkin' cute!

 Photo 6: Bill brought Eli and Brady some Houston Christian helmets.  So here are my boys, sporting their football helmets.  Bill holding Major, Eli, and Brady.  I do believe these boys are destined for some football.

 Photo 7: Major wearing his UT outfit with Eli's UT helmet.  Just getting ready for when he plays there in college.

 Photo 9: Major at 2 months old.  Eli, Brady, Daddy, and Major ready to watch the Texans beat the Colts!  (Which they did, by the way.)

 Photo 10 and 11: Major's official 2 month pictures.  I will choose one of these for his scrapbook.  I literally took 30 pictures of him trying to get a good one, and these were the best two. 

A couple of things to remember about Major at two months...he has started sleeping about 6 or 7 straight hours through the night (hallelujah!).  Total, he probably sleeps 12 hours a day, but the other 6 hours he sleeps while Brady and Eli are awake, so there is no more sleep for me.  I am hoping that this will reverse itself soon.  Major still loves his Eli and Brady and will smile for them constantly.  He loves to be held and when he cries, he adds some snorts in with the crying.  I wish I could capture the snorts so that I could hear it later, but I know it will only exist in my memory.  He is also a constant mover.  If I place him on the floor and leave the room, he can be half way across the living room a few seconds later when I return.  Even the doctor laughed at how much he could move.  At his check-up the doctor proclaimed him perfectly healthy.  He was 24 inches long (in the 75th percentile) and 13 pounds, 2 ounces (in the 85th percentile).  He is our growing, happy boy!

Big Brother Brady

I have absolutely LOVED having Brady at home with me during the day while Eli is at kindergarten.  Brady has really been able to blossom and show off more of his personality, and he actually gets to speak!  With Eli around, there isn't much getting to do what you want to do or say what you want to say when you are Brady (Eli dominates those things).  I was really worried about what it would be like without Eli, but it turns out it has been great for Brady.  He has really been talking to me and showing me how smart he is.  He is very caring and doesn't like Major crying.  He constantly tries to play with him and keep him company so he won't be upset.  I love this sweet little Brady!

 Photo 1: Brady showing Major (and helping Major) play the "Go Fishing" game

 Photo 2: Brady holding Major so he won't cry

Photo 3: Brady put all these dinosaurs out around Major so he could look at them.  Brady then told him what each dinosaur was and gave him one to hold.  This way, Major wouldn't be alone and would have something to play with.  Brady is such a great big brother!

First Day of Kindergarten!

Eli started school at Cornerstone Christian Academy!  (In case I haven't written it down before, I have been doing curriculum for the school this past summer in exchange for Eli's tuition.  I cannot express the gratitude I have that Eli gets to attend a Christian school this year!)  The day is finally here.  We've been counting down to this day since the end of pre-k in May.  I think Eli has been ready for a very long time and he came home just beaming and telling stories of his day.  He said that his favorite parts today were getting to go to PE and for math time, they wrote their numbers in shaving cream.  What could be better than that?  He said they read the story "You Are Special" by Max Lucado and played freeze tag and colored and learned the rules (which he recited to me) and went to chapel and he had hot lunch and just went on and on.  I will admit, the morning was a little hard for me.  I'm so thankful that Eli allowed me to go into the classroom with him and give him hugs and kisses.  And although tears did come to my eyes, I did not allow myself to cry. :)  When I left, I know Eli was getting nervous, but that obviously went away quickly.  Before I left I asked him what he was and he said a leader, and I asked him whose he was and he said God's.  Precious angel.  I'm so glad he had a great day and I'm looking forward to a wonderful school year!

 Photo 4: Eli at his table in his classroom

 Photo 5: Eli with Ben Mize

 Photo 7: What Eli called his "boys club"...from far left and at the bottom of the picture going around, Grant Miller, Jack Gowens, Eli, and Ben Mize

Photo 7: Brady saying bye to Eli, his best friend.  What a great helper Brady was today.  He helped me go shopping and helped play with Major.  Brady has also gotten so big and he is itching to go to kindergarten, too!  He did much better than I thought he would without his big brother to play with him!

Photo 8...my big kindergarten boy!  I love you, Eli!

Last Day of Summer...School Starts Tomorrow!

It is time...Eli will start kindergarten tomorrow!!  So to celebrate his last day without school we went to Fun Tiki in Missouri City where we played mini golf, games, and ate pizza!  It was a great time and a great way to send Eli off to school!

 Photo 1: Brady and Eli with their pizza

 Photo 2: Eli and Brady ready to play some mini golf

 Photo 3: Brady showing off his skills

 Photo 4: Eli getting ready to launch the ball up a big hill...Brady staying way out of the way

 Photo 6: We stayed at this hole a long time...the ball went down the water and to the hole.  The boys thought this was great fun.  And since we weren't keeping score anyway...

 Photo 9: Brady playing basketball...he did great!

Photo 11: Where was Major all this time?  In his car seat and being such a good baby!  He slept through the golf and games and woke up to eat!  Here I think he's saying, "What are you two doing?" In reference to his brothers' crazy table manners while eating pizza....

Tomorrow is the big day.  KINDERGARTEN!  The whole family will be attending this event...more pictures to come soon!