Smiles

Today was one of my favorite days so far. I was holding Elijah, and he looked up at me, looked into my eyes, and smiled. There is pretty much nothing better than knowing that this little tiny baby loves you, and is showing you the only way he can. I would do anything for just one of his precious smiles!!

Amy grabbed the camera to try and capture the moment! It's blurry, but he's my smiley buddy!

2 Weeks and So Big!

Elijah had his 2 week check today, and he is such a growing boy!
He has gained a pound already (8.8 lbs, 50th%) and grown a whole inch (21.1", 65%)! I cannot believe how fast he is changing. I feel like I have to soak in every minute!

Auntie Amy Comes to Visit!

I am so very grateful that my wonderful sister was willing to leave her babies behind for 10 days to come and meet Elijah. The timing was perfect- she got here on a Saturday, and Matt had to go back to work the following Monday. I was having a slow time healing, so it was so great to have her here to help. We were able to go out and do some, but mostly we stayed home, stared at the baby, and watched a lot of TV. She also did all of our laundry. And put it away. And even folded Matt's socks which is something I have refused to do since about 3 months into our marriage (let's just say a million pairs that are all slightly different makes for a very grumpy Corrie...not worth it!). Matt and I have really missed our Mary Poppins. I think about 5 times a day Amy and I said to each other, 'I can't wait until I'm back in the states!!' It's only a couple more months, and I will be a 2 hour flight away! Love you so much Aim!

EJ meeting his Auntie for the first time!

Lunch date in the Conigliano Castle!

We went grape picking and decided Elijah needed to try one :)

At Grape picking!

Lunch in Venice.

We went to Venice for lunch the day before she left!

Amy and I's favorite picture...happy milk coma baby.

Shrunken Clothes...or Tiny Baby Laundry?

It is true what everyone says, you have so much more laundry! The first week we were home, Matt was folding it and said, "My underwear shrunk! Oh, it's Elijah's pants!" Haha. We were so not used to having such tiny things in the laundry pile. What I really didn't anticipate was the amount of extra clothes I would go through...being spit up on, pooped on, and peed on multiple times a day. Guess this is real mommy-hood :)

Bookshelf turned into a closet

Tiny baby clothes!

Our Little Bird

From Day 1, Elijah has made the cutest little noises that sounds just like a little bird, squeaking for food.  Most of the time he makes them when we pick him up after he has been sleeping. We just love his little bird noises so I can't help but call him my little bird :) He also makes the funniest noise after he sneezes! In the video you can hear both his bird noise, and his post-sneeze 'gaah' noise.