Half a year old, oh me oh my!

Elijah turned 6 months old on February 30th. For his "half" birthday, he had his very first fruit as his "birthday cake." He is like his father, more of a veggie person rather than sweets, mom, sooooooo much the opposite of them. Elijah is so healthy, he's doing great. He crawls, gets into everything, pulls himself up and stand, climbs onto things and best yet, he reaches for those he wants to hold him. I love it!!!!

Gammies & Grandpa Rider got Elijah this Baby Einstein Jumperoo. He loves it!


Elijah got to watch his favorite first SuperBowl and have his very first SuperBowl party with Mommy & Daddy! It was a nice, relaxing time!


Look at those big, baby blues.....


Elijah even has a neat seat at Grandma & Grandpa Kochers. The seat is worn in on this chair and Elijah twists his body and makes the seat go in circles. Toooooo funny!


Oh how I love him!


Elijah sitting up and playing with a toy! He always takes his pants & socks off, haha!


This is what Elijah's first winter looked like, miserable! We were on a Level 3 for days. I believe during this snow storm, we had about 2.5-3 feet of snow. Needless to say, we didn't go outside for several days.


When I see this smile, cheeks and big blue eyes, I melt! ;)


When I said Elijah can climb, I was not joking. One day, Kevin and I walked down the end of the hallway to find Elijah inside the first shelf of the ladder shelf. He thinks he needs to climb and try to get to the 2nd shelf now. We are going to have a monkey on our hands. What am I talking about, he already is a little monkey!


Here are a few pictures of my 2nd & newest nephew, Jacob. Seeing him and Elijah together is precious. They realize that they are little together and Elijah rubs Jacob's hands and arms. I love it! I'll be having my first niece in just a few short months.



Last, but not least, Kevin's cousin and his wife had their second little boy and his name is Samuel. He is precious, makes me sad to see how tiny Elijah once was!