Strong-willed

Doing two of his favorite things...munching on his bottle and lying on his back, not moving a muscle

Elijah is getting much better about rolling and being on his belly. Finally! I try not to get caught up in worrying too much about it because I know crawling and walking will all happen in its own time. It is nice to see progress, though. It's slow, but we're definitely moving in the right direction. Do you have any idea how many cartwheels I'm going to do on the day Elijah crawls for the first time??!

I only got to spend a short little bit with the chubster tonight because he only took a 30-minute nap all day, which means that he was ready for bed at 5:30! AGghghhhh! Days like this are hard and make the work week that much more difficult for me. I need my solid two hours a night with him or I get grumpy and by Friday I'm missing him like mad. He did eat an awesome dinner for me before crashing, though! I made spaghetti and he kept gobbling it down and opening his mouth back up like a little fishy.

He seems to be getting confused with the sign language lately. He signs ALL DONE for just about everything. He will pause, look at his hands like, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, and then just look at me. We're working hard on it, so hopefully things will start to click soon.

Recently we have really noticed Elijah's very strong will. We have always known he's been strong-willed since he's been such a superstar at recovering from some major things, but now we have more proof. He already knows how to push buttons (refusing to eat, nap, roll and move when he knows we want him to) and we are going to have some serious challenges ahead. Bring it on! I love that we're dealing with these things. We could be dealing with much much worse. I'm so thankful that he is here with us. I appreciate every second, every challenge, every little thing. I love this kid.