Place your bets!

My boys made sure I had such a nice birthday yesterday. Dan and I went to dinner while his mom watched Elijah and I'm still drooling over the the food we ate. Lobster and shrimp and scallops and steak. And those yummy fried noodles and fried rice. And chilled sake. I love Osaka! We got home and relaxed for a bit before going to bed. Dan called to me from the kitchen and asked me to come see why the garage door wasn't working. Our garage door has issues, so this was a believable request. I went into the garage, and sitting there staring at me was a beautiful easel holding a blank canvas, ready to be painted on. I started to cry. I love to paint. I painted a lot in college but haven't done a thing since, mainly because I don't have a space to do it. Really, that's an excuse, because now that I will be doing it again, the garage will work just fine. Anyway, it was the perfect gift and I'm so excited to put something on that canvas. Thank you, my hubby and baby boy! And thank you to everyone else who sent birthday wishes. I had an amazing day.

Elijah is scooting everywhere! Last night was the first time he scooted over to the tv stand and tried to touch things he shouldn't be touching. I told him no and moved him away from it and he cried and cried. We've never had to tell him no when it comes to playing with or touching things because he has never moved anywhere! This is new territory for us. Which leads me to...

He is so close to crawling. He army crawls and scoots everywhere, but he just isn't able to completely push himself all the way up yet. (I'm stealing this idea from you, Ehlan.) So everyone reading, leave a comment and give me the date when you think Elijah will start to crawl. He has to be on all fours, moving more than a few feet, torso not touching the ground. Whoever guesses closest to the actual date will get a little treat in the mail from us!

I don't mean to put pressure on the situation. It's just that, we thought this day would never come. Elijah had HALF the energy that most children have for 14 MONTHS of his life. Development has come slowly because of that. That means everything he accomplishes is much much sweeter for us. The day he crawls I am going to cry and dance and jump up and down and run around the block and do handstands and kiss everyone I see. This is a big deal for us. So give me your date!