Balloon love

I can't believe the weekend is almost over! It went so fast. As always, I tried to absorb every second with my baby boy and enjoy him to the fullest. We drove out to the dropzone yesterday afternoon and spent the night out there with Dan. I didn't get a jump in, booooo, but we did have a nice night. I love getting out of the city one night a week. I will be sad when the season is over and we won't be able to do that anymore for a while.

Today's skydives ended up being called off because of weather, so Dan got to spend the afternoon at home with us. It was so nice to have him here. We had a nice day relaxing, napping and spending some quality time together.


He is laying on a balloon we got weeks ago, that has lost almost all of its air. He loves this. He will scoot across the entire living room to get to it and then he will just rest his head on it and snuggle. I'm hoping it doesn't pop.


He has started scooting over to his rocking horse and examining it thoroughly. We aren't supposed to put him on it for another week and a half (no straddling post-surgery) so for now he is just checking it out.


The end of the weekend treat tonight was watching an episode of Veggie Tales while he snuggled with Mama.

A couple other cute things from the weekend:

I noticed that any time he has access to his bare belly, he puts his finger on his belly button and holds it there. Like if he lets go, the world will explode.

I have been trying to get into the habit of praying with Elijah before bed every night. I sit with him in his rocking chair in his bedroom before bed and we have some quiet time. I fold my hands and say a little prayer. Yesterday when I put him down for his nap, we sat in the chair like usual and I wasn't praying since it wasn't bedtime. He reached around and grabbed both of my hands and put them together. So we said a naptime prayer. He loves it when I do this. Through the whole prayer, he smiles.

Before we put him to bed tonight, Dan and I said to each other, "What a good baby we have!" We feel so lucky. What a special little boy. I feel so blessed to be his mommy.

Have a great week, everyone! We are praying for a good cardiology visit on Thursday and for lots of work for Dan! Take care, thanks for checking in.