18 Month Check-Up

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Elijah had his 18 month check up today. Here are the stats:

Height: 32.5 inches (52%)

Weight: 23 lbs (14%)

Head: 19.5 (89%)

So we continue to have an average height, skinny boy with a giant head! Elijah did not enjoy this visit. He was leery of everyone who came close to him and did not care for Dr Quillin at all! He screamed whenever Dr Quillin tried to do anything and as soon as he said "okay that's it" Elijah immediately quit crying! Apparently Elijah is doing great, he is using a cup, eating all table food, can point out parts of the body and, according to Dr Quillin, his vocabulary is beyond 18 month range - making him super smart. I could have told him that!! Of course our boy is brilliant!! :) There was one thing though....the doc would like to see Elijah with a little more meat on his bones. He asked if we were doing whole milk and I said "no, 2% only at breakfast" and he said if I didn't want to do whole milk I could do milk throughout the day and fattier snacks like cheese. If only Dr Quillin could see this kid eat...he shovels it in, sometimes eating 2 or 3 full servings. I think he is just going to built like his Uncle Jon, but we'll try a few things anyway. If only a doctor ever told me he would like me to drink whole milk and eat more cheese!! Ha!

Elijah had to have one shot...DTaP. He did okay, he doesn't mind the shot as much as having to be held down.

We don't go back for a check up until October! I doubt we'll make it to then (my boy has allergies and...oh yeah...he's a boy...bound to take a trip to the doctor!)

Hope everyone is doing well. The Ballards are great!!

Dinner with Frankie

Frankie was in town this week for work and was able to come to Alvin Tuesday night for dinner.

Max was in a very *spunky* mood. He ran, yes ran, all around the yard while Elijah chased him and screamed. It was really funny.

These are their serious faces.

At dinner Elijah grabbed the lemon out of my water. He wanted to eat it (he loves oranges and I think he thought it was one). I tried to tell him that it wasn't good to eat, but he wouldn't listen.

He stuck the whole thing in his mouth and was really proud of himself.

Once he tasted it he spit it out and looked at it like, "what kind of orange is this!?"

When it was time to go Elijah had to give Grandpa Frankie "bye bye kisses".
We had a good time, thanks for dinner, Grandpa Frankie.

Family Retreat

We left Friday evening for our annual Family Retreat in Columbus, Texas. Friday night there was no hot water, Elijah was up crying all night and I didn't check the weather so I froze all night! With little sleep, no shower and chill bumps we faced the day. Saturday ended up being great. Beau saved the day, though. As I said, I didn't check the weather before I packed Friday. It was so hot Friday and I guess I assumed it would be the same throughout the weekend. I hadn't even watched the weather all week since we were busy with Grants arrival (maybe I should blame Grant for all this!) Anyway, luckily, Friday while I was packing Beau said I should throw in a jacket for Elijah b/c it may be chilly Friday night. I went to his room and grabbed a jacket and a pair of sweat pants. Good thing because it was cool and very windy Saturday until around 1pm. Elijah would have been stuck inside in his shorts, t-shirt and sandals. Anyway, here are some pics from Saturday during our breaks.

The fields were full of pretty flowers and Elijah smelled (and pulled up) most of them.

Just taking a break in the grass.

Papa teaching Ligy how to SeeSaw.

Just hanging out watching Papa play softball.

There are tons of trees with very low limbs and Elijah loved climbing on all of them.

Please Welcome Grant Scogin...

Grant was born this afternoon at 1:34. He weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and was 20 inches long. He is beautiful! (just like his mom). Here are a few pics. For more visit Aimee's website = www.scoginfamily.blogspot.com

Before....

After....

Grant is so cute. He has strawberry-blonde, curly hair. He was great while everyone passed him around, he never cried!

The new and improved Scogin family ~ Gary, Aimee and Grant.

I brought a birthday cake and after Grant made his arrival we cut the cake and sang Happy Birthday, it was great!!

The Big Boys' Table

We had the Youth Group over here for Devo tonight. I looked outside and saw this, I thought it was so cute and gave me a glimpse into the future. Elijah loves the Fair and Florez boys at church. Not that they're not great guys, but the only reason we can come up with to explain why Elijah has - from Day 1 - loved these guys is maybe because they look like Beau (dark hair and eyes) ??? Anyway... I guess the guys (being teenage boys) thought it would be "cool" to sit at Elijah's toy box. Here's what happened...


"Hey Evan, whatcha got there? Can I have a bite?"

This is Elijah's new toybox. I've not shown it to y'all yet, I've tried to restrain from taking backyard pics until we're completely done, but I guess I can show you this now. Its really cute, the picnic table is attached. I can just see Elijah and Grant sitting there having a snack after an afternoon of digging.

Speaking of Grant...he's scheduled to make his appearance on Wednesday. I know Aimee is both excited and nervous (mostly tired) so please keep Gary, Aimee and Grant in your prayers this week.

For Juju and Pawpaw

For those of you who don't know, this is Rascal. He was my favorite stuffed animal. For Mom and Dad, I hope this brings a smile to your face.

Elijah walked in holding Rascal...


I asked if he wanted to give Rascal a kiss...he seemed to be thinking it over...

Then he planted one on him!

Big hugs! We love Rascal!

New haircut for my little stripper!

I know I usually try to blog more often than this, but we've been pretty busy. I came home from work last night and saw my boy, Beau cut his hair. He did a good job, but its a little shorter than I probably would have done it. It makes him look so old!! Elijah's latest trick is taking his shirt off. He's so pleased with himself. Today, he was in the middle of pulling it off and heard Dora coming on and just stopped. He ran around like this until I pulled it all the way off.

Mandy was laughing at me when we were at her house a few weeks ago. Elijah loves to watch Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, and Handy Manny. All these shows teach Spanish. She said people may start accusing me of letting him watch too much TV if he starts speaking Spanish before he's good at English!! Ha! Speaking of Elijah talking, he talks ALL THE TIME! Most of it makes no sense, but he will carry on a "conversation" with you for long periods of time. He gets really serious and like to tell you exactly how "it" is. I have no idea where he gets it??? :) Later.