He is getting much bigger and his scrawny little limbs are starting to fill out. He wakes up for 1 1/2 - 2 hours at a time and is learning to sleep at night.... learning is the key word. Abby loves to hold him for long periods of time (1/2 hour is really long for a 6 year old), and while she holds him she "sings" to him. The words don't make sense and she is off key, but it is sweet that she wants to sing to him. Aidan has mixed feelings about his little brother. Most of the time he kisses him and is soft with him, but the other day he came to me and said, "I don't like baby Jacob. Can you put him down and hug me?" What can I say... I'm a sucker. I told him, "we all love baby Eli, but I will put him down and give you a hug too."
Spencer is doing well too. He is on paternity leave from work. He gets 10 days off... you have to love the military. He just told me that he is now officially board of our movie selection. It is nice to hand the baby off to him, and he even helped Abby off to school today.
My mom was here for a week, and it was WONDERFUL to have her here. She helped out tremendously, and I think she even liked to hold the baby =). She went back home yesterday and both of my kids are very sad. I am glad she will be back down here in about a month for the baby blessing.
I was able to take some pictures on Tuesday. They are mainly for announcements, but I will post a few here. We are all in love with our newest addition.
13 comments:
Great pictures. He's adorable.
What an adorable baby! I love the little smirk that he has in the first picture. I am glad that you and your family are doing well and adjusting! Congrats!
I LOVE the picture of Abby holding Elijah! The way she is looking at him is just adorable. He's one beautiful baby, that's for sure!
What a handsome little guy! Hope the next few weeks adjusting to flying solo are good to you!
Elijah is such a cute baby! We can't wait to see him next month:)
Random question...so did you have a foot model pose for Spencer? Or did you scrub his feet real hard?? Becuase any Crandall feet I have seen don't look like that!
Sierra
He is just precious! Love Love LOVE!
Oh my goodness, your baby is precious! This may sound a little odd, but I was searching through Tucson blogs (my husband and I are moving there in June) and I saw you were a nurse. I'm a peds nurse at UNMH and was just curious which hospitals you would recommend in Tucson. Congrats on your beautiful family and thaks in advance for all your help!
Kelley
I love the pictures!! All of them. Your talent is such a wonderful thing and I am glad that you get to share it with us! Love ya
Congratulations on your beautiful new boy Kristen! You have such a cute family!
did you take those, they are awesome?! happy to hear that things are good.
Great pictures Kristen!
Baby is adorable!!
Abby looks so cute with her new little brother!!
Hugs & Kisses
Lucrecia
Key Kristen and Spencer congrats on the beautiful family. I stumbled on your blog and just wanted to say hi.
very precious! What a handsome guy!
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