9-month photos

I have had these photos for a while and most of the family has seen them, but I didn't have any other posts so I thought I would put these up. I had these done at JCPenney and Eli did really well. I was very happy with them. This is only four of the many poses:) Please ignore if the color looks funky. My scanner at work is not very good and I didn't have time to fix it.

Duluth Fall Festival

Last weekend, Gram and Grandpap came to visit and we all went to the Duluth Fall Festival on Saturday. The weather is so awesome and we had a nice time. Here are some pics from our weekend.

New video

Though it took him quite a while to figure it out, Eli has a new fascination with clapping. He started last weekend and now does it nonstop, especially when he has done something he is proud of. So I thought I would post this video of his new talent.

BTW: You will notice in the video he seems to be chewing on something, which I also noticed when I was shooting this... I soon discovered he had decided to eat a huge piece of bark from the ground.

Nice!

The pressure of a name

I thought I would post another picture-less entry. I still can't find my camera:(

Anyway, as most of my friends know, I have a fascination with baby names. Even though, we are very, very, very (is that enough?) far from having another baby, I love to keep up with what people name their children and I found the coolest website. It's called Baby Name Wizard and it links to a blog by the author of the book.

It's a study of names and why some are popular and what will be popular in the next few years, etc.. If anyone else enjoys this, it's really great reading.

Of course, this is a serious scientific study that makes me feel a little guilty that Josh and I just picked a name we liked:)

Fever and a rash

Well, I hadn't posted in a while so I thought I would rant about the reallly boring things going on in our lives.

Apparently, Eli has mastered catching viruses that result in a fever and a rash. Three weeks ago, he had a horrible fever one day that went away later in the day and then the next day broke out with a rash all over his legs.. He had "hand, foot and mouth disease" and was out of daycare for a week.

This week he had another horrible fever that the doctor determined (over the phone, which I think is weird) was Roseola, another virus that would result in a rash. No rash has popped up yet but I am just waiting. He seemed 100% yesterday and today so I don't know if his fever was just a fluke or if he will just be lucky and not have a rash.

Can a baby run a 102 fever when they are teething? I haven't seen any teeth yet, but.....

Overall, minus a couple of runny noses, I feel like these are both very minor sicknesses to what he could catch...ESPECIALLY since he is at daycare. I wanted to post them for all the Moms to read about just to keep us all informed. For any one who doesn't know ( though I am sure most of you Moms know) with both Roseola and HFM disease, there wasn't any treatment or medicine so they just have to get over them and the fever only lasted a day so....

I feel like as a first time Mom I am learning something new every day:) Plus, since my kid is in daycare and will probably catch everything there is to catch, I felt like I should share my knowledge with all the other Moms in our blog circle:)

Happy Birthday to You!

Today is my best friend Amy's birthday and I am hoping she checks my blog today:) If you do Amy, I love you and I hope you have a great day today!!

Happy 9-months!

Today is Eli's 9-month birthday so I thought I would post something although nothing new is really going on.... I thought this video was funny:)

7-months old ( a little late)

Just to keep up, I wanted to post Eli's 7-month photos..(although he is nearly 9 months now)
It's much harder to get great pictures now that he is moving all over the place!

Taylor

About a month ago, my friend Lauriann came into town for her niece Lyric's baptism and Josh and I were graciously invited to visit with the Cotters. Anyway, I finally got the pictures back of Taylor (unfortunately, Lyric was napping most of the afternoon) and wanted to post to show what a beautiful little girl she is.



Taylor and Mom Lauriann

Eli is crawling!

With the help of our friend Doug, we mastered posting video so that everyone can see Eli crawl and stand up on Daddy.

Hardest Day

So today I dropped Eli off for his first day of daycare...
and it has definately been one of the hardest things I have ever done... close behind giving birth to an over 9 lb baby:)

I have been in tears all morning but as lunch approaches, I am becoming calmer. I already called to check on him and of course he's fine:) It's always the Mamas that are worse off... My day was made a little easier when I got some flowers delivered from Josh.. As of now, I am trying not to talk about it...it only makes my eyes well up:(

In my hysteria I did manage to remember to document Eli's first day... here are some pics


Eli with teacher Denise and his new friends




The flowers Josh sent to work

North Carolina visit

We had a great weekend in North Carolina! We went to Asheville and visited family the entire day. Eli got to meet his Uncle Phil and Aunt Carol, who gave him his first haircut, and got to play with his cousins, along with his Uncle Joe and Aunt Tracy.
Eli especially loved playing with Gracie, Barron and Lola.

Here are some pics of the weekend.

Uncle Phil and Aunt Carol


Presley plays chess with Josh


All the kids


Eli with Presley and Abby


Connor and Gracie


Lauren and Gracie


Aunt Carol cuts my hair


After my haircut


Uncle Joe and Aunt Tracy

Congratulations Molly and Adrienne!

Two of my college friends recently got engaged and I may be their photographer so I wanted to leave them a note here to link to my new wedding blog. You can see the link on the right. I am so happy for them and excited if i do shoot their weddings because they will both be the most beautiful brides:)

Father's Day

For his first official Father's Day, Josh got to go to his two favorite places in the world...... His family's cabin in Elijay and Turner Field. On Saturday, our friend Corey generously invited us to watch the Red Sox game in a suite on the Lexus pavilion. It was really nice and perfect way to see a game with a 7-month-old (Eli even got an hour nap).... so thank you Corey. We enjoyed the day even if the Braves lost.

On Sunday, we went to Elijay for a relaxing lunch. I can't wait until Eli can really enjoy the river and open space.

New Links

I have added a few new links to this blog, including one for my friend Jason's wedding portfolio. Next year I hope to start shooting weddings with him, and eventually I plan to at least make a simple website for my own portfolio.... but for now I wanted to post his site (which is in its infancy) in case anyone who visits the site knows someone who needs a photographer.

Plus, he actually has resonable prices:)

Fun in the Sun

Last week we went to Destin with The Finleys for our first family vacation. Everything went really well. We had a great time. Eli absolutely loved the pool but wasn't too crazy about the ocean. It's so nice to have so many people there to help with the baby so you can relax too. Josh, Grammie, PawPaw, Uncle Burt and Aunt Christy all took turns staying with Eli so I could actually lay out at the pool. It was so much fun I hope we can do it every year.... and maybe with the Scoggins,too.






Hanging out with Uncle Burt and Aunt Christy

Eli rides his first carousel with Grammie

Eli and PawPaw playing putt-putt

Enjoying the pool

Eli @ 6 months

These are Eli's 6-month photos from Target..(for those who live here I highly recommend our photographer named Jodi. She was great.) I was really happy with how they came out. There are several more poses but I just posted these. The one of him and the bear was Jodi's idea which I thought was pretty cute. I told Josh these will be the last of the naked portraits though I think they are adorable.

Photo Contest

Can you do me a favor?

I entered one of Eli's 5-month photos in a photo contest on Shutterfly. If you get a chance, could you go on and vote my baby 5 stars:) To get to vote click here

Plus, if you have the time, looking at all the other baby pictures is really fun..... and I enjoy just finding out all the things people name their children:)