This was the whole group we went with, Patrick and Jolie, Christy, Cory and Eldon, Ella, and Marin. And I'm the on with the camera. The girls were hilarious! 
Last weekend my friend Jenna got married and asked if I would do her hair. So I went to Wickenburg to do her hair. On the way Cory and I stopped to see one of Ella's soccer games. She was so stinking CUTE! All the kids were actually. I think there were about 5 kids total who understood what was really going on, the rest just followed to ball up and down the field. Ella go to be goalie and no one scored on her! After the game we went to McDonald's so the girls could play and have lunch. From there I went to Jenna's wedding and Cory and Eldon went back to Christy and Alex's house. Eldon ate his first french fry and loved it! This was also the weekend he perfected his crawling. So he his full mobile now and he likes that he can get away from you or follow you. 
Last Saturday I wasn't busy at work so we went for a bike ride up the canal. About half way through our ride Eldon fell asleep in his chair. Sweet boy! It was so nice on our ride. I could have worn long sleeves and been comfortable. Eldon seems to like his chair, but he loves being outside so I don't think he cares much either way.
We parked our car at Merle and Debbie's and got on the canal from there. We tried to lay Eldon down while we loaded the bikes back onto the back of the car, but as soon as Cory laid him down, he was wide eyed and ready to go. We ended up staying for awhile and Eldon discovered the dog dishes. Thankfully he found the ones without dog food in them and just played with the water. He wanted to help grandma clean the floors.
Jolie will be 1 yr in like 4 or 5 weeks! She always looks so much bigger than Eldon until we get them next to each other. Eldon was jealous that grandpa was holding her and not him! Those two are really funny to watch together. Grandpa can't get enough of them. But that is true for all of the kids' grandparents. 
Sunday morning mommy wanted to sleep in. Daddy and Eldon weren't going to let that happen. Eldon thought he was so funny waking mommy up. He was so funny this morning. I love when he wakes up so happy! That night was a whole other story, but all day he was in a good mood, playing, laughing, babbling, making messes. It's fun on the days that all three of us get to spend time together. Sunday usually ends up being that day. 
So the first thing that is changing is this little guy! He is growing so fast. He has discovered clapping, and LOVES when you sing to him. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly what was going on when we took this picture, but Eldon just got a bath and that's why hes only in a diaper. I think Cory was singing to him, and Eldon started to clap with him and laughing really hard. 
This was soo cute, Cory sets the boy on his chest and Eldon usually slaps Cory's face, sticks his fist in Cory's mouth, etc. This night Cory was singing patty cake and Eldon sat and clapped his hands and "sang" along. 
Eldon has started making his way around the house! He doesn't go forward very well, but backwards, he's all over backwards. He now knows that when he scoots back it gets him somewhere. So he pushes himself back turns and pushes some more. Only problem with that is he ends up under the TV, couch, stuck between something, and starts hollering for someone to rescue him. I swear I don't ever see him do any of it. I take my eyes off him and he's gone. 
This was today. I gave him a Gerber bitter biscuit not knowing it would make such a mess. I had to give him a bath to get the cookie off him. What you can't see is the cookie that is caked onto his legs, arms, and he even got it inside his shirt! But it kept him busy for about 15min. I got the dishes done! It was worth it. 
Eldon has done homework, played music, looked on the internet with dad since he was born. Now Eldon thinks every time Cory's on the computer he needs to be there too. We had to get a computer with more space for AT so the white computer is mine to play with, but Eldon likes it too, so I might have to share. 
My best friend from high school, Jennie Bennett, came to see us last week. We went swimming with her 2 little girls Payslee and Brylee. Payslee, who is 3, really wanted to hold Eldon, so we let her. It was so funny! Brylee is close to 2 I think and Eldon was as tall as her! 
Kayden and Eldon. Unfortunately, Kayden and his parents moved to Utah last week. Eldon and Kayden would play and Eldon would cackle at Kayden. Eldon misses his buddy. hopefully they will come down soon so we can see them all again, we miss Kasey and Vanessa too.
Eldon LOVES to drink from cups, water bottles, anything he sees us drink off of. He usually drenches himself, as you can see, but its hot outside, he'll dry.
Eldon can sit up by himself now. He's still a little wobbly, but if you lay him on his back he grunts and looks like he doing an ab workout because he wants to sit up so badly. He really likes to play in the water, so bath time takes a little loner than it used to. Eldon will get the wash rag wet then suck the water out, dip in the water again and suck the water out again. Kinda funny. 
This was Eldon swimming after Shane and Josies sealing. We had so much fun. I was suprised we actually got a picture of him smiling. He usually stops when he sees the red light from the camera. 
I know, another bath picture, but how can you not take a picture when he is smiling and giggling?! We had to. 
This is the chair that I got him to sit up in. He loves it. It makes household chores so much easier because I can put him on the counter or table and do the dishes or clean up the house, and he can move from room to room with me. 
So we took these pictures about 2 weeks ago. Jolie (this is Christys youngest) is about 3 months older than Eldon. When you pick up Jolie she is super light and Eldon feels like a sac of potatoes. We wanted to see how close in size they are to eachother. We weighed them also and they were within a pound of eachother. 
They were so sweet together, smiling, talking, and holding hands. I am so glad that we are staying here for school so Eldon can have a better relationship with his cousins. 
It is so funny to see the many faces that these two make. Eldon is the mini Cory. The final update on school: Cory was accepted to NAU. But we decided to stay in the valley and go to AT Stills. We sent in the paperwork and money, so its final, no more going back and forth. We are staying!
So I know there are very few pictures of me on here, but thats because I'm usually the one taking the pictures. This was Eldons first Easter. We spent the majority of the day at Grandpa and Grandma McKinnon's house. 
This is what Eldon does when he is hungary, sucks on dads nose. Yummy! Cory thinks its really funny. 
This is our nephew Kayden and our niece Ella. They were showing off thier Easter eggs. Merle and Debbie had just gotten back from a trip to Australlia the night before and the kids are wearing the gifts grandma and grandpa brought back for them.
Eldon, Aunt Callee, and I ran some errands toghether. We left in a hurry and mom forgot to bring more diapers. The little man pooped out the one I had just put on him 5 minutes before this picture. We were an hour away from home and there was NO WAY I would let him sit in his yucky diaper, so Callee and I riged one up using the blankets in the car and a hair band. I've started keeping a bag of diapers in the car as well as the ones in the diaper bag.
I had to put another bath picture for comparison of how big he has gotten. Our little fatty is now 13 lbs and 23 inches long! He had his 2 month check up on 4/8. This was the visit where he got his first set of shots, Cory had to come with me because I was too chicken to go alone. I am so glad he came. Eldon was so sad! He cried more in the past 2 days than he has since he was born.
Life has been crazy busy the past couple of weeks. So much has happened I don't know where to start. Eldon and I went to Nebraska with the Murdock Family for my Grammy's funeral. I was a little nervous about the flight but he did great! He was about 4 weeks then. 
This was Eldons first bath in his bath tub. He didn't mind it too much, at least he didn't get as cold during his bath. I love his fat little belly in this picture! Callee could not stop laughing, so she wasn't as much help as I wanted while giving him the bath. 
Eldon is now 6 weeks old and weighs 10 lbs and is 21.5 in long. He is growing so much! This picture was taken last friday after Cory got home from work. That is still their favorite position to sleep in! Eldon has started sleeping about 5 hours at night. We are all happy about that.
This was Eldons first bath with Daddy. He didn't like the cold very much but loved the rub down afterwards. 
He is such a cuddle bug. It doesn't matter who he's with, as long as they are snuggling him. 
Cory and I got back from Utah last Saturday night. We went up there for an interview at the University of Utah, one of the physical therapy programs Cory applied to. So fingers crossed for something good!
