New House

We moved on Saturday! Well Cory did it all, I went to work. But I helped pack and unpack. Oh my gosh it feels so great to be out on our own agian. 

One more month and Cory Starts PT school, which is 1/2 a mile from where we live now. 

Eldon is great! We take him to the doctor on Wednesday. I'll update more then with some new pictures.

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. 

To catch everyone up, I have gone back to work in the salon. I love it! Cory watches the baby while I'm gone. Cory graduated for ASU in May with a BA in Exercise and Wellness but he has to take 2 more classes for AT Stills.

So not a lot has changed, we're still busy with school and work and baby. 

2 months

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. 

Happy Birthday Ashlee!

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. 

While we were gone Cory had an interview with AT Stills (this is the private school here in Mesa). A few days later we found out that Cory was accepted at AT Stills! Exciting news. the following Friday we drove to Flagstaff for his interview at NAU. Cory is on the alternate list for NAU.

So all that means as of right now will be going to AT Stills in August. However, if someone gives up thier spot at NAU we will pick up and move to Flagstaff. But we could find out the day school starts that a spot opened up at NAU. So for now we are just going to plan for AT Stills. Which makes everyone in our family happy because we aren't taking the baby away. 
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.

Today is my 22nd birthday and all three of us are going to go out to dinner. Grandma wants really badly to babysit, but I haven't left him longer than 30 minutes and Cory and I just aren't ready to yet. So maybe next time. 

Today Eldon is 11 days old. He sleeps really well throughout the night, only waking up twice before we get up with Cory in the morning. He is really funny to watch as he sleeps because he is very animated. He coos ans grunts and pulls all kinds of faces, smiles one minute to scowls the next. 

He had his first doctors appointment last friday and he is back to his original birth weight of 7 pounds. The doctor said everything looks great. He's eating so much better and is starting to stay awake longer between naps. He looks around a lot and seems very alert. He has been such a blessing, Cory and I couldn't be happier.

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. 

He's HERE!

The official arrival of Eldon Charles McKinnnon is February 8, 2008 at 5:12 am. The dates on the pictures unfortunately are wrong, but we didnt realize it until it was too late. He came out at 7 lbs. 2 oz. and 20 in. long. 

But he's finally here! And he is so sweet. He's not much of a cryer, hopefully he stays that way. He loves being cuddled and loved on. His favorite place to sleep is on Daddy's chest. Thank heaven he looks like his dad, practically perfect in every way. 

 

Both Cory and I are doing well, tired, but good. We're just so excited that Eldon is finally here. Especially Ashlee because now she can roll over at night, well, kind of. 

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!

Eldon is due anytime now. I am officially in the first stages of labor, meaning he's dropping and I am dialating. We can't wait to see our little man!

Right now it's just been work and school for Cory and baby, baby, baby for me. Everything is going.