7 months

Dear Mr. Eli....

You are the light of your family's life! We love you to the moon and back and then some! You are the funniest cutest boy I have ever met. I love to give you a squeeze and you have even started squeezing me back!!!! You change my world every day. When I saw you in May I knew I had to change careers to spend more time with you. Now I teach and we had the opportunity to stay together all of Christmas break! In the last couple of weeks you have decided to become mobile!!! I am so proud, but I am nervous as well. It is so exciting to watch you scoot yourself around and see where you can go. You have taken great interest in your toys. Yesterday you had your animal train upside down and your dad and I decided maybe you wanted to be a mechanic. You love the doggies and they even share their bones with you. However I would prefer that they would not, because that is kinda nasty for you to chew on them as well. Also you do not need the baby bath tub to take a bath anymore. I put some water in the tub and you splash around. You think it is fantastic and we love to watch and laugh with you! You have been participating in reading the Bible with us I hope that you learn to love God's word and have a desire to follow after Him. God may not always be what is popular, but it is definitely the best choice you can ever make in life. I hope that your dad and I can be a great example for you to follow the Lord. Your cousin preached the other day and said some awesome things that I hope I will always remember to tell you throughout life. Son, I love you to the Moon and back. I am so proud of you and it is an awesome privilege to be your mother. And lastly I think you have the ability to be a great man.

I love you!

Mommy