so much to be thankful for..

My rock. God couldn't have chosen anyone better for me.
 Mike is the best husband and dad I could have dreamed of.

My beautiful Family. Love them so much.

Eli was dedicated at church this month. We are so blessed and thankful we have the
opportunity to teach him how much Jesus loves him.
We are also so thankful for our friends and family who will be along side us helping us do this!! 

 

Couldn't do it without this group. My parents and Mike's parents are the only way I make it through some days.                
 I am so lucky to have so much help with the boys.

 

The boys are blessed with 4 grandparents and and 5 great grandparents! And one cousin..James loves Luxy Lu!
 

I am so thankful for Eli, the one that taught me how big your heart can grow. I didn't know how I could love another baby...but of course I could, and he made it so easy! Eli is so sweet, loving, full of laughter and lights up when he sees me. It melts my heart every time.



I am so thankful for James, my first born. He is so sweet, funny, fun, loving, caring, helpful and smart! He has taught me what it means to be a mom. We learn something new everyday! I have never been more thankful for the sacrifices my mom made as she raised me!

 

 

Thankful for my sister, Ali who can share the ups and downs of being a mom with me

Thankful for sweet moments you never want to forget

 

Thankful for how much they get a long. I pray they
will grow to be best friends some day!

 

Thankful for Mike being so handy around the house and that he can teach the boys!
 My dad, Mike's dad and my brother are so well rounded and have so many interests.
 I am thankful my boys have so many awesome examples of Godly men in their lives.

 

Thankful for my sister, Lyndi who is so thoughtful and sweet. She bought James a shirt and wrote him a note.He loved it and had to bring it with him to nap. The boys love "yow". I am also thankful for her willingness to paint my nails, go shopping with me, play with the boys and I love our daily fb chats! Sorry, no picture of you from this month!

 

Great Grandma Scheffert in North Dakota

Grandma is such a hard worker and puts on an amazing Thanksgiving every year!
We had great food and great time this year, once again!

 

                        

                  Jenna is so fun. We were lucky enough to have her come back from NY for thanksgiving this year!
                                  The boys loved playing with her.



Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Love, The Schefferts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 months old

 

Growing up so fast! It seems like it took him awhile to get to this stage, but now he's getting so big! Literally..he's a big boy.  Do you see how he comes to James' shoulder?!

 

  He is so much fun. He's so sweet. Smiley. Chatty. Happy. Love him so much.

 

Here's what he's up to this month:

 

*Sleeping from 7:30/8-6:30am. Waking up one or two times in the night. Last week it was only once..it was so nice!! It seems like if I can stuff him with enough food (about as much as an adult) then he'll sleep. He slept from 10-7 the other day!

 

*Speaking of food..I always knew our grocery budget would be through the roof with 3 huge men in my house. But I think Eli is going to cause that budget to go up a lot sooner than I thought!! He seriously eats a half a bowl full of food. It's amazing. He's the best eater too. Just opens right up and swallows it without spitting any out or fighting me to put it in. It's so quick!

 

I'm feeding him in the morning around 9:30, after his first nap. And around 7, before he goes to bed. He's tried banana, sweet potato, yogurt, pears, prunes, green beans, carrots. Likes them all! I just mash up a banana every morning, but at night I have been giving him baby food that I have acquired randomly. So I have used that all up and now it's time to jump on the homemade train! I have pureed some sweet potatoes for him already, but that's it. So I have some carrots and squash in the oven. I figure we'll eat what we want and then I'll puree the rest for him! Seems easy enough right now. We'll see what happens when he's eating more often..hopefully I can keep up with him! But the baby food jars are $1 each (not organic) and he would go through 2 of those. Today I bought a squash for $2 and organic carrots for $1.20. and those will last him longer than one feeding. So I think with his appetite I am going to have to keep making it. Plus it just tastes better!

 

*Napping three times a day. Usually a little over an hour each time. He goes down around 9, 12, and 3. The boys usually overlap at 1:00 so its nice to have that time to myself!



*Sitting up by himself! If he reaches really far for a toy he will fall over, but for the most part he's sitting up alone!

so handsome. and his long fingers.

*Getting his arms fully extended while on his tummy. Today he was trying to lift his butt in the air at the same time..crawling soon?! I think he's soo long it might take a little while, but maybe he'll army crawl like James did.

 

*Still has a lot of stranger anxiety. Even if I'm holding him and he's not sure who it talking to him he will start crying sometimes. Usually he will look at me for reassurance and he won't cry, but there are times he still does. And if someone else tries to take him he's for sure crying. Unless you have blonde hair! We've kind of narrowed it down and dark hair and glasses are not his favorite!

 

*He loves toys that light up. Loves to put his hands/toys in his mouth. Loves his exersaucer. Loves to watch James play. Hates hats. He pulls it off in a second.

one of his favorite toys



*Started him on the toilet! He pushes so hard it's easy to know when he's going poop so I've started running him to the toilet. Gotta get them used to having a bare butt. He's gone a few times. A couple times I haven't gotten him on there fast enough. It's hard to run him in there and get his clothes and diaper off before he goes sometimes! It took a little bit of encouraging for me to decide to do it again with Eli (I started this young with James also) because it's a lot of work! It's so much easier to let him to just poop in his diaper! But then I was reminded how nice it is that James was potty trained so young and it's so much nicer to not have to change a stinky diaper!

 

Always busy around here. Enjoying the fall weather and looking forward to the holidays quickly approaching!!