First Tooth!

I know...you have to look REALLY close, but there is a little, white, SHARP tooth poking out of the gums on the bottom center of his smile.

More cousins

Elias has 7 first cousins...so far
He gets to see his Dryden cousins every Wednesday night at family dinner


We are enjoying the recently remodeled home of Elias' grandma and grandpa Dryden



Grandma Dryden found this "amazing" couch outside the trift store down the road. Perfect for the newly remodeled house!

Cousins

Elias has 7 first cousins.
5 of them are my sister's children. My mom and brother were in town, so we all got together to celebrate in our new back yard!






This is Timmy- the cousin he is closest to in age... I am sure Elias will never get this messy ;)
Elias loves his cousins.

sleeping babies

There is something about watching babies sleep, they are so peaceful.



There is something about them waking up after a good long nap that is wonderful as well!

The Eye Doctor

Today Elias went to visit the pediatric ophthalmologist.
We were referred to her after the dr. was concerned with some abnormal eye behaviors.
Turns out Elias has Congenital motor nystagmus nystagmus

I call it shaky eyes... they shake sometimes, He will be pretty much guaranteed to wear glasses, but we already knew that because both Andy and I wear thick glasses.... it will just be a bit earlier than we thought.

Elias in the chair with daddy ;)

Since he got his eyes dilated, I made him wear sunglasses... he only complained a little.

Last week

This past week or two we have been landscaping A LOT!

Elias has spent his days supervising our work from the shade provided by the neighbors garage.

And is working on getting rid of his diaper rash...

4 month stats

Yesterday was Elias' 4 month check up-
He's growing sooo fast :(

here are his stats:

weight: 15 lbs 12.5 oz (70.78% percentile)
height: 27.25" long (97.60%)