Sitting Up...almost

Elijah is working very hard at sitting up.  He's doing a really great job with it, especially in the last couple days.  When Daddy came home from work today, Elijah wanted to show off to him, so I snapped some pictures of it! 

Daddy, are you seeing this right now? I know, I am surprising myself!

It's a lot to be excited about! 

Alright! Daddy is proud of me too! 

Oops...lost my balance (don't worry, we put down a nice, plush blanket to cushion the inevitable falls).

And, back to old faithful position...my belly.

Duncan Family Vacation 2009

We just returned from a week in Branson, Missouri with the Duncans! We had a great trip and really enjoyed the quality time with family. Kirk, Dad, and Kyle did a motorcyle trip on teh front and tail ends of it.  They had a lot of fun, despite the heat.  Kelly and I drove through the night last Saturday and then again through the night last night.  Elijah was a champ in the car.  I was very proud of him! 

This is the cabin we stayed in.  It was very nice and in a pretty spot! 

The resort had a really nice pool that we took full advantage of. Elijah enjoys the water, and of course, he had a lot of willing family members to swim with him!

Cool dudes.

Elijah loved swimming with Grandpa.

Entertainment for everyone!

Mini Golf

We went mini-gofling one night.  I wasn't sure of the course would accommodate a stroller, so I brought along the Baby Bjorn to carry Elijah in.  He stayed in that thing the whole time while Kirk golfed, and he was a champ.  It was so funny to watch!

Kirk was a little unsure of the plan.

He worked it out though, and came in first, even with a baby strapped to him.

Haha..it makes me laugh everytime I look at it.

My team (minus me).

The other team.

Boating Day!

Mom and Dad rented a boat for us on Wednesday for 4 hours. We had a blast out on the water and all came back with a lot of sun on our faces and shoulders. Elijah did come on the boat, and he was a champ! He really enjoyed it and looked adorable in the little lifevest they gave him.

Dad was the boat captain.

Elijah, taking it all in with Daddy.

Konni enjoying the front of the boat.

Uncle Kyle loves his nephew! This is one of my favorite pictures of the trip, I think.

Maybe he's not too sure what to think.

We all took turns on the tube.  This is mine and Kirk's turn.  I love this picture of us!

Mom and Dad took a turn too!

Then we moved on to water skiing.  Thanks to the Drakes, I can still get up on the first try!  I can just hear Aunt Mel's voice in my head..."Bend your knees, lock your arms, let the boat pull you right out of the water." 

Kirk got up after just a few tries too!

Dad's turn!

The following three pictures of a progression of events.  Kyle, Konni, Kirk and I were trying to balance all 4 of us on a tube standing up.  It is a LOT harder than it sounds, but we did accomplish it!

Kirk is the last one to stand...

And we did it! You can see how excited Kyle is about it!

On Thursday night, we went to see a show called "Six".  It consisted of 6 brothers who sang all their music with no band or instruments of any kind...just their voices.  It was very impressive and we all really enjoyed it.  In case you are wondering, Elijah did go, and he was a champ.  Are you noticing a trend?

Before the show, the aunts and uncle wanted to take some pictures with their nephew.  This is Aunt Konni's turn.

Aunt Kelly.

Uncle Kyle

Aunt Katie

All the siblings (Elijah was kind of over pictures at this point)

I love this family shot before we headed out of the cabin...Christmas card material!

A few more, just because they are cute!

Konni set up a fort of pillows for E..apparently he liked it.

Love my little man!

Does Elijah make Kyle cool or does Kyle make Elijah cool?

Can't get enough of that face.

Elijah loves Grandpa!

What a great discovery!

I have been looking for a public pool around here where Elijah and I could go hang out and yesterday, I found out about this one, just 10 minutes away.  Aubree and I and the kids checked it out today and it is SO great.  It is really like a mini-waterpark.  Aubree's girls loved the slide and Elijah even had fun splashing around in the water.

Taking it all in with Aubree (who is about 4 weeks away from giving birth by the way...would you even be able to tell by looking at this picture?!)

Swimming lessons.

Lily coming down the slide.  She was slightly terrified her first time, but she loved it from then on!

Evie's turn! I think the girls could have done this all day.

All that action wiped Elijah out! He was asleep within about 30 seconds in the car!