It's a New Year!

WoW!  I can't believe it's 2012.  I'm a little behind on blogging so far this year... hopefully I will do better!  A new year has so many meanings... big things will happen this year.  2011 brought the birth of our first child and 2012 means he will turn one!  I can't believe almost half of a year has passed since he was born.  What happened to my little 5lb 4oz baby?  Everyone said it goes by so fast, but I feel like I've blinked and he's almost 6 months old.  I try to cherish every moment.  The past few weeks have been super busy!  My dad came to town last weekend to take me to the Cotton Bowl  We had SO much fun!  It was probably the best daddy daughter date ever!

This was Thursday (wearing his Hog gear to get prepared for the game)

Elijah's Friday Cotton Bowl attire!  He was ready to cheer on the Hogs from home!

Dad (Papa) and Elijah before we left for the game!

So dad and I did it up right... we had a parking pass for the game that allowed us to park across the street from Cowboy's Stadium.  We got there early and got to be there for the pregame pep rally which included a pregame speech by Jerry Jones himself!

Dad and I pregame

(some really nice lady volunteered to take a pic for us-

Hog fans are just SO nice!)

Oh and please notice- I'm wearing a T-shirt!!!!  It was in the 70's on January 6th!  It was amazing!  Sure wish they had opened the roof of the stadium for the game- it was kinda warm in there!  Apparently we went to the cotton bowl in 1989 when Arkansas played UCLA when Troy Aikman was quarterback. I barely remember that considering I was 5 1/2 at the time.  Dad said it was freezing cold and sleeting and of course that was when it was actually played at Cotton Bowl Stadium so it was outside and COLD!

A view from our seats... we got to watch all the news casters pregame

Pregame Show- The Band Perry singing the National Anthem and a HUGE flag!

So a HUGE thanks goes out to my dad for taking me to the Cotton Bowl... it was an awesome time! 

We are still dealing with congestion and coughing issues with Elijah-  I really think he allergic to the protein in dairy and soy, but he won't eat the high dollar hypo-allergenic stuff (nutragmigen)  He screams and throws a fit, probably because the stuff smells TERRIBLE!  So for now, we will stay on the soy formula and see what the Dr. says when he goes for his wellness visit on Feb. 3.

Elijah started rolling over from his back to his belly-  however-  he hates being on his belly.  So you put him back on his back and he rolls right back over-- it's a pretty fun game!  Here a video of his first night rolling over...

He also sits up on his own for quite a while before getting excited and stretching out or top heavy and falling over!  He is just growing so fast!