Dr.?

This came in the mail yesterday.  I realize it's a little premature and he won't really be a Dr. for another 7 months, but it gave me chills nonetheless!!  DR. Joseph Dougherty already coming to our mailbox.  That's how close we are!!  Yikes.

Big Boy

Today I took Eli to his 9-month well child appointment.  The 9-monther is always a nice appointment because there are no shots this time around.  We did get some good stats though:

Height - 30 inches - 90%ile
Weight - 19 1/2 lb. - 25%ile

Head - 18 1/8 inches - 65%ile

(Looks like he got the Witt tall, skinny genes from my mom's side of the family.)

Crawling: check
Push to stand: check
Babbling: check
Eating solids: check
Drinking from sippy: yeah right
Sleeping through the night: Ehh...sometimes...
Into anything and everything: check, check, check!!

Well, Eli, you've got a clean bill of health.  Way to go!

Jake the Dragon

I found this dragon costume for Jake at Old Navy for $15 the other day.  And it even comes with the legs, too!  I know, I was really impressed with myself as well.  Ever since I brought it home, Jake has been obsessed with it.  He literally wears it around the house 24/7.  Actually, make that 22/7 because we do make him take it off for meals and baths.  But yeah, you get the picture.  And I thought he would only get to use it on Halloween!  Who am I kidding, I loved playing dress-up as a kid, too.  Ok, I still love it...

In other news, poor Eli has been sick lately.  It makes for a very boogery, fussy, whiny baby, but even then he is just about the cutest thing ever with his two-toothed grin.  Can you tell I'm a mom??

Family Photos

We finally got family pictures taken this past week by my good friend Kate.  I think she did a fantastic job!  I was so excited when I got them home that the first thing I did was scope out the house for places to put up pictures.

My one request was that we took pictures somewhere in a cornfield.  I wanted something that screamed "Iowa" since this is our last year here, and nothing says it quite like giant corn!    

So now for all of you who have been begging for family pictures (you know who you are) they will be coming your way soon!  Thanks again, kate elisabeth, the pictures turned out great!