The Vahjen Boys

Noah is now 22 months old and Eli is 6 months old. We have now been in Greenwood for 8 months and we are settling in nicely. The past month has been a rough one though, the boys have been sick quite a bit. Brian, Noah, and I all had the stomach bug about 3 weeks ago. Then Noah about two weeks later had a double ear infection and they thought he had RSV too. Then poor little young Eli tested positive for RSV the next week, then two days later he had a double ear infection, and then a day later he was put on breathing treatments. Then the next week both the boys back to back began with vomitting, diarrhea, and fever. Seeing your two little boys throw up is one of a mothers worst nightmare because they are so helpless. We are now recovering and hope the spring will bring healthiness. It is so neat now how much the boys are interacting. They really love each other a lot!

Eli at 6 months and 1st Rice Cereal

Eli has been such a great blessing. He is happy and cheerful all of the time! He is such a good baby and just goes with the flow all the time. He is now 6 months old and we can't believe it! Time just flies! The doctor told me to start him on rice cereal at 5 months, but I just didn't want to do it, because that meant he was growing up. Its crazy, with Noah I wanted him to do everything ASAP, but with Eli I just don't want him to grow up!

Eli's First Snow and Noah's Second Snow At Our New House

We have had 2 snows in our new house now, with the last one leaving us with 7 inches of beautiful snow! It lasted for a week on our front yard! Eli of course had no idea what was going on, but everytime we got bundled up for the snow he passed out, since he was so bundled up! Noah had a love/hate relationship with the snow, he loved sleding down the hills, but hated walking in his boots in the deep snow. He loved to eat the snow with his daddy!

Eli's 1st Christmas 2010

Well its been a wonderful CHRISTmas! The Vahjen family did many things to start our traditions. Noah is at the age where he really enjoyed Christmas. We picked out and decorated a tree, built our very first "Vahjen Family Gingerbread House," visited Santa Claus (Noah was scared), saw Christmas lights and animals at the live nativity scene at the Connie Maxwell House, Santa brought us gifts, opened presents, and played in snow the day after Christmas! We have had a blast in December!

WHAT ARE NOAH AND ELI UP TO....

OUR LITTLE EINSTIEN... Well we are raising the kid right...already reading at 3 months! Ha! Don't we all wish. When Brian saw this, he said that Eli has his genes! Then I decided to text the picture to friends and family with that caption, and Brian said don't spell genes, "Jeans" What confidence my husband has in me! NOAH'S SURGERY... Well Noah FINALLY got his tubes in his ears and his adenoids out! This is him riding in the wagon at the surgery center before going under. Thank goodness for the wagon or else he wouldn't have made it! He was a trooper, because he had a rough time in the recovery room and the entire week after. Now he is a lot more pain free and happier! We are so proud of him for being such a trooper really most of his life with all his ear problems! I wish we could have done the surgery sooner for his sake! BROTHERLY LOVE...