Sweet Smile

Morning Mommy and Elijah time today. What a cutie!

What We've Been Up To...

It's been a while since we have posted much on our blog. We've been so busy taking care of our baby and Mommy that we haven't had time to catch up and put pictures on our blog for our friends and family. Well, this morning we finally got a little chance! Here are some pictures and posts of what's been going on in our house for the last couple of weeks...Enjoy!

Mommy and me (Jonathan) snuggling together! Elijah got his first real bath on Wednesday - it looks like he likes it!
Here we are this morning holding our baby. We really love him a lot!

Whenever someone comes to see us we get to introduce our baby to them. I (Josiah) always tell them that this is our baby, Elijah Jacob! Jonathan told our friend Miss Carol that she could hold our baby, but she had to wash her hands first. We are very protective big brothers!

10 Days Old!

Here are some pictures from our baby's 10 day birthday. We think that every time we hold our baby (that's how we refer to him, as our baby - not Mommy's or Daddy's or anyone else's) that Mommy or Daddy should take a picture. They usually do it, too! Josiah with Elijah:
Jonathan with Elijah:

We're such good big brothers!

Happy Boys!

Here we are having some quality time with Daddy. We love having him at home!!

It's the Little Things

Mommy took some pictures of me the other day to remember all the cute little things...little toes, fingers, mouth...

Ready for My Close-Up!

When I was just 5 days old we went to our friend Miss Paula's house and I had my very first professional photo shoot. I was a perfect little model and she did a wonderful job with my pictures. Here are a few for a 'sneak peek.'

First Bath at Home

We got to "help" give our baby brother his first bath at home! Jonathan held Elijah's hat and I (Josiah) held the soap for Daddy. It was so much fun and we're learning to be good helpers for Mommy and Daddy!

Here is our baby all clean!

He has lots of funny facial expressions now - he looks almost content here...

But he really wasn't!

Coming Home!

Here are some pictures of my first couple of days at home!

This is my first time in my car seat. It wasn't very fun at first, but then we started to move and I fell asleep right away! My big brothers made me a "Welcome Home/Happy Birth Day" cake!
Here's our whole family together!!

A picture with Nanny and Papa and my big brothers:

A picture with Daddy, Mommy, big brothers, and Grandma and Grandpa Chang (Amah and Agong):

Touchdown!

Elijah dreaming about the Hawkeye win against Penn State.

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Daddy, Josiah, & Elijah

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Baby Elijah at home

Elijah Jacob

Hello, World! My name is Elijah Jacob and I'm the newest member of the House of Chang! I arrived on Friday, September 18 at 8:40 a.m. My mommy and daddy were so surprised when they told them that I weighed in at 8 lbs and 8 oz! I was 19 inches long, so only an inch longer than my brothers were when they were born. I know this was my brothers' blog, but I think I should have my say in this, too. :) I can't wait to meet all of you! Until then, I'll post some photos of me and my family.

Here's one of the first pictures of me with Daddy and Mommy: Here I am meeting my big brothers - Josiah and Jonathan.

This is me with my brother Josiah - he's trying to be cuter than me.

Here is Jonathan giving me a kiss - he loves me already!

Here I am in the pack-n-play sleeping - one of my favorite things to do!

D-Day!

Here's a picture of Mommy this morning before Baby Brother makes his entrance into the world. Apparently Mommy didn't sleep well, so she was up early and made Daddy take a picture before he got out of bed. :) Hopefully our next post will be a picture of Baby Brother!!

Night-time Routine - BBB

Here are some photos of our night-time routine - at least as it is before Baby Brother arrives! We hope that it stays the same after he arrives, too. We love our Daddy and Mommy time!

First, we run into Mommy and Daddy's room and hide: Here is Daddy giving us a bath. I (Josiah) and helping wash Jonathan's hair:
Funny hair!

Jonathan has funny hair, too!

In our towels:

We get to lay in bed with Daddy and Mommy and read stories or listen to them on the computer!

Tickling Daddy!

Popsicles!

Last night we got to play outside and then have popsicles. For all of you worrying about our nutrition, it was ok - the popsicles have vitamin C and fruit juice. It said so on the box, so they must be good for us, right?!

Daddy Days!!

We have had such a fun week! Daddy has been home all week waiting for Baby Brother's arrival. Here are some pics of us enjoying time with Daddy...or maybe just enjoying Daddy being at home. :)

1 Year Old!

We have had so many parties lately - and we LOVE it! This weekend we got to go to cousin Andrew's 1st Birthday party! It was a lot of fun - we bounced in their bouncy house and even played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey with a blindfold!

Here is the Birthday boy: This is Andrew eating his birthday cake. He just picked up the whole thing!!

This was opening Andrew's gifts. Can you find him??

We couldn't find him, either. Mostly it was his mommy opening the gifts and the bigger kids helping.

Here's Andrew!

Thanks for inviting us to the party!

Where's Our Invitation?!

Last weekend Mommy left us at home to have a Daddy day. What she didn't tell us is that she went to a party for Baby Brother! She not only went to the party, but didn't invite us! Oh well. We had lots of fun with Daddy. Here are some pictures that Mommy took from Baby Brother's Party. Thanks to Miss Sheri and Miss Donna for throwing a fun party for us and to everyone who came and helped out!

This is the AMAZING diaper cake that Miss Julie and Miss Lisa made for us. It almost makes us want to be babies again!

Isn't it a pretty table?

Look at the monkey cake that Miss Sheri's friend made. We think it's so cute!

Another pretty table:

Some of the guests at the party - Miss Julie, Lilly, Miss Heather, Miss Amanda, Miss Kati, and Miss Michelle:

Mommy and the Monkey Cake:

Miss Lisa and Miss Julie playing the diaper game:

Miss Amanda, Miss Kati, and Miss Michelle:

Miss Tracy, Elly, Miss Jen and Andrew:

Miss Carol, Miss Lisa and Miss Julie

Mommy and Baby Brother:

Miss Carol, Mommy, and Miss Michelle with the ribbons - Mommy's ribbon is how big around she actually is, the other two are holding their guesses. :)

Mommy said she had a lot of fun at the party and really enjoyed the girl time! Thanks to everyone for spoiling us and Baby Brother!!

The Power of Positive Thinking

Here is a video of us this morning while we were playing with our tee and bat...

Happy Birthday, Isaac!

On Saturday we got to go to Isaac's house for his birthday party! It was so much fun! First, we got to eat cupcakes with Isaac, Nolan and Gavin: There were birthday party hats and noise 'blowers' there for us, too!

Then we played with our friends, watched Isaac open his new presents, and played with a bunch of his new things. It was so much fun! Thanks for inviting us to your party, Isaac! Happy 3rd birthday!

When we got home we didn't want to take off our party hats. We took naps and then came back downstairs for snacks and immediately put our party hats back on. We may keep wearing them until next year... (or the next party)!

Chloe's Little!

Last Friday was haircut day! Mommy, Jonathan, and I went to see Miss Carmen, and Daddy and I took Chloe to the "Puppy Store" where she got a hair cut, too. I was so sad when we dropped her off and couldn't bring her back home with us. Daddy took me to the Black Store (Wal-Mart) and we saw some fish and did some shopping, but I was still sad when we got home and Chloe wasn't there. After our hair cuts we went and picked up Chloe while Mommy was getting her hair cut. We told Mommy, "Chloe's little!" Here is a picture of her after her hair cut. Isn't she cute?!

Nap Time?

The other day we decided we wanted to lay on the couch with Daddy. Here is what it looked like from across the room: Hey wait - I think Jonathan is awake!!
Don't Daddy and Josiah look sweet?

Aha! Josiah is awake, too!

I guess this is what was really going on...

Mommy has said that looks can be deceiving...we proved her right! :)

Creatures of Habit

We've been having playdates with Isaac (and baby Anna) for the past few Mondays...and some days in between. For a while Mommy and Miss Sheri wanted us to pose together for pictures after we cleaned up. Now we think that every time we clean up it's time for pictures. Here is our pose on the toybox from last week: This is baby Anna. We love her a lot. I (Josiah) told Mommy that, "Baby Anna is BEAUTIFUL!"