Eli is already 4 WEEKS OLD!!

My little precious Eli is already a month old!! Where has the time gone?? Being a mother is life changing....many people told me that while I was pregnant and I thought I understood at the time, but I really had no idea. I am already so protective of Eli and have so much love for him I can't even put into words.

Eli LOVES his "Boppy Pillow." I think he likes being able to sit up and see what's going on around him.





Charlie is such an amazing father! He comes home every night after working a 12+ hour day and plays and talks with Eli. Eli is always awake for about 2 hours when Charlie gets home everyday.

I just LOVE this photo...it makes my heart melt.



Eli has received so many adorable outfits! This is one of my favorites. My childhood friend from New Jersey, Amanda, sent him this little sweater and pants outfit.





This cute little outfit is from my best friend Courtney and her Mom. This is his first baseball cap! I think he likes it because it looks like he is smiling in this picture :). This outfit is still a little big because it is size 3 months. He has already outgrown most of his Newborn clothes and 3 months are a little big, so he is in an in between sizes phase.





I thought every month I would do a couple photos so you can see how much he is growing.

This first one is Eli next to his Mr. Bear. He received Mr. Bear when he was first born. Mr. Bear came from Uncle Chris, Auntie Samantha and Brandon. He was delivered to us in the hospital with cute balloons attached to him :).



This next photo is of Eli in the rocking chair in his room, which was from Nana and Super Pop Pop Nuber. He looks so tiny in it now, but I bet we will see a drastic difference when he is sitting in that same chair a year from now! Eli was telling me he was done playing photo shoot in this picture....haha. Mommy is mean posting pictures of baby boy crying. :)



Of course I needed to post a photo of him with Lulu! So sweet!!



Here are some of the things Eli is doing at a month old:

*He likes to hold my chin while I feed him...it is the sweetest thing in the entire world
*He grabs Charlie's finger and holds it tight when Charlie talks to him
*He LOVES bathtime! He lays in his little tub and stretches out like it's his own personal jacuzzi--haha
*He eats 4 1/2 ounces to 5 ounces every 3 to 4 hours
*He sleeps most of day, but is always up for at least 2 hours when Charlie gets home from work
*He loves music and likes when I sing to him
*He does NOT like his diaper to be changed....so usually I make up a song about changing diapers to sing to him while he is being changed
*He has already outgrown almost all of his Newborn onesies
*He likes to suck on his pointer finger on his left hand and often sticks it in his mouth while he is being fed
*He knows Mommy and Daddy's voices and even though people say Newborn's don't smile-- I think I have seen him smiling when we talk to him :)