5 weeks old

Wow! Where has the time gone? Eli is 5 weeks old, yet it seems like we just came home from the hospital yesterday. He is such an unbelievable little doll. Forest and I are having so much fun getting to know him. Eli weighs a little over 12lbs and is starting to develop a little personality.

Forest is such a precious daddy! We went to Forest's office on Friday for an annual flu shots and barbeque party. Forest had a great time introducing Eli to his work family.



Chunky Monkey getting ready for bath time!

Honey and I decided to have our own photo shoot with Eli. He was such a trooper. We took 178 shots! There were so many precious pics it was hard to choose our favorites. We were going to add a few more, but I had a little computer trouble.

Last Sunday, Marla (Forest's grandmother) and Great Aunt Susan Lott (Forest's aunt) hosted a Sip-N-See for Eli and his cousin Sam (Jenny & Lucas' son). The boys were precious. We had them in their carseats on the coffee table for "viewing". They both slept almost the entire afternoon. They woke up right around the same time and were ready to eat! It was a great Sunday afternoon. Thank you sooooo much to Marla and Susan for all of their hard work. We had a wonderful time!

Double Delight

Eli's cousin, Sam, was born on September 25th, one week after Eli. They had their first of many playdates today. They were so precious together. They are going to have so much fun growing up together!!

Sweet baby, Sam.

Beautiful big cousin Stella was playing 'Ring Around the Rosie'

with Paboo.

Lost footage...

Eli had his two week old doctor's appointment today. He weighs 8lbs 10oz and is doing great. While the janudice is not 100% gone away, it is no longer a threat. The pediatrician said it would take a little longer for all of the yellow to be gone, but we had nothing to be worried about. Everything else is perfect and she doesn't need to see us again for two months! Yeah!!!



Eli is absolutely amazing. He has become more alert and has briefly started to make eye contact. He will follow my face with his eyes. Its amazing to watch him take in the world around him as he slowly starts to focus.

In all of the excitement, pictures from the weekend that Eli was born were downloaded onto Forest's work computer instead of our home computer. I finally got them a couple of days ago. I was so relieved since I thought they were gone. Allow me to back-track a little and share some really special pictures.







Ten perfect little toes.



I love my precious little man!

Eli & his Honey

Stealing kisses!



Eli & his Paboo

Stealing more kisses!

We're so glad Eli is here!!!

Eli is so blessed to have 5 great grandparents in his life.

What a lucky little fella!!

Eli & his Great Granny


Eli & his Great Paw Paw & Maw Maw Russell

Eli & his Great Mimi

Eli & his Great Marla

9 Days Old

Eli is now nine days old and we are in hog heaven! The doctor finally released him from his bili-bed which we were using for treating his jaundice. It was complete TORTURE having to just look at him and not being able to hold him. We never put him down now!


How cute am I????

Proud Momma & Daddy

Daddy snuggling with his little man.

Look at my LONG eyelashes and platnium eyebrows!

Eli Russell Crump

On Friday, September 18, 2009 at 5:55 in the evening, our world changed forever. Weighing 8lbs 7oz and 21.5 inches long and with eyes wide open, Eli joined our family.

Proud Bubbie.
Bubbie & Honey

Waiting for our little man to arrive!!

Even in the worst pain I've ever felt, Forest could still make me laugh.

Watching his first football game. Geaux Tigers!

My two handsome men.

Our first family portrait!

The Captain's Quarters

With 25 days to spare, it is finished. Our little captain's room is finally complete and ready for him to come aboard. We are really happy with the end result and wanted to share with you.

The changing table is a dresser I found at an estate sale. Its not anything fabulous, but was the perfect height for diaper duty. The drawers are filled with precious little outfits, diapers, and other necessities that can be hidden out of sight. The mirror reminded me of a porthole...perfect for our nautical theme. This is Forest's teddy bear from when he was a little boy. He can't wait to meet Eli.


This is one of the two shelves Forest built. I absolutely love them. They are made from sunken cypress and rope. They are exactly how I envisioned them. I love love love my hubby!

The Crump Bump

Very early in my pregnancy, before there was even a hint of a bump, I checked out any and every maternity clothing store and website I could find. I remember going into the dressing room at Destination Maternity with my sister, Sarah. The stores offer fake bellies that you can velcro around your waist while trying things on to get an idea of how the clothes would look and to make sure they would fit later. We laughed out loud and couldn't believe that I would ever look like that! I was so delighted at what I saw in the mirror and couldn't wait for it to be a real belly. My real belly.

Well, here we are. Real belly in all its glory. Some days it appears and/or feels bigger than others and we still have lots of growing left to do. Every day when I get home from work, Forest comments on how he thinks its gotten bigger from the day before. I know his "Wow! You're HUGE!" comes from such a sweet and innocent place and its always followed with another comment about how beautiful I look, but some days I could just smack him. Ha Ha. To tell you the truth, I completely agree with him. Our sweet little Eli is growing and growing and growing and I wouldn't want it any other way.