New Photos!

I finally went to get Elijah's pictures taken a few weeks ago. He had been really difficult to take pictures of the last time I went and was not expecting things to go so well! Apparently, skittles is the key. :) I don't use them often for bribes but... I'm learning to use whatever works! Enjoy.

Praise the Lord God Almighty!

Elijah plays his guitar frequently in our house. One night, he came up with this little song he made up himself after attending church service with us a few times. It took me awhile but when I could finally make out what he was singing, I had to record it. Enjoy!

Fun Times!

What have we been up to? We've gone to the zoo several times already with lot's of friends and Elijah's young love, Belle. :) We've also had fun at Mimi and Papa's house for an Easter Egg hunt, Dad's birthday celebration to the Titanic at the Museum and also to the War Memorial. We've celebrated lot's of birthday's and got out in the warm WI weather. We love spring! Enjoy the photos!

Here are a few quick video updates from Elijah. He is getting so big and learning more and more every day. We love watching him grow! I hope you do too. :)

Love, the Duda's

Surprise!

Wow! David surprised Elijah and I on Sunday with an overnight trip to the local Holiday Inn Express with a really cool kid pool! I thought I would share some pictures from all the fun we had. Elijah's favorite part was going down this great big water slide. He also enjoyed kicking his feet and "swimming" (with mom's help) for the first time! We laughed and giggled and had all kinds of fun. Thank you David for a great surprise trip! We loved it!

Boys, Boys, Boys!

Last week we celebrated the birthday of our nephew, Gavin who turned 5! Here is picture of Peter (left) who is one month older than Elijah, Gavin, the birthday boy and my Elijah on the right. We had so much fun! I thought you would enjoy this photo. Lord help us in 3 years when these boys have energy to their potential! We love them...


And here is a picture of MY boys... David and Elijah. David surprised me last weekend by getting up with Elijah and taking him out to breakfast so mommy could sleep in. What a blessing it was to sleep past 8am! That was one of the best surprises ever. I love my boys. Here they are at the restaurant... I can only imagine the fun they had. :)

David fought with more kidney stones this week but came through surgery Monday very well. We are counting our blessings. Thank you for your prayers!!!

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Well, we just finished all the celebrations for Elijah's second birthday. But if you ask him, he's "free", as in three. Where does he get that? I have no idea. But it's cute in any case.
Elijah woke up on January 7th to his mommy and daddy singing "Happy Birthday" to him. He was wide eyed and gave us big hugs right from his crib. As he walked his way down the hall and into the dining room, he squealed with excitement and said "balloons!!!" I had changed the house over Tuesday night after Elijah went to sleep from Christmas to Birthday, and boy was he surprised! It's amazing what a few balloons and Happy Birthday signs can do to a house. He had his favorite breakfast, a blueberry muffin and yogurt (which he calls "ga-go"). Then he got to spend the day with daddy. I made him his favorite dinner, Mac & Cheese, and he blew out the candle on his "happy cake". He's been asking for his happy cake ever since that day! David and I got him a soccer goal and basketball hoop (indoor friendly) and he was thrilled. He loves to kick a soccer ball around the house and I can't wait until we can actually play outside. It was a lovely day. I'll have to post some photos of it another time.
Today, I am posting this photo because these were the pj's Elijah was wearing last night for bed. He got them as a birthday present and he insisted on putting them on that night. As you can see, his cousin Nathan also has similar pj's he also wanted to wear this sam night. These two boys are so funny together. Anyway, this morning, I went to get him and found him in his birthday suite! He was so proud of himself. I am grateful he at least kept his diaper on. :) He looked up at me and when I asked him what happened, he told me "mommy, I'm nakey!" That little goof! I thought, well no kidding! Oh goodness.
Well, that's all for now. I've got to have some time to post more but thought I would fill you in on this for now. I love that boy and am overwhelmed with blessings by my family! God is good.
Love you all!