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Elias Samuel Baker

Just The Facts

Birthday:	July 1
Nickname(s):	Eli, E-I, Ñ (Enye)
Favorite Food:	Fruit, spaghetti, mac-n-cheese, hotdogs, cheese sandwich
Hobbies:	Playing on the iPhone or iPad, playing with siblings, learning sight words
Favorite TV Show or Movie:	Veggie Tales, Lego Batman, Boss Baby, Secret Life of Pets
Other:	I have had two eye muscle surgeries on both eyes. Although I had First Steps for speech theropy, I'm academically beyond where I need to be today. I have a great ability to memorize bible verses and movie quotes. I was born 1 day before my due date weighing 7 lbs 12 oz at 21 inches long.

Recent News

January 4, 2025

First game of the Upward basketball season. David is coaching and both boys are on the team. We didn’t win, but they got a lot of energy out.

October 10, 2024

We completed another season of Blaze. Elias ran 31.55 miles and earned a silver medal.

October 5, 2024

Our last elementary school program! Elias rocked out! You can’t have a 5th grade rock and roll performance without a recorder!

October 5, 2024

Last Saturday, Elias and David ran a 2-mile fun run on the B&O Trail in Brownsburg.

July 31, 2024

First day of 5th grade.

July 1, 2024

Elias hit double digits today!! Elias got to plan the entire day. We started the morning with donuts, then to Chuck E. Cheese, then Half Price Books (where he got a nice stack of books), and then home for a lunch of chicken nuggets and strawberries. The big thing he wanted today was no screen time limits!! Super big deal here!! We finished the day with McDonald’s and a bubble bath in the “big tub”. Happy 10th birthday Elias!!

June 23, 2024

The boys had an amazing week at Camp Allendale! We learned how Jesus is a great reason to party and how we can be party starters.

May 31, 2024

Last day of school for 4th grade. The boys earned honor roll all year and PE awards. Looking forward to summer!

May 30, 2024

My last elementary school field trip was spent exploring the NCAA Hall of Fame and the State Museum alongside Elias. We concluded the day with our Blaze awards night, where we celebrated Elias's 48-mile run season.

May 25, 2024

Busy May-cember!! The boys ran in their school run club combined meet. The boys ran a meet with Blaze (rec run club) this week also. Elias loves any chance to be on stage at church. To finish out the week the boys had track and field day at their school.

February 5, 2024

Elias did a drama camp this weekend at the high school. He got to do little workshops and even do a little performance on “the big stage”.

October 14, 2023

We finished another season of Blaze this week. Elias ran 40 miles this season and got a gold medal.

October 6, 2023

The boys had a fun wet run yesterday evening. Elias got 9th for the 3k boys. A little rain never stopped anyone!!

July 1, 2023

Happy birthday to my little firecracker!!

June 30, 2023

Had a great week at Camp Allendale! David was a group leader for Elias and four other boys. Emerson was with older kids, but we got to see each other at times. May God continue to work in the hearts of these kids.

June 25, 2023

All my boys are off for a fun filled week at camp Allendale

June 16, 2023

The boys had a great week at Police and Fire camp in the morning and cross country camp in the evening. They learned so much and I can’t recommend police and fire camp enough. They learned many things including how to fight off kidnappers, CPR, gun safety and how to fire one, bike safety and laws around bikes, they even got to go through simulations for both police and firefighters and much more.

May 25, 2023

Final night of Blaze. Elias ran 42.75 miles.

April 22, 2023

Elias had running practice and a junior track meet. Elias loves to dance, but running fast is not fully important to him.

December 7, 2022

Elias did awesome at his 3rd grade school performance this evening.

November 8, 2022

Elias was chosen as student of the month for showing compassion. He is a little firecracker, but he does deeply care about others. Love him so much!!

October 7, 2022

Last night was the awards night for Blaze running. Elias ran 24.25 miles this season.

October 5, 2022

Elias ran a 3k with a time of 18:49.

September 30, 2022

The boys had a great run last night. Elias (ran the 1 mile) both shaved about 30 seconds off his time from about 3 weeks ago. So proud of my crazy boy.

September 7, 2022

Elias ran his best race to date yesterday. Elias ran the 1 mile and came in 7th. He took over a minute off his time from just a few weeks ago. The best part is he said he had fun!!

August 26, 2022

Blaze season is in full swing again. It started a couple of weeks ago and the kids are having a great time. Elias still loves the social aspect of running.

August 23, 2022

Elias had surgery follow up appointments and are doing amazing. Elias’s eyes look great, his vision improved some, and he isn’t holding his head sideways now.

July 26, 2022

Back to school night for Emerson and Elias tonight.

July 1, 2022

Elias turned 8 years old today!!! David brought a card and gift card inside to give to him on his birthday morning. The campers also sang happy birthday to him. I am overjoyed to have him home. His birthday request was a bath in our big tub with bubbles.

July 1, 2022

Emerson, Elias, and David had an awesome week at Camp Allendale learning about how to make waves to change the world.

May 31, 2022

Elias is doing wonderful now. After some trial and error and doctor calls we learned he is allergic to the medication he was getting post-op. Quit giving it to him and he is back to his same old self.

May 30, 2022

Elias spiked a fever and became super sensitive to light again Sunday evening and we spent 6 hours in the Riley ER. Praise the Lord everything looks good in his eyes and we will just assume he has a virus unless he gets worse. Elias was such a trooper! Now to hopefully get some sleep.

May 29, 2022

Elias has had a much better day today. His eyes are looking so great.

May 28, 2022

Yesterday was a difficult recovery day for Elias. He couldn’t keep anything down until right before bed and he was able to keep down a couple of crackers. He is still very sensitive to light, but we don’t have to keep the house completely dark. His eyes are still itchy, but much better.

May 27, 2022

Elias had double eye surgery today. He did great for the surgery but had a hard time waking up.

May 26, 2022

Busy day ended with our Blaze award night. Elias finished the season with 34.75 miles.

May 17, 2022

Fun Blaze run this evening. Elias came in 11th for the 1 mile.

May 17, 2022

Field trip day to the zoo with crazy Elias and a lot of 2nd graders.

April 21, 2022

The boys had a fun time at the track meet that the high school team put on for the little kids. Elias was much more about the high fives and dance battles. Elias did enjoy a little podium time, but just because of the number of kids in his run.

April 12, 2022

So proud of Elias! Elias was chosen as a Reagan student of the month for showing acceptance (being kind and respecting others’ differences).

April 8, 2022

The spring running season is in full swing again. Blaze also started on Tuesday with the first time trial of the season yesterday. The kids all did wonderful, and it is great to have the teens to come help run with the little kids. These kids are way too fast for us old people.

March 18, 2022

Donut breakfast mornings at school are so much fun. This is the first one since Covid.

March 9, 2022

Elias had his 2nd grade “Go Fish!” music program this evening. He was a clown fish and had a speaking part… a joke. 😂 It was great.

February 24, 2022

Elias has been diving into the Bible a lot lately. His favorite is his mini King James Version Bible. We offered him a kid version and he protested saying it was a comic book not a proper Bible.

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