Some New Things

Well, after months and MONTHS of slobber, we finally have a tooth!!! It's just a chip right now but we LOVE it!! Eli also has been doing this "face" where he blows up his chest and puffs his cheeks, we call him Tommy Boy, or, for those in the know... Keanu Reeves.
Lastly, Eli's been getting much stronger and much more mobile. He crawls (backwards only) and can stand with support for a bit... here he is trying for his favorite new drink, Red Stripe!

Congrats David!!!

We have a good friend, Jim, whose son has just finished treatment for AML (the same leukemia I had) and now he is getting back to living! He is big motocross rider and had a party last week at the track> Eli, of course wanted to participate, however, just looking is all mama is ready for right now...

Susan the "Photographer"

I decided after our disappointing "professional" 3 month pics that I would try to do some shots of my own and, since I got a really nice camera for Christmas and I LOVE to screw around with Picasa (thank you Kari), I have found a new past time. I even bought "props" to dress up the shots. Poor Eli, he has no idea what he is in for now!! Here is a few of my faves...

Two Favorite Pics

The 4th of July post parade party...

July 4th Vacation to Breckenridge, CO

Lots of firsts the past 2 weeks. Eli flew for the first time (he did really awesome.. god bless baby tylenol). He saw his first parade, first snow and snowball, first sledriding (modified for age appropriateness) and first fireworks!!! Not to mention he finally met his Uncle Tim and Aunt Dorothy and got to be spoiled once again by Mimi, Pap and cousin Maya...

First BIG pool

RJ's company had their summer picnic at Splashtown and Eli got to go in his first big pool. I think he really likes water so far, but he wouldn't tell me for sure...

Random Shots

Just some randoms... Eli went to the doctor for shots, he is now 5 months old!!! He weighs 14 lb 14 oz and is 24.5 inches long. Wow, what growth! He is really getting sounds now and loves to screech really loud, especially at Kaiya.