Peek-a-Boo

Squash, anyone?

Squash is WAY better than peas!

Can you do this?!?

Giggles

This is an experiment to see if I can upload a video. Thought you might like to see and hear this. Apparently, Uncle Ryan is the funniest person EVER!

Peas

Eli is less than impressed with peas.

Happy Half Birthday!

Today Eli is 6 months old!

Cereal!

Eli joined the exciting world of eating "real" food this week. He is learning to eat cereal and so far, he loves it!! What a surprise?!?

My Men

These are the smiles that melt my heart!

More Chicago

In Chicago we also went to Kris' cousin's wedding. Congrats Ryan and Laurie!



Eli even got a little dancing in. This is Kris' other cousin, Rachel, with her son Cody. The boys had fun together, until Eli decided he had enough and went to sleep.

Friends in Chicago

We just got back from a ten day trip around Chicagoland. This picture was taken with Thinh, my former co-worker. We had lunch with her and enjoyed catching up on the past four years. We had such a great time visiting so many friends. Unfortunately, we didn't do a very good job taking many pictures. You will just have to take our word for it, we saw lots of fun people!

Mommy & Eli

Toes are the best

Ducky!

Fun to play with! Fun to eat!

Silly Daddy

The things Daddy lets him get away with!


And, yes, this is a coaster that says "No Worries" and yes, he chewed on it until it fell apart!

Carrots

Not eating them yet, just playing with them. I couldn't resist this picture. He played with this box of carrots for at least fifteen minutes!

Just Relax

This is Eli's favorite way to sit in his highchair. Comfy, don't you think?

Sitting

Through this last month, Eli has been working very hard to sit up on his own. Look at this progress. This was Eli sitting up a few weeks ago.

This is Eli sitting up today. Look! No pillows!

Our little family

Playing with Evelyn

This is Eli's cousin Evelyn. She is seven weeks younger than him. We captured this rare moment of playing together - rare right now because Clarissa was safely strapped into her highchair eating dinner, and not harassing the babies. She loves having the babies around. . . and sometimes she loves just a little too hard.

Cousin Clarissa

So this isn't a picture of Eli but it is adorable! This is Eli's cousin Clarissa. She is turning two next week. Last night the whole family went out together so that Grandma could introduce Clarissa to the wonders of ice cream cones! She obviously enjoyed it very much.