Hi All!
I guess we got a little busy over here these past few weeks! Eli is cruising now & loves to play with the remote as you can see. He went from crawling really fast to cruising all within a week! It is a challenge to keep him out of things as well....we are loving every minute of it though, is it is so much fun to watch him concentrate really hard on things. His favorite new thing is to pull up onto the coffee table and let go & balance himself. Now he is having thoughts of taking a step...he sometimes just falls forward but that will all come in time. His 9 month appt. is right around the corner (he turns 9 months on the 24th but his appt. is June 1st) I can't wait to see his stats. He sure has grown allot to me!
Here is a little recap of the past few weeks
- Mother's day weekend was great! We went to a brunch on Sunday morning with Adam's mom/dad/brother & girlfriend and it was quite yummy. Adam took Eli out shopping for me and on Friday of Mother's Day weekend I was greeted with beautiful flowers, then Saturday a running watch and Sunday I got a really pretty beaded necklace & Willow figurine of a Husband/Wife/and baby which made me cry & I am not much of a cryer... My mom was so busy with school work (she goes to college which is amazing to me!) that we decided to celebrate together the next weekend. So that is what we ended up doing the following weekend and we went for mani's & pedi's together :)
- We had a family picnic in Long Island at my Uncle Hector's house. It was so nice to see my family, the trip from CT there was a bit interesting to say the least. Eli got carsick 2 times. The first time was gross and I thought "ok glad that is over....". At this point my car smells like puke and I am already wondering how I am going to get the car seat cleaned up of all this puke that is in every crevice so that I never have to smell it again.....My wishful thinking came to a screeching halt when we hit the traffic trying to get over the Throg's Neck Bridge in NY. Eli just started to get increasingly frustrated not to mention it was very sunny & hot. I ended up sitting in back with him while Adam was driving and wouldn't you know he puked again but 3 times the amount of the first time. UGH!!
This was by far a challenging parenting day for both Adam and I. I have to say we kept our cool as best as possible while cleaning a baby up on the side of the Cross Island Parkway in NY. Needless to say by the time we arrived at my uncle's house we were very late & on Eli's last outfit of the day. All we had left were clean PJ's to put on him.
Here are some pictures of trip, If you notice, Eli is in great spirits in all the pictures. He definitely was carsick because he was happy as could be once out of the car!
Below in the large group picture are both my uncle's from my Dad's side & my uncle's wife Annie at the top of the picture. My grandma & grandpa from my Dad's side on the rocking chairs and on the lower left is my sister Tammy, her husband Ed and my nephew Ben. And in the infant carrier is my brand new cousin Emmie (Emmerson) and my uncle's wife Jennifer. Not real sure what Eli is doing in this picture to be honest!
This weekend I plan on getting in a nice long run on the 1/2 marathon course & we have a family party that is local so no long driving trips for us or Eli getting car sick!
