Our Life with Eli

6/20/10

Gerber is having a contest to get some new faces for their ads.  There are several prizes, including a $25,000 college fund and your baby's pic in the new gerber ads.  The public can vote on the pictures and there is one winner from each group (infant, toddler, etc.) each month and then a panel of gerber people pick the baby for the ads.  Of course I had to enter a picture of Eli.  I have to submit one picture a month for the next 6 months to increase our chances of winning.  It only took a couple evenings with the camera stuck to my face before I got the money shot.  Voting starts July 3rd and I would appreciate all the votes you can get in.  Here is the picture we decided to send in for this month . . . ladies and gents the new Gerber baby:

This picture was a close second and definitely had Chris' vote, but I decided against it:

6/4/10

Eli now has 5 teeth.  He cut 3 of those 5 in the last week.  He had his two front bottom teeth.  He cut his top left front at my parents house on Sunday, he cut his top right front at home on Thursday, and he cut his right canine tooth today (Friday).  Whew . . . glad to be off that roller coster!  Hopefully for a couple days . . . please?  We are all caught up on his shots and we got the thumbs up to turn his car seat around to face the front.  He is on whole milk and solid foods for the most part.  We are waiting for the top fronts to come in a little more before we give him stuff that might be harder to chew (i.e. raw apple).  He is addicted to yogurt melts and I do not look forward to the day we decide to have an intervention.  He can identify his cheek, ear, belly, foot, and booty.  If you ask him to bring you a book he will go get you one of his board books for you to read to him (he also sits and reads to himself).  He has a stuffed pig that he will run and jump on if you tell him to get the pig.  He will hold up one finger if you ask him how old he is, unfortunately it is the middle finger most of the time . . . yes, I laugh at him.  He loves to push his cars around on the floor while he makes the vrrooooomm sound :)  Eli is now walking!  He has been for a little over a month.  Sometimes he runs, and sometimes he rides!

He sits down for the extreme riding . . . over the bump!


Nice shirt dude!  It says Beach Patrol . . . shows off his muscles.


Wind in the hair face:


Dude, check out my ride:

6/4/10

I had a great mother's day.  Chris got up with the kiddo and let me sleep in.  He also dressed him in matching clothes . . . bonus.

I got a coffee cup, a card, a bike seat and a helmet for Eli from Chris and Eli.



I also got a nice plant basket from my parents.  I replanted each plant in a separate pot in an effort to replenish my house plants since I had to leave them all in Alaska.  (One prayer plant not shown)


Here are a couple of my favorite goofy Eli pics . . . a second too late or too soon.