More pictures

I'll have to try to get a video of this (I think my digi camera lets me take some video). But Eli lovessssss hiding under blankets. He'll pull the blanket over his face, then kick his arms and legs like crazy, then rip the blanket off.

He's a goofy child.

Monday morning

Eli sleeping on Dad. What an exhusting Sunday!

What am I supposed to do in this thing again?

Look at that smile!

Nom nom

According to my careful calculations Eli is 23 weeks old woo! (I just had to sit and count because I lost track, so next sunday he'll be 6 months yay!)



Sleeping is still very inconsistant. He has good nights and bad nights. I'm not sure why. He did good all weekend, but now he's back at home with the neices during the day. So we'll see how he does tonight. I think they over excite him during the day and it makes him cranky at night.



I took lots of pictures this weekend, sooo I'm going to post those since I don't have much else to write about. (come on Eli, do something exciting!)

YAY

We put Eli down about 8:15 last night. He slept like a champ, all the way until about 1 am. Then he wokeup and ate 4 oz. Then slept again nice and solid until 6:15. What a relief. He was on his belly all night too, so he's very easily rolling over now. Which is nice. And I watched him roll from belly to front when he had woke up at 1. Finallllyy a good nights rest. Even though I'm a worry wort and am scared he'll suffocate. But hey back when I was a baby the advice was to always have them on their bellies!

Well there is my new hair :-D The picture doesn't do it justice. I really like it. It just feels a lot better. And I lost less this morning when I was taking a shower which is good!

Other good news! Eli rolled over yesterday woo! I brought him home from poppop's and Eli was on the floor playing when pretty soon he rolled right over and got into the crawling stance. Then last night, I woke up at 4:17 (amazingly he had not been awake at all!) and he was on his belly. Of course it freaked me out but there was NO WAY I was going to wake him up and flip him over. So instead I laid in bed and used my mind powers to make him wake up on his own. ;P haha. No literally 20 min later he woke up. Soo I fed him and put him in bed and still couldn't fall back asleep. My body is so used to 6 hours of sleep that that's all it seems to need anymore. Which is sad. I miss my 8 hours.

We also had our first completely messy blow out poopy diaper last night. He was sitting in his bumbo chair (THANKS AMBER) and I went to take him out and saw poo on the chair. Im like uhoh! It was nasty. I guess from eating solids. He's been eating solids for lunch time.

Alright well that is all for now! :-D

Exhusted

Eli's being a stinker and not sleeping good :( He wants to roll over so bad and it seems like every waking moment he has at night is spent trying to roll over. He's pretty much exclusively sleeping on his side now. He can't get himself all the way over though.. so every 2 hours he's awake at night being frustrated. I try putting him on his back but he just goes back to his side and trying to roll over. I've tried putting him on his belly but that just ticks him off. I don't know what to do. All I know is it's getting *really* old not sleeping.



But on a happy note..last night Eli decided to attack me.. in the cutest most awarding moment I've had yet ;) I play 'kissy monster' and smooch his face all over and go nom nom nom. It's fun. Well last night he decided it was MY turn to get the kissy monster. He kept opening his mouth up wide and slobbering all over my face. Then he had ahold of my hair on both sides and would give me a hug.. then slobber all over me some more. I laughed so hard.



Well I'm going at noon to get my hair cut. Hopefully the lady can do SOMETHING to make it not be so plain. My hair is still falling out. (I am hoping just post partum falling out). Soo it's really thin right now and I hate it :( I might have her just shave me bald and give me a wig.

Long Day

Wow it's been a long day. Eli was up at 4:45, then 5:45, then 7 oclock ready to start the day! He took good naps though which was nice. And he's been eating like a hog today! (Just bottles, and 2 with oatmeal in them). Still haven't heard him say ba again. Oh well. I've read that boys will usually walk before girls, but girls will usually talk before boys.

All I know is that he's a very active little kiddo and wants to be entertained constantly while he's awake. He actually played on the floor with his sesame street gym for awhile which was nice! (See pics above). Those are old pictures (well maybe a month and a half old and apparently when we were in a cold snap because he's wearing long sleeves!!!!) I got that thing at a yardsale for I think 2 or 3 dollars. I figured theres no way he'll like this, it doesnt light up or make noise or do anything interesting! But he's always liked it since the day I brought it home. I guess something has to be said for toys that use some imagination ;)

OKAY well I'm off to bed. Might as well.

Some more pictures

Eli love his stationary bouncer thing. It's not really bounceable I think :P I'd like to get a jumperoo or something. His favorite thing is trying to fit that big rattle thing into his mouth.

Eli being folded like an accordian. ;) He's getting the hang of sitting. Tonight Ed and I had to go to the chiro and the secretary (who's the nicest lady and always holds Eli while I'm in there) said why don't you let the chiro look at him. Well, he's been mega fussy the past few days and I figured, what could it hurt. The chiro lady (Dr Nikki) is great. She has 3 kids and is a body builder. They dont do the normal 'crack' your back thing. They use a lil puncher thing and a lot of touching of reflexed. Anyway she just stretched his legs a lil. She turned him on his belly and held his knees together and stretched his legs a lil more after touching a few spots on his head. Then she pushed his buttcheeks together. Then she took him, hands under his arm pits, thumbs against his spine and just kinda swooped him down then back up twice. She said that's something you can do anytime.. that you'll hear popping but it's just fluid between the spine. She said when your more comfy with things you can also pick them up by their feet and let them hang upside down. She said their first instinct will be to hold their arms out wide..and that helps stretch them all out and align their spine just right. She explained things really well and I can't recall it all right now, but it made a lot of sense. AND SURE Kids have gone hundreds of years without chiropractic care ;) But if it helps him be a lil less fussy I'm all for it! His one leg was a lil crooked. She said we can turn him over and squeeze his buttcheeks together and look for the length in his legs ourselves. She said mainly you'll see problems if the kid has a fall. BUT anyway it was an interesting experience. I'll probably take him everytime I go so she can check him out :-D