raspberries

I'm terribly sorry that I have neglected my avid readers! I have hardly sat down in the past couple of days! I was just joking about the whole "single mom" thing, but now I'm serious!! Although we sleep in the same bed every night, we haven't had a real conversation in quite awhile. I'll head out to the race tomorrow, a friend is going to watch Eli for the day.

Things are going great with the new sitter, Cheryl. She is sooooo sweet and nice. She loves Eli a lot, too. Every day when I pick him up she tells me what a good baby she is and how lucky she is to watch him. She accidentally started calling herself "grandma" to him but I told her I didn't mind! Hope his real grandmas don't mind either. He's always in a very good mood when I pick him up, too, which definitely says something!

Today Eli and I took a walk around the neighborhood. I wanted to use the stroller in the normal way where he faces forward, not by connecting the car seat to the stroller like usual-Just so he could look at what was in front of him. It worked great! The only problem was the sun. I was afraid he would get burnt, and he definitely does not like the sun in his eyes! Here are some pictures that I took, after the walk. Don't worry I strapped him in when we were actually walking!! Sorry I overdid it, I couldn't pick just one!! The expressions are priceless.

You'll notice that Eli's chin appears to be shiny in every picture--he is drooling excessively from the teething. He's having such a rough time!! I was in tears the other night because he was just in so much pain...hopefully those teeth come through soon!

Eli's new favorite "trick" is blowing raspberries. For awhile now I have been doing it to him, because it makes him laugh so much. Now he does it too!!