Temporary Confinement

What do you do when you need to get ready for church, your child doesn't want to play on his own, and he won't take a nap? Find an empty laundry basket, of course! It worked for us this morning :) Eli seemed to enjoy his temporary jail cell, especially when Mommy or Daddy zoomed him down the hallway. Plus, it gave me about 5 minutes to do my hair before he decided he was ready for his Get Out of Jail Free card :)

Playing on the Big Bed

Eli loves our bed! I put him on it last night to undress him for his bath and he started rolling all around playing on the pillows and the sheets. You know I couldn't pass up such a cute photo op :)

First Tooth

No pictures yet, but I wanted to let the blog world know that Eli has his first tooth. I found it last night when I was giving him his bath. My little boy is growing up way too fast! No wonder he's been chewing on anything and everything lately!

Exersaucer Laughs

Eli was in his exersaucer yesterday afternoon and I started playing a game where I would "sneak up" on him and stomp my feet really loud. By the time we finished our game, my head was hurting because I was laughing and smiling so much! The laughter of a baby is so contagious! I LOVE IT!

Bright Eyes

Eli and I had to go to the tire store the other day because somehow my new car managed to get a flat...how convenient! He was in the best mood while we were waiting though so it wasn't that bad! I pulled out my camera, since I always keep it with me, and this is the face I immediately got from him. Another lady there saw Eli's reaction to the camera and made the comment that he certainly knew what a camera was. Most definitely! He's had one in his face since birth :)
Have I mentioned lately just how much I LOVE being a Mommy? It's one of the greatest blessings I've ever been given!

Talking to his new friend at the tire store.

Eli Tastes Applesauce

When we took Eli for his 4 month well visit, Dr. Russ mentioned that if we wanted to, we could start introducing some baby foods to Eli. She gave us a list of foods to try-bananas, applesauce, peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes to name a few. Ever since that visit, Eli has been getting rice cereal once every day. Last Thursday, I decided to try giving Eli some oatmeal for the first time and he LOVED it! I couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough! He's already working on lowering his cholesterol :) He was doing so well on the oatmeal that I thought he might be ready to try a fruit. I was going to give him bananas first, but I was a little nervous about this. When Josh eats bananas his chest tightens up really bad. We told Dr. Russ this and she said that bananas weren't a normal trigger food, but to definitely watch Eli for signs of an allergic reaction once we introduced it to him. I decided to fore go any chance of an allergic reaction and gave him the second food on the list instead...applesauce.

I found the smallest container of Gerber applesauce and mixed it with some rice cereal in a bowl. As you can tell from the pictures and video below, Eli is not too fond of applesauce just yet! He made so many faces that it was hard for me to feed him because I was laughing so hard at him. I was laughing so hard I was crying at one point. Poor thing! He was probably thinking, "What is my Mommy doing to me? What is this stuff?"

I read on the back of the oatmeal box that sometimes it takes 11 tries before a child actually develops a taste for a certain food. So far we've tried applesauce 2 times, I guess that means we have 9 more to go before he acquires a taste for it. I've decided to postpone any more baby food until he gets a little older. I've actually read that some people suggest waiting until the baby is 6 months old before starting baby food. I'm going to give him a couple of weeks on just oatmeal and then I'll start with the baby food again. It's going to get really messy around here pretty soon!

What is this stuff?

Eww! What are you feeding me, lady?

I gotta get out of this chair. Someone...please...help me!

Attempt to escape failed...she keeps putting this stuff in my mouth. What is she thinking?

Whew! Thank goodness! She just told me I don't have to eat anymore. Now, THAT'S something to smile about, Mommy!

Sleeping on the Job

Warning to all Future Babysitters: Have Nanny Cam. Sleepers Will Be Caught! :)

(Hope you and Eli had fun, Zue-Zue!)