Eli got some Christmas cash and because he just LOVES jumping in your lap when holding him, mommy made the judgment call to get him an activity jumper (Thanks Grandpa Don!) It’s got everything a little almost-6-month old could possibly want, except, I suppose a boob with milk in it . He loves it. Oh and I couldn’t pass these puppies up when I saw them:
Monday, December 26, 2011
Eli had a wonderful first Christmas…
Eli got some Christmas cash and because he just LOVES jumping in your lap when holding him, mommy made the judgment call to get him an activity jumper (Thanks Grandpa Don!) It’s got everything a little almost-6-month old could possibly want, except, I suppose a boob with milk in it . He loves it. Oh and I couldn’t pass these puppies up when I saw them:
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Eli’s first “official” big boy food: Sweet potatoes. This one’s for you mom :)
Heeeee did! He insisted on feeding himself though, so needless to say, his dinner ended with a bath. I didn’t realize what a messy process big boy food is! Yikes. Take a look at this kid:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Eli rolled over for Momma!
Here’s another video of my little wiggle worm, aka “kamikazi”:
They really have no fear at his age do they? Ha ha. Love that face
Ok, daddy is off to a work dinner so Eli and I are crashin’ gramma’s place for some grub. Toodles!
-Linds
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
We’ve got a mover and a shaker on the loose!
Here’s a recent video of Eli in his walker while at grandma’s. Sorry about the poor quality, it was on my phone:
-Linds
Monday, December 19, 2011
A sign and a present…
I like to think that this now gives me the right to give a nice tongue lashing to anyone who disregards this sign and rings the bell anyways but who am I kidding? I don’t have the balls to do that :/ I’m not Uncle Pibe.
As I was about to head home, Leslie tells me she made ME something. For real??! She is a big scrap booker and made me an Eli book! I was so touched by how much time and effort she clearly put into this thing. It chronicle's my week by week belly pics all the way through the delivery. Here are some pics to highlight the detail and thought that went into it:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Baby needs a new pair of shoes!…er, boots I mean…
So what do you think? Is he stylin’ or what?
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
We declared an emergency in the Scicluna household today.
Ummmm, not exactly. THIS is more likely the reason for the fussin’:
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
A “fold and go bib”
I used terry cloth on the inside to be more absorbent and also used my own measurements, but no doubt, the idea came from this tutorial. How super cute, huh?!
Here is mine:
Friday, December 9, 2011
…Aaaand I’ve created a monster!
Gone are the days where I could take Eli out to dinner with us and he’d sleep through the whole thing. Now he wants out of his seater (which isn’t the end of the world) AND he wants everything on my dinner plate! Yikes! He is enthralled by me eating and has been grasping at any food within his 3 inch arm span. I once again let him have some of my potato at dinner and he gobbled it like I hadn’t fed him in weeks. He’s pretty dramatic. He’d fuss at me when I passed him up to put food in my own mouth and gave me the stink eye when I drank my water—literally stared me down, with his neck all contorted as he sat in my lap, until I put my water glass down and grabbed more tator for him. I think he’s telling me he’s ready for big boy food in more substantial quantities…
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Mmmm. Sweet potatoes!
Well anywho, the point of all this is that very recently he seems so ready to eat big boy foods. He stares at me while I eat, watching the food go from
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Eli’s buddy Mason is finally here!!
Friday, December 2, 2011
My baby is FIVE months old!
Likes: Still loving swim class and his carseat, putting anything and everything in his mouth, smiling, being around people, sucking/playing with his toes and watching the t.v (not that I put it on for him but if it’s on and he’s in the same room, he’ll strain his neck to get a peak and then just stare in awe for a while. I better start making sure it’s “baby friendly” stuff on the boob tube from now on.)
Dislikes: Being overtired and momma missing the “signs” (he starts to get more “vocal” and his little eyes get red rimmed). Other than that, no growth spurts this month so he’s been a happy camper for the most part. There still isn’t a whole lot that he doesn’t like.
Feeding: Not much has changed in this category since last month. I did however, bust out the making-your-own-baby-food book my friend Nicole got me when Eli was born and I’m pretty excited to try new foods for him next month. I plan to make my own and freeze them. We shall see how that goes next month. Right now, lovin’ how low maintenance he is…immensely. I have pulled out the spoons, freezer trays for the food, and the baby blender in anticipation though…
Sleeping: Again, no real change here either. We’re pretty set in our routine in the sleeping department. I’ll keep you posted the next month or two on whether he sleeps through that early morning feeding once he takes solids. He still goes down at 7pm, wakes up between 4-6am to eat and goes right back down then finally wakes up for the day between 8-9am.
Milestones: Still no rolling over independently, although if I give him a small shove, he rolls over easily. Not sure what he’s waiting for on that one. He has scooted and turned around in a complete circle before, just no rolling involved to do it. Ha ha. Also, now if I hold something out to him, he actively grabs at it instead of making me put it in his hands.
Speaking of those hands, sheesh, they sure did make this month’s photoshoot difficult! Golly, he kept picking at the sticker and playing with everything in sight and not looking at the camera. I gave Auntie Stephie the instructions to strip him down and put a onesie on while I gathered our “props” and I found this little lovely on the camera: