A few of Eli’s favorite tasty things…

I’m beginning to wonder if Eli even has a sense of taste. No, seriously. He eats anything and everything, and it seems all things are created equal. I made homemade green bean and parsnip purees and they smelled so vegetable-y (insert grimace here) and even tasted just as potent. I fully expected Eli to clamp his mouth shut and/or spit it out, but he happily lunged at the spoon like usual. Unbelievable. I even had some fruit puree on standby, thinking I was going to have to doctor it up, but nope. If he wasn’t so obviously a little me I’d wonder if he’s really mine. I’m not a big veggie fan.**Baffled**.

Anyway, I gave him a piece of apple today which not only made him happy, but managed to entertain me for a good hour as well. He is so funny. I loved watching him scrape out the fleshy part with his 2 new toofers and look so proud of himself as he chipped away at it, slowly but surely.

Such a ham, munchin’ on his apple.

And don’t forget the sock chaser to cleanse the palate:

mmm, nothin’ like a tasty sock.

And dessert:

That would be the tassel to my hoodie in his mouth. When I was finally successful in getting him to relinquish his beloved new teether, I literally wrung it out and made a puddle on our couch (sorry honey, I didn’t realize just how soaked it really was. whoops) I’m not even lying. Now I smell like baby saliva .

So to recap what I’ve learned today:

1.) All foods (and inanimate objects) are created equal in the world of Eli.

2.) Hoodie tassels can hold 8 ounces of spit at one time.

3.) A parsnip looks like a carrot but is cream colored and is NOT a carrot gone bad (although based on the taste test I’m willing to contend this)

and lastly,

4.) I’m pretty sure my kid has consumed more carpet fuzz than my vacuum has in the past 4 years that I’ve had it. I sure hope his little digestive track can handle it all :/

That is all. Na night.

-Linds

A video of Eli on the move…

The other day I mentioned how Eli scoots backwards but doesn’t crawl, well here’s a video of Mr. Talented scooting forward—on his butt.

He’s on a mission…

Mission accomplished.

I think baby-proofing is in order…

-Linds

P.S I can see his second toofer coming in right next to the first one

A travel chair…

Well I hopped onto the Pinterest bandwagon just like everyone else. I tried to hold out as long as possible but peer pressure and sheer curiosity got the best of me . 
What I like best about it is when I stumble upon fun craft ideas, I just “pin” it and come back to it when I’m ready to start. No pressure, no commitment. Ha! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wracked my brain trying to remember where I saw a cute craft idea that I wanted to make, and the inevitable fist shaking in air when I can’t find it! Well not aaaaannyymooooorre .
I stumbled upon this little gem:

How cute is that??! You can find the easy peasy tutorial here. (She suggests using quilted fabric but that’s super expensive and typically comes only in old lady designs, so I just used my own fabric with some batting I had lying around instead). Oh how I wished I had something like this a few weeks ago when a couple friends of ours invited us over to dinner with Eli included. You should have seen my epic fail when I tried to fashion a high chair by propping him up on a pillow and straight jacketing him to the chair with his own blankie, (not my proudest moment). It was pretty comical for us adults but Eli was not having it. I even took a picture but then deleted it for fear of getting hate mail and being reported to DCFS for safety concerns . Anyways, now I can just tuck this puppy in my oversized purse (you know how I love convenience and “totability”), or leave it in my car for those unexpected lunch/dinner dates with people who don’t have a spare high chair lying around like my mom .
Here’s mine:

He humors me .

Here’s how it works:

You thread the strappy thing through the spokes on the chair, he sits on the mat part, then you pull the front part up through his legs, wrap the straps around and velcro in place. The last step is to fold down the excess over the velcro-ed straps in front. Once you’re all set, you watch your kamikaze son check it’s limits and give you a small heart attack, like so:

“Can it handle me doing thiiiisss…..”

***Obviously you should only have your bundle of mischief joy in this thing with you near by, and never ever,ever,ever,EVER leave him unattended while in it***

Yay for the adorable boy fabric, right?? Oh and here it is tucked into my purse:

I’m lovin’ it.
Alrighty, that’s all for now. Later gator.
-Linds

What the…?

New fashion trend, buddy? “Yeah mom, all the cool babies wear their shirts like this.”

So there you have it.

Hey if you got the guns, flaunt’em right? Ha ha. Crazy kid. He never fails to entertain me .

-Linds

A scooter on the loose…

Does backwards scooting count as crawling?? Because he no longer stays where I put him. Yesterday he pushed up onto his knees and rocked a bit but then resumed the planking position like usual. But when I leave the room and come right back, he’s at least 5 feet from where I left him! Like here for example. He has a nice little setup with my “C” maternity pillow around his play mat but he found the opening and this is where I find him 5 seconds later:

And where exactly do you think you’re going young man?? Look at that sh** eating grin. He cracks me up!

Pray for me.

-Linds

One can NEVER have too many drool bibs…

Amirite?!? Sweet baby Jesus there has been copious amounts of baby drool around these parts. Grandma constantly tells me the kid needs a bib because he’s soaked, but I always hesitated because I didn’t want to cover up the cute onesie underneath :/ So that got me thinkin’, I should put the cute onesie designs on the bib so what’s under the bib doesn’t matter. Simple drool bibs are super easy to make so I started a few yesterday while Eli napped and today made some more because he was down for THREE hours! He hasn’t done that since he was a newborn. I have TONS of ideas floating through my head. The options are endless. Of course all my ideas are for girl bibs. I need to have a baby girl asap….or Steph does.
So my little muse wearing one of his bibs today:

All smiles after his 3 hour nap.

Ok gotta run. Auntie Stephie and Uncle Pibe are home from their mini vacation to New York so we wanna go say hi.

Toodles!

-Linds

We have a toofer in the Hiz-ouse!

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, Eli cut his first tooth! It took 7 months and 17 days . The past couple of days I’ve seen what I thought were little white lines on his lower gums so I figured any day now (but who am I kidding? I’ve thought this for months!) Sure enough, I stuck my finger in there to feel for myself after daddy claimed he felt it and I squeeled! On his right lower gum I felt the ridges of that first tooth. I’m so proud. I think #2 is right around the corner since I can see a white line next to it as well.

That explains the rosy chapped cheeks and all that slobber.

The best part was Daddy had come upstairs for a study break when I mentioned seeing the white lines so he checks and confirms the toofer and I totally thought he was just pulling my leg. So my point is we got to share this “first” all together as a fam. Together now, “awwwww!”

Here the big guy is celebrating with mom and dad:

Believe me, I tried desperately to get a gummy grin for you all so you can see it but this was the best I could get

Just wanted to share our good news, na night.

-Linds