Relay for Life 2010

On Saturday, we walked the Relay for Life as a part of the Teal Team in Mimi's memory. For those of you who don't know, Dave's mom (Mimi) passed away last June from ovarian cancer. Daddy was there for the whole Relay and Mommy could only spend a few hours there as she had to work all weekend. We squeezed in an hour with Eli before dropping him off for a sleepover with Mike, Sandy, and Sophia!

Eli, Mommy, and Daddy did a lap in our teal t-shirts. Teal is the color for Ovarian cancer.



The Teal Team had some handsome men!



Overall, between the two Teal Teams, Daddy thinks we raised over $5000 for the American Cancer Society!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Sophia!

We went to Sophia's Elmo party to celebrate her third birthday on Saturday. Eli loves Sophia and Elmo! He got to go in his first bounce house, meet Elmo, eat ice cream, and just run around and have fun.

Tell me this kid doesn't love Elmo!



He did some modeling for Daddy in the playhouse. Unfortunately, I don't know how to photoshop out runny noses.

The "Cheers with chalk" pose...



The "Hey, can I buy you a drink" pose.



The "Pucker Up!"



And at the end of the night, Eli sat down and had a beer with the guys!

What?

Am I not supposed to be in the box?



I was literally left the room for three minutes to feed the dog and give him some water. This is how I found Eli when I got back. I'm not quite sure how he managed it, but I am sure I will see this move in action soon!

Walking (and standing and waiting) and Talking

Mommy and Eli took a walk with Reggie after dinner. We stopped by Auntie Heather and Uncle Joe's house to say hi to Jacob and Jillian. Then, on the way home, someone was mowing the lawn of one of the houses we had to pass.

After Reggie tried to drag Mommy and Eli back up the hill, I got him to sit and had to stand there for about 10 minutes until the guy finished. Reggie wouldn't budge until it stopped! And to make it better, two guys were walking up the other side of the street and one was singing "I Would Walk 500 Miles" at the top of his lungs.

Ahhhhh...gotta love Green Street...

While we were standing there waiting for the evil lawn mower to stop so we could walk by without being eaten by it, Eli started pointing up at the sky and saying, "moon." Jacon and Jillian had been showing him the moon from their yard while we were there. He remembered and was actually pointing up at the moon.

He also started meowing at the kittens in "Goodnight, Moon." It was too cute. I love my little guy!

Utensils

We have been working on using a spoon and fork with Eli and tonight, I made fork progress (and food progress - I got him to eat mac & cheese)!

First, it was all fingers.



Then, you could see him thinking, "hmmm...I can put this thing in the bowl..."



"And if I stop hamming it up for the camera, I can scoop with it."



Then, the answer: "I can use this to shovel food into my mouth!"



Who knows what skill he will master tomorrow?? (I hope it is regaining the ability to lay still while having his diaper changed, but I am not holding out much hope.)

Striptease...

Here is how we found Eli when he woke up from a nap.



I guess he got bored...we let him talk in the crib for about a half an hour. He hasn't done this since, but I am waiting for the day he takes it all off...

But he was happy to see us, even though we left him there for 30 minutes. He loves to play with Daddy!

Ring around the Roseola?

I took Eli to the pediatrician today, after being up since 2:30 with him screaming. I was convinced he had an ear infection, with the fever the last few days and the screaming last night.

It's roseola, a virus that causes a fever, followed by a rash of red spots. I noticed the rash this morning, but it was so mild, I almost just thought it was from all the crying.

The crying is caused by teething...here come the molars (and there goes my sleep)!