Watch out Arizona here I come!!!!

Yesterday i decided to see if Eli's swim shirt and bathing suit fits. We are going to AZ soon for Brandt's work. I thought he wouldn't be a fan of the fashion show, but clearly he had a great time!! I am hoping this is a preview of how much he will like playing in the pool.

Eli has certainly been all smiles lately. It has been a blast. He has learned to follow me when he is sitting in his high chair and he just smiles and laughs the whole time. Finally we have found a food he does not enjoy... green beans. He actually gags, coughs and shakes when i give them to him. Brandt is extremely proud that Eli shares in his hatred for them. I make all of his food, so maybe they just taste a little too healthy. He continues to find his voice, very loudly! It has become my favorite sound! We are working on mama but he just thinks its very silly whenever i say it. Getting closer and closer to sitting up all on his own though! Last week i took him to go get weighed and he was 16 pounds 4 ounces.

This weekend is Greek Intervarsity's Student Conference. Crazy to look back to last year this time I was about 7 weeks pregnant with Eli. So technically this will be his second time at conference! I am deeply looking forward to not being pregnant, constantly looking for food/ looking for the bathroom!!!!

5 Months and growing

This Sunday marked Elias being 20weeks old... 5 months already! Every day i am amazed how much i see him change and grow. He now has found his feet and is OBSESSED!! He is getting close to taking his own socks off so he can chew on his tootsies. He has also become extremely vocal, loves to talk to you and make sure everyone in the room knows that he is there! He is still sleeping about 12-13 hours a night (recently been waking up around 5 am because of teething, but we're working on it), and taking about 3 naps a day. Eli has continued to love his food...pears, sweet potatoes, peas, applesauce, prunes, carrots, rice cereal, butternut squash, and coming soon to his diet... green beans. He is working on sitting up on his own, getting very close, but not quite there yet. For a while he could only roll over from back to stomach, but now he finally figured out how to roll over from his stomach to his back. Amos (our dog) has become a very exciting companion for Eli lately!! Lucky for Amos, Eli can't get to him with out my help, but once Eli learns to move around and grab Amos the way he has learned to grab my hair... i will feel so bad for him. He has no idea what's coming.

Brandt and I are starting to try to get better about date nights. Since i do work a little it's still hard to me to leave Eli for non-work related events, but the time alone with just my hubby is wonderful. The other night when we were out we both looked at each other and said "i can't even remember life with out Eli". Funny how quickly life can change!