It's been too long!

Sorry everyone. It has been forever since I have updated you on Eli and the Booram Family. We are still alive... don't fear!

Arizona was a blast! He LOVED the water and the sun. He was an amazing baby and took lots of naps in his stroller so i could get some R&R by the pool! The next weekend we got back, we headed up to chicago to visit with Katie, Tyson and TJ (and we got to sneak in some visits with some other friends who live downtown chicago as well)!! It was such a good time to be with them, see their life, church and house. Ironic timing since they are moving soon, so we were very glad to get up there and get some good time in with them!

Well geesh, Eli will be 7 months on the 13th of April. At his 6 month appointment he weighed 19 pounds and 3 ounces and was 23.5 inches long! He is getting so big. This weekend we will be buying him a new car seat already. I will greatly miss just carting him around in his infant car seat as apposed to strapping him in and unstrapping him every time we run errands.

He is crawling for the most part now! He gets up on all fours and and lunges forward (every once and a while he will take a little "step" forward). I am secretly hoping he doesn't get too good at it until we move in june so i don't have to baby proof our whole place and then move. Yuck! Chances are though, knowing our baby, he will be crawling like mad in a couple weeks!

He still eats just about anything like a champ! We are now slowly introducing him into real solid foods like bananas. Those are all we have tried. I cut them up VERY little and he is greatly monitored while consuming them. :) He has also tried puffs which is is favorite snack (with his sippy cup of course)!!! He is so close to picking them up and putting them in his mouth by himself!

ELI'S FAVORITE THINGS TO DO:
- Making raspberries with his mouth (spit goes everywhere)
- Playing with Amos and Layla, mainly him pulling their hair
- Rolling everywhere on the floor
- Eating of Course!!!
- Bouncing in his Exersaucer (sometimes i am little nervous he is going to break it)

Eli has recently been diagnosed with hydronephrosis (enlarged kidneys). We found out his kidneys were a little swollen when he was born, and we recently did a follow up ultra sound and they had seemed to have gotten a little worse. So we have been referred to a pediatric urologist at Riley. Eli will have 2 more test done on wednesday and then we will meet with the doctor. While the first ultra sound showed the severity to still be very low, we need to keep an eye on them as he gets older. I am greatly dreading his test on wednesday. One of them he has to have a catheter and the nurse told me that normally the kiddos just cry themselves to sleep. Luckily he will have no long term emotional scaring, however i can not guarantee i will not! : /If you think about it, keep us in your prayers!