Lucky In Love: 41 & 42 weeks

Eli 41 & 42 weeks

So I have been thinking about how being a mom has changed my life,.. and most of the changes have been for the better - Eli has made me see the small joys in life, he has made me more responsible, I see God's glory and God's love through him, he has made me understand my purpose in life more,... and honestly the list could go on and on,.. but, some not so great (mostly selfish) like much less sleep, less money, less personal time, going out of town is an EVENT - it seriously use to take me 15 minutes to pack, now it take upwards of 2 hours.

But some of the changes are kinda hilarious and I never really thought about post babe...

For instance:

... It takes at least 3 different times to complete a movie

... I find myself peeling and halfing grapes for a little buddy who throws 1/3 of them on the ground

... I am usually the last one to eat (if you know me, there is irony there)

... I always have food, drool, snot or some combination of the three on some part of my clothing.

But seriously - it is awesome. You know how people say when I'm having a bad day I come home and my dog loves me no matter what? Those people are missing out,... because you don't know unconditional love until you go pick up your baby after being separated for even just an hour. That smile, like "oh there you are! I have been waiting for you!" Melts. Your. Heart. Anyway, have babies people.

Teeth - We have those 4 on the top, 2 on the bottom and it looks like 2 more are coming in on the bottom. Here is a teething schedule FYI :)

Yo Gabba what? - We have a new favorite TV show people!! And Eli likes it too!! No really, I seriously enjoy Yo Gabba Gabba. This show teaches great morals (ex. "There's a party in my tummy and the carrots want to go to the party in my tummy" - you can't get any better than that). Eli loves the music and I love that they have random guest stars... ex: Jimmy Eats World, Jack Black, Metta World Peace, Weird Al, Elijah Wood, Tony Hawk... anyway it is a fun show, and Eli LOVES it! My favorite character is Brobee

Words and sounds - I would like to add a new word to Eli's list, but my mom is questioning my credibility... But to ME it sounded like Eli said "banana" when I was feeding him a banana.... believe it or not..... But seriously my baby said banana.

By the way - I love Eli's personality. He is so outgoing and friendly. And funny. Whenever we go out, he says "hey" to everyone and points at them or waves. People eat it up too, because it's pretty much adorable.

Also, I am addicted to the way Eli smells. If I could bottle his odor (not the stinky diaper one) I would. When he is asleep, I like to just cuddle with him and soak that smell in. I know his smell will change, one day it will be that of a pre-pubescent BO boy, then it will be a cologne covered man....

Milestones - Drum roll please..... Eli has started clapping!! We were at my brother James's basketball game and everyone was clapping for the teams and ta-da! Eli started clapping!

Also, while we were in St. Augustine, I bought Eli an apple juice drink box. First I was squeezing the juice up the straw, then he started sucking on the straw himself! So proud. (Ok - just a side note - thank you for reading my blog... I know this is not the most exciting stuff here... )

Eli helping with the laundry:

What's New - When it gets closer to bedtime, Eli gets really cuddly. Whenever he lays his head on our chest we would say "sweet baby"... well now if we say show daddy sweet baby, he lays his head on our chest! SUPER adorable.

St. Augustine - Last weekend we went out to St. Augustine. While we were there we visited Chris's sister Liz at UNF, saw friends, and Chris's parents came up for the day, and his grandparents met Eli for the first time.