It's been a very busy month (well, 2) at Casa de Blaiss.
Eli started crawling at 8-1/2 months, and he hasn't looked back! About 3 weeks after that he started pull to stand. He can now successfully take a few steps while holding someone's hands, and he is testing his balance by reaching for things and bending. I can't believe the things he can do! While we were on our cruise, he learned to go up stairs, too!
Here is Eli's 9 month picture, as well....
My how time flies! Our sweet boy is getting old so fast.....2/3 of a year gone by already!
We officially celebrated our first Mother's Day as a family of three. I usually dread any kind of day that is about me because I'm afraid of disappointment. At any rate, THIS day was perfect!
I woke up in the morning to a happy little boy, a cute card, and a perfect little gift - one of these birthstone kids (in Sapphire)! It was perfect!
Joel came up with the idea to go to the GA Renaissance Festival - I didn't even know it was even time for that yet. Shows you how much I pay attention to things! It was an absolutely gorgeous day with my absolutely gorgeous family! I couldn't have asked for anything better! Below are some pics from the day.
Enjoy this video of Eli's 6th swimming lesson - still a total of less than 60 minutes in the pool and he is doing AWESOME!!!
Today was an interesting day with Eli....during breakfast, I was being brave and decided not to put a bib on him......BIG mistake! It probably wasn't too bright to feed him prunes and cereal when he is on this big "I can feed myself" kick!
Despite being a big mess and needing a bath, he did a great job! I gave him a spoon to *try* to keep his hands occupied, but he decided that he was going to use it to "help" me feed him. I noticed he was "dipping" his spoon on the tray and putting it into his mouth over and over, so I showed him how to do it in the bowl of cereal....and he did it! What a smart boy!
After a bath and a nap, we went downstairs to play. I don't know if he practicing to be a stand-up comic, but he was so funny this afternoon that I just had to share! I hope this puts a smile on your face like it did for us!
Eli decided that now that he can pick up some foods on his own, he no longer wants to be fed by spoon. We haven't quite given him the go-ahead to use a spoon himself (I see lots of food on the floor if we do that!), but we are now letting him feed himself - including purees!
Enjoy!
