At Home With The Blaisses

Joel and I lost a good friend today. At 5:30 this morning, our friend Shelly Jones lost her battle with Crohn's Disease. She left behind a wonderful husband and beautiful 8 month old baby girl - Ella Shoshanah (many of you have seen her birth announcement on my fridge).

I am completely in shock that this has happened, despite the fact that I felt it in my heart for the past few days.

If you feel it in your heart, a collection has been started by all of her friends on TheBump.com (which is how I met her). Please visit Shelly's Support Team

Here are a few pics of Shelly that I have....

Eli has developed such a little personality in the last few weeks! He loves to coo at people, and especially his best friends - "Mr. Octopus" (on his Baby Einstein playmat) and "Monkey & Parrot" (on his bouncy seat). Here are a few of the silly faces he enjoys making...there is also a video of the first time I caught his smile on film, and a few stills from the video. Enjoy!

This post is a little (okay, a lot) behind - sorry! Eli has certainly "woken up" in the last few weeks, so it's been a little hard to find time to share him with everyone. Here is Eli's official 2 month (and 1 day - I'm always late) picture and stats (from 11/5):

Yesterday, Eli took his first trip to visit his Uncle Adam, Aunt Carly, and cousin Shane at their house in Alpharetta. Shane was NOT happy to share his mommy with Eli, but he had a good time checking him out and helping Carly burp the baby. Here's a short little video of the experience....

Here are a couple of photos as well...




She certainly can juggle!!!

Within the last few days, Eli has started to actually enjoy being on the floor playing with his Baby Einstein gym. Although his movements aren't quite purposeful yet, he still reacts when he manages to hit something with his hands! Please enjoy the videos - most are from the day he turned 7 weeks old!

I had a little fun with the video camera at our big Shabbos dinner while Eli and I were in Florida. I thought it would be fun to document the moment....here's a little clip!

Last week, on October 13th, Eli and I ventured to Florida to meet the new Kauffman babies and help welcome them into the family. At just under 6 weeks old, Eli was a fantastic flying companion! He received tons of praise from airport personnel and other passengers - I'm such a proud mommy! Here is a short clip of Eli waiting to board his first airplane ride!