Hi!

Absence Explained

DC to LA to DC to MI to DC to MI to DC in the last eleven days. Add into the mix a funeral and an unexpectedly leaving mother-in-law. So no pictures. But Eli is actually doing a lot of cool stuff right now. If you hold his hands he will pull himself up into a standing position; when laying on his stomach he can hold his head up at a 45 degree angle and roll himself onto his back; if you hold him above your head he will put his legs back into the superman position; and for awhile now he's been smiling like crazy.

Yeah! Nanna's Here!

We're so lucky that my mom is here for the next few weeks to help out with Eli. Thanks to my sister for finding alternate childcare for my niece while mom's here. It's been great having her around especially since Jon's in LA for our friend Lewis' 30th birthday. Happy birthday Lewis!

Loverboy

Renee's update: Here's the story...
At our baby shower thrown by our friends Helena (& Jaime) and MoGo, guests were asked to leave us notes written on diapers for our enjoyment later. Boy did I enjoy this one after Eli had a major diaper blow out in my lap! Thank you to whoever wrote this one, it made the poop explosion that much funnier.

My update: There's only one person who could have left this diaper comment. Dan Rubin, who knows how much I love to work for the weekend.

Best Movie of 2008!

The long lost hospital room videos have been recovered.



You can see Renee was pretty alert and awake still at this point.



You can see the frustration is starting to build here.



Here, Renee is both tired and drugged up.



A baby!



As you can see, the whole process was pretty tough on dad.