Sunday Afternoon, Without Baby

Last Weekend

Last weekend was very eventful...











My sister and my niece came to visit. Eli loved having another little kid in the house and Riley loves her little cousin. Anne was nice enough to watch both kids so we could go to the movies!












We had some friends over to celebrate Eli's 1/2 birthday. The party was really just an excuse to see a lot of our friends that we haven't gotten to see much over the last 6 months. As you can see, Eli was the life of the party. He loves having lots of people around.

Eli also took his first Metro ride on our way to the Zoo. Eli slept for most of the trip but the rest of us had fun. We even got to see the pandas eating breakfast.

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

This was actually Eli's second game, but the first time his parents remembered to bring a camera.

Cousins

Balmer

Picture from flickr user Spike55151 under a creative commons license.

This family needs a vacation, but it ain't in the cards so we did the next best thing and took a road trip up to the Charm City. I have no idea how Baltimore got its nickname, but it is safe to say that we did have a charming time. First stop was brunch at a cool diner. Next up was browsing the many used furniture stores and hipster boutiques of Hampden. The high point for me was visiting Atomic Books, a place I had heard a lot about and which lived up to expectations. On the way out of town we picked up a pie from some kind of punk rock pie shop, which was excellent. All of this was only an hour away!

We forgot the camera, but trust me - Eli was very cute the entire time. So there you go, our first family road trip. Eli turns six months old a week from today, so hopefully I'll get around to taking some more pictures of him soon.

Eli's (almost) 6 Month Well Baby Visit

Eli had his 6 month check up on Friday and things went pretty smoothly. He continues to be the 50th percentile in height, weight and head size. He's now 16 lbs 11 oz and 25 1/2 inches long. The Doc thinks he'll probably start crawling soon based on how active he was on the table. Eli has now discovered a new favorite thing, the paper that covers the examine table.

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