eli boy

eli is sooo giggly right now! he thinks everything we say and do is hilarious. he's such a sweetheart, and so easy. he will stroll for miles! the past few days he sat in the stroller while ivy played at the park, then we strolled to lunch, all during lunch, and on and on. i mean like hours! when your first child hated the sight of a stroller/car seat/anything inhibiting, you seriously appreciate it. he also gives the best hugs, putting his chubby hands around our necks and holding tight. he sits up on his own, and enjoys playing with anything ivy brings him. ivy has mastered "the trade". she knows not to take a toy away from him, and that she needs to give him something else if she wants what he has. so she'll swap toys with him and say "oh thank you! mom - eli sharing with me!" really she's just taking advantage of the fact that he has no idea what's goin on. she's a clever one! she loves to hold him, tell him to hush, tell him he's so silly, play peek-a-boo which cracks him up, ask him "eli boy, what so funny about?" haha. he goes with it. her, me, us, strolls, car rides, whatever.  i just love him. he's in such a fun stage right now. not a fragile newborn, not yet a toddler... just perfectly in between.

happy 7 months! (a couple weeks late)