Flower child

Eli turns 6 months old today!

We put birthday candles in his prunes.

Eli at the beach!

Tripod! This position is one developmental step away from sitting up on his own.

Boys in sun gear

Dad temporary tattoo

Mom temporary tattoo

Monkey baby temporary tattoo

We are spending a week in Oak Island, NC with our friends. Eli was freaked out about the ocean at first, but now seems at least interested in, if not delighted by, being held by someone standing in the surf. He sat in the sea water in a placid canal on the western side of the island today and seemed to enjoy digging his hands into the sand and water.

Solid foods!

Eli got to eat rice cereal today, one week before his 6 month birthday. He liked it!

The amazing Eli

He sits in a basket!

He smiles!

He sleeps!

Eli tries to crawl

In this video, I start filming way before I get near Eli, because it beeps when you hit 'record', and anytime you make noise with any kind of camera, he immediately stops the activity we are trying to document and stares at the camera instead. If I knew how to edit it out, I would. Pay no attention to the pile of laundry in our upstairs hall. Our house is otherwise spotless, I swear.