Eli and the art of eating

This video demonstrates several things: Eli's eating skills have vastly improved in the 10 days since the last video was made; for some reason he turns his head to the left every single time he swallows; our house isn't as spotless as I said it was in the crawling video; and he seems to love the baby food we made for him ourselves from butternut squash we bought at the farmer's market yesterday.

Sippy cup!

The handles made it into his mouth as much as the spout, but he finally managed to drink some water and appeared to like it.

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!