Eliel: 6 months

Yowza! Eliel is already halfway through his first year.  He is growing so fast and moving around so much. 

He has five teeth and is scooting around.  He can already get up on the lower level of our coffee table. His favorite thing to do is to scoot over to the musical instruments basket there and pull it down then bang the instruments on the floor and chew on them. 

We finally got a mirror installed in the car so that we can see him in his rear facing seat, so now I know what he's doing back there.  He keeps himself occupied with watching Mavry or smiling back at himself in the mirror.  I guess one reason he's happier in the car than Mavry used to be is that he has a companion back there (and she can't mess with him when they are in their carseats!)

Eliel at 5 months
Eliel at 4 months
Eliel at 3 months
Eliel at 2 months
Eliel at 5 weeks

I KNOW

Mavry went through a period where she said "I know" in the cutest voice ever.  This was back in November and I don't think she does it anymore.  Glad we got it on video!

Belated Christmas post

This blog post was found in my drafts folder.  It's well past Christmas, but I'm posting it anyhow.  :)

This was our first Christmas in our little house.  We went with the tomato cage Christmas tree again until the weekend before Christmas when I got a pencil tinsel Christmas tree to use with a color wheel that we scored for dirt cheap at a garage sale.

We went on an outing the Saturday night before Christmas to Naples, a neighborhood on the canals in Long Beach, that decorates with elaborate light displays.  One house had Santa and Mrs. Claus.  You can see that Mavry was interested in checking him out thoroughly this time.

Eliel: 5 months

Our little guy is about to turn 6 months old next week (!) so I figured it was time to get his 5 month old pictures up here.  They are unfortunately fuzzy but I can't retake them now three weeks later!

Fuzzy or not, Eliel is a cutie and a joy.  He has four teeth at 5 months.  The two around his middle top came in before the ones in the middle, but it looks like the middle top are about to catch up. 

Eliel at 4 months
Eliel at 3 months
Eliel at 2 months
Eliel at 5 weeks