Chicago Botanic Gardens

On Monday we went to the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

Eli gets SO excited when he sees ducks ("duck duck!")

There is a really neat train exhibit that has models of places across the United States - everything is made out of natural materials.

Video Clips from our Holland Trip

Here are some video clips from our Holland trip. This exciting video includes Eli walking and saying "duck! duck!" quite a few times, and then Eli on Ben's shoulders as they go under a flag (with Eli laughing), and then the grand finale is Eli screaming in the car. :)

The screaming in the car was on Sunday, and today Eli still isn't very happy. Last night he kept waking up crying, and was up this morning at 4:45 screaming in his crib. He was inconsolable for an hour and was running a fever. He seemed so uncomfortable.

I was convinced Eli had an ear infection, so I took him in to the doctor's sick call this morning - but alas, no ear infection! His doctor said it looks like his molars are trying to come through, which is most likely what is causing this trauma. Sad!! I hope this doesn't last too too long...