Cubs Win!

In honor of the fantastic Cubs win tonight (against Cincinnati), I'm posting a few pictures that we took at the Cubs game earlier this month - it was Eli's first experience on the el train and at Wrigley Field!

The Joys of Urban Life

I think the typical reason why my child won't nap is because of the many noises around us... we live a block away from a hospital, fire station, and train tracks, and then there is the very noisy, constantly barking, 40-pound dog that lives above us (I really hate this dog) who chases its toys from room to room in a very loud manner, and today, it was the man using the leaf blower in our courtyard that woke my poor Eli up.

I love Evanston and our location; it's great to be able to walk all over, take the train into the city, and have lots of friends nearby. But what do you do when you have a light sleeper for a baby and the sound machine isn't loud enough to tune all of the noises out??

Eli at 4 Months

Eli isn't quite 4 months (he will be on the 20th) but he's almost there, so here are some pictures of him from this weekend... I swear he is chubbier every time I look at him! He loves to squeal and lately has really started talking and making different sounds, which we think is so fun. Eli is a very animated little guy.

I put this vest on him but it's still a little big... he just wanted to chew on the part that came close to his mouth!

Here is Eli without the vest, looking like a little man with his polo shirt, jeans, and shoes :)

Here he is in his outfit for church, in the beautiful green sweater and hat knit by my mom. I think it is super cute!

Picky to a Fault

I have postponed starting this blog for many reasons. First, I signed up for this blog address at least a year ago, but at the time I wasn't sure what to write about, since most people with blogs wrote about their kids. Then after Eli came along, I would open up our blog, start to customize it, and then get frustrated because I never had time to make it look the way I wanted it to. Eli tends to sleep in 45 min. increments, so I am realizing that there isn't always time for perfection - I just need to get things done when I can and be happy with the result!

This blog will mostly revolve around our sweet Eli, whom my friend Rebekeh calls "Eli Love" after some soap opera character (?). And we'll of course intermingle my craziness (along with Ben's) in the posts, because life is never dull around here!