Already Getting into Trouble :)

Sometimes Eli looks like he's up to something...

Yesterday I put him on the bed and turned around to get some things. I am fighting a bad sinus infection, so there was a kleenex box on my bed. Silly me didn't think about the fact that Eli might reach over...

...and try to stuff a huge handful of tissues in his mouth!! (My camera was on the desk next to the bed so I had to capture this mess!) He loves picking things up and shoving them in his mouth.

Sometimes when I'm holding Eli, he likes to grab my hair on either side of my face and then pull me in close so he can drool all over my face... lovely! (He thinks it's great to try to gnaw on my chin, which sounds gross but for some reason I think it's funny too.)

A Visit from Family

This last week we had a visit from my sister-in-law Emily and her almost 2-yr-old daughter Adele, who is one of Eli's 14 cousins. They flew in from California and stayed in our small place... it was interesting having Emily, Adele, and Eli all sleeping in the same room! Adele cried every night for about an hour before falling asleep, and then any time Eli made a noise in the night Emily would grab him and bring him in to me or I would run in there and pick him up before he woke up Adele. We made it work, but I look forward to when we have more space someday so our visitors are more comfortable! Adele was a good sport about being quiet while Eli napped, which is impressive for a toddler.

Here is a picture of the fun quilt that Emily made for Eli (with help from our mother-in-law, Cheryl and Ben's sister, Danielle and others) - thank you!:

And here are some pictures from the places we went during the week -

Cozy Noodle, one of my favorite Thai restaurants in Evanston that has a huge collection of Pez dispensers and license plates along the wall:

Lincoln Park Zoo, one of only a few free zoos in the country:

Chicago Children's Museum (we didn't take any pictures there, unfortunately) & afterward we walked around The Magnificent Mile for a while since the kids had fallen asleep in their strollers (we stopped here at the Tribune Tower to see the piece from the Salt Lake Temple that is in the side of the building). The only glitch in our plan was that we were near a hospital, so the occasional (LOUD) ambulance would go down the street...

It was fun for Eli to have a cousin to play with (or just watch while she played):

Eli Tells Us a Story

Eli Tells Us a Story from Sarah on Vimeo.

Here is a video (a little over a minute long) of Eli "talking" to us. We think his sounds are so fun. (And we didn't have the hat on very well at first so I realize it looks a little silly, but later in the video I took the hat off)

He Looks Big, But He's Just Average :)

I took Eli to his 4 month doctor's appointment on Friday, half expecting his pediatrician, Dr. Andy, to make some funny comment on Eli's grand proportions. But Eli is 15 lb. 2 oz. (50%), 25" long (50%), and his head circumference is 16 3/8" (25-50%). So pretty average, just as he's been at one and two months of age. I think I'm going to start a measurement of my own - tracking the circumference of his cute thighs :)

I think it's so funny though how pretty much everywhere I go, people ask how old Eli is. When I say 4 months, and they say, "Wow!" or some other exclamation about his size. I'm curious to see if that continues in the cooler months when he's wearing long-sleeves and pants...