What did Eli eat today?

Broccoli!

and he hated it....

 That looks fun...

 Let's taste it...

 Bleh... yuck!

 Let's try one more time to be sure...

eh, not that great...

We're moving... again! and bath time!

We're getting ready to move again next week. This will be my 7th move since I met John... crazy! I used to love packing and unpacking and organizing and cleaning. but now I have a baby. We're moving an hour away to a big city and we're kind of excited. We're just sad to be leaving our friends and the place we've called home for more than a year. I have awesome memories of being pregnant last summer and then bringing our baby boy home to this apartment... This definitely feels like home so it's very sad to leave. 

BATH TIME!

I used to be able to get away with not bathing Eli every day but now that he eats solids we definitely do it every night. 

Eli's first foods (baby led solids style)

I'm going to start blogging again... maybe.

Eli is almost 6 months old now and just starting to eat solid foods! For all of you that are freaking out when you see him with a whole banana or avacado with the peel still on! don't worry...it's the new cool thing. It's all the rage these days. It's called baby led weaning.  No, I'm not weaning him from the boob quite yet. (I'm one of those crazies that will still be feeding a 3 year old) (In public!... *gasp*.....) We're just introducing foods, which is so much fun!

Eli can sit up on his own (and has been for about 2 weeks) and he can totally feed himself, which he loves to do, so it's the perfect time to start solid food. He also goes crazy when we eat in front of him because he wants a bite soooo bad.

Anyway, his first food was banana and he loved it.

Tonight we gave him avacado. Yum!

He ate half of the avacado...  not counting what was smeared all over his face and chair. But still, he did great! I'm so proud of him. 

Next was of course bath time. Eli loves his bath.... especially now that he can sit up in the big tub and splash and play with toys. 

5 Months old

My big 5 month old.

Eli is such a happy boy. He's always laughing and smiling.

He's learned quite a few new things this month. He can sit up on his own! He also reaches for you when he wants you to hold him. and he plays with toys soo well. Wow! what a big boy...

Speaking of big... he's big. He weighs 17 lbs and he's 27 in long. It's definitely a work out carrying him around. That must be why I've lost all the baby weight! (bragging much? ... it's my blog and I can brag if I want to...)

This month he also had his first major illness. He got RSV and had to be on breathing treatments for a few days. He didn't eat for a few days and he certainly didn't sleep. It was awful. Having a sick baby is seriously the only horrible part of being a parent. I've never felt so helpless in my life. We're so glad that's over!!!!

34 weeks + 5 days = restless pregnant woman

I was pretty emotional when John left for work this morning. I hate waking up right as he's leaving so I just have to say goodbye really quick. My pregnancy hormones are making me feel very fragile lately. I can break down at any minute :)
soooo, I ate a giant m&m cookie with a glass of milk for breakfast, and my mood is turning around! :) the cookie was actually John's and I was eyeing it ALL night, every time I got up to go to the bathroom. 6 times! I ALMOST ate the cookie at 3 in the morning but I just couldn't do that to my poor husband. He loves cookies! But then this morning as he was leaving for work, he gave me the cookie... oh I have the best husband in the world!

my plan for today is just to relax and watch movies, and just enjoy being pregnant. I told John that i'm either having this baby soon (like 2 weeks) or I'm not going to be able to move for 5 weeks. I swear, there is no way baby Eli can get any bigger, or he's gonna rip my belly open with his kicks.
I can't wait to go into labor! I'm so excited. We're planning a completely natural birth, laboring mostly at home with our friends and my parents plan to come as soon as my labor starts. It's going to be an awesome, super empowering experience. I am so looking forward to the first time I see him and hold him. What an amazing moment that will be.

Our apartment is all clean and organized! There's nothing left to do but wait for Eli to come.
If you have any suggestions for ways to keep myself busy (that don't require a lot of energy... or moving) please let me know! I'm gonna be going crazy these next few weeks.

Almost 31 weeks!

I think I know what Eli's hiccups feel like now, and he definitely has them all. the. time. It sure is cute though.

Hitting the 30 week mark sure did feel like a giant milestone. I'd like to say it "sure doesn't feel like 30 weeks already" but... IT DOES! I am very glad I only have 10 or so weeks left. Lets hope for less! I do not do well as a pregnant woman. Sure, I like my cute belly and I'm so excited to have Eli, but being pregnant really sucks. I did not anticipate being in so much pain or getting so little sleep before he is even born! nobody tells you this stuff.
I finally went and bought 3 more pillows and FINALLY got some sleep last night. So i'm feeling pretty good, and my plan is to completely organize Eli's room and wash all of his clothes and blankets and such so I won't have to worry about it.

My husband is so awesome. This week has been his last week of school so that means tests everyday. So far he is getting way good scores and doing great! Today is his last big test and he studied like crazy so I hope he does really well. So during John's busiest and most stressful week, I have just about the worst week of my life too. (mostly from lack of sleep and a bad attitude) But John has been so patient and loving. What a great guy! He brought me flowers yesterday :) just to make me feel better, and it sure did work! I have such a wonderful husband, every girl (especially pregnant ones) deserve to have a husband like mine. he's great!

29 weeks, minnesota trip, baby shower :)

Well we just got back from Minnesota this morning at 5, then I started my new babysitting job at 730. yep, I only got about an hour of good sleep. It's been a long day! But i love my job, the kids are so adorable!

Our little vacation was really awesome. We went to John's sister's wedding on Saturday and then went camping at lake Itasca. We were both very sad to go home :( It was so awesome to finally meet John's brother, David. And John loved seeing him after 8 years or so... they were inseparable the entire time. so cute.

I'm 29 weeks now and feeling pretty huge and tired. We now have almost everything we need for Eli thanks to all the grandparents and sisters. I can't wait! Getting the carseat last week (thanks mom and dad) made everything seem so REAL! I can't believe he'll be here in just a couple more months.

Last week we moved to a WAY better apartment and we are very very happy about it. Right now it looks pretty awful. nothing is unpacked because we've been so busy. I have a lot to do in the next few weeks but boy oh boy is it nice to have air conditioning and clean carpet! Yippee. No more smelly nasty moldy hot stinky apartment! wahoo!

We also had a baby shower last week with our st anthony friends. It was way fun! Here are the highlights!

 Mom did not like the idea of this poopy diaper game. It's just chocolate!

 hmm delicious... looks like caramel

smell it. smell it good.

Presents! thanks everybody!

Here are a couple of pictures from the wedding. John and I were the photographers.

Pregnancy brain: forgot to put the seasonings in the stir fry tonight. Oops. We ate it all before we realized it was missing flavor. Must be because we are SO tired!