Eli Rides Out Tropical Storm Fay

Eli weathered (no pun intended) his first tropical disturbance - Tropical Storm Fay. The news certainly sensationalized it a bit more than necessary, but there was a lot to clean up this past weekend.... the Lakewood house has a small hole in the roof over the garage and the carport was damaged. The Riverside house has a yucky mess of muck in the backyard (and even yuckier under the house) and we had to replace a water swelled shed door, but all in all, down limbs from all the wind and standing water from all the rain, not too bad.

Eli enjoyed the first part of the storm.... who wouldn't! Lots of wind in your face as you swing on the front porch. That suddenly turned nasty as the wind kicked up and the rain literally pelted the front porch. We just moved the party inside! Eli got to watch the Olympics. He and dad are kind of partial to women's beach volleyball and they can't understand why the US track teams couldn't pass the battons.

Eli has three teeth now! Two on top (so he kind of looks like Bugs Bunny since they are spaced out a bit) and a sharp one on the bottom right. He's been very fussy lately and doesn't want to take naps. Afterall, he could miss something! He's also rocking if you put him on his hands and knees before he goes flat onto the ground.

Here's some video of Eli eating some mediterranean tofu scramble (yes, he likes tofu) during the storm. Sorry for the angle. Mom always forgets we don't have video editing software.



Here are a few pictures we've collected over the last few weeks:


Eli sampling this year's Georgia peach crop. I'm not sure peaches were a huge hit.


Carrots were the next week's food and as you can tell, Eli was a little concerned by the color they might turn his poop.


Enjoying outside before the big storm hit.


Yes, they make me lift this huge ball as part of my workout.... I've got the pipes to prove it!


Eli modeling one of Anomaly's t shirts.

Family Picture Time!

Here are a few images from our family picture shoot with Molly:

Wow, look who's sitting up on his own!

We know it's been a while, but we wanted Eli to be able to perfect sitting up on his own before we posted any new pictures or video. And what a job he's done!

He's had a busy couple of weeks. He went to his first political event, an Obama organizational event. He spent some quality time with his Granpa and Great Grandma Crain arguing about President Bush (Eli maintains he has hurt our country; his great grandma believes differently). He's been busy mowing the lawn at the Lakewood house on the weekends. He's been trying new foods... avocado most recently, next on the list, peaches (but only if they are from Georgia per dad). He likes to gnaw on apples and celery an awful lot. He's been hanging out with Holden and learning new things. He's been swimming at Epping with Amanda. He got to sit in a high chair out for breakfast for the first time. He's been working on two top teeth (yes, believe it or not, they look like they're close to coming in!) He and granma got to read a book together. He's starting to clap! And he's got a new routine. We still haven't figured out what it's supposed to be.... an imitation of a motorcycle or Eli just showing off his pipes (i.e. biceps). And, most importantly, sitting up on his own (with a pillow behind in case he gets tired and falls back).