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.