Sweet Saturday

Today was wonderful. We left early to drive to Corvallis to visit Ted, Christy, Anders and their new baby, Nora. We lounged at the Corvallis Farmer's Market for several hours -- eating yummy cheese and bread and fruit. Anders, who is 3, was riding his bike super fast around the cool water fountain in the park. Nora slept peacefully in my arms for a bit. Eli ate a ton, as usual :)

Then Eli and I went to a baby shower for Kate Evans. A little girl named Savannah was quite smitten with Eli and kept coming over to talk to him, try to give him jelly beans, take his socks off and perform other very important tasks. Eli was very happy and smiled and squealed at everyone.

Michael and I were pretty tired by the end of the day so we put Eli down for a nap and then fell asleep ourselves. But Eli woke up while we were still exhausted and I just brought him into bed with us and we took a big family nap. Eli was nursing the entire time and it was quite sweet. We slept until almost 7 p.m. (Eli's bedtime is usually 7:30 p.m.) Then we took the dogs to the park. I brought some food along for Eli, who is always hungry! He ate these tiny pieces of banana and he was very careful about chewing each and every one. In fact, he is always trying to get his two lower teeth into the banana piece to cut it into smaller pieces.

Oh, important sleep update: Eli has been basically sleeping through the night all week! A few times he has woken up once between 7:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. and Michael has been able to sing him part of a song and Eli goes back to sleep. Michael doesn't even pick him up or anything. Amazing. We feel great :)

Eli and Alex

Stef just e-mailed me photos of Eli and Alex during our trip to Corvallis. Aren't they cute?

Dancing, singing and cloth diapering

Michael and I played some Old Crow Medicine Show while we were giving Eli a bath tonight. We were singing and dancing around his bathtub (which is still on the dining room table -- we are going to transition to the bathroom soon!) Eli thought it was hysterical and Michael and I were having a pretty good time. It made me wish we had some kind of folksy/bluegrass festival in Salem in the summer.

Eli had a busy day today. We drove to Corvallis and picked up some cloth diapers and covers. We stopped at a cute shop in town called Sweetpeas -- it's a Kids Cafe where there are little chairs and toys for kids, handmade baby purees and adult food too! Stefanie and Alex and I relaxed there for a bit. Eli did great -- napping in the car on the drive down and back and smiling at everyone while he was in Corvallis. It was a super fun day.