Life is busy and boring all at once.

A good boring though.  I love spending every day with my little dude. This week has been a little harder and I was trying to figure out why. Well it's because the last few days the weather has been dreary rain, and add that on top of the fact that the last two times Paul was off (last Saturday and the tuesday before that) I barely saw him! Saturday I picked up my first shift from work and it went amazing for me.  Easy patients, easy shift. Eli was a bit of a pill for Paul (short naps, refusing bottle for an hour while hungry) but then everything went better for them after the first few hours. Then on Tuesday I had already made plans with a friend before knowing Paul was off so I was gone all afternoon with Eli.  So essentially it has been over two weeks since I have hung out with my husband more than just a few hours here or there in the evening after Eli goes to bed, I miss him! 

Enough with my sob story (not really but what else do you call it! Missing my hubby story?), and onto pictures, happy happy pictures. 

I took Eli to Costco, Petco, and Safeway a few weeks ago, can't believe it has been that long since I blogged.  I try not to do errands very often since we are trying not to spend as much money with me not working very much.  It's crazy how when I think I need to go grocery shopping I actually still have a ton of food left in the house, I just have to be more creative than my normal "go to" meals.  It has been fun!  I have also been doing bountiful basket the last two weeks and gotten amazing fruits and vegetables. I wouldn't be able to go weeks without grocery shopping if it wasn't for that. 

Eli absolutely loves sitting up.  I would let him do it more often but it usually makes him spit up, so our new routine is to do it after morning bath while still naked so the diaper doesnt push into his belly and also he hasn't usually eaten in 4ish hours so his belly is more empty! It's probably his favorite part of the day :). 

Eleanor has been insane lately. Seriously every time I nurse Eli she wants on my lap or to stare at me from the side table where I have the ipad playing netflix.  Then she circles me in the chair till I pet her and she will finally give up and sleep on what was supposed to be Eli's changing pad, but it's made of memory foam stuff, and she claimed it as her bed, so it stays under the crib.  This kitty loves "her baby". 

A few weekends ago my friend Lexie was finally able to make it down to meet Eli.  Lexie is one of those friends that no matter how long the gap since we have seen each other (usually a year) it is so easy to pick up where we left off, though I will admit, having a kid makes things seem a little different. Anyway, I am so proud of her, she is the one that pushed me to take extra chemistry and stuff in high school and this spring she will be graduating with her MD and going on to do residency in Boston for 3 years. Then finally after what will be 11 years of school/residency she will be working on her own as an internal medicine dr. So crazy!

Also Becca and Amber, we kinda failed in the picture department when we all hung out!  The only picture I have is of Shea and Eli playing and then a quick snapshot of each of you girls but lets just say you probably don't want them posted, whoops! Well Amber told me not to post hers and Becca, the picture doesn't do you justice of how adorable you always look!

I got Eli this little aviator hat when it went on sale on amazon. $3.25 shipped right to my door, how could I not?!  Also Eli learned how to grip my arm while I have him on my hip a few weeks ago. How is my baby getting so big so fast! 

I always lay a washcloth across Eli's belly so he doesn't get cold in the bath...well the days of that working are gone. He now grabs it and sucks on it, which is nasty because it has to still have soap residue still in it from washing him, but he doesnt seem to mind! 

Eli was super snuggly one night before bed. I wanted him to nurse more so I handed him off to Paul to snuggle for a bit since I didn't care if he woke up. He actually slept there for 15 minutes before waking up! Rough day I guess, I can't actually remember haha. 

Also, how ridiculous is my sons hair getting? Oh man I love my little rattail boy. 

My parents came for a visit two weekends ago. My dad had Eli doing all sorts of exercises. Leaning on the cooler to stand up, standing on the car outside target after church, snuggling, wiggling, playing with new toys! After my parents left I am pretty sure Eli thought I was boring, he also didn't want to lay alone and play while I was cooking like he used to. Someone got spoiled from all the attention! 

That was also my first weekend getting a bountiful basket, my dad and I went to pick it up and my mom stayed home with Eli. I couldn't have gotten a better basket, nothing intimidating, all foods I normally use.  I don't usually, actually ever, buy two heads of cauliflower, I was at a loss until my mom told me about cauliflower soup, how did I never know about this!? I love this recipe and actually made it twice, once with each head even though Paul didn't like it that much.  I substituted cinnamon for nutmeg and he doesnt like foods to taste like "french toast" as he calls it every time I use cinnamon! 

My little helper boy. We visited daddy, hung out outside, and did laundry. Busy day. 

All of Eli's buddies. Eli looked ginormous next to a 4 day old and even a 10 week old!  Then my college friend Kristin stopped by and he looked like a drugged baby, it was almost bedtime and he was exhausted! 

I tried to have Eli in his bumbo on the counter while I prepped food one day but he kept spitting up, so into the bouncer he went.  Oh, and speaking of prepping food I have been spending so much time in the kitchen lately between making meals out of fresh fruits and vegetables and making my own bread, yes I am finally making bread, I have only been talking about it for maybe a year haha. 

Paul and I talked about wanting to get our kid a strider bike before we even knew the gender while Eli was inside of me cooking. We were going to wait till his first birthday but I saw that zulily had them for 40% off and I had to jump on it! 

Eli wearing Paul's childhood hat, I can't wait till it actually fits! Also this boy loooves to stand. He does it till his legs collapse of exhaustion, then he wants me to hold him while he bounces and squats. 

Bread! It turned out yummy, still not as good as my mommy's bread but I will get it down soon enough. She has probably made this recipe 25+ times so I have some catching up to do! Also colored carrots. I wish I knew where I could buy these, I love them!  I got them in my bountiful basket.  Becca I noticed you had them in that amazing salad you made us, where are you able to buy them? 

Candice, Eli fits into the outfit you sent and it is adorable! I can't believe how big the 6 month clothes looked when people gave them to us and now they fit...the legs are still a little long which I am thankful for, I don't want him growing out of 6 month stuff too quickly! 

Ok that's all ladies. I have some more things to get done before my dudester wakes up from his nap. Also my mother in law is coming over in half an hour to babysit and possibly watch Eli while I clean so he can get used to her more and hopefully not scream bloody murder like he has done the last two times she babysat and I went swimming.  They always start out good with a happy 30-40 minutes and then he wants mama and he wants mama RIGHT NOW.