I am thankful I have insurance

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... but oh my gosh it is the most confusing thing ever, and my midwife is having problems billing correctly. I still haven't paid for Eli's birth and I just spent 20 minutes talking to the nicest lady about it through my insurance. Now I am asking my midwife to rebill everything. Maybe by the time he is a year old this will all be sorted out! 

Ok on to the cutey and fun that started this whole insurance mess ;)

Photoshoot with my little mohawk man. I need to hawk his hair up again, it has gotten so long in just a few short weeks! 

Is there anything sweeter than sleeping babies? I don't think so.  These pictures of him in his plaid outfit were all taken on Fathers day.  I had worked the day before and was oh so tired. We went out to pick quick to celebrate Paul's first fathers day and then had a chill evening. Eli thought the metal tables were awesome for banging on.  

Eli has been taking showers with me or Paul for about two months now. I can't even remember when we started. We had him in the bumbo for a while, but now he can sit and crawl so he just plays on the floor of the shower with his toys for 20 minutes and is happy as a clam. It is such a time saver to have him shower with me! Not only do I not spend the 20-30 minutes bathing him and letting him play in the bath, I don't have to take my shower during his nap time and ruin my precious alone time! Win, win! 

This kid, he is such a ham.  The pic where he is laying on Paul he was oh so exhausted but protesting bedtime.  I used to be able to lay him down and he would fall asleep at 8pm if he wasn't asleep already, but now that he can move so well he just crawls and kicks and now as of this morning, stands up and holds onto the bars of his crib!  Goodness he is only 6 months old! But we are getting better at naps and bedtime. I don't want to speak too soon and jinx it all but lets just say we are finally showing signs of improvement! 

I went to help a church friend pack who has a 3 month old. We packed and purged with both babies napping or playing for 4 hours or so then they were getting fussy and refusing naps so I took them on a 2 hour walk, it was good for everyone! 

My mom and I took a trip down to Salem with Eli (Paul had to work) so we could visit my grandparents, cousins, and aunt!  It was a wonderful but oh so exhausting trip! We stayed in a hotel, and Eli woke up twice a night to nurse. It's kinda hard when he is in the same room as me and knows I am there, he just fusses till he gets it, and mama is tired, so I nurse to go back to sleep quicker.  We also took a ride on grandpa steves new 4 wheeler. Well, Eli just pretended to ride because it would be impossible to steer and hold a baby. 

Great Grandparents and my cousin Anne. Everyone was all smiles when they saw Eli!  Even my dad's dad (bottom left) who hasnt smiled in at least a month couldnt help but grin at Eli! 

1. Eli loved the hotel pool, it was so warm it felt like a big bathtub!  2. 4 generations! 3. I took Eli to a friends apartment pool and the three babies swam together.  Eli was the only one that loved the water, the other two were a little leary. Hopefully by the end of the summer we will have three water babies! 4. Eli never wears clothes these days!  It's too warm and cloth diapered bootys are adorable! 

I have been eating so much salad these days! I am loving putting some sort of noodle on them so they are way more filling and feel more like a meal.  Speaking of meals Eli lovesssss to eat, and especially loves watermelon! He also loves chasing cats. 

This was Eli's first time sitting in the cart, thank you for the cart cover Becca!  I got so many compliments on it like people haven't seen one before...except I see them on a regular basis so those people were just silly! :)  Eli loves sitting up like a big boy in the cart and he smiles at everyone, shopping trips take so much longer when everyone wants to talk to your baby! 

Eli has learned to pull himself up on things and he thinks its pretty cool. Just today he learned how to stand in his crib, makes going down for bed or naps difficult when he gets himself worked up because he just stands there!

I have a baby crawling all around me as I try and finish this up. He keeps pushing caps lock and other random keys. So I shall say farewell even though I had a few more things I was going to ramble about. Until next time!