9 months!

This week was a little crazy but the weekend ended well with family being in town-although for a not so fun reason-but being able to enjoy time together. To make a long story short, my grandfather was in a car accident on 5/14 and no one found out until 5/21. He is okay and just has bruises & is in rehab to work on walking due to the accident, but the biggest thing is that his memory is starting to fail him. So, my dad, aunt & uncle came down to help out with the situation. Looks like he may be moving to Iowa to be close to my dad & sisters but we'll see. So, we've been a little occupied :)

Eli continues to love his walker & discovered he could open cabinets right away. The one I let him play in is the one with phone books. Here he is after opening it:

Here he is starting to pull out the phone books onto the floor....so much fun!!!

Thursday was our 4 year anniversary and we decided to celebrate yesterday by attending "Indiana Jones" while Grandma & Grandpa Clarkson watched Eli. Here is our 4 year anniversary picture (with an added addition this year :):

On Saturday evening we grilled out & relaxed. Cousin Mallory came over & she had a fun time pushing him around in his walker. After dinner & playing, it was time put on p.j.'s. Here is Eli looking through his crib at Mallory getting dressed:

He's growing so fast! He looks like such a big boy in this picture to me:

Mallory & mommy:

Mallory & Oma (Grandma):

Here they are playing together:

Sunday night we ate out at the restaurant Emily's is a waitress at. Here is Eli in his highchair:

While my dad was in town, he told me about a song by Three Dog Night called "Eli's Coming". We found it on Youtube and Eli seems to enjoy a song about him breaking girl's hearts :)


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And, last but not least, Eli turned 9 months on Sunday. He's such a big boy! I was thinking recently that in 3 short months he'll be 1 year old and I'll be sending out invitations to his party. My planner brain is already thinking about what kind of party we will have :)

Eli is still deciding that stationary is better than movement. He lunges like crazy, but doesn't do much more that that. He does lunge to his belly sometimes and kicks around and pushes up, but no movement and no belly off the ground. I think the army crawl may occur at some point! Still likes to stand and is holding weight well, but no walking movements yet. Believe me, I'm in no rush for him to become mobile! We have his 9 month well visit on Friday and I'll post his stats on Saturday.

Tomorrow I have a 2nd interview with a part-time job I'm interested in. We'll see how it works out! Hope everyone has a great week!!