Eli

The past few weeks Eli has started showing an interest in trying to walk. Not on his own of course, but he has been trying, very hard, to get around with push toys, and bywalking along the furniture. Noah was an early walker, and took his first steps when he was just 9 months old, and was walking well at 10 months (and running like a wild child at 11). I was thinking that with Eli's more laid back personality that he would be a late walker, but he is proving me wrong. He has even stood on his own for a few seconds once (then collapsed to the floor...but it still counts). He babbles quite a bit now too...and says Dada very excitedly when he sees Brandon come into the room, so I think that may be his first actual word. He can also climb the stairs now too...which is a bit terrifying for me, so we have to be vigilant about making sure the baby gate to the upstairs is closed.

Unfortunately, while he had been sleeping really well, Eli got sick last week and has been a little bear at night since. He will sleep through the night if he is in bed with us, but he simply refuses to sleep in his crib. I am thinking about trying to bring his crib into our room and just put it right next to our bed so he doesn't feel alone, but I really like my space when I sleep...and as wonderful as it is to cuddle with him, I just don't sleep well when he is next to me. I have also seen some pretty neat co-sleeper bassinets that I might look into buying too. I still want to work with him on sleep, but at this point I'm just needing a good nights sleep. Brandon has been really good about getting up with him in the mornings when he doesn't have to go to work, which buys me an extra hour of sleep, but since he usually works 6 days a week that really just doesn't cut it. I just wish someone would tell him he's not a newborn anymore...it's okay to sleep longer than 2 hours at a time!

And while it doesn't have anything to do with this post, I just realized how much I overuse "..." when I type. Oh well. :)