Pearly Whites.

I think it's time for some Eli information out there on the good 'ol world wide web.

At our shot appointment last week, Eli weighed about 20.5 pounds and was over 28 inches long. That puts him in the 70ish percentile for weight and 90ish for height, I think. I have the chart thing but it's small so I may be off ten percent or more. But you get the idea. Eli is a bit large for his age.

Developmentally, he may be behind. He doesn't roll over completely even though he did awhile back a few times. He goes to one side but not the full-on. He moves around a good bit, but no actual crawling is involved. He sits fairly well on his own but he definitely has had some good face plants into the carpet. He likes to stand. He enjoys his exersaucer which we call "the beast." We ought to get him one of those apparatuses that he can lean on and play with. I think he would rock those.

Eli still plays on his trusty play mat but now he actually grabs at the toys. He really is quite content for a good while laying on his back and playing. Pretty much everything goes into his mouth. This has made it a little harder to organize the mail or read the newspaper... he really loves paper. I think we may get him to crawl by putting paper just out of arm's reach.

He loves to voice his opinions and emotions with loud yelps. He loves to giggle and laugh and gratefully, does so often. He will deep belly laugh when either one of us dances around like a crazy person. He is very interactive and sometimes we swear he says "Hi" back. We, of course, think he's a genius. 

But the biggest Eli news of late is TEETH! Last Tuesday I felt a little sharpness protruding out of his lower front gums. His front right tooth has been coming in and now it's peaking out. His front left tooth decided the right couldn't have all the fun so it's decided to come in, too. It's caused a few shrieking cries while feeding and perhaps a few other crabby moments as of late... but well, everyone gets teeth, it's just a part of the game.

Our dear friends Jonathan and Rachel are so good to Eli and they came over to give him his Christmas present tonight (an elephant toy to chew and play on = perfect). Eli loves these guys (we do too). They have been in the adoption process for over a year now and we keep waiting and praying and hoping with them for when they finally get their arms full. You can pray that, too.

It's going to be a BUSY and eventful week! Greg's parents arrive on Wednesday, graduation is Friday. I have much house to clean, presents to wrap, cookies to bake, and family to celebrate! Weeks like this make other boring weeks seem so... so lame. I love the busy and I am so thankful for all the reasons why life is crazy right now.

-Heather