this is Eli
He and his Mommy, Whitney, invited us over today to play. It was a very nice treat to get out of the house and hang out somewhere different for a change. The boys enjoyed playing “together” or at least playing in the same room together. It is so fun to watch them interact at this age.
Most of the playing looked like this…
and this…
and sometimes they just crawled over each other…
I did pull out my camera a little before we left to grab a few photos- since that is what I do. When I did Eli was really intrigued by the large black thing that I kept pointing in his face (guess he isn’t as used to it as Jay is). Isn’t he cute?
 He really wanted to have my camera. Notice my child in the background playing with a cord-like object- figures... 
 adorable big eyes! Regardless of how the kiddos played it was a really nice treat to get out the house, play with someone else’s toys and have adult conversation. We are looking forward to being able to do it again Whitney; thanks for having us!
On Tuesday when Grandpa was over having lunch with us I thought it would be funny to see Jay’s face when he tasted a dill pickle. So after he finished his lunch I handed Jamie the rest of my pickle to give to him. Much to our surprise Jay loved the pickle and didn’t make any silly, squishy faces while eating it! So yesterday I gave him another after he was finished eating and he gobbled it up again. Guess I will have to put in his baby book that his first real table food was a pickle… Enjoy the pictures, I think they are too funny!
Lately I have been taking Jay over to the Cady Way Park, a fairly good park for kids within walking distance from the house. It has been really nice to get out during the day, especially since it has been a little cooler lately (to my Canadian family- this is all relative, it’s still in the 90′s here). Jay has really enjoyed going to the park as well. This comes as no surprise to me since he can people watch outside there and what could be better?
Here are a few pictures of Jay swinging from our first trip.
 a new favorite of mine- it looks like he is waving although he can't do that yet
I am seriously in trouble now- Jay is crawling!!!! Forget being able to set him in one place and know that he will stay there, forget thinking that we should baby proof the house- heck, we NEED to now; this kids on the move!!
For a few weeks now he has been army crawling (putting his arms out in front of him and dragging his behind afterward) around the house to get wherever and whatever he wants. Jamie and I kept thinking that “real” crawling was right around the corner and we were right. Over the weekend he decided to give up on the military and go for the full out crawl! Both Jamie and I were home to witness this milestone making it that much more fun. It has been so wonderful and amazing to watch this whole learning process- first learning to reach and roll, to sitting and flopping down on his belly, then the army crawl to finally full out crawling. He still is primarily army crawling as of right now, it gets him where he wants to go much faster since coordination of arms and legs hasn’t quite been mastered yet, but I am sure it won’t be long until this is his preferred method of transportation. And while I love watching him discover new tricks I am unsure of just what he will try to “discover” now given his new found freedom- all I know is that I am sure he will give me a run for my money!
Here’s a short clip of the real crawl- I only got a bit of it on video. Jamie and I were too busy watching him the first few times to think of grabbing a camera and then when I did he didn’t really want to cooperate. Oh well, enjoy what’s here and know that we are one very proud Mommy and Daddy…
Jamie and I decided to bite the bullet and head down to Terra Ceia for Jay’s first overnight trip this weekend. I was nervous about making the trip and I am sure I packed way more than we actually need to have here but all I can say is that it has been bliss! The ride down went far better than either one of us could have hoped and we have all loved getting away. There are a ton of new things for Jay to check out including his first trip out on the dock and first time “fishing” with Pepere and Daddy . Hope you all are enjoying your weekend as much as we are…
Warning: there are excessive amount of pictures to come. It was, after all, Jay’s first trip to Terra Ceia which is huge and needed to be well documented (and this is only pictures from the first day)…
 watching Pepere fish  fishie, fishie  love, love, love this one!!  hanging out on the dock  not a stellar picture but you can see two of Jay's three teeth in it and aside from that take a look at those lashes!  loving hanging out on the dock!!  fishing with a pole  Daddy and Pepere fishing Jay's hat out of the water- opps! 
 three generations of fishermen
I finally remembered to measure Jay yesterday (I kept thinking about it when he was napping or after he had gone to bed on Saturday), so here are the stats…
Weight: 17lbs (on the dot)
Height: 27 inches long
He apparently was going for all of the stats with “7″ in them for his 7th month…
As for the crawling- it hasn’t happened yet although, the face plant and drag your body army crawl is in full swing :-)
And since all posts are better with a picture… here are a few that I took the other day while attempting to capture of the above mentioned “crawling”.
 sorry for the diaper shots, we were playing just before bath time... 
 sorry for the full booty shot but it's the only angle that I got that shows the face plant move
Yesterday Jay and I packed up in the morning before his first nap (this was either going to work out really well or turn out horribly for me- I chose to believe the first option and went with it) and headed to the library for story time. Turns out that story time doesn’t start until next week however we enjoyed our time anyway. There were two other little kids, both at least a year older than Jay, who were running around playing and he couldn’t keep his eyes off of them. He watched them so intently only occasionally pausing to look at a few pages of a book that I was holding. While we were there we filled our bag with a handful of stories for the week, got some information about story time, read a few of stories, watched some kids play and then I headed home with a tired little boy in tow… Definitely would say it was a success and the two hour plus nap that Jay took when we got home was an added bonus!
The only “complaint” I have and I really hesitate to even call it that, is that there were so many picture books I didn’t know where to start! Any suggestions here would be more than welcomed :-)
 yes, those are Bill Peet books- he loves them and his Daddy is so happy about that 
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