Third times a....

Swimming. Who's new to swimming? Eli. He has mixed feelings about it. Here are some blurry photos of his initial reaction to the not so warm water....

OMG this is freezing!

Wait! Mom always makes my bath water nice and toasty!

We did have a nice time after this though. Eli warmed up to the idea and must have gotten a little used to the water, because he tolerated it for about a half an hour more. Eli and I hung out in the shallow part and I danced around with him singing swishy swashy songs....then he got mad eventually and I cuddled him in a towel and he fell asleep immediately. 

First swimming experience?  Check. 

In other news...Eli is a bit...well....portly. 

We LOVE it. I LOVE him and everything about him...even his well-fedness. See below for details...

I clearly adore taking low quality pictures of him all day long. He loves it too. (Not.) I like to get in a not joke whenever possible. 

Well, guess what else? Third times a.....

THUMBSUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That last one is a little creepy, but you get the idea. He's always trying to find his thumb, and most of the time he gets it. And when it moves away from it's spot, he gets very angry. Wonder how long it'll take him to figure out that he controls the whole deal?

Well, there's the Eli update. We love him. The girls adore him. He smiles like a goon at Steve. We couldn't be happier.