Two weeks into parenthood and all is well. Eli is giving us more personality everyday- eyes are open more often, smiles are more defined, and his cries even have a little "voice" to them. Aunt Jamie was away for the week and when she returned Friday, she noticed how much he has already grown.
Highlights of the week: We made our first family outing- ice cream at Cold Stone and a walk in the park. Perfect. We also gave Eli is first full-on naked bath- it was going well until he peed on the sugar container on our kitchen sink. Nice.
Eli has been introduced to a lot of important people in his life- more surrogate aunts and uncles than he can imagine. We think he is going to have trouble knowing his blood relatives from his community-family, which we are cool with. Here are some pics of these first meetings and interactions.
*Note: To date, grandparents have not been officially renamed. The ( ) after their names below are what we have been using so far, mostly for our own entertainment.
*Note 2: Actual aunts and uncles have been indicated with a "*" after their name.
Grandpa Duke (aka Mr.Duke)
Grandma Hester (aka Grandma) and Uncle Justin's* Foot
Grandma Duke (aka DeDe) and Aunt Jamie*
Aunt Sara Beth
Grandpa Hester (aka Jimmy)
Aunt Teryn & Uncle Chad
Aunt Inga*
Uncle Mathew (and Laurianne's elbow)
Uncle Justin*(Eli always looks much smaller when Justin holds him)
Uncle Loffi(I feel very passionate about my responsibility as a father
to make sure Eli never knows Loffi's first name- J)
Aunt Jessie(Ryan's childhood friend and knowledgeable delivery nurse)
Uncle Andy
6 comments:
He is such a doll! Liam and I are in Atlanta visiting my family, but will be back at the end of July. I can't wait to meet him!
Love it! What a blessed little boy to have so many people loving on him! Way to go on keeping the blog going!!;)
YAY for blogging! I'm so glad that you guys are keeping this up!!!! Please keep going!! He is precious - can't wait to meet him!!!
He is such a precious little boy! Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you guys!
That little football of yours is going to know my first name as soon as he can comprehend thoughts... and there is nothing you can do about it.
eli is welcome to call me mimi or joann or hey you if he wants...or anything else he wants as long as he calls me something!! baby boys are such fun!! i want to come see him and ya'll soon!!!
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