Growing Boy

Since starting his medication for the ear infection, Eli has steadily improved. The last few nights he has only woken up once or twice. Woo hoo! Much better than the 6-10 times he has been doing the last few weeks. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Here is an update on what else he has been up to lately:

Look who can sit on his own now!



He is playing with his favorite toy... a package of wipes. I don't know what he loves about them!

He is still new at sitting so sometimes he ends up like this...



He also does this funny superman thing where he balances on his (substantial) belly with his hands and feet in the air.



The world around Eli is really starting to come alive in his eyes. He engages with other kids now.



And Nala... well Nala is just the greatest thing in the world to him. If he is fussy, we just call Nala over and he immediately is happy. It's difficult to stop her from licking him though and as well as preventing him from grabbing a fistful of hair and shoving it in his mouth. I just watch closely with wipes in hand.



Due to the sun and the heat, we spray him with sunscreen and use a scarf and umbrella to shade him when we are out. If we don't, multiple people will stop us on the street to tell us he is being burned by the sun. When I recognize the word for sun (jua), I try to reassure them he is ok! It's just easier to use the umbrella we have found. Although it makes it a bit awkward to push and it looks like something from Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One thing I love about it is Eli holds the umbrella handle the whole time (while maintaining his tough guy face of course). It's so cute and always makes me laugh.



And just for fun, here is another photo of our little goofball.