Eli in Action

The last few weeks have been chaotic. We replaced our aging carpet and tile on the first floor with a sleek, new hardwood floor. While the new floor was being stained, we visited St. Louis. My parents came to Madison on Tuesday to help us reorganize the house. Christmas itself was quiet, if somewhat too quiet because of the challenging weather. The next looming challenge is my trip to Uganda in three weeks. I'll only be gone for ten days, but it is the longest I've been away from Shelby (and Eli) in years.

Now, for some multimedia (thanks to Google, I now have 200Gb (not a typo) of Picasa storage space. Expect more videos as I try to get my money's worth:

fun with yogurt

Last week, I thought Eli might enjoy painting with yogurt. He preferred eating it! But, we had fun, and it was good spoon practice!

the snow

We had our first big snow of the year today - a blizzard! You can see that Eli was not much taller than the snow. He does look pretty darn cute in his snowsuit. It took a little while, but he eventually warmed up to the idea of being in the snow. Now, I need to get a sled so Dad and Eli can go ride the big hills.

Eli visits GG

We stopped to see Roz (aka GG) on the way home. We had a lovely Thanksgiving lunch. Yum! And, Roz got Eli a couple of bath books for the holidays. He loves them already!

more brazil pics

HI again...you can see that Eli definitely liked the pool in Brazil. He especially liked it when Dad would toss him up and down. We had a very nice Thanksgiving too -- thanks to Val's cooking! We also took Eli to downtown Sao Paulo. After he woke up, we got a great view of the city.

Brazil pics

hi all. I know we've fallen behind in posting pictures to the blog. Here are some pictures from Brazil. Many of these are from Malu's country home. Mainly, they are pictures of Eli being particularly cute. Even though the travels were tiring, he gave us many smiles and got a lot of practice walking! There will be more pics, don't worry!