Little Person

It's official - Eli is on his way to becoming a world traveler. Check out his new passport which is currently on its way to the Ghanaian Embassy in DC to get stamped with his visa (fingers crossed!). I think he wasn't so happy with his passport photo but thank goodness the children's passport is only good for 5 years so he'll get a new one soon enough.

And now that he has his identifying documents, Eli is starting to become his own little person complete with a temper at bath time and when hungry, all smiles in his swing, and a fiesty determination and strength during tummy time.





We're starting to differentiate these different moods while trying to figure out what makes this little boy tick. It's not easy though and sometimes I just look at him willing him to talk to me to tell me what his troubles are or what he thinks is so funny when he is seemingly staring and laughing at nothing. But to no avail, he has yet to fill me in so I will have to be patient and try to figure out the complex code of cries and facial expressions in an attempt to meet his every need. And this week, Eli's had a bit of a mild cold which has me on pins and needles every time he coughs or sounds congested because there's so little I can do to make him feel better and he seems so fragile still. But just when I've worked myself in a tisy over how uncomfortable he seems, he'll start cooing and "talking" and will give a little sly smirk and I then I realize he'll be just fine. His budding personality has got me so excited for the weeks and months to come when the little bundle of baby will start to become a little person.