Big Boy

I'm constantly amazed at how quickly Eli changes and grows and on the one hand it makes me so excited each day to see what he's capable of doing and on the other hand I get fleeting feelings of sadness as I realize that I have to part with the tiny fragile infant that he once was. Part of this realization comes each day when I dress him in the morning and come to find out what he once fit into now either is skin tight on him or doesn't fit at all. And last night I realized that his tears which arrived when I tried to get his pajamas on might have been because I was trying to squeeze him into pj's that were just meant for a smaller baby...and I exclaimed to Alan, "but we only just bought these and they are so cute and he's only worn them once!" I hung my head and went to the drawer and pulled a 9-monther out which fit him just perfectly.

Each day he's looking more snug in his carseat which worries us because I don't think we want to buy the next stage of carseat in Ghana, as you can imagine.


Each day he looks bigger and bigger on his changing table.


We weighed him on our scale at home and he's 18.5 lbs!! We then quickly ran to the computer to look up average weights for 3- month old babies and the average ends at 16 lbs.

The Bumbo which once left him perplexed, is now fully mastered, as he's seen here flipping the table off the seat. Instead of playing with the assortment of toys laid before him, he chooses to grab ahold of the sides of the table and pull it off.


But of course part of the fun of Eli getting bigger is watching his personality come alive. His laughter has gotten more regular and really cracks us up. I finally caught it on video but now this website can't seem to load it. I'll keep trying and hope to get it loaded in another blog later. I'll substitute it with this blurry action shot of Eli's mouthful of drool.

Standing strong on his two feet comes easier and easier now and well, nap time, it just remains the same.

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