Elliot has been given a clean bill of health, and yet, he still weighs just under 16 pounds. Most babies at this age are about 20 or so. Sigh. Anyway, here’s those lists I promised; I have to do something other than think about this one thing going on at work that – potentially – could mess up my entire summer. Just say a little prayer hoping that things work out, ok?

Really awesome things Elliot is doing lately:

• Flopping all over the house! Except the first 2-3 movements are actual hands and knees crawling. He just goes faster by seal flopping.
• Pushing up to sitting up like an expert
• Doing the motor boat mouth noise with his fingers.
• Always turning when he hears his name
• Eating every food I have fed him. So far, he gets most excited about spinach. He pounds his hands on the high chair with glee.
• Passes toys from one hand to the other and tries to use one toy to move another
• Turns the pages of his Tonka Trucks big book
• Pulls up occasionally on his Fisher Price walker
• Laughs like a maniac when you attack his belly or tickle under his arms
• Cracks up when I brush my hair on his face
• Sleeps like a champ – 8-6 and good naps.
• Interacts and observes like a real kid now; it’s simply amazing his level of cognizance.
• Babbling like a brook; he’ll sometimes spit out an entire sentence of vowels and consonants that definitely sounds like something I should have understood, in Baby-ese.

Things I am looking forward to:

• Friday and – hopefully – finding out that the previously mentioned potential thing will be resolved and all is good.
• Sunday, when my BIL is gone (sadly) and (happily) I can begin cleaning that bedroom to turn it into a work-out room. In goes the elliptical and the TV/old XBox and we’ll also be putting some freeweights in there. I’m thinking on the same wall as Barry Sanders
• June 30th – first day of Summer classes and Bootcamp for the new TAs
• July 5th – Ash’s birthday
• July 6th – My mom comes for the whole week! (Daycare lady is on vacation)
• Doing things with my mom and Elliot, like visiting some museums and buying things for the Boy.
• Elliot turning 10 months in 5 days
• Elliot turning a year!