A few of Eli

Here are a couple of my favorites of Eli from his first few days home. I have way more ideas than I have energy for getting through them. He is a very good sleeper for pictures, so hopefully that continues. These are the result of a little mini session in the white chair by the sliding glass doors in the family room. More to edit.

We have fuzzy little babies in the Mohr family. Laura always talks about how furry Derek was, too.



We have chubby babies, too. Doesn't he seem a little round for only 6 days old? I am predicting total butterball in his very near future.





This I took of Grace way back at the beginning of the month. She loves the computer and will sit and play for a long stretch. She is great at the mouse and can navigate everywhere.




We take snapshots, too (and should take more of them). Charlotte and Grandma doing this little piggy for Eli on his first day home.



Charlotte takes her role as big sister very seriously. I joked with others during the pregnancy that her job was going to be getting up to feed the baby in the middle of the night. She would nod earnestly. It seemed funny at the time. After three nights home, she got pretty upset with us for not letting her do her job. She finally asked me last night, "why do you keep feeding Eli in the night? I am supposed to do it. It's my job." My bad parenting humor goes awry again. I felt terrible. We had a nice chat about how feeding in the middle of the night was really a mommy job. It is not very fun and little girls need to sleep. We brainstormed together what would be better jobs for a big sister to do for Eli. She suggested bringing him toys and tickling him. I suggested telling him stories (she was telling him Jack in the Beanstalk yesterday when he was awake). She suggested tapping him on the nose (which she has a little sound effect for). All great big sister jobs, which she has no idea how much he will adore her for in just a few months. I know she's mine and I am completely biased, but she's a really nice kid.