Been a long time

We're nominally settled in and my office computer is finally back on-line. I was cocky about this whole moving thing. It definitely put me back in my place. What a mess.

This is Eli's new room. Granny wall paper, rose colored carpeting and all. Maybe by the time he's old enough to have little friends come and visit we'll have gotten it redecorated. Maybe. To my right as I took this picture is a litte half bathroom that he has in his room. Complete with pink sink and toilet of course. We thought that for a boy with 2 older sister, having his own little private bathroom would probably be a nice feature. Behind me is his closet, which is at least half as big as his room in the old house. Maybe bigger.



He's grown in three weeks of no blog posts, hasn't he?

a self-portrait

Some friends of mine on-line were pestering those of us without avatars, so Eli and I made this image this morning. The camera was on the staircase, manual focus, self-timer. Eli slept through the entire process (which included lens changing, some camera set-up, a few trails for focus, the actual picture, uploading, editing, posting, etc. Sometimes I almost forget that he is there. That's why I like this self-portrait so much with that little head up against my cheek. That's pretty much what I see when I pass a mirror most of the time. I occassionally pine a little for the return of my two-hands-free days, but mostly I will miss that soft, warm little head an awful lot when he is on to the next stage.



I left the bags under my eyes because that's what I see when I look in the mirror these days, too.

Stripes

I bought this stripey knit sleeper for Eli when I wsa about 6 months pregnant. I clearly remember when it came in the mail and I opened up the package and I was so impatient for him to be born so I could see and hold and cuddle him. Oh, and photograph him, too. Here he is wearing it yesterday. It goes into the "too small" box tomorrow.






Here is awake for the test shot.