Where did the months go?

I know I am a slacker and even though I love using the "I have a baby" card to get me out of being late, not showing up at all and as my excuse for being fat, I can not blame Eli for not blogging. I have been lazy about it, actually I've been pretty lazy about everything lately. Maybe it's because I just got back from Vegas (Awesome time!) or maybe I am just lazy.

Anyway here is the low down on the stink master flex. He loves to crawl into the bathroom, stand on the side of the tub and smack his hand on the tub. So I have been trying to keep the floor clean since he spends most of his time in there. The other day I walked in (lights off and all) and he had the rug all up in his lap, so gross! He just loves it in there, maybe he will potty train himself soon................
He also loves the boob more than any other guy I know. I thought he will get bored of it once he started solid food but boy was I wrong! I don't mind bf but I get a lot of shit for it from my non mom friends who think I'm spoiling him so that is annoying. I don't care though because I'd rather sleep through the night while bf than have to wake up and rock him or listen to him cry and be a bitch all day because I had no sleep. Awww one day I will laugh at my friends who think its so easy to tell a baby what to do............
On a side note I love my friends who do and don't have kids, I think it keeps me sane on both ends and I couldn't live with out you guys!!!

Birds

Birds are so cool but they are pretty much ignored, except by old men with binoculars. Oh and another good friend of mine loves bird watching as well (you know who you are!) Anyway I was just thinking about all the things that I take for granted and wanted to take a moment and appreciate them because sometimes I only focus on what I don't have.

A beautiful baby who I love more every second
A bar of soap...so fresh and so clean clean
Left over sushi from the grocery store in the frig
An awesome boyfriend who goes to the grocery store and buys me sushi even though I hate grocery store sushi

That about sums it up for now.

Oh I almost forgot, I love you Brent:)

Dispatch

They never get old..........I've been listening to silent steeples lately and I can't believe it's been so long since I've seen them at the most AMAZING concert ever in New York. I really think that was one of the best days of my life (Don't worry Eli your birth was #1!)
So on that note I need to see State Radio or Pete or even Bradagin soon! It looks like they are in Europe for the next couple of months but are back in the US on Friday May 21st in LA, so if anyone wants to join me I will be (Hopefully) attending this concert:)

We had a great time in Huntington over the weekend. I already miss all my friends and can't wait to see everyone again! San Jose is starting to grow on me though and I am realizing that it doesn't really matter where you live as long as you are with the people you love:)
But I love the ocean.............

I also love Brent and being away from him is not fun. I hope we get to spend more time together because I miss him when he is at work so much.

Eli loves his aunties Erica and Molly (he even slept with Erica all weekend) and misses them already!

Go go go!

Eli has been getting frustrated about tummy time lately, and he used to love it. I think its b/c he wants to crawl/move and he can't quite figure it out. So being the competitive mom I am I want him to be the best so I have been trying to help him in any way possible. Its really hard to watch him on his belly kicking his feet and going nowhere. I want so badly to do it for him, but I know I can only teach him and wait. I guess this is good practice for me since this is only the beginning of him learning new things and being frustrated if he can't do it right away. I guess we will both learn patience together.

Here are some pictures of me trying to get Eli to crawl at the Discovery Museum.

VVVVVAlentines Day

He was so sweet......coffee(starbucks) and roses that morning, then dinner in the city that night....what else can I say? Love you Brent

Mommys' Sorry

I am officially a bad mom........Eli fell off the bed this morning:( I heard him start to wake up and I must have fallen back asleep because the next thing I know he is crying on the floor. I jumped up and grabbed him and he only cried for about a minute and then he was all smiles. Of course Brent was in the other room getting ready for work so he came in and gave me a hard time. I know it's good luck if your baby falls off a couch or bed once before they turn one so I guess Eli had his one fall and it won't EVER happen again..........
He is just so much more active and rolling all the time now I guess I have to be more careful, I know it will only get worse when he starts crawling!!!
He is fine, jumping in his jumper right now, no bruises or bumps..........this is only the beginning..........

WTF

I found this interesting.............

Dear Employees:

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But, since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will have to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been bothering me since I believe we are family here, and I didn't know how to choose who would have to go.

So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lots and found sixty "Obama" bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the ones to let go, I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. They voted for change............I gave it to them.

I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.

THE BOSS

See-lie-in

I think we have started a tradition; somehow every weekend we are home (which hasn't been many) we end up in Santa Cruz and since its been raining all week we thought we'd better get out there while it's sunny. Eli was happy to get some sun (he is as white as a ghost), I was happy to see the ocean and Brent was happy to drink some beer. We even saw some sea lions hanging out under the pier, it would have been cool to see one jump up but I was too busy listening to the tourists saying, "what you call it?" "Oh, seee-lie-in" "HAHAHA see-lie-in!"
By the way Eli hasn't had any new milestones lately.........still waiting to eat solid food and still practicing crawling motions:P

Coins everywhere

John and Marcus and the flying bumbo man eli

I don't understand why there is no time given to customers to put their cash back in their wallets after making a purchase.....?? I think everyone has experienced this- you pay for your groceries with cash, then after you get your change, (bills, receipt and coins) it hits your hand and the next person in line gives you the look "get the hell out of my way" and you are forced to stuff your change in your pocket or throw it into your diaper bag. Hopefully one day we will all be able to wait for the person in front of us to put their change away and make everyone's day a little less stressful!