Quick helmet update & some other updates & pics

Eli & his little girlfriend Maliyah

E had his appointment yesterday morning with the specialist. They took pictures of his head and measured it, then a doctor came in to evaluate him and talk to us. She pretty much told us what we already knew, his little head is "crooked" ;) if that is the right word for it, but it is not that bad compared to other children. He will need a helmet to correct it but Mark and I need to decide whether we will go forth with it or not. His head will not get any worse by this point, but there is a possibility that it won't "fix" itself. We have the option of waiting a few months to see what happens, or to go ahead and do it. At this point we are not sure what we are going to do, we are waiting on the call from the insurance company to see if they will cover it, if they don't we might look at a different company that I heard of that could be 3/4 of the cost to 1/2 the cost of the other place. A little more affordable. So we will see. We should know by tomorrow, so we will talk about it then and see where we want to go from there. Anyway I don't think I ever updated on Thanksgiving, we went down to my parents house and hung out there for the 4 day weekend! It was nice having my family relieve Mark and I with Eli duty ;) Aside from breastfeeding him, they literally wanted to do EVERYTHING for him, even changing dirty diapers... Ahh it was heaven :) I leave you with these pics! E is taking a bottle again which means a little more freedom for me! :) I can pump and go to the grocery store or get this, out on a date with Mark now! :)

My parents got him a walker! He loved playing in it!

He is going after everything now, even tore the paper Thanksgiving tablecloth.

He decided he was going to hold his own bottle, he didn't want anyone to feed him! He thinks he is such a big boy and is VERY stubborn!

We also attempted to fee him rice cereal over Thanksgiving weekend, since his pedi recommended we start him on it to help him sleep through the night. Well, it didn't go that great, see pics below!

Hey mom, not so sure about this chair thing....

Ohh whats this... so intrigued by the bowl he would not let Mark put it down he kept going after it!

What the heck is this stuff....



Not too convinced mom!

You mean I have to eat more?!?!

That's it, I'm done! And so he was... we tried 2 other times since then and he is still not ready so we will wait until he is 5 months and try again then. I am in no hurry, I have gotten used to him waking up to nurse throughout the night so it doesn't bother me and I doubt Mark cares since he sleeps through the night fine huh babe ;)

We have also taken him on more walks, he does not like being in the stroller laying down anymore, we had to move his seat and sit him like a "Big Boy" so he can look around.

He also loves to take off his socks now... I find him like this most of the time!

We are down to only 4 pairs of socks. He takes them off in his carseat while we are out shopping and I have left them behind at some stores, he takes them off while playing on his mat, on his bouncer, on his swing! EVERYWHERE! And then I usually only find one... I didn't know why they were disappearing until I a few outside with Eddie! :)

He is also doing really well at attempting to sit on his own. He doesn't like laying down, he prefers that someone holds his hand so he can sit and look around at everything.