Spring, spring where are you?

Hello from Eli!

It's kinda sort of like spring.  Spring in Maine, that is.  That means an occasional day when you might leave the house without a jacket - occasional - and where dirty old snowbanks are on every corner.  March is not a pretty time in Maine.  

Lots of cuteness in our house, though.  Check out baby Eli.  He continues to grow, grow grow and this boy will smile for you EVERY time.  I have never seen a more smiley baby.

Eli continues to struggle with congestion.  We have a humidifier going all the time...maybe it is a sensitivity?  Stephanie at the office mentioned that it might be the detergent we use on the laundry?  Could be.  I remember with Noah we bought the baby detergent and I was religious about laundering his clothes and bedding in a separate wash.  Not so much for Eli.  I'll give it a try.  More likely, we will just need to wait for his nose to get bigger?  I'm afraid that the congestion is messing up his sleep.  These days, he goes to bed between 5:30 and 6:00 pm, wakes at 11:30, 3:30 and then at 5:00 to start his day.  Not bad, but I'm looking forward to only ONE wake up a night.  Too much to ask? 

Noah in his Iron Man mask

Iron Man checks in on Papa and baby Eli

Noah has enjoyed pretending to be a bad guy these days.  It's almost like a get out of jail free card: he gets to pretend to be bad and then smile and be cute and say he was just pretending.  "It's just me - Noah - under the mask!!" This kid needs spring to hurry up and get here.  There are not enough appropriate indoor activities for an active 4 year old boy.  Inevitably, he ends up throwing something, spilling something or being WAAAAY too loud.

He can be a good helper, though.  He wanted to dump water on Eli's head first - I talked him into just dripping a little water on his tummy.  

Eli likes to smile at himself in the mirror during diaper changes

We love the swaddle.  So cozy.  Mark thought it looked cruel and unusual!  Can't wait until Uncle Mark has some babies.  

Check out this sequence of events: 

And finally some pics of springtime in our driveway:  Noah is enjoying some catch with the neighbors and his Papa.  Auntie Lisa and I got a new glove for him to use this summer on one of our trips to Target the other day.  

A quick update: got to keep moving through my list of things to do.  Noah has his second swim lesson tonight (he and Papa go to the Orono-Old Town Y) I've got school visits at Sumner and Central this week - and then St. Patrick's Day the UB counselors host a pizza and green beer fundraising party!