Training Camp

We had an eventful weekend. First we went to our baby Justin's b-day party at Pump It Up in Kirkland. Ely had fun going down the big slide with daddy. I don't think he knew what was going on but at least he didn't cry going down the slide. By this time next year, Ely will be able to have more fun. It was amazing to see how much Justin had grown since I last saw him at the Overlake Hospital when he was born, and when I held him in my arms...not quite sure how I should hold the little guy. Even a couple of years ago, he wanted me to play with him at his party. This time, he was a big boy and ran around playing with his friends.

Later that day with met with our friends Paj, Lisa, and Jadie to go to Seahawks training camp. They were able to get tickets for Saturday (much better than our 8:30am Sunday tickets). We sat on a little hill and watched the football players. It was hard to figure out what they were doing but after awhile it was starting to make sense (a little bit). We had Jadie and Ely lie down on the play mat next to each other. They were very amused by each other's pacifiers and took turns taking off each others pacifier. It was nice to see that they finally knew that they were lying next to each other and played. Ely has seen Jadie so many times but it was probably his first time that he "saw" her. It was amazing to see how much Jadie had grown. She was pulling herself up as she grabbed onto Stephan's shirt. Such strong girl! She also had two little teeth and another one possibly on its way. I also noticed another white bump on his lower gum.

Today we went all the way to Federal Way to buy Beabe Babycook from a lady (from Craigslist). It was brand new in the box and it had the Williams Sonoma stick on it. Apparently she got TWO of these for her babyshower....but maybe she didn't get a gift certificate with it? I'm looking forward to cooking up some meals for Ely but I need to get Ely started on rice cereal first. Maybe we will start that sometime this week. Ely loves to watch us eat and stick his little tongue out when we put our food in front of his mouth. He likes to suck on our spoons too.

I read a little book to Ely today and Ely found it so funny that he was laughing. I laughs when I tell him "I ruff you", "you're some bunny special", and "you're purrrfect". So there I was saying this over and over to get him to laugh more. After awhile, it was so funny to him anymore. I'll have to try it again tomorrow.

Ely likes to kick. He did it at the Learning Center. He kick his toys (attached to a mirror) and he squealed in delight (moving arms and all) after he gave it a good kick. I had him kick a ball and he thought it was pretty funny. I had him kick my head (we were bored in the car) and he thought it was very funny. I had to stop it though because it may not be funny if he kicked someone at the Learning Center and started laughing.

Earlier this week I got a Mozart for Babies CDs from Costco. It has various music that will help babies with concentration, memorization, ....etc. There was one for "Calming & Soothing" and I played it on the way to work so that Ely will sleep better. I was listening to the music and was wondering how the bells were so not soothing and calming but 10 minutes into it, I realized that I was getting very drowsy and quickly changed the station to something else so that I wouldn't fall asleep while driving. Once we got to the Learning Center, Ely was very sleepy and Mayboobae asked Ely if he was tired and commented how he is usually wide awake. Maybe the other CDs will work just as well....at least there's no harm in trying. I think it will help me to listen to it since I took all the time to make a CD for our friend Lisa and had it in our bag but forgot to give it to them. Oops....

Looking for another eventful week - feeding Ely rice cereal and possibly dealing with the backup that other babies go through.