OOPS!

I am so sorry that I have been neglectful of my blog for the last 3 weeks. Things have been a little crazy around here. Let me get you back up to speed!

- Saturday April 3, 2010: Eli turned 6 months old! I cannot believe it! Where has the time gone!? I feel like just the other day I was pregnant, and getting ready for him to arrive. Today I have a baby who has learned how to army crawl around my living room! He looks like an inch worm when he does that. ADORABLE! I need to get it on video so I can treasure the preciousness of it!



- Sunday April 4, 2010: Eli, Shay, and I experiences our very first major earthquake. 7.2! We have come to an agreement that we did not enjoy it. Shay had left for work about an hour before, and I was sitting in the rocking chair with Eli. He had just fallen asleep 10 minutes before after an hour of rocking and singing. Sprocket was sprawled out, passed out dead, to the world. I was sitting in the rocking chair reading and cuddling with my little man, when I realized that rocking chair was shaking side to side. Sprocket instantly jumped up totally on alert and we ran for the doorway before the major swaying took place.

Let me tell you, the movies do not portray earthquakes accurately. It's not a shaking feeling. It's more like a rolling motion, with some swaying. It feels like you are incredibly drunk and unable to catch your balance.

Thank goodness for Saved By The Bell... Or else both Shay and I would have had no idea that we were supposed to get in the doorway. C'mon, you remember that episode: The gang had just had a babyshower for Mrs. Belding and were in the elevator with her. AC Slater in a towel and Lisa's jacket? (Side note: Shay and I referenced this episode in the middle of my labor and delivery.. every time Shay tried to breath with me, we would crack up because of this show.)

Back to the earthquake. I was pretty shaken after the initial event. Eli went back to sleep about an hour later. Shay had come home to check on us, and Sprocket was totally on edge. We had no damage, but lots of aftershocks. After the earthquake, I went to check my china cabinet. I wanted to make sure that nothing had shifted. I haven't dusted the cabinet in a while, so I picked up one of the wine glasses and saw that the dust was still in tact (pathetic, I know). The only thing that fell, was the laundry basket of clean laundry that I had placed in our closet.

- Monday April 5, 2010: Eli had his 6 month check up. He is healthy as a horse. He weighs 14lbs (talk about a peanut) and is 26 inches long. Dr. Gerber was a little worried about his weight which is in the 3rd percentile. We have upped his intake of oatmeal, veggies, and fruit. We hope that he will be around 17lbs by his next appointment in July. At the doctors, Eli decided that this was going to be the day that he was going to get up on all fours and try crawling... he did this however, on the scale table. He lost his balance and then proceeded to face plant into the side of the scale. He screamed, we consoled. As we consoled, the nurse gave him 6 shots. He was not a happy camper the rest of the day. I was able to put him down for a super long nap in the morning, and another one in the afternoon.

- Shay and I took Eli to the MSU alumni meet up for the Final Four game against Butler. We lost but it was a great game to watch with Eli. One of my favorite pics from that day:



Shay and I will be taking Eli to Santa Barbara next weekend for a mini family vacation. We both have a 4 day weekend planed, so we will are taking the family and visiting Hearst Castle. We are really excited to get a way for a bit and just be the 3 of us. When we are home in Detroit, we never get the chance to breathe. We are constantly running from one house to the next, and from one restaurant to the next. It's more exhausting going to the D then it is anywhere else.

Well, I think for the most part, I am all caught up with what is going on around here.I promise to post pics of our Santa Barbara trip as soon as we get back. Until then, LOVE YOU!

Posted by Cortney at 9:06 AM