Eight Weeks a Day

Little Eliot has reached the two-month mark, and as mommy says, "He's much cuter now than when he was born." The truth hurts, huh? Hopefully he won't get upset later on in life when he learns his mother didn't think he was that cute as a newborn. As you know it's been a while since I've posted, so we have lots to get to.

A career in phrenology, perhaps?

On May 8th there was a trip to the Kohl's Children's Museum in Glenview, and someone didn't want to go home.

Very proud of his work.

The following day, Mommy took the kids to visit great-uncle Scott and great-aunt Katie.

Hopefully we'll get to use these sometime very soon.

Look at those new shades!

He's so vain.

The crib looks awfully big with only a six-week-old baby in it.

For Mother's Day we had breakfast at Max and Benny's in Deerfield. I had banana-stuffed french toast. Yum.

Later in the day we headed to our favorite park in Gurnee.

Not often one sees a double rainbow.

One of mommy's partners, Dr. Anya Hartley.

All the kids.

Trying to cool down on a hot day.

Eliot's feet have always been fascinating to his big bro.

Who looks better in blue?

Before bedtime on May 19th we spent some QT at Illinois Beach State Park.

Mommy's been making a lot of smoothies lately, and I think someone likes them.

I think the stop to the Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy Store was a good idea.

Mommy's new carrier.

Look who can spell his name. Grandma Frau has been here since Thursday night and has been a big help.

Our new umbrella!

With cousin Sarah Bosley, who just recently graduated from U of I. Congrats!

Yesterday we had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe in Gurnee. What do you think of these snazzy sunglasses?

Finally, I want to acknowledge two recent events -- one sad and one happy. First, Mommy's great-aunt, Shirley Sonenfeld, passed away peacefully last week at the age of 86. I have known Shirley for the past nine years and will always remember her as extremely sweet and thoughtful. Second, our friend (and mommy's OB/GYN), Dr. Regan Valfer (and her husband, Dave Cohen), welcomed their first child, Oliver Jack Cohen, to the world on Friday. Mazel Tov!

Made It Through a Month

We've had two kids for over a month now, and we're still here! Whew. At times it's been a lot of fun, and at others it's been a challenge (trying to be as PC as possible). Simon is not listening to us at all right now, which makes things much harder to deal as we are not sleeping as much. But we're very blessed and everyone's healthy. Before the pictures/videos: April 30th we took Eliot to his one-month checkup and he got a clean bill of health. His stats are: Weight: 9lb, 1oz (25th percentile) Height: 21 3/4'' (50th percentile) Head Circumference: 37 1/2 cm (25th percentile) When the brothers start fighting over things, we can always remind ourselves that they once loved each other.

Eliot is pretty fussy right now, so the Baby Bjorn has come in handy.

Any thoughts on who he looks like?

The NBA playoffs are inspiring him.

Thanks to great-aunt Karen and great-uncle Bunk (and thanks to Bobby for being the UPS guy on this one) for adding to the stuffed animal collection. This one is the biggest by far.

We showed our pediatrician these photos, and she was very impressed that Eliot is smiling already. I wish we could get him to smile at 2am, though, instead of screaming our ears off!

Must have been Bring-Your-Kid-to-Work day.

Almost every weekend we've been taking the kids to the Waukegan airport. Last Sunday was especially exciting as we saw at least 10-15 planes take off and land in a span of 45 minutes.

I don't even know what to say on this one. Just watch. Pals.

Last Tuesday at the park in Gurnee.