Two Weeks Old, Rockies, and Bath Time Videos

Eli, Jessa, and grandma Dotty had a busy day celebrating Eli's 2-week birthday today. They went shopping for a particular type of baby sling (which will help with mobility), partook of some haute cuisine (Olive Garden), went by the school library to give Eric a break from studying, and went for a walk in the park, where they ran into a couple from childbirth class who had TWINS the week before Eli was born. (How do people have twins? When would they possibly sleep?) Jessa and the other new mom exchanged info, and they might team up for future walks.

There's snow on the Rockies--we keep meaning to get a decent picture of it--and there's snow in the forecast for Denver on three of the next ten days. So winter(ish) is upon us (apparently it's not winter here until there's a 2-foot blizzard).

The whole town is also in the midst of Rockies Fever, or as we like to call it, Rocktober. In case you've been living in a cave or other sports-deprived environment, the Colorado Rockies have stormed back from all-but-mathematically-eliminated a month ago, won a one-game play-in, swept their first series, swept the National League Championship Series, and have now punched their ticket to the World Series. This is cool, because something like 18 of the players on the Rockies' playoff roster are former Asheville Tourists (the Tourists are the Rockies' single-A affiliate), so we've seen a lot of these guys play before, and we can say we knew them when.

We also need to put this out there on the internet, so ESPN can pick it up if Eli ever makes it as a big-time ballplayer. When the Rockies finished the regular season, they had to play one game, against the Padres, to see who made the playoffs. That game went to THIRTEEN innings, and where were we? Walking laps around the labor and delivery floor. We went out for a lap, and we heard the news that the Rockies had just gone down by 2 runs in the 13th inning, and all hope was lost. As we finished that lap, we heard that the Rockies had inprobably scored 3 runs to win the game. Fewer than 24 hours later, Eli was born. Now Eli is 2 weeks old, and the Rockies are in the World Series, and this will make one heck of a human interest story for ESPN in about 25 years. He was born in auspicious circumstances.

Tonight was bath night. We've heard that a lot of babies do not like bath time. Our baby is not one of those. Eli LOVES his baths. Below you'll find a video (about 3 minutes, I think) where you can see his progression from relatively alert (but happy) baby to absolutely comotose baby. Later he perked up (and started absolutely wailing) when he had to flip over on his back, but when he's face-down in the frog position, Eli loves life.