Day 11 Milestones

Today our boy is eleven days old. He's eleven days awesome. He looks so big and grown up and like such a little boy. Every change is surprising and amazing and a little heartbreaking. But we're so proud.

Today he had two milestones. First, in the middle of the night he lost his gross little umbilical leftovers. It was in the midst of an epic diaper/navel/spit up extravaganza. We sang him little songs of praise for his maturity, and not to harp on the fact that he's advanced, but he shed his on day 11, when on average it takes two to three weeks. And he doesn't seem to miss it. Can't hold onto the past after all.

He's now sporting the ever so perfect belly button seen here.


Secondly, he experienced his first thunderstorm. He and I stood at the back door to the patio listening to it and feeling the chill in the air. He loves being outside and we love that about him. He and I spent some time out in the back yard today, just sitting and talking and feeding and enjoying the fall. It's still rumbling and is supposed to be rainy and cold tomorrow.


Yesterday he went on his first outing after dark. We had dinner with fellow North Carolina to Denver transports, Christa and Megan. He made quite a good showing of alert cuteness, perhaps even a hint of flirtation. And then we got back home and he and I crashed while Daddy watched
the Rockies game. Eli slept his first 4 hour block in the nighttime(hear the Hallelujah Chorus in the background). After that though he wanted to check in on us about every hour and a half, but the four hours was good.

Here he is holding court at the Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant.

Yesterday morning we got a flurry of fabulous mail around eleven. It all came at once and we had a little party. The flurry included:

A big box from the At Home Bistro from some of our fabulous friends at Biltmore UMC. It contained 8 delicious vegetarian meals frozen and ready to cook and serve (the chorus starts up again). They all look so yummy! You guys are awesome! And, as a bonus, they were packed in dry ice, which gave us hours of entertainment:
Next came a box from Auntie Kelly and the kids. It held 9 dozen yummy cookies and some Long Beach, WA sand for zen. Thanks guys! Mmmmm, cookies.

The Eli got a fun Halloween onsie from Sunny B, which he will soon wear on an outing to the pumpkin patch (otherwise know as the pile of pumpkins in front of Whole Foods Market), for a pumpkin photo shoot.

And then, he received a sweet white bunny blanket and fabulous drawing from his friends Liza and Gracey. What a lucky guy!!!

Tomorrow he's so excited about meeting and snuggling with Grandma Dotty!

Our little fella makes some of the most fabulous faces, most of which pass too quickly to catch in a photo, but here we captured a sweet little smile.
We leave you with that.
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