Thanksgiving is fun for many reasons, but one of the best is that good friends come home to visit.

Eli went out to brunch with Alison, whom he met when he was still little (!) and Elizabeth, whom he met for the first time ever. Truthfully, he doesn't look so happy in this picture, but he had a great time with the girls, nonetheless.

Now, if only we could get Sharon here, Eli would know the Great Triumverate affectionatly known as "The Girls". Sharon, Eli's dyin' to meet you!!

Thanksgiving is big fun, Chez York. Grumpy is a great cook so the meal is always a gourmet treat. This year's highlight, in my opinion, was the potatoes rosti-- YUM! 'Course the beets were pretty killer... and that dressing...WOW! Grumpy is king of the kitchen!



Eli was a hit and everyone wanted to get their hands on him. He especially enjoyed Uncle Arthur's sweetheart Anna. Okay, let's face it, we all love Anna.

We've been busy!

Eli's favorite meal is brunch. He is always asleep or happy in the mornings, so he's pretty easy to eat with. He even tolerates the carseat! Here's Eli perusing the menu at our favorite brunch spot, Radial. Whaddya have, little one? The salmon scramble? Huevos rancheros?

Oh, and I forgot to mention... Eli's Grampa Marty has a new sobriquet: Grumpy. Ha!

It is hard to believe, but Eli is two months old as of yesterday! So I have no new pictures to post. There are some out there somewhere, I'm just not organized enough to get them up here.

Some updates: Eli still won't sleep at night in any real sense. We've taken to sleeping together in the recliner. He sleeps more hours in a row like that (sometimes even hitting four at a time!) and doesn't wake as long to nurse. So it feels more like long stretches of sleep. But in a chair. I'm trying hard to believe that this will pass and he will one day be a good little independent sleeper, but in the mean time, sleeping is just weird.

In addition to outgrowing the #1 diapers, Eli also now fits into some of the 3-6 month clothes! Such a big boy! He still likes best being carried around so that he can see the world form on high. I can't say that I blame him. His Daddy and I are much more fun than a stupid crib.

Tomorrow, Eli will have his first Thanksgiving and meet many York-side relatives that he's never met before. It has been made clear that Kevin and I should be ready to be ignored since we are, having procreated, no longer of use to the family.

Maybe we'll go find a comfy place to nap...

We spent the weekend in beautiful Macon, GA. While Kevin studied hard in a local coffee shop with good muffins, Eli and I attended the Episcopal annual council meeting, where he was a big hit. He met all sorts of priests and other churchy types, including the man in the pointy hat, Bishop Alexander himself.


That was all fine and good, but the highlight of Eli's weekend in Macon was hanging out with his Uncle Arthur. Arthur was a little afraid of breaking Eli, but Eli's a pretty solid and tough little dude, so he showed his uncle how cool a baby can be.

In other news, Eli has grown into #2 size diapers. What a big monster he is!!

Eli LOVES his Atlanta grandparents! Grandpa Marty is a good cook, which Eli will appreciate later in life, and his Grandmaman is good at making him giggle when she speaks French.

Sleep, it seems, is a thing of the past. Eli has decided that it is simply not necessary to sleep at night, he'd rather eat. All night long. I'm beginning to go a little crazy from lack of sleep!

On Saturday, our friend Paul Frilingos turned one. He had a big birthday party and invited lots of friends. Here is Erin and her daugher Baikal, me and Eli and the birthday boy and his mom Beth.



Baikal and Paul are so much bigger than Eli, it is hard to believe that he will ever grow up!

(thanks to the Frilingos for letting me snag this picture from their blog!)

Eli made his big debut at Morning Run this weekend. He was very popular with this friendly walk/run group.

So popular, in fact, that his friend Vic made him a "Morning Stroll" onesie of his very own. Eli is very appreciative and can't wait to stroll about in it!




Eli is an exceptionally good lap-sitter. Here he is practicing with his new friend Eileen. He likes her lap a lot. Likewise, Eileen likes having Eli in her lap! A good match!

The big day has come and gone. I started back to work on Wednesday. That means that my maternity leave is over. That also means that Eli is SIX WEEKS OLD!

Back-To-Work-Day didn't go too smoothly. I couldn't access my work email account for the first half of the day, so I wasn't able to answer the 6 gazillion emails I knew were awaiting me. Frustrating. Eli didn't want to take a morning bottle from his dear patient daddy, even after we had practiced this a few times. So in the end, Eli came to work for a visit. After having some lunch, he hung out with all of the good people I work with and fun was had by all. In the afternoon, Eli did take a bottle from Dad, so all was not lost, but everyone was totally worn out by bedtime. There's a lot of learning in this baby stuff, both for us and for him. I'm sure we'll get the hang of all this eventually, but sometimes it seems along way off!

In other news, there is a new restaurant in the 'hood! Our friend Brian and friends-by-proxy sean and Eric have opened Solstice, a cafe and eatery on the Boulevard side of the park. We went to the fancy opening party and ate some great apps earlier in the week and then had lunch there today. Eli especially likes the art, since it is bright and stimulating. I, on the other hand, really dig the seared tuna sandwich--yum! Kevin likes the fact that they have good coffee and a quiet place to grade papers. The whole fam agrees that it is nice to have a family-friendly-yet-funky (no Chuck E Cheese here!) place to hang in the neighborhood.