In other news, Eli is turning out to be quite a little athlete. I wish I had some pictures, but he loves to play all kinds of sports. His current favorites are tennis and swimming, but he's also a huge fan of football, golf and baseball. There is a full-sized basketball goal (though we lowered it!) at the new house and Eli's favorite pastime in the afternoons is shooting hoops. Luckily for him, he has his father's coordination otherwise he'd be more suited to checkers.

Early this summer, Eli just decided one day that he wanted to swim and so he did. he still wears his swim vest in the pool, but he can motor around on his own while he's wearing it. We've practiced a little bit of swimming without it. He can do it for short periods of time, but he loses confidence quickly. No fear, there's another month of summer and a whole lifetime ahead for more swimming!