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Well, this is going to be short and sweet. Josh is leaving for San Francisco tomorrow morning for almost an entire week (I get him back Thursday night), so I’m clearly in emergency mode. The house is clean, Eli’s clothes are set out, my lunches and breakfasts are packed, but I’m still freaking out. I’ll have to get up at 5:30 every day once again just to make sure I’m ready before he’s up. Now that he’s mobile I have to watch him a little better. Instead of sitting there playing sweetly with his toys he’s crawling around, dumping my craft baskets and pulling on wires. This, granted, happens when two people are watching him. Say a prayer for me. I’m counting down to the 2nd. Well, say a prayer for all of us. Josh, Eli, and I literally all have ear infections. Hooray! 

Eli: Week 37
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I had a big week. I started crawling, I can sit up on my own from lying down and I even stand up in my crib when I want to get out. I figured out how to use my walker and am cruising around the house. I started waving bye-bye and am a huge daddy's boy. I tried mashed potatoes for the first time, and I hated them! I hated them so much that when dad gave me a second bite I started to fake cry. I am super fast at eating puffers, so much so that I had 4 of them in my mouth at once. Now I have to wait while I get them one at a time. My dad is going out of town without me for five full days. I’m going to miss him so much!

Have a good weekend!
-Shantel
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