Every Day with Eli: July 20

On this Do-Nothing Monday, something rather wonderful happened:

I disassembled the crib in Lily's room, since she is officially sleeping in her Big Girl Bed now.

Then I moved the crib into what was Daisy's room, and what will now be Eli's room.

There, I reassembled it, and Eli took his very first nap in his own crib, in his own room!

I nursed him to sleep, laid him in the crib, and two hours later he woke up like this:

Hi there, handsome! I was so excited - would it really be that easy?

But nap #2 didn't go so well. Eli spent twenty minutes looking around, not falling asleep despite my best attempts to subdue him. Finally I brought him into my bed, where he went right to sleep. Stinker. So this sleeping in the crib thing may take some practice, but just having a crib for him is a step in the right direction.

During nap #2, I let rice burn on the stove while I tried to take Lily's 2-year pictures. My results? Less than stellar.

They were all a variation of this:

I call it "Screaming Toddler, Running Away from Camera."

Oh! Almost a smile?

Nope. Just a scream.

How about "Screaming Toddler with Chair"?

Or maybe "Screaming Toddler with Smiling, Helpful Sister"?

Maybe Lily will cooperate another day. Or maybe this is just what two looks like.

I will say that this is definitely what four looks like.

What a goof.

Even Caleb tried to coerce Lily into having her picture taken. He gamely sat in the chair and gave me a cheerfully blank stare, but Lily would have none of it. So it goes. My rice was burning.

After I started over with the rice, I realized it was about time for Chris to get home. I corralled the kids to wait on the front porch for Daddy, but just as I was about to let them out there, he pulled into the driveway. So instead of waiting for Daddy to arrive, I turned them loose with instructions to tackle Daddy with hugs and kisses.