Eli's just barely starting to smile "on purpose."  He's starting be more alert, and shows off his big blue eyes.  He definitely has a temper at times.  He likes to sleep vertical in the fetal position.  Everyone tells me that Eli is "such a Neahusan."  I just take it as a compliment.  We all love him so much. 

Now Eli's 3 weeks old already.  Wow.  He's started to prove me wrong in somethings too.  He spit up all over my bed.  He's gets pretty cranky when I eat too many onions.  And he's getting better about burping.  It's been fun watching him grow and change and noticing the glimmer of personality that's already developing. 

Our big question of the week: 
Who do you think Eli looks most like? 

Here's the siblings' baby pictures to compare.  Have fun!

Eli's bellybutton finally fell off a few days ago, yea!  So now he can get his whole body submerged.  I know it doesn't look like it in this picture, but he was really enjoying his bath for the most part.  Like I mentioned in the previous post, he especially loves his head being washed/massaged.  He has the cutest expression on his face when it happens.

Now that he was all clean and ready to go, Eli and Mommy went to all 3 hours of church today.  Eli did great and brought many smiles to onlookers.  Unfortunately he's getting way too good at peeing on himself during a diaper change.  I need to be quicker on the draw I guess. 

I can't believe it's been two whole weeks already!  Eli seems so much bigger to me now, but really he's not.  He just had his two week check-up today, and he only weighed 7 lbs. 4oz. now.  He had lost a little weight (completely normal) early on, so he regained all that plus 2 oz.  He's also an inch longer now too.  He's healthy in every way, eating well, and still a peaceful happy baby.  He's starting to be awake for longer stretches, an hour or more at a time.  He just so cute and so quiet as he stares at the ceiling or the back of the couch or someone's face.  He'll just stare and stare without making a peep.  He'll smile every once in a while too, usually in his sleep.  It's the most precious thing in the world to see such an uninhibited expression of joy on such a little face. 

His bellybutton scab still hasn't fallen off yet.  The doctor said any day though.  I can't wait to give him a real bath.  Sponge baths are such a pain.  Eli hates having his lower half washed, it's one of the few times I've heard him belt it out so loud.  As soon as I put a diaper on him and gently wash his head, it's like heaven for him.  You can see the pure ecstasy in his eyes.  It's so adorable!

The kids still love him to pieces, but he's not the center of their lives anymore.  Will has tried to regress a touch though.  He's been talking like a baby and occasionally crawling around on the floor like a baby, or even wanting to be held like a baby.  We had to have a good chat about how much better it is to be a BIG BOY, and how many more things he can do than if he were a baby.  In fact, the only reason Will could come up with why he wanted to be a baby was because then he could stay up late.  When I mentioned the 3-4 naps a day that babies take in order to stay up late, that quieted him down quickly.

All in all, the family's adjusting.  Our kids are pretty awesome.  I know they're lacking for attention at times, but they're being good sports about it.  They're great helpers and even let me take naps without waking me.