Lots to catch up on.  Eli slept through his first Thanksgiving, he smiled for the first time, he made his first trip to NJ,  Obama is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and Tiger Woods cheated.  That sums up the last two weeks I think.  At least that’s what I can remember from it.

Reflections on parenthood after 6 weeks?   This isn’t easy.   The sleep deprivation, the crying, the uncertainty over what he wants, the sleep deprivation.  Wow.  A newfound respect for single parents, as this would be hard to imagine without each other…let alone family and friends.  But despite the exhaustion, one simple look in the eyes and it’s worth it.

The picture above was in Eli’s room.  He was laying on his mat and Russ came in.  I told Russ to lay down and he did…and then he snuck over to Eli and plopped his giant head right down on his little brother.  I think they’re going to be alright together.

We got a Flip video from Uncle Bill, so we’ll post a few of those as well.  Here’s one of Eli working on his head lift and even making a few non-crying noises.