19lbs and counting!!!

Well Eli now weighs 19lbs, I know what a chunker. I am not going to be able to carry him in his carseat now because he is sooo heavy. He is also 69.5 cm long (not sure what that is in inches). We met his new health visitor on Monday and she was so nice. She answered all the questions we had and said not to worry about Eli drinking his milk as he loves his solids and in a month that will be what is most important. He has now eaten potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash and apples. We tried avocado last night but he was full so he just wasnt interested in it but he seems in different to what he eats, his facial expression never changes, which I guess is good. We recently bought him a new high chair and he loves it he is able to sit at the table with us. Our friends also lent us a new toy for him to jump in which he loves (i will put new pics on soon).

Here in England, it was mothering Sunday this past week and it was a beautiful day. I was able to sleep until 8am (Eli has been getting up at 630 am most mornings) and had waffles brought to me in bed. Eli got me a nice new stroller for mothers day, one that should be easier to maneuver around town. We have only taken it out once as the weather has not been great and we only got the rain cover today.

We went to swimming lessons yesterday and each week I am amazed at how much he loves it. This week he got so excited when we got in the pool. We are going to try and go swimming on Sunday with Daddy as he doesnt get to see how well Eli is in the water as he is at work.

Eli is napping so I should try to get some things done.

Well Eli is growing so fast I can hardly believe it. We went to swimming lessons yesterday, he seems to really enjoy them. This week was a little different as we actually let go of them underwater, he was such a good sport. I hope he continues to love the water.

Eli has also now eaten carrots, potatoes and butternut squash. He is still not too interested in drinking milk so I think we are going to do three solid meals a day and get milk in him when we can. We are going to have the new health visitor around on Monday to meet us.

We went to the zoo this past Sunday as it was one of the rare Sundays Simon has off work. I think Eli enjoyed although I am not sure if he really knew what was going on. We have bought an annual membership so hopefully we can go more often when the weather gets really nice (haha we shall see if that happens here). The weather has been relatively nice here I just wish we had a garden to enjoy it but we do go out on a walk just about everyday which he really enjoys.

Well he is asleep so i might try to get some things done.

Finally all settled!!!

Well we are finally all settled in our new house and it is such a relief. The internet is also all back on, nearly too late as my paper was due today but I managed to get it done without the internet, now we just have to see if it is okay. 

Update: Eli is nearly 19 weeks old, where does the time go???  He is growing so fast. I will put some pictures on here soon when I figure out how to do it. Eli has started to teeth, he is not too interested in having his milk so we are going to give him some potatoes tomorrow.... we will see how he likes that. We had him weighed today as he has not been eating much I was worried about him, he gained just over one ounce in the past 9 days, not really good although he still is a big boy so they will not get worried unless he continues to gain that little. We are hoping he will like eating big boy food. Eli started baby swimming lessons last week and he just loved it. He went under and everything, was slightly shocked when he came out of the water, but not a single tear, what a big boy. 

Well I better tidy the house a little before Eli wakes up and we head out shopping.