Fall is in the air, the elk are in rut and bugling all around the ranch. The leaves have all but fallen, and we've turned on the heat! We decided to make the most of the nice fall days, and took Eli on his first camping adventure this weekend - that is if you can consider an RV camping! We headed to Granite Creek on Thursday for 2 nights. Eli was toasty warm at night, snuggled in with Mom and Dad in the nice heated camper, and a good time was had by all. He even napped long enough for us to take a dip in the hot springs!
Eli is still growing like a weed! I keep reading about 3 and 6 week growth spurts, but I think our little guy is on a perpetual growth spurt! At 6 weeks, 2 days he weighed 11 lbs. on the nose! Considering his early arrival, I'm told that's pretty impressive... I haven't charted it yet, but I'm betting he is right up there on percentile growth!
Eli is still a great baby... has been giving us great big toothless grins more and more. He only fusses when he's being dressed, buckled in his car seat, or trying to nap but too distracted to fall asleep. The old boob generally does the trick to calm him down! He is still up about every 3 to 4 hours to nurse at night, but sleeps well for about 10 hours around that, allowing me to still get 7-8 hours every night. Kevin is going to start giving him a bottle (pumped breast milk) at night until snowmobile season starts to give Mom a bit of a break. Once the snowmobile season starts, his days will be really long, so I'll take back over for most feedings during the night.
I have gone back to work part-time. I am taking Eli in to the office about 8-10 hours a week (2 to 3 days), and taking work home with me. I plan on continuing part-time until the end of October, and will reevaluate then.
Hope all is well with everyone! Happy Fall!
