My Buddy

The day started off rough, but drastically improved. After Eli woke up this morning, the three of us drove north for a bike ride, but not before some bumps and bruises. Since Eli is more mobile now, we are (obviously failing at) making an attempt to use foresight to prevent accidents. Lehr's bike was in the middle of the garage without the front tire (balancing ever so slightly) and Eli decided he wanted to explore. Since it would take little more than a strong breeze to knock it over, Eli's muscle-touch did the trick. Lehr and I were both packing the car up and heard him cry only to turn around and see the poor guy trapped under the back wheel. He stopped crying before I'd even scrubbed the grease off his head, and he has only a small bruise. Don't worry: karma paid us back. After my ride Lehr pulled one of the bikes up (without the tire) just as I was bending down and I took a 'fork' straight in the forehead.

After our lovely biking adventures, Cooper and his parents came over for the afternoon. Both boys are mobile now, though Cooper is much quicker. You'd think this would mean more interaction between the two, but not so much, at least today. They did pet each other's heads once or twice, and Cooper did push Eli down once, but that was probably to get him back for the last visit. We managed to get some pictures of the two outside. A few of them are of Eli and Cooper on the same swing. They are so much bigger than the first time we did that! I think this was the last hurrah for the shared swing.