Insane in the Membrane

That's what Lehr and I were to think we could pull off this 'weekend' trip in only 3 1/2 days! Considering that we haven't been back to Central Florida in many years, and not at all since Eli was born, taking on that amount of family and friend visits in that short of time was nothing short of ignorant. Live and learn I guess..... Let me try to recap all of Eli's visits as quickly as possible so-as-to not bore you:

Starting at 1PM on Friday and ending at 9:30AM on Monday, Eli visited with Linda & Darol (thanks again for the animal crackers!), Mom-Mom (Eli loved using your boogie board and he is fascinated with the new books), Chris, Jessica & Alex (just how many kisses did the two kids share?), Grandpa Ed, Grandma Sandy & Great-Grandma Nana (Eli had a blast playing the guitar), and Courtney, Michael, Brandon, Jake & Emily (when Eli grows up I think he wants to be Brandon, though he shows more similarities to Jake. Courtney has a great blog documenting her kids.).

Phew!! And those people totalled eight visits....in 3 1/2 days....when Eli sleeps 12 hours at night and 2-3 hours for a nap during the day. Do the math and you'll see that Eli spent a lot of time travelling to and from places the whole time. Considering that and the fact that the people Eli met were 'new' (pretty much anyone he hasn't seen in a 3-4 weeks is 'new'), Eli did fairly well. He was sure to save 90% of his frustrations and meltdowns for the car (gee, thanks), so most of the people he saw only saw his good, if not a little shy, side. Of course he had a blast at the beach; he alternated chasing birds, being pulled on the sand on a boogie board (which he insisted on standing on so he would fall when you pulled it) and digging/filling holes in the sand with Daddy.