It has been so long since I’ve written here!  Eli went from being this baby:

To being this other baby who likes to play with EVERYTHING!

A lot of other things have happened too.  We took Eli on his first roadtrip, back to Ithaca, NY, where he got to see his first waterfalls:

I also took my first airplane ride since having Eli, to go to a MINERvA collaboration meeting in Austin, TX.  It was hard to be away from Eli, but Austin was fun (although really, really, overwhelmingly hot!), and we got to Skype:

There was also Father’s Day, involving matching Bill’s Jerseys:

(Did you know: when I purchased these jerseys, it was not possible to get a jersey for anyone who is on the Bills current roster of players.  Anybody good enough to merit a jersey leaves the team, apparently.)  Eli’s Grandma B. also came to see us:

And last week, for the 4th of July, Eli took his first trip to Arkansas, where he was spoiled rotten by his many relatives there.  He also got to go swimming for the first time — he wasn’t sure what to think of the concept at first, but he warmed up to it and had fun:

And finally, we started a garden:

Eli finds gardening very tiring:


Happy Summer, Everyone!

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