Heads Up, Big Guy!

Eli's days of muffled screams as he lies face down in a blanket on the floor are over! This week he finally realized he has the strength to lift his head up of the floor and he has never been happier. He used to DREAD having to do tummy time and would just lay there with his face plowed into the blanket crying in passive defiance until we eventually felt bad for him and picked him up again. I was starting to think he was never going to get his head up because he never used his hands or chest to prop himself up. I'll be honest with you, the boy has the legs of a mule but he was kind of lacking in the upper body strength area. He got a little stronger as he learned to move his arms and grasp things and with a little encouragement a-la-Mickey from Rocky, Eli is now eatin' lightening and crappin' thunder in the head lifting department. Plus, Eli is so starved for attention these days that he is happy to lift his head just so he can hear us cheering and making a big to-do about it.