Grocery Store Musical

Luke found this last night when on the Internet. It is So Funny! This improve group does silly things all over the country. We went to their website, http://improveverywhere.com/, and watched "mission" after "mission."

Here is a little bit about them: Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 85 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.

I would suggest going to their site and watching some of their stuff. It is hilarious. Our favorite ones so far are the Grocery Store musical and the The Mp3 Experiment Six. (both below) ENJOY!

Michael Jackson Medley

A lot of you have probably seen this video but I just had to share it!

This guys is so talented! It is one guy singing all the parts. It's amazing what you can do with editing capabilities these days! The medley he does it great too! I think it cuts part of the video off on my blog so click on the video if you want to see the full sized video.

Helmet Update

Eli has had his helmet for 2 1/2 weeks now and Luke and I have already started to notice improvements! I took Eli to the pediatrician for his 6 month checkup yesterday and the Dr. said she can notice a change for sure. She said whereas before it was moderate to severe now it is only mild to moderate. We have had to have it adjusted because it was rubbing too hard in one area but it is assumed there will be adjustments over the first couple of weeks. He wears the helmet all day and all night minus one hour before he goes to bed so we can give him a bath and clean the helmet. We have gotten so used to seeing him with his helmet on that it is almost strange when he has it off.

Random Pictures and Fun

Here are some random pictures/fun stories from the last couple of weeks.

Doesn't Emma look SO old in this picture!

Luke gave Emma his old "Mammals" book. They are learning all sorts of fun animals together.

Aren't they just precious!

This is Emma's doing her super model pose while sporting her Halloween Hairdo that Luke created.

Emma was one hip diva with her glasses upside down.

I love that the weather is cooling down a bit so that we can enjoy the outdoors again without having to be in a pool.

Family picture at the Zoo.

Here is Emma, "making cookies for Santa." We celebrate Christmas year round in our home. :)

The other day I told Emma the clock said 9:40 and she said "No mom, the clock doesn't have a mouth!"

The Helmet

I have dreaded having to do this post but the time has come. At six weeks old we noticed Eli's head starting to get flat on he back left side. We talked to the Doctor and learned that one side of his neck was stronger than the other causing him to favor the one side when he slept, laid down, turned his head, etc. We worked with him but the flatness did not get better. Because the back portion is flat it is causing the front opposite side to also flatten out which changes the whole shape of the skull which can result in the ear/eye asemitry, etc. We were refereed to a craniologist Dr. who diagnosed Eli with a moderate combination of brachycephaly (where the head is wider than tall) and plagiocephaly (where the head has asymmetrical distortion (flattening of one side) of the skull) and recommended Eli get a helmet to correct the shape of his head. We knew this was something we needed to do, especially if Eli was going to wind up with Luke's hairdo someday! :)

Eli has had his helmet for one week now. The first week was the "transition" period where they get used to and work up to wearing it 23 hours a day. Since Saturday he has been wearing it all day and all night. Eli is such a happy baby and is doing really well with the helmet and really does not mind it at all. The worst part about it is that his head sweats SO much! They asid after the first two weeks the head will adjust and not sweat as much, which is something I am looking forward to! That has got to be so hot for the little guy! I am thankful he is so young and doesn't know any better to mind that he is wearing a helmet. He has to wear the helmet for 4-6 months. There is space in the helmet where his head is mis-shape/flat so that as it grows it will fill in in those areas.

When I walked into Eli's initial appointment, 4-6 weeks ago, and saw all the babies with helmets in the waiting room I wanted to start crying. I thought, "this isn't my baby needing this." From our initial appointment it took about 4-6 weeks for Eli to get his helmet. Ever since then I have been stressed about it. I didn't want people to think I had dropped him on his head or there was something really wrong with him. I was worried too much what people would think or that they would just ignore Eli. After the first day of going out with him in public I quickly got over those feelings. Although we do get quite a few looks people are still very kind. I have been able to develop a better perspective on the whole situation and know that it is the best thing for Eli and as long as we are comfortable with it it doesn't matter what other people think about it.

Emma thinks the helmet is the coolest thing ever and wants one herself! Luke has an old bike helmet in the attic he has been promising to get down for her so she can have a helmet too!

Since the 1990's parents have been urged to lay their children on their backs to sleep to reduce the risk of SIDS. The rate of SIDS deaths has decreased by 40% (which is GREAT) but the number of babies with plagiosephaly has skyrocketed from 1 in 300 to 1 in 60 babies. For more information you can visit: http://www.cranialtech.com/

Jam Session

We had a little family jam session at dinner the other night. Gotta love Luke for his spontaneity and not to mention his awesome voice and dead sexy moves! He rocks!

Emma is really into the Barbie movies and has several of them. We told her to sing one of the songs form one of the movies and to our surprise she knew all the words! You probably can't understand her but she was right on and stinking adorable! We always tell her she is stinking adorable and she says, "No, I don't stink!" Too funny.

Watch this video to the very end it is super funny!

Jump, Jump, Jump!

Eli LOVES to jump in his Jungle Jumparoo. Emma was a huge jumper also. If you watch the very end of the video Emma gives a little solo from a Barbie moving she was watching. Too cute!