hiking at Mendon Ponds Park

 - and of course, feeding the chickadees there.  

Eli did get some to eat from his hand too, but I couldn't get a photo of that. It was a beautiful sunny day and we went hiking with our neighbor friends for 2 hours and 15 mins.  Eli *loved* it!  :) He was such a champ with all the snow, ice, and hills.  I was impressed! 

Took him out for pizza afterwards to "fuel up" and he did just that!  You can see him and his pizza further down the page, I think... ;)  

little man *loves* pizza!

grumpy dino, happy dino...

notice his hands on hips. pretty funny, right? he's been doing this mock mad face lately. cracks me up!

some January fun OR post #100 !!

2013 is off to a good start!  We are enjoying lots of play time at home, hiking in the snow, and an occasional visit to a coffee shop. Just a few photos here to keep you up to date with us. :) 

More from December 25th... :)

eye update

We went back to Eli's eye doctor this morning and got a good report about our patching therapy time.

We spent 2 hours a day with the eye patch on for two months and it was helpful. I'm so glad for this news!  Both eyes are working together better now and he doesn't seem to have a dominant eye at this point.  We were advised to discontinue the patching.  We have some options as we move forward and some decisions to make.  I'll keep you posted as we choose next steps and know more.

Eli was such a champ at the doctor's office.  He was cheerful, cooperative, attentive, polite.  I was so pleased and the staff was impressed with his behavior.  Yeah!

Also, on his vision check he was able to name all the pictures they showed him in English now - wow!  What a difference from 2 months ago when I was translating his responses and asking him what they wanted in Mandarin.  He's making such good progress!  :)

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers as we journey on.

snow!!!