Sympathy

I learned something today. It was an interesting afternoon.

I went out with my girlfriend Larissa, and her daughter Ivy who is a month older than Eli. We always say Eli is Ivy's boyfriend. They get along great! We put Eli's carseat into Larissa's SUV and off we went. Ivy and Eli's carseats are right side by side, and we noticed that after a few minutes of driving Eli was reaching over to touch Ivy. Then Eli passed his favorite toy (which is a little cell phone that rings and plays songs) over to Ivy, and she reached over and gently took it from his hand! He was sharing! It was the most beautiful thing ever!

On our way home after a few errands we thought the babies would just fall asleep. Boy were we wrong. Little Ivy was so tired, and Eli was tired but content. Anytime Eli would start to babble or make a happy noise Ivy would loose it. She would scream! Then she would calm down and be almost asleep. Eli makes a noise or even would reach over and touch her blanket and she would loose it again, and start crying. It was so cute and funny... at first. Its like Eli was doing it just to get a rise out of her! This went on ohhh 4 or 5 times, and then it happened. This is where I learned that its true baby's really are sympathetic to one another. Ivy was screaming, and then out of no where Eli lost it! He was screaming along with her. Both of them at the top of their lungs. They'd calm down (meanwhile Larissa and I are singing the ABC's to try and calm them down) and then one would start crying and the other would join in! We were almost home, when something else happened. Eli was crying so hard he started the whole coughing fit, and then Larissa says to me, "Uh, he just puked." Eli was crying so much he threw up!

We pulled over, I got him out of his carseat and he was a happy camper. Once he was back in the carseat they started crying again. Once I finally got Eli home he was as happy as he could be! I dont know what the deal was, and I cant actually tell you what was wrong. But all I can tell you is that the look Eli was giving Ivy when he was crying was that he looked really sad!

Here's a picture of them playing. This was a month or so ago! Its incredible how fast babys change!

Also I should mention something else Eli has started doing. Anytime we say no to Eli he will look at us and then look away and shake his head in a no motion. He did it yesterday when I told him not to touch Andy's PS3. Eli looked at me, looked away, shook his head, and then continued touching the PS3. He does the same thing in the bathtub. He tries to stand up, we tell him no and to sit down, he shakes his head no. Its incredible how fast they pick up on something. Totally cute, but I think it could become something more. Possibly him and his strong willed personality coming out. Oh boy . . . and so it begins!