Eli and Cooper

People have asked many times how our dogs are reacting to Eli.  Cooper and Maddie have really just pretended like he doesn't exist, and Eli has managed to do the same, up until the past few days.  Lately, Eli is distracted at each meal by watching the dogs from his highchair.  It's a job trying to get him to eat as he leans all the way to one side so that he can see around me and catch a glimpse of the dogs.

And now that he's sitting up, we spend a lot of time playing on the floor, and Cooper decided to come hang out with us this past weekend (pictures below).  I have a feeling that the dogs and Eli will have a love-hate relationship:  Eli will love having the dogs to tug and hit on, but hate it when they rush past him and knock him down or lick all over his face.  The dogs will love Eli when he drops food but hate it when he pulls on their ears and their tails.

Checking out Cooper who snuggled up to him.  

As soon as Eli showed interest, Cooper rolled over on to 

his back and stretched our real dramatically, like "Rub my belly".

Getting a pinch of fur.

Now smashing him with his toy.

And here's one final video of him playing with his puzzle...