fun with eli

when eli was around a month old, i brought my SLR in for a cleaning, thinking i'd have it back in a few weeks, tops.  8 weeks later, i realized they still had it, so i called them.  there had been a mix-up and my camera had been sent to their corporate headquarters instead of their service building and was just sitting there.  in the meantime, i lost the lens cap, polarized filter, strap, and battery charger i had removed so just the bare camera could be sent.  i suspect they were thrown away, but i guess i'll never know.  so when i finally got back my bare camera (luckily i had stashed the cf and the battery in my car for some reason, so those weren't lost) i still couldn't take pictures because i had no way to charge my battery and no cover to protect the lens.  it was all a mess.  so this past weekend up until yesterday, i finally got a temporary fix-- bought a new charger and lens cap, and it was a go.  i've been so excited that we've been taking lots of pics.  here are some of my favorites of eli.