Little Boy

Eli is at a really fun stage of life. He's walking all around, he can communicate better (although he doesn't talk) and he loves to laugh and play.

Here are a few things he's enjoyed doing lately...

Watering flowers:He loves to play with the hose. One day he was working so hard trying to carry it somewhere and he finally got it over to the flowers and I realized he was trying to water them. So cute! So this is now one of his favorite activities.

Signing:

He does the sign for milk, more, and all done. We're working on some others, but he has these down and he does them all the time now. Haha. It's pretty cute.

Getting a haircut:
He looks so much older now! His hair has also lightened up a lot from being outside this summer.

Playing with oven mitts: (and everything else in the kitchen drawers and cupboards)Enjoying a visit from his 2nd cousin:
Remember this last year?
One year later, and they're bigger but still pretty much look the same.Playing in the coffee table:
He also loves to "read" books. He opens them up and jabbers to himself. And of course, he loves when I read to him too. Mostly he loves looking at the pictures and pointing to everything and having me tell him what it is. Oh, and he loves to dance. Whenever he hears music he starts bouncing. I need to get a video of that. He's always grooving to the radio in the car, just bouncing in his carseat, and our digital piano has a lot of fun demos and he goes crazy when we play those. There are some "pop" and "jazz" ones and he just starts running in place and clapping his hands when I turn those on.

So that's what Eli is doing these days. He's a good little boy and it's fun to see him growing up. He has been giving me the best snuggles before bed every night and I hope that phase never ends! It's so sweet. We love him!