Eli update
Well it seems that I am already slacking off on the Eli blog. It has been over 3 weeks since the last post, and obviously I don't remember EVERYTHING that has happened since then, so here are some highlights from the past few days...
I think Eli's vocabulary has doubled over the past few days. Some words he has added (and a phoenetic pronunciation):
apple (bapp-uh)
peaches (pee-pees)
cookie (cook-ee --> funny how this one has the correct pronunciation, eh?)
up (bupp)
I have noticed that a good chunk of his vocabulary revolves around food. You never guess this by looking at him -- Mr. 5th percentile in weight :) Guess this gives me a goal for the next few weeks... teach Eli non-food words! He has also (amazingly) started counting! He can get to 4 by himself, though I don't think he actually associates this with counting objects. He just has the order memorized.
Chris is on vacation this week, so we went to St. Louis for a couple of days over the weekend. Eli is teething... or so we thought! Turns out he may have had a stomach virus that was causing some of his problems. Poor guy just wasn't feeling good. You know something is wrong when Eli willingly goes to bed around 7:00. It seems he is also a homebody, which we knew, though we did not know to what extent! The second he realized that he was home he perked up, and we had such a hard time getting him to take a nap! As for those teeth, two more have broken through. This brings the grand total up to six.
Today we went swimming (indoors!) for the first time in a while. Eli was scared of the water for the first 15 minutes or so. Maybe this is a sign that it is time to sign him up for swimming lessons? He eventually warmed up to it, though, and by the end was having a great time splashing in the water with a giant noodle. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese's for the first time. Boy has this changed since I was a kid! Eli had a great time in the "Toddler Zone" going down the slide, and we only had to take him off the Skeeball machine once! He did manage to take one of Chris' basketballs and run away. Who would have thought he could move so fast with a ball that is almost as big as he is? I caught him just as he was throwing the ball to (at) another child. All in all, a very fun experience!
Eli's super cute moment of the day: While watching American Idol (one of our 2 TV indugences, the other being 24), I turn around to find Eli with a wire wastebasket on his head. He seems to find nothing unusual about this. In fact, he decides to keep it there, and proceeds to walk over to his wagon, take out some blocks and start stacking them.
I think Eli's vocabulary has doubled over the past few days. Some words he has added (and a phoenetic pronunciation):
apple (bapp-uh)
peaches (pee-pees)
cookie (cook-ee --> funny how this one has the correct pronunciation, eh?)
up (bupp)
I have noticed that a good chunk of his vocabulary revolves around food. You never guess this by looking at him -- Mr. 5th percentile in weight :) Guess this gives me a goal for the next few weeks... teach Eli non-food words! He has also (amazingly) started counting! He can get to 4 by himself, though I don't think he actually associates this with counting objects. He just has the order memorized.
Chris is on vacation this week, so we went to St. Louis for a couple of days over the weekend. Eli is teething... or so we thought! Turns out he may have had a stomach virus that was causing some of his problems. Poor guy just wasn't feeling good. You know something is wrong when Eli willingly goes to bed around 7:00. It seems he is also a homebody, which we knew, though we did not know to what extent! The second he realized that he was home he perked up, and we had such a hard time getting him to take a nap! As for those teeth, two more have broken through. This brings the grand total up to six.
Today we went swimming (indoors!) for the first time in a while. Eli was scared of the water for the first 15 minutes or so. Maybe this is a sign that it is time to sign him up for swimming lessons? He eventually warmed up to it, though, and by the end was having a great time splashing in the water with a giant noodle. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese's for the first time. Boy has this changed since I was a kid! Eli had a great time in the "Toddler Zone" going down the slide, and we only had to take him off the Skeeball machine once! He did manage to take one of Chris' basketballs and run away. Who would have thought he could move so fast with a ball that is almost as big as he is? I caught him just as he was throwing the ball to (at) another child. All in all, a very fun experience!
Eli's super cute moment of the day: While watching American Idol (one of our 2 TV indugences, the other being 24), I turn around to find Eli with a wire wastebasket on his head. He seems to find nothing unusual about this. In fact, he decides to keep it there, and proceeds to walk over to his wagon, take out some blocks and start stacking them.
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