Eli's Latest

A growing boy hardly stops! Eli has been learning new tricks left and right. First, his language development is growing out of the raspberry communication phase. For about a month, the only way he would communicate to us, whether it be joy or saddness, was through spitting his tongue out of his mouth and showering us with love! Unfortunately, I never captured this on video camera. Next, he is crawling like a madman. When we visited with family in Gulf Shores, they nick-named him "flash" because he was gone in a flash when he was going. He has even learned, that when he is holding something and he wants to travel with it, he sticks it in his mouth while he crawls at lightning speed. Lastly, some of his favorite toys right now are balls and tubes. Any size ball he loves! He practices throwing it, too. He'll watch Elliott or Suzi toss the ball in the air and catch it, then follow suit by throwing it with all his might straight down. He'll practice this for a solid ten mintues at times.He also loves tubes. Any kind of tube: medicine, mascara, etc. Anything small enough for him to grasp well, he holds on for dear life and brings his buddies everywhere. Seriously, he chews on his Baby Orajel tube while he's teething more than he takes the orajel on his gums!

He says "mama-mama" and is playing more now with his voice and sounds. He is also using his tongue differently to make noises and experiment. He pulls up on things, falls down, stands unassissted for a few seconds, the normal baby stuff.

He is fast approaching one year old, and it is hard to believe that he has been a part of our lives for an entire year. Of all our years of marriage to date, this one has gone by quickest.