Holy moly- 18 months today! Our little man still only says a handful of words, but he understands just about everything I say to him. I can give him multiple directions and he can follow them. He'll pick up one of Gracie's toys and I can tell him to put it down the steps and then close the gate. Or I'll ask him to bring me specific books off of his bookshelf, and he can find them. Or my favorite that happened this week... I asked Eli if he loved Mommy, and he said "Yeah!" I asked the same about Daddy and he said "Yeah!" I asked if he loved Mim and Pop and he said "Yeeaaaah!" Then I asked if he loved sleeping and he shook his head no. Stinker.
Sleeping has not been good lately. First it was a few miserable weeks of molars popping through. Then he started not going to sleep as easily and waking up mutliple times in the middle of the night. So, we're doing some modified sleep re-training to get him back on schedule.
His favorite things hands down are his books. We read tons of books everyday. He loves his new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book and can point out all of the characters. He still loves his Jesus Loves Me book and his Sandra Boynton books. Mim and Pop just bought him It's Pajama Time and he's a big fan!
He's starting to learn colors. He says "eeen" when I hold up something green, but if I hold up something red, he just looks at me. Both yellow and orange get a response of "oooon" or something like that. We'll keep working on that. :)
At night before bedtime, Eli watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He loves Toodles and gets so excited when Toodles is on the screen.
Eli has learned Ring Around the Rosies and thinks it's hilarious. He also can do motions to "The Wheels on the Bus" and "If You're Happy and You Know It." We sing "If you're happy and you know it, Shout Amen... AMEN!" He throws his hands up and says "Ahh Ahh" with a lot of enthusiasm. It cracks us up.
Eli has also been enjoying the outdoors. He loves his lawn mower and his big red car. We go for rides or walks everyday that it's nice out. This is a really fun age and we're enjoying each day with Eli so much.
Sleeping has not been good lately. First it was a few miserable weeks of molars popping through. Then he started not going to sleep as easily and waking up mutliple times in the middle of the night. So, we're doing some modified sleep re-training to get him back on schedule.
His favorite things hands down are his books. We read tons of books everyday. He loves his new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book and can point out all of the characters. He still loves his Jesus Loves Me book and his Sandra Boynton books. Mim and Pop just bought him It's Pajama Time and he's a big fan!
He's starting to learn colors. He says "eeen" when I hold up something green, but if I hold up something red, he just looks at me. Both yellow and orange get a response of "oooon" or something like that. We'll keep working on that. :)
At night before bedtime, Eli watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He loves Toodles and gets so excited when Toodles is on the screen.
Eli has learned Ring Around the Rosies and thinks it's hilarious. He also can do motions to "The Wheels on the Bus" and "If You're Happy and You Know It." We sing "If you're happy and you know it, Shout Amen... AMEN!" He throws his hands up and says "Ahh Ahh" with a lot of enthusiasm. It cracks us up.
Eli has also been enjoying the outdoors. He loves his lawn mower and his big red car. We go for rides or walks everyday that it's nice out. This is a really fun age and we're enjoying each day with Eli so much.
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Thanks! We are getting very excited! I guess we're down to "any day now".
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