Thankful

Happy 1st Birthday!

Monday was Eli's 1st birthday and Jill and my mom came for the week to celebrate. It was all three of their birthdays so we had lots of fun. Eli even ripped open some of the wrapping paper on his gifts. Some of the gifts he got: Grandma Joy gave him his first bike, Jill gave him an alphabet book, Grandma Lynda & Grandpa Denny gave him a Thomas the Train book, we gave him his own remote so he won't play with the real one (or so we hope), and a fun firetruck toy that makes lots of noise. (I'm thinking Kaelub regrets the fact that it makes so much noise.:) ) The best part was watching him with his cake. We put the cake on a sheet and let him go at it. He barely touched the frosting, so Kaelub stuck his hand in the cake. Eli ended up with cake all over! It was pretty funny. I can't believe he is already 1--time goes by too fast! We love you Eli and are so blessed to have you in our family.

What a Cheeseball

I finally captured the face Eli has been pulling lately! He squints his eyes and has the cheesiest grin. Usually he does it so fast I can't get a picture, but the other day I was ready for it. And you can see his teeth--4 on top and 2 on the bottom. Such a silly boy! He walks really well now, and on Tuesday he figured out how to stand up without holding on to anything to pull himself up. For the past two days he constantly walks around, falls down, stands back up, and walks some more. I think he likes being able to walk.

Eli's Obsession

No more cereal boxes here!

For the last few weeks Eli has been getting into all the kitchen cabinets and pulling things out. He especially loves the one with the cereal boxes, so out of fear that one of these times he would end up dumping the cereal out all over the floor, I decided to find a new spot for the cereal. Eli will drag his toys into the kitchen too, and combined with all the bowls, tupperware, etc. that he pulls out of the cabinets, it's hard to see much of the kithen floor. Another of his new obsessions is trying to put his toys under the stove/oven. There is a small gap between the drawer below the oven and the floor. So he thinks it's great to try to fit all his small toys under there and then gets down on his belly to look for them. He also does this under the doors going into the laundry room, bathroom, and storage room. So I end up finding fun surprises when I go in those rooms! I'll try to catch him on camera one of these days.

Watching Dad

Yesterday Kaelub was out in the back yard re-seeding the lawn & fixing some sprinklers. Eli stood looking out the door just watching him do everything for about 20 minutes. I think Eli is going to be Kaelub's little shadow--following him around everywhere and trying to do everything his dad does.

First Steps

Eli started walking this last week! He will take about ten steps or so before sitting down. It's funny because a lot of times he has a toy in his mouth or hand while trying to walk. He's already multi-tasking!