13 Months

Well, I blinked and another month flew by. But what a fun month it was! In the midst of all the birthday madness, I forgot to do my monthly update last month.

So, here’s what Eli is up to at 13 months...
*Running too fast, climbing too high, and falling too often
*Some of his new favorite foods are: meatloaf, eggs, pancakes, and watermelon. He goes crazy for fresh zucchini and squash, and will still knock anybody down who gets in the way of his blueberry eating. He is such a great eater, and for that I am so thankful. He will truly eat anything that we put on his plate.

(Stuffing his face with a roll, and politely offering some to mommy)
*His newest and most used phrase is, “Ohhh No!’ He also still says dog and duck about 100 times each day. Dada and ‘dah’ are said far too many times to count, and usually WAY too loud.
*He’s finally starting to do a little sign language, but I really just concentrate on getting him to say the actual word. He knows more, please, thank you, & all done but prefers to whine & yell when he wants ‘more’ and get very impatient instead of asking ‘please.’ We’re making progress though!
*He had his first encounter with the concrete in front of our house, and has the battle wounds to prove it. His daddy has had fun making up different stories for each person that asks what happened.
*He still LOVES to read books
*He still loves to dance and now tries to sing
*He’s extra ticklish these days which we absolutely love. We never get tired of that laugh!
*He’s wearing size 12 month clothes, size 4 shoes, and weighed in a little over 20lbs at his 1 year visit.
*He has the sweetest little voice, and we love hearing him carry on conversations with himself (not that we'll ever know what he's trying to say).
*He's become an excellent basketball player, with no encouragement from his father of course.
*He's still taking 2 good naps each day, but is finally to the point that he can skip a morning nap and survive until the afternoon. He just loves his bed to pieces!
*He went swimming for the first time this weekend, and loved it! We’ve all been dieing to get him in nana & pop-pop’s pool. His little feet never stopped kicking the entire time!





We've got some exciting things going on in the weeks to come, so there's sure to be a plenty of pictures on the way!