18 months old!

My sweet little E is 18 Months Old!!!

Oh my, time is sure flying by!  Eli has changed so much in the last few months and is starting to become a little boy instead of that little baby!  At his 18 mo. check up he weighed in at a solid 27.5 lbs!  He was measuring 75% in his weight and height, so maybe there is hope for him to be tall.  Eli has such a personality...we always knew that he was a social being, and he has never really had any stranger anxiety, and now that he is talking some he is always waving at everyone and says Hi!  It is so cute to watch him try and interact with others.  Along with his friendly personality he loves music and loves to boogie!  I put a video on here from the fair this year, Eli was getting down!  He is learning new things everyday, and starting to talk some.  He still does a lot of sign language, but some of the things he says are...bye bye, hi, plane, ball, balloon, shoes, cracker, trash, banana, up, night night, momma, da da, Gi Gi, truck, bath, hot, woof woof (for dog), stinky, and the sounds for the letters "a", "b", "c" and "l".  He repeats a lot of what we say, but those are the constants.  I am so excited to hear him talk and watch him learn!

 

Eli will sit just long enough in the evening before bed to read a book, but he is too busy to really sit still.  I have tried to introduce him to some TV shows, but the only one he will watch about 1/2 of is Barney, and he dances pretty much through the whole thing!  He loves to go outside whenever he gets the chance and he is getting pretty good at climbing up stairs and sliding down the slides all by himself!  He has gotten better about what he eats, but is still somewhat picky.  His usual diet consists of chicken nuggets, lunch meat, lots of veggies, any kind of crackers and cereal bars, and LOTS of fruit!  And of coarse he has a bit of a sweet tooth like his daddy!  Speaking of eating, Eli loves to eat with his fork and spoon!  He has gotten pretty good at stabbing his veggies and nuggets with his fork...and he definitely eats more whenever he gets a hold of a big boy fork! 

He has become somewhat of a mommas boy lately, and it makes Ryan kinda sad, but I told him that its just a phase and one day he will be the same way with me!  I love it when I get home from work and he runs up to me with those beautiful blue eyes and that big smile, and he wants a big hug....he melts my heart!  I hope that he never grows out of that phase, I love you sweet little E! 

Here are a few pics of our 18 month old...

A little bit of Eli's dancing...