Flordia Pics

Easter time

We have been practicing with Eli for the egg hunt Saturday. I think he'll beat all the other kids out ;) well maybe. He also likes dumping his bucket and playing 'scrambled eggs' so we'll see. A co-worker was very nice to invite me out to her church and she says there are very few kids. At least this way I don't have to worry about him getting trampled over. With other little kids around he's very likely to lose focus. Oh well. It's more for me then it is for him. :-X

Eli now has two top teeth and two bottom teeth. He's very good at tearing at things. He loves eating whole apples or tearing off a peice of toast. He is really picky with eating though. He likes having his own plate and fork and not just a toddler fork he wants a big boy fork. He just stabs it around like crazy until he gets something. And he LOVES ranch dressing. That's probably not good haha. I figure though if a lil dot of ranch dressing makes him eat a bunch of peas or greenbeans, it's a keeper.

He's spouting off words left and right lately. He's saying juice, shoes, keys, hiya, down, ontop of already saying whats that, book, mama, dada, daddy, kitty kit, shut up, and a few random things.

Watching him play anymore is so entertaining in itself. He loves being outside. We have a little shovel and he walks around outside and digs at everything. He doesnt like any garbage in his dirt either, like sticks or rocks. And get that kid near water and WATCH out. I think he'll have lots of fun this summer in a little wading pool. He likes to gather up some plastic easter eggs and put them in a bucket and smashes at them with a little plastic shovel. He'll get one on the shovel and bring it to his lips and act like he's tasting it. We got rid of our couch and put our futon in the living room and he's able to crawl up on there. He loves sitting up there and just playing. I wonder what he's imagining. ;)

He's at such a fun age right now and is growing by leaps and bounds. I can't wait for the weather to get warmer and to visit parks and whatnot. He has a very independent personality though so I know he'll be trouble. He wants to do what he wants to do! He doesn't want to hold mommy's hand and he doesn't want to sit in the cart. And if he wants to throw food on the floor darnit, he's throwing food on the floor!!!

AND he really doesn't want to sit still in the airplane ;) We took our first airplane ride down to Flordia. The way down wasn't so bad. He fell asleep and it was nice. The way home was a disaster. Flight delays, lost baggage, lay overs.. ug. It wasn't pleasant for anyone. And I'm sure it's not something we will be doing again anytime soon.

I will add some pics from Flordia this weekend!!

March of Dimes

I'm walking for March of Dimes. :-D

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http://www.marchforbabies.org/twylashaffer

A year's reflection

It seems like Eli has been around forever. I can barely remember him being a tiny little thing. I do know I'd get a lot more sleep without him, but I'd rather go with the 6 hours a night ;) He has grown so much! He is 18.9 pounds and 2 feet, 6 inches tall. He walks so good and he loves the nice weather. He's learning how to walk around the yard pretty well which was a challenge at first since our yard is hilly. He's a very happy kid, except when he's tired, but hey who isn't cranky when they are tired! His vocabulary is amazing! (or at least I think so). He says 'see ya' and 'byebye'. He's been saying Ma ma lately but usually just when he's upset. He even said cracker the other day in walmart. He likes to tell the dogs to 'shut up' when they are barking. He's very vocal all the time. His favorite pastime is crawling all over his mom and beating on her ;P I don't mind though. And if you are REALLY lucky, he'll give you a smooch. Life is so exciting with him around. He has two teeth on the bottom and one tooth on the top. He's a very picky eater. I suppose all kids are at this age. He loves his pickles and cheese. He'll also eat a cheesedog and a half but we save that for every once in awhile. And of course he'll eat just about any kind of fruit. Give him a cut up banana, and he'll refuse it. But if you give him the WHOLE banana, he'll eat it down! I guess theres a difference ;)

So an entire year, come and gone. Soon we will embark on another first, a plane ride to Florida. Hopefully all goes well!

Birthday 2

Eli's Birthday

You have to look at the pictures from the bottom of the post up to see the sequence of it ;) He loved everyone singing happy birthday to him and clapped for us. He was unsure of what to do with the cake but then he started to get the swing of things.

So apparently I only took pictures of him eating cake, but hey that's the important part ;)

Almost 1

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