17 Months

Our little guy is growing up rapidly. This past month was all about talking, talking, talking. It's so cute to hear Eli try to talk. Sometimes he surprises us with the words he knows. Here are some of the words he knows: car, doggie, grass, ball, door, cracker, balloon (he calls them bamoons), shoes, juice, stairs, chairs, swing, apple, poo poo, pee pee, paper, puppy... I know there is more, but that is all I can think of now.

When he sees a cow, he says "mooooo." It actually sounds like "moooooow." I love that.

One thing he does that George LOVES is he calls me Stace ... 90% of the time. He picked it up from George, hearing him call for me.... Stace! So now it's Stace, Stace, Stace. If he wants something, he calls for Stace. One day George took him out on errands and when they got back, Eli got out of the car and yelled "Stace!" when he saw me. Ok, it's kind of cute, but I am his mom and he should call me that. So, whenever he says "Stace" I say "Mama."

Eli is going through a "mommy" phase. He never really did before, but lately he wants to be with me all the time.

Eli's weight has been the same for so long now. He is still at 13 kilos. He still wears 18-24 month clothes. He continues to sleep well, from about 6:30pm to 6:30am. He is doing well with his one nap a day. He usually sleeps for an hour and a half.

He is starting to do things on his own. He is not just doing them when we tell him. Tonight as I put him to bed, he blew me a kiss. It was adorable. Usually he does it only when I tell him to. A couple days ago, I looked back in the car and he was reading his "Tiny Bear Bible." In the past, he would read just when we read with him, now he is doing it alone.



His new thing is wanting to sit on the counter in the kitchen. It actually works out well because while he is sitting amusing himself with spices and kitchen gadgets, I can cook and clean.




At this age, he is testing boundaries. He has seemed to forgotten what the word "no" means. Or he is just ignoring it. So, we are trying to be consistent and get him to obey the first time. He hasn't learned the art of the "throw down on the floor" tantrum, but he will stand there and scream.

He still loves Nala. In fact, "Nana" is the word he uses most throughout the day. I break up many "fights" between them.



He is all boy. He loves climbing and is obsessed with cars.

Love this boy!