23 Months

A few days ago, Eli turned 23 months. Nothing too new happened this past month except that his speech continues to develop quickly. He is speaking in sentences now and really tries hard to say things right. He says things all the time that cracks us up. At night I sing songs to him and he'll say "skip" which means he wants me to sing another song. He also loves to sing, "Kumbayah" is his favorite right now. He is fearless and friendly and continues to be a delight... 95% of the time. The other 5% includes consistent struggles - throwing food down and pouring out drinks. It drives me nuts!!!! Here are a few photos from this last month.

He can be naughty if left unsupervised. Can you see what he did? He pulled apart my whisk. At least he is honest... so far. If I ask him if he did something, he says proudly, "yes."



One day I found that he had drawn on his face with a pen. It wasn't until I changed him later that I noticed he drew on his stomach and legs too.



I love this photo. George likes him to be dressed nicely when we leave the house. One day, I didn't want to change him and he was dressed in random, mis-matched clothes. George would have fainted if he was out with us! I laughed when I showed him the picture later. Eli was quite proud of his outfit.



Eli likes to color. He holds the pen really well and can draw a decent circle.



Two things he loves: his little chair and his bike. What's better than that? Put them together!



Can't believe next month he'll be two!