Eli is 11 months!

Sweet boy!

This past month Eli has been growing a lot and doing so many new and fun things!

He stood by himself for the first time! It was only because he was concentrating on something else. This boy is cautious! As soon as he realized what he was doing he slowly made is way to the ground. I am just fine with him being careful, I know these days will flee fast as my boy grows up and starts to make me worry about the crazy things he tries to do.

Myles got a ukelele for his birthday.
Eli may have thought it was his personal sized guitar!

Eli is such a smart boy, even from the beginning we could just tell he was a very intelligent baby. Eli has learned how to build with his mega blocks! He can clap when asked, no demonstration needed. He can touch his nose and our noses when asked where they are. (of corse he doesn't always want to do these tricks...but he definitely knows how!) He can also touch his stuffed Lorax's  eyes. Eli also LOVES books. He will look at them for a long time and can even point somethings out when asked!

Building!

Whoa, don't fall!

Eli is in love with dogs! He loves to go outside and see the dog. He also know what the dogs says! It is so cute to hear him bark, just precious! Eli also loves music! He will sing and dance along, just as happy as can be!

Playing on the back porch!

Trying to get Rudy's attention

With Eli loving being out doors, we have enjoyed the nice January weather!....Strange to say, but this is Texas. We will take spring weather any month of the year! We got to go outside a lot and took another trip to the zoo. Eli is loving the animals more and more every time we go!

Eli pointing at the leopard!

Hang time with dad!

Daddy and Eli!

Enjoying the outdoors with a wheel-barrow ride!

Eli loved it!

This month Eli spent his first weekend away from Mommy and Daddy. Myles and I spent a weekend away in the DFW area and enjoyed our time hanging out, just the two of us very much! We also got to meet up with some friends for a couple hours which was a blast. We loved catching up with Monica and Steve! While we were gone, Eli stayed with Myles's parents and did great! We were all happy to see each other when we returned home on Sunday!

We sent Eli this pic while we were gone :)

Eli is playing really well these days, but the boy does not like to be left to himself! If I leave the room to clean, go to the bathroom, or put something away he will come find me. It is pretty cute, and makes this mama feel very loved by her boy.

Crazy kid :)

Speaking of playing, Eli and I built our first fort this month! With sponge-bob sheets....double cool! Eli loved it but he still has a lot to understand and appreciate about the magic of a fort. This time he was most interested reading books inside of it and in crawling in and out of the tent... and once inside trying to touch the top and make it come down! Fun times.

Eli in his first fort!

Blurry shot, but thats what happens
 when Eli tries to take down the fort!

Eli has starting crawling on all fours more this month, but he still prefers his army crawl if he wants to get somewhere in a hurry!

Eli cut his top two teeth this month! They came in without a fuss, and not as much slobber as the bottom 2!

If you look close, you can see his top two teeth!

Over the holidays, we had gotten off track with Eli's bedtime and I am glad to say that this month we have put in the work to get it back on track! It is so nice for Eli to be in bed by at least 8, allowing Myles and I to have some time together at the end of the day. Yay for bedtime!

I can't believe this year is going by so fast....by my next Eli post he will be a year old. Wow. How time flies when you are having fun!

We love you little man!

<3 Mommy