Eli at 16 months!

I absolutely love watching this boy grow. He is growing and learning so much everyday, and I am forever thankful that I get a front row seat to watch.

At 16 months Eli....

Likes:
Playing ball. He could play ball all day. He has a great arm!
He has also recently gotten into throwing the frisbee. Its adorable. He does the frisbee throwing form, but at first had some trouble letting go and then would throw it like a ball. However after working at it more he is a frisbee throwing pro! Its quite impressive!
Eli is also enjoying his stuffed animals more these days. He has 2 little tigers, an elephant, and a bear that he loves to take naps with and play with. He is always so sweet to give his animals hugs, I know he is going to be a great big brother!
Another thing Eli loves is going places, outside, to grandparents houses, or to the store. He loves to "go". He will say "go, go, go, go!" and run to the door. I then have to tell him we need to put on his shoes, and he comes right over and usually will try to bring me my shoes too.
Eli also loves helping mom do anything. He loves to be involved in what I am doing wether it is cooking, cleaning, or painting. I try to let him join in when I can :)

Helping mom paint frames for Noelle's room!

"helping" clean in his room and trying on his old hats

Dislikes:
Like any kid, going to bed before he is ready. He normally goes to bed great, but sometimes he needs a longer time to rock and sing. He still doesn't like fruit in its original form and will only sometimes eat veggies. It can be frustrating, no lie. I just have to think of other ways of getting him something healthy to eat. Sometimes hiding vegetables in his other food works, but a lot of the time he will still find it and spit it out. For getting fruit, we give him yogurt, applesauce, and other kinds of foods that have fruit in them. I think his deal with fruit is mainly a texture thing.

A good green bean day :)

I had to send Daddy a pic, I was so happy!

"Tricks": 
He still does all of his animal noises. We have been working on teaching him what an Aggie says, he says "wooo". He doesn't get the "p" sound in there, but Im sure he will be whooping in no time.

Talking:
Eli had just started up a ton of chattering/ babbling. He is quite vocal! He has a lot to say and thinks we should understand every word of it. It is really really cute and pretty funny. Some of his understandable words are...
thank you: "tank you"
where did it go: He puts his hands up in the "i don't know" position and says "go"
there it is: "ere it is"
bath time: "bath time, bath time" he sing says it
go: "go!"
ball: "Baall"
Moon: moon
Bye: "Bye" with a wave and cute inflection
all done: "ah don"
Please: "ease"
Eggs: "eeh, eeh"
Umbrella: "ellla"
Shoes: "oes"

We love you sweet little man. We can't wait to see you in your new role as a big brother soon!

<3 Mommy