Almost Two

I am behind on a few posts from last weekend but wanted to share a few pictures today of my almost two year old. Eli is just so much fun right now, and I wanted to have a post to look back on to remind myself of this age. He cracks us up with his little personality that is blossoming. :) And, I know he is MY little boy, but I think he is just the cutest thing ever. Don't these eyes just melt your heart???

I could take pictures of him all day, but he is not a big fan of the camera. :)

So, Eli what are you up to these days?

You are starting to eat a little better for us. We offer you what we eat for dinner whether you like it or not and have found a way to bargain with you to eat a bite or two of most anything before you can get down from the table. If you REALLY hate dinner then we usually cave in and give you a yogurt in the bath tub before bed (because deep down inside we are afraid we are going to starve you!). :) Your favorite foods right now are pizza, hot dogs, chicken (cooked almost any way), pork tenderloin, sausage, taco meat and pinto beans, grapes, oranges, strawberries, yogurt, and sliced cheddar cheese. You also love cheerios and goldfish anytime of the day. You rarely eat any vegetables even though I put them on your plate every night. You poke them with your finger and ask me "What's that?" Ha!

You are becoming very adventurous. One day you figured out all by yourself that if you turned Hailey's car seat upside down it would become a slide (sort of). You love "sliding" down it in the kitchen. You are also a big fan of pillows. You stack up pillows anywhere you find them and jump into them. You have tried a few times to jump off of things onto the pillows (like the coffee table) but we usually catch you before you get a chance. :)

You really love our family. When we are all sitting somewhere together you chant over and over "Mama, Dada, Haywee, Eyi." This goes on for quite sometime and you get so tickled saying all of our names. You also love giving us hugs one by one and say "Mama hug, Dada hug, Haywee hug." You notice when one of us isn't with you and always ask where the missing person is. You know if your daddy is gone that he is at "wuk" (work) and it breaks his heart that you say this when he is gone.

Elmo is by far the coolest thing ever to you right now which is why we have decided to throw you an Elmo themed second birthday party on Easter weekend. You are going to L-O-V-E it.

You understand what "no" means fully well but still try to test the boundaries quite often. You have a look that you get on your face when you have done something you shouldn't have. You tilt your head to the ground, look up at me with your eyes, and then you smile. It is the most mischievous look I have ever seen and it always makes me laugh (on the inside). It sometimes takes me a little while to figure out what you have done but it never fails that I always find something wrong when you give me that look. :)

You love going to the park. You act just like a dog who has been told he is going on a walk. We have to wait to tell you right before we are about to leave or you go crazy running around the house so excited you can hardly stand it and yell "pok, pok, pok!" (park). We have been so blessed to have an amazing park right around the corner from us. Your most recent feat is going down the slide head first (which you again figured out on your own) and you scared us to death the first time you did it.

Your favorite activity to do anytime of the day is to read books. Both of your grandmothers have showered you with books over the past two years and you are really enjoying them now. You read books in your bed before your nap and with us at night before bed. Usually by the end of the day, all of your books are off your shelf because you have read many of them throughout the day and haven't quite figured out how to put them back where you got them. We tell you at night to pick out two books to read before bed and it never fails that you give us ten.

We love you so much Eli. We are so thankful for you and pray for many more years to get to enjoy watching you grow!