Eli - 13 months

This little guy is quickly exiting "baby" stage.  He is walking everywhere, starting to show more personality, and trying to say more things.  He can babble a lot and say "mamama" and also says "thank you" (more like dan-yoo) and copied me today saying "more" when I said "more?" when offering him more oatmeal.

He claps a lot, still pats me on the arm when I carry him, gets all excited and cheery when he sees me, and lights up almost any time he gets attention.  Still loves those blankies and pacis, and is napping twice a day, sometimes only once depending on our schedule and if we're out of the house at any point in the day.  He seems flexible.

He likes to walk around with random objects.  We are constantly pulling legos out of his mouth.  He likes climbing up into the little kid-size rocking chair and sitting down.  He can't go down stairs yet, but I suppose he will learn very soon!

He's still nursing about 2-3 times a day, but eats plenty of regular food at each meal and has snacks frequently.  He drinks lots of milk too.

The hair on the back of his head is all curly and fuzzy, the rest is mostly straight and blonde.  His eyes stayed blue!  He is learning to take bites of things with his front 8 teeth. Update on 7-14-2013: Eli said "Mommy, more!" when asking for more water. We had lunch at Wendy's after church on Sunday and Rachel was holding him. He put two words together for the first time.

Eli with his Uncle Jay and cousin Stella

Eli with Aunt Rachel

Four generations! My grandmother Rowena, father Jon, myself and little guy Eli