Stopping To Smell The Roses

Eli still has not mastered smelling things (such as flowers or candles), nor has he figured out totally how to blow out candles or bubbles. Instead he prefers to mix the two together in a scrunched-face, pursed-lipped, in-and-out breathing using both mouth and nose. While playing in the backyard today I was finally able to capture this on camera while Eli attempted to smell the flowers that had fallen on the ground. I hope he's not faced with having to smell too many things in a short period of time because I'm confident he'd pass out from the excursion he puts forth. He seriously could be the poster child for lamaze breathing.

All in all, Eli had a great day today. He picked up a few more signs (chair and bird) and he behaved really well except for 20-minutes almost immediately following our backyard adventure. He will now say "moooh" while signing "more", and he uses his signs in ways I didn't know he'd figured out yet. For example, we taught him "water" in association with drinking water from a cup. But when he sees a puddle or a body of water (in a picture or in real life), he signs "water" to me. He even did it today when it started to rain.