Dink

Eli's new hobby is drinking milk from a bowl. In the last few weeks he's transitioned himself off of oatmeal (a one-time favorite breakfast food) and onto regular cereal. His favorites are Cheerios and Kashi Heart-to-Heart (hahts, as Eli calls them). The main reason he likes to eat the cereal is because it allows him to "dink" the milk out of the bowl. He usually drinks the milk before he eats the cereal, and he always tells me "DINK" as he does it. Surprisingly, Eli is pretty neat with his drinking; he rarely spills any, and when he does, it's just enough to barely cover the bottom of his catch-all bib.

Other new words for Eli in the last few days: Coopey (Cooper's nickname), meer (mirror), Cookhee (Cookie Monster), and an indescribable snoring sound that he makes whenever you ask him what noise Maddux makes when she sleeps.