Even through the issues we've been having recently with Eli's behavior, one thing remains fairly constant. Eli is a true first born and he loves to please Mommy. This is evident in little things he does daily. When he is in an obeying kind of mood, he will obey all the way, which includes putting toys away in their correct place, even when he's excited about moving on to another activity or room. And our rule is his 'special' blanket has to stay in his crib all the time. From time to time he will go into his room and pull it through the slats. Tonight he did this right before his bath, but quickly returned to his room when I told him 'no'. He was in his room for about five minutes before I went in to see what the hold up was. He was trying very hard to make sure it got back into his crib, which is quite difficult considering the height of his crib walls. He has to ball it up and toss it over the top. Quite a feat for a two year old.
Eli's new word/phrase ability really hit me this morning. About a month ago we were in the habit of reading "Eight Silly Monkeys", one of Eli's favorite books. When I asked him what the doctor said, he would reply: "No, no." He found that book again last night and when I asked him this morning what the doctor said, his response was "No more monkeys jumpin!!" In just a month he went from a one-word answer to a full sentence. So cool! He also loves to ask where things/people are: "Daddy is?" "Truck is?"
Sorry for the lack of pictures this week; we got new carpet and the installers had our upstairs blocked off for two days. Between that and the preparation and clean-up afterwards, my camera hasn't been touched.
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