The Piano Man

This one goes out to all those grandparents out there...

New Talents

Eli has always been his own little person with a big, independent personality. Even before he was born, he had his own opinions that he made known... sometimes forcefully. He is always exploring and finding new things... like the toilet paper. Yay. The 'new' things are always exciting to him when he finds them, some are less exciting to us, but last week he 'found' the piano, that is, he realized he could reach it from the floor and didn't have to have to sit on someone's lap to play. For now at least, I really don't mind him playing it; I always know where he is and he tires out quickly because he has to stand on tip-toes to reach, so it doesn't last for more than a few minutes.

Fixin' Things with Dad

Josh was working on the tub drain last weekend and Eli was such a big help! He held tools and watched very closely...  (sorry for blurry pictures, he just moves soooo much, you wouldn't have any pictures if I threw out all the blurry ones!)

"I found something"

"What is it?"

"That's okay, I'll hold this"

"Do you need it?"

"I'll just wait till he asks for it..."

"Oh! Yep, here it is!"

These last pictures are while he was playing with a ball in front of the door... and watching cars go by.

"Can we go outside and play?"

Happy boy!

P.S. - Eli now has 5 teeth in (including the two on the bottom), with two more coming soon!