Birthday

Birthday boy looking at his cake.


Birthday boy burns himself on hot candle wax.


Birthday boy consoles himself with ice cream cake.




A favorite of Eli from our trip to North Carolina to visit Aunt Mel and Uncle Greg this past week. Boy, do I love that kid. My son is beautiful.



Where did 2 years go? Eli is a fun and funny little guy. He sings more than he talks. He knows most of the words to all the typical preschool songs. He knows numbers up to 15 and can point to and name any number 1 to 10. He counts forwards and backwards, actually. He sits in his crib at night and reads his board books, sometimes for over an hour. When he falls asleep he covers himself with his pillow for a blanket - it's really cute. If he hears so much as the jingle of a car key he heads straight for the front door and gathers up his shoes. He doesn't know where you're going, but he knows he wants to go too. His disposition at two is overall quite endearingly sunny. He can definitely storm when he wants to, but it usually blows over quickly.

Just this week Eli started to say both of his sisters' names. I remember before he was born talking with Charlotte about how old the baby might be when he would learn to say her name. He now loves to point and name all of the members of the family, including himself. Mommy, Daddy, Charlie, Gracie (pronounced sort of like Cee-Cee) and Eli (minus the "l", like Ee-i). We are truly blessed.