Porch light during a rainstorm

The light on the porch during the rain this afternoon was beautiful.  The little boy on the porch wasn't too hard on the eyes, either. 

He doesn't like to look at me with the camera anymore.  I was calling his name and making funny noises and you can tell from these that he wasn't really focusing on me.  I don't like the just-missed eye contact, but I kept these anyway.

Here is the real deal.  He's looking right at me because he's teasing Mama and he knows it.  Little stinker.

Here Eli is a few days ago watching TV in the family room.  His new favorite is Thomas the Train.  I don't understand the appeal, but he asks for it now every time.



First thing this morning, Eli came into the bedroom and climbed up on the bed with me.  He wanted me to wake up, and I was still trying to sleep a few more minutes.  He kept saying, "OK!  OK! You wake up now!"  His talking has come along way in the past few months.  He speaks in full sentences frequently, but he tends to use alot of canned phrases, repeating sentences that we say often word for word.  Neither Derek nor I can remember saying this to him (like when Derek gets him up in the morning), so I think he put it together on his own.  I realize he's almost 3 and still behind in his language, but this is great strides for him.