Eli's alphabet dinner, push toys, & more words

This week, we started to fight a cold in our household. Thankfully, Eric & I have the worst of it (particularly me, I had to stay home on Friday) & Eli only has a runny nose. I hope that's as bad as it gets for him. It seems that I get the same virus each time I get a cold that starts as an itchy throat, then a runny nose, & then results in congestion & a bad cough. No fun.

Before the sickness arrived, we had fun with a visit from Gael & Mi Jean. Gael was such a sport during the visit as he took all of Eli's "affection" of pulling hair, butting heads, & trying to bite. Keep in mind Eli was happy the whole time, this is just how he shows emotion whether it be happy or mad! Here's pictures from the visit:

Eli liked Gael's cool boots:

Mom, can I pull of Gael's bib and strangle him while I do it??? What's wrong with that???

Eli enjoys being in the kitchen a lot. He has his own cupboard with a variety of items but likes to explore the other drawers & cupboards, too. We have latches on most of them, except the ones that have towels & pot holders, thinking it won't hurt him, so why bother! Well, below is the reason why. Oh well, it's fun for him!!

Eli also likes to play with anything that has buttons, knobs or levers. Here he is figuring out the dishwasher (which he now knows how to turn on!):


A couple weeks ago we started having Eli eat from a spoon (as I stated last post). Here he is exploring his spoon & bowl:

At each meal, I sing Eli his own version of the "Abby's Alphabet Soup" song (by Ralph's World) called "Eli's Alphabet Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner". He LOVES it when I sing this & while I try to say his food in alphabetical order, it doesn't always happen :) His favorite part is when he gets to say "H" at the end of the song. He just started saying "H" all on his own this week. Too cute:



Eli also likes to reinact the commercial with the dog who drags his butt on the floor....only Eli's butt is covered by a diaper :)



Here's Eli with his favorite Grandmas :)

Grandma Clarkson

Grandma Bidney

Still loving his bounce & spin zebra!

As I've said in previous posts, Eli makes most everything a push toy these days....

....diaper boxes,

ponies,

& laundry baskets!

On that note, he is taking a few steps to us when we ask him to. We also "catch" him standing by himself when he's not paying attention & then as soon as he notices, he falls. Little stinker:)

I try to put Eli's snack in a bowl, plate, or some sort of container so he can eat in the living room. Well, the food never stays in the chosen container & always ends up on the floor. Oh well, it's building his immunities, right??

Eli loves daddy's hat & now can say hat!:

Eli continues to learn more words, or words that sound like words ;) Here Eli is showing off his animal sounds. He gets stuck on kitty kat though and says "tittat" instead of the sound. But he does mimick our cats when they meow. Oh, and he is starting to say cat instead of "tittat" now!:

Hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving!