7 months

Whoa!  That went fast.  The days so by so fast.  You are a crawler climber and explorer.  You can get to whatever you any (if it's on the ground) you pull up on everything you can too. Then you want to climb it!  

You make the sweetest sounds.  I love hearing your hands slap along the floor as you laugh and make a wonderful noise as you are ao excited to get to where you are going.  

You nap 3-4 times a day still and want to sleep more but you have a big sister and that sleep is hard to come by.  Essepcislly because you don't want me to lay you down (I love holding you for your naps) but recently we have switched to the ergo and you enjoy having your milk close and snuggling to sleep when you can.  Today (oct 5th we went to the pumpkin patch.  You got to have two naps while Lila and our friends played (and phinnie napped too) 

You like dirt, sticks, rocks, grass.  You love texture and like to feel everything with you hands.  You hold onto my arm and scratch (gently) and squeeze it.  You often are found holding into my necklace as well (even while sleeping) 

You also love clapping, you laugh and smile when I clap.  You give me high fives and try to clap yourself too.  And of course you love balls.  You have figures out how to roll them and you can Lila have rolled a ball back and forth a few times.  You other current likes are the vacuum, wheels and buttons!! And your main squeeze.. Lila she says anything and your eyes light up.  She can make you happy in an instant.  She loves you so much too.  And she tells you that all the time. 

Eli you have two bottom teeth and today I noticed your top two are pushing through (one side the skin is broken).  Oh I wish I could take this pain away for you.  

You love love food too. You have has quioa, lentil soup, lots of apples and pears.  I give you bananas but you don't seem to love them too much.  You like oranges and crackers and pretzel rods (with the salt removed by me!) 

I look at you and no longer see the tiny baby who needs me for everything.  Sometimes you crawl right past me because you are after sometime else.   My big baby boy.  You are curious and kind and I am so happy you are my baby boy.