A Cow Says Moooo

Here's a video of Eli's new mastering of animal sounds and body parts...



You may be wondering why Eli's sitting around in his diaper making animal sounds - he had a little run in with some pasta sauce that required a full strip down.

Baby Gorilla

Back in January a baby gorilla was born at the National Zoo. We decided to take Eli to go and see her on Sunday morning after breakfast. Eli's been to the zoo a couple of times before but this was the first time that he actually seemed excited to see the animals. We didn't have the camera but here's a picture of the baby....pretty cute huh?


















Eli also had fun roaring at the lions and tigers. Now that we know he enjoys seeing the animals we'll have to start going to the zoo more often.

60 Degrees & Sunny

This weekend we had some fantastic weather - sunny and warm on Saturday & Sunday! We decided to take advantage of the nice day and take a walk on the Mall.

Here's Eli checking out the ice skaters at the Sculpture Garden...












hanging with Dad...























and finally playing in the gravel...

Hugs & Woof Woof

Eli discovered 2 new things today...hugs and dogs. This morning while out to coffee & bagels Eli decided that the little girl at the next table was so cute that he had to hug her. He walked over, bent down a little to get his face in her face, looked back at me with a huge smile, and hugged her around the belly. I've never seen him do this before and it was cuter than you can imagine. I think he learned it from a little girl at the park last weekend. She kept coming over and hugging him and he really seemed to enjoy it.

This afternoon we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and go for a walk to the park. I let Eli walk, which takes considerably more time but I don't mind as long as it's not too cold. Along the way we came across the hound that lives up the street. He's an old dog and let Eli pet him and gave his hands a few licks. Eli looked up at me and said Woof Woof. As we continued our walk we came across about a million more dogs (people in DC love their dogs) and each time Eli stopped to say Woof Woof. If that wasn't enough doggie love...while at the park Eli spent a considerable amount of time hanging on the fence closest to the dog park yelling Woof Woof.

All in all a pretty fun day.

15 Month Well Baby Visit

Here are Eli's stats....

Weight = 25 lbs. 11 oz
Height = 32 inches.

Eli's now in the 75th percentile for height and 60th percentile for weight. Eli went with Daddy to the doc's office and took the shots like a champ. He came home slept for 4 hours and woke up ready to play.