lucky 13!

dear eli,

today you are 13 months old. i feel like in the last month you have grown leaps and bounds! you are now not only the fastest crawler in town (seriously, you're starting to get a bit of a reputation for your 'fastness') but you are now pulling yourself up to stand on everything and are cruising all over the living room furniture. it is so much fun to watch. another one of your new favorite past-times is to crawl all over mommy, I've become your own personal jungle gym. also, right after your first birthday you finally began to babble all the baby words, which include baba, dada and goo-goo-gaga. then...on mommy's bday you said 'mama' and it melted my heart. now you are starting to look at me and say 'mama' and this morning you looked at 'dada' and crawled to him. :)

your favorite things, songs, books, etc... are:
-your bunny/lovey that you sleep with (pictured above)
-'hey wake-up' is still your favorite Sandra Boynton book, we read it every morning and I know that you know the story by heart now, because when you turn the page to the part where we shout 'good morning sun, happy morning everyone,' your eyes get even bigger and brighter with excitement. you also love her book ' belly button beach.'
-you love the cd from music class and favor 'all the pretty horses' and 'tiny tim.'
-you still love to go to the pool to swim and play at the park and play with your friends, even though you're not really playing 'with' them yet...
-you love to play with your car, your wooden puzzle and train
-you love animals, especially our cats and you LOVE dogs, so much that it breaks our heart we can't have one in our rental (maybe someday.......)

-you do not like to have your face wiped, your diaper changed, when we don't let you pull the drain stopper in the tub, and you don't like getting in and out of the car for errands, although you are liking the car so much better these days. and i don't think you like watermelon?

love you to the moon and back my 13 month old eli!!!