Marker Fun

Click on the link below for a quick video of Eliza with her new ColorWonder markers. Exciting stuff.

Eliza loves to color!

Rachael Ray

Eliza's latest obsession is watching some of Rachael Ray after dinner. She gets way too excited about her. As soon as it is on, she screams, "Rajaray!". It's pretty funny. Maybe she wishes Mommy would cook like her. Here is a quick video clip of her enjoying the show in her p.j's. Copy and paste the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zZo6i-0WjM

Play Date!

Today we went to Noelle's house and had a fun play date with Audrey, Aiden, Jack, Noah, Ethan, Owen, Logan, and Grace!! There was lots of the usual pushing, taking of toys, and running around. But, the kids had a blast! They also made a fantastic mess (sorry Noelle!). Thanks for lunch, too!



Hey, I want to play the guitar now!

Imagination Island Fun

Mommy is on school vacation this week! Yeah! I was able to take Eliza to Imagination Island twice this week. Once with her friend Audrey and another time with Sienna and Lilly. She loved being able to run around, dress up, and play with all of the toys. The adults were more tired leaving there than the kids were! Here are a few pictures from the times we were there.

Dress Up Room!


Instead of jumping, I'll take a minute to check out my toes.

Looking Back One Year!

Here are two pictures of Eliza one year ago in February. She was four months and was so tiny! I might do this more often on the blog because it's fun to compare a year's difference.

And here is miss thing, 16 months old today.

Headless Willow Trees

I forgot to add these pictures because they are just so hilarious. A couple of weeks ago Eliza did this. I needed to "document" her first real destruction. She grabbed these two figurines and sat crouching on the floor, gave them a good whack, and the heads came clean off at the necks.

16 Month Old Toddler

Eliza is 16 months now. I can't believe how much has changed, even in just a few months. She is this great little person that has a very funny personality. She is still pretty much a peanut, still pretty bald, and only has 8 teeth so far. I am waiting for the awful molars to arrive.

Some of the cute things that she is doing these days include:
-asking where things are by saying "(insert name/object here)", Wee ahh you???". So it might be "puppy, wee ahh you?" , or "Daddy, wee ahh you?".

-Asking for music so she can dance. She'll point to the cd player and say "moo sic?", and I'll ask her if she wants to dance and she'll do her little awkward head nod for yes. Then she'll just stomp around the room clapping.

-She will sometimes say "peeese" when she wants something, but we are still working on it, and once in a great while she will try to say thank you.

-She walks around the house with her little fake phone and has adorable conversations saying "hello" or "HI!" and then a lot of babble.

-She learned "goof-ball" and will call daddy or mommy a goof-ball if we do something silly with her.

-She loves the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and gets so excited when she hears it.

-Her favorite game is "hide-sheek" and she will say she is going to play it, then run to a corner and hide her face, thinking we can't see her. When we act concerned and say "Where's Eliza??", she'll come running over and give us a hug.

-She says some numbers and will say one to ten (obviously not really counting anything or knowing they are numbers) in the cutest little way. "One, Tooooooooo, Fweee, Fo,", etc.

Some of the not so cute things she is doing these days include:

-Tantrums. Oh, the tantrums. When she gets really upset about something she will just flop herself on the floor and roll around and stomp a foot. Or, her most recent tantrum included her pulling her own hair (the little hair that she does have) and yelling.

-Spitting out any food she doesn't like, or putting it in her mouth and then thinking it is hysterical to reach in with her fingers and pull it back out and throw it. Dinner time is the hardest with her and maybe 2 out of 7 nights she eats her meal without much trouble. She is really picky now, when she used to be a great eater! She also likes to stick any food she doesn't like on top of her head or her sippy cup, or make little random piles and then try to sweep it off of the highchair. Fun times!

-Hitting. She occasionally will hit us and do it right in the face. We are working on this, although I know it is normal for this age. She thinks it's a riot.

Anyway, this is such a fun age and I get a kick out of her everyday. She surprises us with lots of fun and new tricks. We don't have her 15month appointment until later this month (we couldn't get a date earlier as we were late trying to schedule it) so I will post again about her height/weight at that time. Maybe her head size will have gone down!