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BUSY BODY ELI!! (20.5 months)

Life is definitely staying exciting with Eli around. I been keeping a list of all the funny habits he is picking up, so here are a few…

1.First on my list is Eli at church, since we just got home it is fresh on the brain. Last Sunday was Eli’s first week staying in Nursery the entire time and today was week 2. It has taken him almost 2 full months to warm up to the idea. As soon as he sees a nursery leader (in or out of church) he waves and says “Bye” and holds on tight to mom or dad. Today we were leaving sacrament and he was happily jabbering away as we were walking down the hall holding Ben’s hand and he stepped one foot into the Nursery room , realized where he was, and stepped right back out saying “Bye” as he left.

2.He has also discovered he is able to climb under the benches in the chapel. We now have to constantly hold onto his legs so he can’t get away.

3.He opens all doors! He can get anywhere he wants to go and is very helpful in opening the door for Meisha. The not so helpful part is that he won’t stay in his room to go to sleep so we have had to tie it shut since it doesn’t have a lock. Every night he falls asleep leaning on the door after his last attempts of escaping; so we have to push him and the door to get inside his room to lay him in his bed.

4.Another favorite past time is playing scientist with the water in our bathroom. He has emptied the Q-tips and cotton ball holders so many times they will stay permanently empty for the time being.

5.He is very independent and can now climb to the 3rd shelf in the pantry and get whatever he pleases. Last night he got a full cereal box……


6.Loves Pizza, a couple of weeks ago I was gone and Ben ordered pizza. As soon as the delivery guy came Eli went running to him saying “MMMMMmmmmmmmmm” The delivery guy thought it was pretty funny.

7.Crayons, Markers, anything that writes! He can take the lid off of anything. I now know that dry-erase markers come off of our couch, pen comes out of clothes and washes off hands, and permanent marker comes off of our desk.

8.Chap-stick… We have to hide all chap-sticks or he will find a way to get it. He loves to stick his little finger in it and eat it. YUM YUM!

9.He loves to go for walks and doesn’t mind if anyone is with him. Last week we were at Ben’s parent’s house and looked around and realized that Eli was gone! We searched everywhere calling his name. We were starting to get worried when Emily saw him about 4 houses away in the yard. The house is painted in really bright colors so we aren’t sure if he liked the colors or if had chased after a cat. He carried a broom with him the whole way.

9a. About two weeks ago we were getting dinner ready and Eli was watching a movie in the living room (we thought)and heard someone knock on our door. Our neighbor was at the door with Eli. She had found him walking down the street. The worst part is we didn't even know he had escaped! The dead bolt is now locked at all times!!!