Eli officially turned 1 year old today. It has been an amazing year -- with some days disappearing in the blink of an eye when I felt confident and calm as a Mama and Eli was happy, learning and sleeping :); and then there were other days lasting years when I was sleep deprived, frustrated, worried and wondering if I could handle the great task of raising a little boy.
So far so good.
Eli has taken great leaps in development in the last few weeks and now it seems like he was trying to get a whole bunch of things done in time for his 1st birthday. Here is what he is doing now:
He has started pulling himself up and then reaching both arms in the air so he stands by himself for a few seconds.
He has started testing the boundaries set by his parents: tonight I told him not to feed the dogs and he looked right at me and gave food to Zula, then he cried when I took away his food.
He has been pointing at everything to let us know that he is aware of it, and perhaps to find out what we call it. He has been exploring more and more, opening every cabinet, drawer and door that he sees and pulling everything out of it.
He has always loved books but now we know for sure which ones he prefers -- he pushes away books he doesn't want to read and he sits still and listens for the ones he loves. He has even started laughing at pages in books.
He says "Mamama" all the time and Michael is pretty sure he knows what it means.
He still loves to eat but now he also wants to try everything we eat. He loves his bottles of formula and he takes one about 3 times a day, but he isn't so into his whole milk. He is great at drinking out of a sippy cup but not so good at holding a spoon.
He loves music and he listens intently when we sing, he bobs when music comes on and he loves to make music by banging on drums.
When he gets excited, he takes a deep, noisy breath and his arms move in jerky motions -- the same way he moves them when he is excited for his dinner.
His hair is growing longer but it is still hard to tell what color it will be. A few pieces are coming over the edges of his ears but he is a long way from a first haircut.
These are the things I can think of right now but there are always more, little things that are new each day. I'll try to pass them on as I think of them...
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