Dino Color

We went to see the doctor for Elijah's 18 month check up. He's doing great in most areas, but Dr says we need to work on developing his fine motor skills. That means more coloring! Elijah would rather organize the colors and toss them or eat them...but we're working on that. He's 31.5 inches (21 percentile) and 23 lbs 6 oz (15 percentile)...still steady on the growth curve they've been tracking so that's good. Only one shot this time and he was crying well before that actually started but calmed down quickly after it was over. 

Red Pigtails

T

We went to Wendy's before AWANA tonight. Elijah had a jr cheeseburger.

Elmo Bubbles

We bought Elijah some real kid bubble bath. It has a picture of Elmo on it and is for kids with sensitive skin. I don't think he'sever been surrounded by so many bubbles before. Way too much splashing tonight - my pants are wet.

Vroom Vroom!

Here's Elijah playing with his little cars. He likes to make them crash into all my stuff and knock everything off the table. I like it when he lets the cars go down the ramps that they're made for.

Watching Daddy

Elijah did great at the gym today while we watched Erik play basketball for an hour. He only fell off the blenches twice (more like slid) and wasn't hurt/didn't cry either time. He didn't eat the Skittles we found on the floor. He played nice with his two new friends - receiving hugs and giving high fives and fist bumps. He was only a little upset that he wasn't the one playing with the ball. And Daddy's team won! *claps*

Cheerios Robot

He calls these "chee chee" when asking for more. Lucky for him, we bought another box and he was able to play with this one. For a while he just wore the box as a hat, but Erik wanted to cut out eye holes for him. They're a little off, but he could see well enough to walk around for a while. Boxes are awesome!

Couch Climber

"Up." He says. "Up, up." He can climb up on the couch on his own but always wants a lift if he can get it. Silly kid.