Eli 11 months Old.

Wow Eli I can not believe you are already a month old.  It amazes me how fast you grow and learn.  In the last couple of days you have started to walk.  You will take about 6 to 8 steps at a time.  You are also standing up by yourself.  You are a mamma's boy.  Marysa can be at times your second mama.  She can put you to sleep sometimes easier than I can.  You love Daddy you get so excited when he comes home from work.  You crawl/walk to him so that he will pick you up.  You give him a big hug.

You have to modes sleeping or exploring.  Even when you nurse (which you still enjoy doing a lot) you move around a lot.   It seems like you always need to be moving some part of your body.

You have 6 teeth. 4 up top and 2 on the bottom.

I love that you are part of this family.  We have so much fun with you.  Your older brothers and sisters are enjoying teaching you how to walk.   I love that they look out for you.  With all the exploring you do, you need many people watching out for you.   It only takes a few seconds for you to crawl out of  a room.

Much to our dismay your favorite room in the house is the bathroom.   I don't know what it is about the toilet but if we forget to shut the door that is usually where I find you and usually there are a few things in the toilet.    We are getting better at remembering to shut the bathroom door.

Enjoy the following picture.  You will come to know that I can not take to many pictures.  I got a few really cute pictures of you.  It was not easy.  You did not want to sit still.

I have a love/hate relationship with you learning how to walk.
I love seeing you learn new things.  I hate how fast you are growing up.

You love exploring.  Here you are looking in a bucket that if full of news paper.

Playing in the dirt.

Here I am trying to get a picture.

Still trying to get your 11 month pictures taken.

Eli I love this picture.  To me your eyes are saying,
Really mom more pictures.

I think you look so much like your dad in this picture.
I love your chubby cheeks Eli.

I love your cute little feet.  

Oh Eli I can never get enough of that smile or dimple.  Your smile makes my heart melt.

Eli smiles

We thought you would all like to see this video of Eli smiling. We thought of those who aren't in Utah but at this point even family/friends here haven't seen him smile. We hope you enjoy.