Eli and Buzz, bff

all smiles

To infinity and beyond!

As a posted a day or so ago, we had our friend Cal over to play. When we went out back to slide I noticed that Eli kept standing on the top and raising his arms before he would sit and slide. I had no idea what he was doing. I did get some pictures though. So fast forward to yesterday. I had a job to do yesterday morning so Nathan took off work to stay with the kids. He and Eli went out back and Eli wanted to slide. While sliding he did the whole stand at the top deal and Nathan noticed him saying something. After listening closely he realized he was saying "To infinity and beyond!" Oh..........it all makes sense now. What an imagination he has! This stage in his life has been so entertaining. He is starting to pretend and really play with toys. I mean he has played with toys for a long time, but now he is really playing with toys. For instance, instead of just carrying a car around or throwing it, he will sit and make it drive around. And in the bath he has 3 rubber ducks and they just happen to be 3 different sizes. He will call the biggest one daddy duck, the med mommy duck and the smallest baby duck and then make them walk along the edge of the tub. I am eating this up. It is soooo fun. Now I feel I must say that he is also very much so almost 2 in that he is learning how to throw a good fit and test his limits and see how far he can push you before you will do something about it. All part of growing up I suppose. Okay, so back to the infinity slide thing, if you scroll down you will find a picture of him standing on the slide, that is his Buzz impersonation :)

"It Woody" "It Buzz"

Eli has a new found love for Woody and Buzz from the movie Toy Story. He talks about them quite a bit and will look for them as we drive down the road. It's like he thinks he might see Buzz fly by or something. It's real cute. So, our good friend Wilson has also had such an affection for the characters and has a bit of Toy Story toys. As of last night we have a small set of stuffed characters on loan from Wilson's collection. There's Bullseye the horse, Jessie, Woody and Buzz. I presented them to Eli this morning when he woke up and he has been very cute with them. For the first like 10 or 15 minutes he just studied them and looked through a Toy Story book looking for them on each page. He is currently playing and watching a movie, but still has Woody and Buzz in his arms. Thanks for sharing the love!

These pictures are Eli "showing" the camera Woody and Buzz.

LL Cool E

The other day, somehow Eli's pant leg was pushed up on one leg. It was funny to me cause it reminded me of LL Cool J. I couldn't resist a picture. There is a very good chance that this is only humorous to me, but is that really such a bad thing? Anyway, just thought I would share.

Long time, no see

Yesterday we had a long overdue playdate with our good friend Cal. Due to travel and fevers, etc we haven't had a playdate in a month or so. It was good to see Cal, his momma Victoria and sissy Laney. Thanks for coming to play with us! Come back soon!

Trunk or Treat

We went to Trunk or Treat at our church last night. Eli was observing everything and trying to figure it all out. He wouldn't wear his ears and we barely got his costume on him :) I did manage to get the ears on him and take a blurry picture before he took them off. It was a fun night! Happy Halloween!