Eli is O-N-E

Eli,
Our sweet boy, you are O-N-E today! So many emotions as I type this post and see all these pictures of you over the last year! I was so nervous the night before we went into the hospital! I was so anxious to meet you and prayed that everything would go smoothly and that you would come into this world strong, healthy and beautiful; you were all of those things and so much more!
You were born via C-section at 7:56 am weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz and were 20 inches long, perfect beyond words! We were so nervous to bring you home to your big sister, not sure how she would handle having to share her Mommy and Daddy. It was a rough little start trying to figure out how to function as a new family of 4, but you fit in perfectly and we ALL love you with all of our hearts! Rylee loves you so much and will even say so! She calls you "E-i" and loves to make you laugh! We love you so much sweet boy and can't wait to celebrate you today with all our family and friends!
Love,
Mommy

Some things you are doing at 1 year:

• You are wearing 18-24 month clothes, size 4 shoe and size 4 diaper.


• You drink three 6-8 oz bottles a day.


• You had your first real milk bottle this week and loved it! I've been giving one milk bottle a day to get you used to it, and until your last can of formula runs out.


• You are working towards only one nap a day. You've been getting harder and harder to lay down in the afternoons, so we are working on pushing back your morning nap.


• You absolutely love sweets like your Mommy, but will go crazy for french fries/tator tots! When you see them you start saying, "Mmmmmm!"


• You say: mama, dada, uh-oh, whasssthat (what's that), and your new one is na, which I've figured out is no. I've been saying a lot of that to you lately! It's funny, when Ry is doing something you don't like you scream, "na, na, na!" Pretty cute if I say so myself, you've told me and daddy "na" too...shocker!


• You are absolutely into everything, my fear is you're going to be just like your sister....climbing and into everything! Your favorite is pulling open the gate to the stairs (which is my fault, I'm bad about locking it all the way) and start climbing up by yourself. We have started working on climbing up and down the stairs.


• You used the walker at Grammy's house to climb up on the couch.


• When you first see anybody, you hold your hand out in the air to say hi and you are awesome at waving, you give high-fives too!


• Your favorite song is "the wheels on the bus" you love all the motions and crack up at the babies crying on the bus and a part I made up about saying "no it's mine" to your sister on the bus!


• You've started clapping Yay for just about everything, cutest thing ( I say that a lot)!


• You are so silly! It's hard to describe the things that you do that are silly, but one is when we ask you for kisses. You will throw your head back and shake your head no with a huge smile on your face, or push our face away or turn year head when we try to kiss you. When you actually do, it's the sweetest thing!

And now........ A year in pictures!