2 Year Pictures Part 2

2 Year Pictures Part 1

Eli's Expressions!!

Eli says so many phrases, with so much expression, that absolutely crack me up!! Here are some I can remember off the top of my head:
**"Oooooohhhhhh Maaaaaaaaannnnnn!!!!" Said often and with MUCH expression!!
*"Here ya go!" Said EVERY time he hands you anything!
*"Oh My GOSH!" Said to irritate Mommy who corrects it to Oh my goodness every time!!
*"All Aboard" He spends lots of time playing with trains =)
*"Cuse Me" Let me just say he is ALL boy and needs to say this A LOT!
*"Holy Cow!" "Good Heavens!" "Good Grieb" We get exasperated a lot at our house =) He has also started sighing loudly...don't know where he learned that!
"Go Away!!" Said when he wants to do something he knows he's not supposed to and thinks he won't get in trouble if we don't see it!

Funny things he has done lately: The other night I could NOT get him to go to sleep. His aquarium on his crib plays Twinkle, Twinkle. This is what I heard (to the tune of twinkle, twinkle) "I no wanna go asleep, MOMMY!! I no wanna go asleep!"

We were reading a book about pancakes and they were talking about where all the ingredients come from. When we got to the eggs and I asked where eggs come from Eli said "Target!" and then when I asked where milk came from (there was a picture of a cow on the page) Eli said "Kroger!!"

The other night there was something on TV that made Will and I laugh. Eli joined in laughing and then looked at me and said, "What's so funny?"

After trying new yogurt the other night..."You yucky! You go time out! You yucky!" I guess he didn't like that kind of yogurt =)

We were drawing on his magnetic board last night and drawing pictures. After erasing several of mine, he drew something and said "No mess it up Mommy!"

Stillwater

OK...I am posting this a little late, but better late than never! When we went to Oklahoma for 4th of July we took a day trip to Stillwater. I walked around Oklahoma State University campus with Eli. We went to Eskimo Joe's and ate cheese fries. And Mommy told Eli all day how great it would be for him to go to school there =) He told me "I play big basketball with Mommy!" It was so much fun to show him the campus and to think about college memories. I think I spent more time in Gallagher-Iba arena than I did in class!! BIG basketball supporter =) It was also great to see how much Stillwater has changed and how the football stadium has grown twice as big! Here are some pictures on campus and at Joe's.

Birthday Party Pictures

We had Eli's birthday party at Hawaiian Falls on the Friday after his birthday. He was a little overwhelmed at first with everyone singing to him, but he got over it! We had to eat cake first thing because the sun was melting the icing!! The kids played at the water park, snacked, and Eli opened his presents. It was a very relaxing party considering there were 5 2-year-olds and Josie involved!! All of his friends are girls, so his party was all girls and Eli, not that he minds=) His friend Shahil, from daycare, joined us there as well so he had one boy to play with. We had a great time!

My Baby Is TWO!!!

Eli turned 2 this week, so hard to believe! He knows that this was HIS Happy Birthday and was so excited all week. The morning of his birthday when he woke up I sang "Happy Birthday" and asked him how old he was now. He held up all the fingers on one hand and said "FIVE"! We had his favorite, chocolate chip pancakes, for breakfast. That afternoon we went to check the mail and he said "It my Happy Birthday, I have card." Thank goodness Grandma and Papa's card was there!! He opened it and I asked him what it said. His response "Happy Birthday MINE!!" All day he said "It my happy birthday" and "I five" or "I only one." We're working on the "I'm 2." I know he knows because he has told a few people, he's just ornery like that! We made blue buttercream frosting that he ate half of from the bowl! Josie and her friend Katy came over that evening and brought cupcakes for the blue frosting. We went and played at McDonald's and ate chicken nuggets. What a day for a 2 year old! I will post party pictures soon!

Grandma and Papa's House

Eli and I spent the 4th of July weekend plus a day or two at my parents house. He did NOT want to leave Grandma's house and come back to Texas. But he also did NOT want his Mommy to go to Texas without him!! We had such a good time. There was an incredible fireworks display right over my parents driveway. Once Eli decided the "booms" weren't going to blow us up, he LOVED the "colors." "I see nother purple color." "I see nother green color." We had about an hour of gorgeous fireworks! We also got to hang out with my friend Lindy and her kiddos. Eli had such a good time hanging with the big kids. After they left he kept saying "Where my friends go?" Lindy and I also got to hang out at the movies with NO kids one night...what a treat!!! We played at the park a lot, swam a lot, and "helped" Grandma a lot. Same thing we do in Texas, but it's all better at Grandma's!