Eli video

Here is a link to a video of Eli. He has gotten good at walking and even kicks a ball.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7464698089048117498

--Sam

Meal time in the King household

Meal time is extremely interesting now that Eli feeds himself almost all of his food (we still supplement with occasional jars of yogurt and baby food). He lives for cheese, cheese and more cheese and thinks quesadillas are the best creation ever (California baby at heart even if he was born in the midwest). He makes a GIGANTIC mess at all feedings and has decided that sharing his food with the dog, and my belly button (we are sure he is feeding the new baby through my belly button) is beyond fun. He definitely keeps us on our toys and we enjoy every minute of it!

A Walking Fool! And a trip to a Children's Museum

Eli is walking!!!!! He he started cutting loose on his own about 10 days ago when my parents and brother were visiting and now he just walks everywhere! He is amazing. He waited until he was really good at balancing before going for it and he hardly ever falls. We are so excited by are big guy's progress.

We took an amazing trip to the Children's Discovery Museum in Normal, IL (about 1 hour from here) this weekend. Eli had a blast. Everything is toddler size and he walked absolutely everywhere. His favorite spot was the water station as this kid is a water baby.

Eli is taking swim lessons (with a hugely pregnant mom in a pregnancy tankini) and we promise pictures of his craziness this week after Thursday's class. He is adorable and loves every minute of his time in the water.

Our little guy is doing great and looks healthy and on track. We had an ultrasound last week and I saw hair on the back of his little head and he yawned and blinked his eyes for me. Also, we have another confirmed boy shot (YES, YES, YES!!!!). Our Dr. says this baby will be average size and Sam and I just laugh at that because our last dr. thought Eli was going to weigh 7.5 pounds. Well, I can only hope this little guy is not any bigger than Eli's 9 lbs 4 ounces or I am going to protest! 9 weeks and counting!

Eli loves his dad and food

Eli sure does love his daddy! They are such BOYS together! The do all sorts of manly-man things like knocking stuff down, chasing the dog with Eli's rocket, and building blanket forts.

Eli also loves food...a lot! There is nothing he likes more than feeding himself. Feeding time is fun for the whole family as Eli has learned that by slapping his hand in his food he can splatter mommy, the table, the floor, his face and the dog in one fell swoop...good times for all.

He cracks us up with his antics!

Holiday Eli

We had such a fun holiday season with our little wild man. Eli makes everyday special but watching him unwrap presents and go into a toy induced coma made Christmas one of our most memorable Eli days yet! He is such a joy.

Right before Christmas Eli had his second hair cut as he was looking a little to hippy cool with his sweet mullet. Now he looks like such a little boy. He is growing up too fast.

We had a wild and crazy New Years Eve. Eli checked out at 7:30 like always, Sam checked out at 10:15 (he says 11 but sleeping on the couch for an hour does not count) and I made it up until 11:30. Eli had other plans for me though and woke up at 11:54 to ring or rather scream in the new year.

Our little guy is a crawling fool and will walk anywhere as long as there is something or someone to hold on to. He will go about 5 feet between Sam and I but really thinks that crawling and cruising are a safer way of travel. He is a bit cautious (must get that from his daddy as we all know that his mommy acts before thinking) but definitely knows what he wants. At the start of 2007 our little man says (when the mood strikes him) 7 different words: Momma, dada, dog, book, belly, baby, and bye bye. We think he is working on me and mine now which we are not encouraging at all. He is so vocal and sings and talks most of the day. Eli has also started rocking out and dancing to different music though he seems to prefer the cheesy 70's sound ringtones on our phones. He is such a ham.

Baby boy king is also growing big fast and we are now in the third trimester (27 weeks). Looks like we are growing another big one so our Dr. has ordered another ultrasound at 30 weeks to see how this little guy is growing. I think 9 pounds 6 ounces sounds perfect but Eli wants his little brother to be a hefty 10 pounds (as the mom, I veto that idea).

Eli loves to take naps. But Eli loves taking off his pants and NOT taking a nap even more. At least 2 times a week I go back into his room after putting him down for his nap and find his pants off or around his ankles. He is such a joker. He looks so busted in this last picture. Too funny!

I Love Fall

Eli thinks that playing in the leaves at the park is great fun! He always ends up covered in dirt and happy as can be! He is such a boy! (Sometimes he even gives us a stinky face when we take his pal milo out of the picture. Look at that evil eye!).

Eli weighed in at 26 pounds (90%) and was 33 inches long (98%) at his one year check-up. He also had two shots (the flu shot and a chicken pox/mmr combo). He only cried a little bit with the first shot, raised holy hell with the second and then gave the nurse the stink eye for the rest of his visit. Gotta love that attitude! So our big boy is healthy and happy and growing up so fast!

We are 23 weeks pregnant with Junior (we have no idea what his name will be, and even if we did know we arent telling), and all is going along really well. This baby is just as active as Eli which means that between the two of them I am not going to have a moments rest for the next 18 years...and I wouldnt want it any other way!