Life with a 10 month old goes something like this:
Eli and I arrive home from work/daycare with a trunk full of groceries. Do I....
A) Leave Eli in his carseat while I unload? No - he will protest. A lot.
B) Set Eli on the kitchen floor and go back out to unload? No - he will crawl directly for the stairs.
C) Set Eli by the kitchen door so I can see him while I unload? No - he will try to crawl down the garage stairs.
D) Set Eli on the garage floor and hope he doesn't crawl under the car. Yes - Seems like the best option I've got.
While Answer D did not result in my child crawling under the car, I did turn around to find him chewing on something which leads us to our next dilemma. Do I...
A) Do a quick finger sweep with Walmart germs on my hands? No. Ew.
B) Let him chew on mystery object until I carry him inside, wash my hands and then do said finger sweep? Again, seems like the best option I've got.
Before I completed option B, however, the little dude spit out the tiny pebble he found on the garage floor. Must not have had much flavor. I'll attribute that to how meticulously clean my husband keeps our garage (though as he's reading this, he's thinking to himself, 'What is she talking about? Our garage is a disaster!!)
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| I can't look now, mom, I'm busy! |
There has been so much going on this month, but yet I've blogged about nothing. Therefore, this post will be a summary of Eli's Daily Memory Journal and other completely random ramblings. Side note: I have LOVED this journal and have been surprisingly consistent. About every 3-4 days I go back and write the highlight of each day, something new he has learned, or something important that has happened in the world. Over time we will rack up memories from year to year and be able to see what he was doing a year ago or two or three, on that date. This month's journal entries have included things like:
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| The next Collin Klein? |
- April 4 - First forward movement! You've figured out how to inch worm where you want to go.
- April 6 - We hung your swing under the deck today. It's a
- April 9 - Current favorite toys include beach ball, farm truck, maracas, and anything that's not actually a toy. And of course, the usual suspects, Sophie, your buckets, scoot scoot, and books.
- April 10 - You like ground beef and hate pureed chicken. I think we'll stick to meat in its natural form.
- April 20 - We have to keep you in long sleeves and pants to keep you from getting rug burns. You army crawl everywhere!
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| Yahooooooo!! |
- April 22 - Today you learned that not only can you crawl to a toy you can crawl OUT of a room and INTO the next one. On your first journey you discovered the stairs, the laundry room and the bathroom in about 2.3 seconds. Let the games begin.
-April 23 - Snow?!? Eli, I promise this is not normal!!
- April 26 - You love to splash. Like - flood the bathroom kind of splash.
- April 27 - Eli's first Wildcat football game!
- April 28 - BYE BYE! You waved (responsively) for the first time today!
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| The first of many trips to Bill Snyder Family Stadium |
I do actually have every day filled in, but these are some of the highlights. While we're at it, I might as well mention that during this month we also celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary (went to see 42 and eat at Wahoo! Fire and Ice - highly recommend both!), celebrated Ryan's 29th birthday (he received Cheez-its and chocoloate chip cookies - so high maintenance), and we are getting ready to celebrate my first real Mother's Day. May is a busy little month!
We are quickly closing in on the one year mark. Cannot.Believe.It.
Love you Eli!
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