Clapping

I love to clap. It is so much fun to clap while mama and dada are talking because they will stop and say "yay!" to me. I have also discovered that people I don't even know will say "yay!" to me if I clap in front of them. And everyone claps with me! Yay!

Love, Elijah

Five teeth

Have I mentioned that I have five teeth? You can see them all in this picture if you look close. I am very proud of them. I worked very hard to grow them. My last tooth was especially hard because mama had no idea I was teething and gave me nothing for the hurt. She just thought I was cranky and then poof! I had another tooth. I am working hard on another one now.

Here I am swinging at the park! I love the park. There are lots of ducks and geese and of course the swings.

Love, Elijah

The fair

Last week we went to the county fair. I got to see lots of animals. Some of them were really big. Some of them really smelled. The goats tried to eat my toes. Then we had lunch on the grass. I love eating, and I love outside, so it was fabulous.

Love, Elijah

My swing

I love to swing. Whenever mama or dada takes me outside I tell them I want to swing. Sometimes they don't understand and I have to cry and scream until they get it. (They can be so slow sometimes.) If they take me outside without letting me swing it just ruins my whole day. Zig always comes over to see me when I swing. She walks in front of me and then I run into her with the swing.

In this picture I am happily singing as I swing. My favorite song right now is doh-doh-doh-doh.

Love, Elijah

Done with diapers

I am sooo over the whole diaper thing. I refuse to sit still long enough to get a new diaper on. I twist and I turn and I try my hardest to get away as fast as I can. This has resulted in new little pee spots on the carpet.

It is lots of fun.

Love, Elijah

First blood

My kitty scratched me. I was trying to pet him and I leaned on him too hard and so he scratched me. It was the first time that mama ever saw my blood and she was really upset. Mama and dada were going to give the kitty away, but I really love the kitty. So instead they took away his claws.

One week later my face looked so much better and now you can barely see that I was ever scratched.

Love, Elijah

My dog is very funny

I have a dog. Her name is Zig. She is very big. I think she is one of the funniest things on this planet. I get really excited when she comes over to sniff me. I laugh when I see her rolling around in the grass.

Yesterday I was sitting in the grass and she came over to say hello. She is very cool.

Love, Elijah

Dame un beso

Daddy taught me how to give kisses when I was at my great-grandaddy's house in California. I know how to give kisses in two different languages. Dame un beso and Give me a kiss. I am very smart.

Right now my kisses are very slobbery and snotty because I am teething. As of last Sunday I have five teeth. I almost have another one.

Love, Elijah