Elijah's day

Here is how Elijah's day went today.
7:10 am - Good morning, Elijah! After sitting in his crib happily for a minute with his pacifier (which was returned to him from the floor where it had been tossed while he was waiting for me to come in), Elijah noticed his cowboy hat and his snow boots and decided that they were worth getting out of bed and giving up the pacifier.

E spent most of the morning playing (and drinking water here) in his pajamas, snow boots and cowboy hat. He is quite obsessed with his snow boots, and is very funny trying to run around in them - they are a little clunky.


8:00 am - Breakfast: milk, oatmeal, and then scrambled eggs with sausage and green onion. Yum! After breakfast Elijah got dressed, and was very sad that he had to take off his boots and hat to do so. Boots and hat were returned afterward and Elijah went back to playing happily.

10:00 to 11:00 am - Outing to the fabric store with Mama. Elijah read his monkey book in the car on the way (Elijah "reading" to himself - "no more, monkeys, no more!"), and we saw fabric with lions, tigers, zebras and giraffes at the store. It was very exciting.

11:00 am - Lunch: milk, mac & cheese with turkey and peas, apples, and a few Cheerios. Elijah is getting much better at pronouncing Cheerios - it used to just sound like "chew," but now is a much more recognizable, "chew-yee-o-yo." It makes me laugh to hear him say each syllable (even the extra one) so carefully!

Eating lunch - still wearing the snow boots

11:30 to 2:00 - Nap. Hooray for nap time!

Afternoon - Play time. I actually got to talk on the phone while Elijah played very well with little help - and he didn't scream or try to take the phone away from me! Wow! He also played with his tool bench, did his animal puzzle, read books, and practiced taking lids off and back on various containers. We made the rounds of the pictures in the living room and either named or pointed to all the people. Elijah remembers every one. Elijah and I checked the pictures on his friends' blogs and looked at the new pictures I took today. We named and tickled lots of body parts (elbow and neck are current favorites) and both gave lots of kisses. It was a pretty normal, good day!