Friday, December 16, 2011

Look Who's Talking

As a continuation of Elijah's most recent "issue" of not talking (although he's perfectly happy and all his needs are being met) I will be emailing the very nice woman from Birth to 3 with a list of all the words Eli is speaking and signing. I decided having them here on the blog would be a good idea as well for me to look back on and to keep everyone else informed. (These are all the words he's started signing/speaking since Nov. 18th.)

Oh and I have heard from others who have the same issue with their sons (apparently the line "boys walk first, girls talk first" is true). They feel like their boys are intelligent and can communicate just fine non-verbally. I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one in this boat!

So here are the words Elijah signs (official ASL and his own):

more
please
milk
ball
baby
all done
shoes
hat
bear
cracker
spider
banana
sorry
book
brush
airplane
cold
elephant
here
brush teeth

The words Eli says:

cheese
teeth
ball
choo choo
moo
milk
all done
please
shoe
meow
pop (toaster)
toast
banana
mama (odd how I didn't think of that first... although he only says it when he wants my attention)
EDIT: uh-oh (...over and over again. How could I forget uh-oh?)
stool
this

These are all the words I can think of right now (pretty sure there's more), and a lot of them he both signs and says but I think this is a good demonstration that Eli can communicate verbally if he wants to. I'm sure one day I'll look back and long for the times when he didn't talk so much... So I'm trying to enjoy it now!

 Eli signing more during the "More More More" song on Baby Signing Time Vol. 1

Watching the "Diaper Dance" song on Baby Signing Time Vol. 1

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sci-fi, hair cuts, and birthday parties

It's been a busy couple weeks at our house. We've been enjoying the Christmas tree, trying to get some snow time in when the weather permits, and celebrating Timothy's birthday.

I've been keeping myself occupied with more crocheting. A couple projects I can't talk about (Christmas coming and all that) and one that I CAN talk about. You can read the story on Eric's website, but essentially I found a crochet pattern for an obscure science fiction character Eric loves. May I present:
 CTHULHU!

In other news, Elijah got his first hair cut last week. Not so much a hair cut really as an attempt to avoid the mullet. His hair was starting to grow long enough that it caught in his bib at mealtimes so we decided it was time. Eric took his trimmers to the back of Eli's head and did a nice job. I didn't think we would be having this first before his second birthday, but it came earlier than expected. 



We traveled to Gregory, SD this past weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Nies to celebrate cousin Timothy's first birthday. It was a quick trip, but fun was had by all!

 Timothy wasn't really sure about his first cupcake...

 But Eli made sure he ate a couple on his cousin's behalf

 Timothy got lots of good presents (hugging the bear from Eli)...

And both boys got in some good grandparents time!