My favorite part about these calendars is that half of the things (okay, more than half) I had completely forgotten about. I am SO happy that I took a few seconds to jot down these little gems. I LOVE my kiddos. Here are the highlights from Eli’s momentous 2011:
- January:
- My words: “Bah Bah” for Bye, “Dat” for What’s that?, “Mama,” “Papa,” “Nana” for Banana, “Ta Da!“ When I do something fabulous, and “Bah” for Ball
- I have 4 teeth!
- I learned to spray water, milk, and juice out of my mouth (marketable skill)
- I clapped for the State of the Union Address
- February:
- When Mama says “Hug,” I go over and hug Phin.
- I can help Mama put wet clothes into the dryer.
- New words: “Eyes,” “ice,” “Hi”
- Favorite foods: blackberries, frozen peas, oranges, and rice.
- March:
- I have officially given up pacifiers.
- I put a tortilla on my head and said, “HAT!”
- I say “Ni Nie” for Phinny
- I can match pitch when we sing songs. Some of my favorites are Happy Family and Hickory Dickory Dock.
- April:
- I put random things in Mama’s shirt, pull them out, and say “TA DA!”
- New Words: Apple, Tur-tle, Moo, Baa, Woof Woof, Meeow, Brush, Sky, Clock, Moon, Book, Me, Bubble, Neck, beep, baby, owl, poop, yes, no, bath.
- I have croup.
- I laugh in my sleep!
- When I see a steeple, ANY steeple, I call out “ba-ble!” (temple!)
- May:
- Favorite book: Goodnight Moon
- I fold my arms for prayers.
- First day in Nursery at church.
- I can identify several letters, like “X,” “N,” “S,” and “O”
- June:
- I met Adele! I call her “Dell”
- Favorite Book: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?
- I like to play with the buttons on Mama’s breast pump. (Only the coolest toys at our house.)
- When we drove away from the Temple, I said “Bye, Bye Oh-Nye!” (Moroni)
- July:
- When Papa leaves the house I say, “Papa Work”
- I can count to 6.
- I pointed to the grill and said, “Mama, cook meat!”
- August:
- I run on my tippy toes.
- I call the metronome the “Tick Tock”
- Favorite Songs: 5 Little Monkeys, Book of Mormon Stories, and You are my Sunshine
- I can identify blue, yellow, pink and red!
- September:
- I wave at everyone who drives down our street.
- More sleep talking: “Elmo, Again! Elmo, Again!” another night: “My Hat! My Hat!”
- LOVED playing ring-around-the-rosie in the water at Jackson Reservoir.
- I accidentally ate some jalapenos out of the garden and ran to Mama with tears streaming “Too Hot!”
- October:
- Addicted to the Raffi song “Baby Beluga”
- When I give Mama a kiss, I give one to Delly, too.
- When Mama was washing my hands after breakfast, I requested “wash belly button!”
- New favorite book: Gladys Goes out to Lunch
- Croup, again.
- November:
- I use my hand to eat yogurt, like a bear eating honey.
- I bit my tongue and asked Mama for a band-aid for it.
- I turned two years old.
- I threw up four times on our road trip to Utah.
- December:
- I asked to hear the story of Captain Moroni at breakfast.
- I went to the Middle School concert and ran away from Mama when she wasn’t looking, and snuck into the elevator. I made it to the second floor.
- I ate most of the carrots we set out for Santa’s reindeer.
- My brother had a splinter, so I went to the bathroom and got him a band-aid
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