walking and talking...

Yeah...finally, a blog entry! We are very excited to share an update of our little guy...so much change has happened in four months. Elias is such a joy...each day brings new adventures as he has entered the "toddler" stage. As Chris and I started to write our blog entry idea "a day with Elias", we literally ended up with pages and pages of stories, memories, etc. So, we decided to share just a few of the many moments we are truly enjoying at this time in our little sweetie pies life. To begin, here are a few summertime photos and updates...(pics taken by auntie Sal!...with a few iphone pics) Mom and Elias in Northfield...

Elias walking at Big Woods State Park...

Exploring Sal and Tim's new yard and sandy beach at White Sand Lake...

Mom and Eli enjoying the sunset on Gull Lake...

Bubbles...I love bubbles!

Anyone need a ride??

I love my Mikko....

Getting our feet wet on White Earth Lake...

Mikko's famous dock jump....

Learning to walk....

Swimming with Dad....

mmmmmm...popsicle!!

Elias is walking/running all over! My latest favorite moment with him is taking him to the grocery store where he gets his own little cart and shops next to mama...putting all kinds of goodies in his cart!! It is too cute!!!

We are really enjoying his many words...he was an early talker and continues to be a little chatter box! Here are some of our many favorite Eli words and phrases...

*waking up to our natural alarm clock "hi dada", "hi mama", "no Mikko, NO"

*"happy boy" usually means he wants to listen to his favorite song "happy song"...he LOVES music, dancing, playing instruments and his music class "Music Together"

*anything to do with hockey and fishing..."hockey tick"(hockey stick), "hockey putt"(hockey puck), "hockey boop"(hockey book), "bobber boop" (fishing book)

*"paper-bip" (paper-clip)....he loves small things he can study and hold for hours!!

*his communication words..."hi", "more", "up", "open", "all done", and his favorite "more nigh nigh more" (more milkies)

*"Mikko come", "hi Mauwa" (hi Marla)....he loves Mikko and Marla

*"bumpa" (grandpa), "nana" (grandma)

*"dada beer"...his new favorite thing to do is go to the fridge to get dada a beer and bring it to him...and then returns to the kitchen for the froggy bottle opener

*he loves reading stories and can name and point to many animals and other pictures, which has been so fun to observe

*when we put on his shoes and socks we will say "one sock" and he continues with "two sock"..."one shoe...two shoe"

A few of his favorite foods: peanut butter toast, yogurt, tuna melts, Annies mac-n-cheese with black beans, pizza, fruit, all kinds of snacks and of course ice cream "I neen" with dada!

I truly feel like we could go on and on....as many of you know who have little ones! We just adore being parents to such a sweetie pie. I sometimes cannot believe we created him....he is the love of our lives!!

Love and hugs to you all...