Eli 20 months! Oregon Zoo :)

This is at the cheetah exhibit its a real safari truck and the only thing separating the truck from the animals is the plexi glass. Eli loved it he could watch the cheetah and drive at the same time!!

Our friend Mindy and "Baby Leah" it was her first trip to the zoo.

Eli's friend Ben and his mommy Aubrey :)

My boys! Aren't they cute :)

Quoting Eli, " Mommy Elephant, Daddy Elephant and Baby Elephant" Oh look mommy elephant pee, pee in potty :) He thought that was pretty funny!

Trick or Treat, Happy Halloween!!

Eli and his little friend as he calls her "baby Leah"

She's getting him ready to be a big brother :)

Who wants to get their picture taken when you can play in the dirt?

Eli and his cousin Elsa, wondering why their parents dress them up then chase them around with camera's!!

Bizi Farms Pumpkin Patch!

Bizi Farms is definitely a winner in our book. Eli had a great time on all the tractors and loved the animals. Thanks Meghan for the recommendation!

Eli loved this giant tire. He kept wanting to put it on the tractor and would try to push it, he'd say "heaby, heaby"!

He had a very hard time parting with this when it was time to go home :(

This was the ticket booth where you enter the farm, for some reason he liked walking in between the two. After the third time we were able to distract him with a real live donkey.

Uncle Matt Comes for a visit (October)!

Nothing like markers and a real hammer to keep someone entertained!

Our naked fridge raider!

Uncle Matt and Eli posing for the camera.

Obviously someone likes to go without clothing :)

Uncle Matt taught him how to eat corn with handles!

Eli 19 months!

Enjoying smashing the playdo and trying to eat it! Yuck :(

Spending some quality time with Aunt Monica and Uncle Garth from FL!

Playing peekaboo with the camera !

18 months old! Time is flying by!!

This past Sunday James was cleaning the gutters, I went inside to get something so James was watching Eli, when I came back outside what do you think I saw there he was more than half way up the ladder. James turned his back for maybe 1 minute and Eli just zoomed up the ladder. We both were shocked at how fast he climbed up there. Of course Eli was very proud of himself and kept saying "clibing, clibing" and clapping his hands.

I asked him if he wanted to go ride his bike, then he ran into our room and came back with James bike jersey. He wore it all morning and kept saying "Daddy, bike, Daddy, bike" it was super cute.

He just started saying "sleep, sleep", and then he'll lay down and want his blankie and monkey. Some days I'm just in awe of the things he says and how much his brain is soaking up.

The other day I heard him moving things around in the living room, this is the site that met my eyes when I walked in. He's such a cutie :)

There's nothing more fun than putting on Daddy's shoes, the trick is how to walk in them.

Trillium Lake!

We took a day trip out to Trillium Lake, its up by Mt. Hood and it was a beautiful day. Eli got to play in the water, touch a salamander and climb some rocks which is one of his favorite things to do. But I think his most favorite was getting to spend all day with Daddy!

Crawford Family Reunion

Enjoying his first ear of corn at the family get together ! Believe it or not he ate 2 :)

Enjoying a chocolate bar that some well meaning relative gave him, boy was he happy!

Cousin Riley reading him a book, she'll be a good mom someday.

Ethan and Eli got to ride in the car together, boy did they both like having backseat company. They kept trying to see who could yell and squeal the loudest, it was pretty funny.

Catching up!!

Someone woke up a little on the grumpy side :(

An hour later all is better!

Eli's favorite Aunti reading his bedtime story!

Adam and Sue came for a visit, Eli was determined to see if Uncle Adam could keep up with a 17 month old.

Someone is already in love with his Aunti Sue :)

Nonna and Papaw come for a visit (May)!

Story time with Nonna :)

Posing with Nonna and Papaw!

He loved the hippo! He kept saying huppo, huppo!!

His new wheels arrived all the way from FL, boy was he happy!

Catching up again (14 months)!

One of Eli's favorite things to do now is climbing into any small space, at least this one was padded by his stuffed animals. The other day he climbed into my crock pot; luckily, it was on the floor :)

Berry picking at Sauve Island!! The highlight for Eli was riding in the wagon :)

Somebody loves eating Daddy's cereal in the morning!

A whole house full of toys and the only place Eli and his buddies want to play is the bathroom!!

He loves these monkeys!