For the past week Elijah has been sleeping in a big boy bed. A real toddler bed! I am still in shock that my sweet little boy is old enough, and big enough, to be in a real bed, but he is! His room is so cute with the crib gone and a toddler bed in its place. We had his bed diagonally in a corner of his room, but he fell out of bed this way, and it just seemed to take up so much more space, so we pushed it up against the wall. He has only fallen out one other time, and that was during a nap when he slept on top of his sheet/blankets. Yes, I made a flat sheet for his bed which he has not yet fallen out of when sleeping under the sheet. It's so CUTE!
This new shelving system sure makes things a lot more organized in his room and is great in his closet! At night we close the doors and you can't tell there are any toys in there (except for the monster tub of stuffed animals, and the teddy bears on his bookshelf).
Eli LOVES to read. He can sit and look at books for what I think is an incredibly long time for an 18 month old. Today he was really enjoying reading his "Things that Go" book. It's a cute little book of 3 different stories about a "kid" police car, helicopter, and tugboat and how they each save the day. Along with his Disney baby books, this is one of his favorites.
This morning he was having a good time drinking his "coffee" with us during breakfast. There was an extra mug on the table, why I'm not really sure, but he put his sippy cup of milk inside and was extremely happy to be doing a "big boy" thing like Mommy and Daddy.
On Friday Jen and Forest Carson stopped by for a visit. It was great seeing those two, we haven't gotten together in quite a while. I'm thinking the last time was when we had pictures of the boys taken when Eli was 7 months and Forest was 8 months. Maybe we got together once between then and now...anyway, it was a beautiful day, so we took the boys outside and played in the sandbox and in the pool! FUN!
In the backyard - notice Oliver is at Forest's feet looking for anything edible....
Once we came back inside and got 'rediapered' they promptly explored Eli's drawer in the kitchen. They were having a GREAT time cooking together.
After Jen and Forest left, Eli had a popsicle snack. This is the FIRST one he actually ate. I love these though, they're more of a frozen fruit smoothie than popsicle though. It is made from 100% fruit, not just juice. He loved it - I loved it!
And yes, this picture is just mean, but it cracks me up like no other! :) 
1 comment:
YAY Eli for being in a big boy bed!!! That's awesome! Does he stay when you put him to bed? When we first put Natalie in the bed, we'd find her asleep on the floor in front of the door. HAHA! And what a great idea making a flat sheet for the bed. It always bugged me that they didn't have one. I bet it was pretty easy to make too.... hmmmmmm Maybe I'll have to make one for when Alexis gets to the toddler bed stage.
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