Eli is 11 months old!

I cannot believe that my baby celebrated 11 months on November 24th! 

Just crazy how quickly it is going by ...

November 24, 2012

November 24, 2012

Height = Surely about 3 feet by now ...
Weight = Just over 20lbs (at home scale)

Eli's life at 11 months:

• Eating: This kid can eat.  Luckily, he has gotten past his choking issue.  Which means he eats lots more "real" food.  Puffs, bread, noodles, rice cakes, cheerios, rice krispies, bananas, avocados, mac & cheese, gerber cookies, rice, cheese and (not surprisingly) his favorite -- french fries!  The vast majority of his calories still come from pureed food, mainly because I am not pushing him off of it.  Why rush it?  He also still drinks a ton of formula, and we'll be transitioning him to "toddler" formula this month. 
• Sleeping: A solid night's sleep still alludes us all. As he has been for months, Eli is still a champ when it comes to going to sleep. But his issue is staying asleep. He wakes up yelling for food and will yell until he is fed, then goes back to sleep.  He has gotten much, much better at naps, always getting two solid naps in (maybe an hour or more each time?) and rarely fighting to stay awake.  I'm hoping his current overnight sleep issues have more to do with teething and that he'll get into the swing of things soon, much like with his naps.     
  

LIKES:

• Eating
• TV
  • If I watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse one more time .... 
• Being naked
• Spoons
• Animals
  • Still not over his animal obsession.  The excitement is ridiculous! 
• Books & anything made of paper
• iPhones and iPads
• Adventures
• People watching and meeting new friends!
• Kids
• Crawling
• no more army crawling, this kid is quick!
• Pounding really hard on the washer and dryer to make noise
• The vacuum
• Not sure how I failed to mention this before, but Eli loves when Daddy gets the vacuum out.  He actually crawls toward the vacuum!  So weird! 
• His Fisher Price Little People
• Eli has a train with santa, an elf and a reindeer and he just loves his little guys!
• Going out to dinner or lunch
• Snuggling
• Bath time

DISLIKES:

• Waiting for food
• People walking away from him
• Sitting still to get clothes on
• Teething

New this month!

• Standing! 
• The kid is pulling himself up on everything!  He loves standing up.  Not yet walking on his own, but he pushes his little walking toy and his old walker and his high chair (which is on wheels).  I am in no huge hurry to have him running every where yet! 
• Eating real food
• Maybe a bit behind, but he has started to move away from the baby food and on to "real" food. 

And here are some of Eli's 11-month outtakes!

"Mr Seahorse, my mom keeps insisting
that we need to stay in this f'ing box!
She doesn't understand that I can't
be contained!"

"Come on, Mr Seahorse, we must dance!"

"Ain't nothing gonna break my stride..."

"Nobody's gonna slow me down..."

"Oh no, I've got to keep on moving!"

"Look ma, one hand!"

"OK, now that we had some fun, we
need to have a serious talk Mr Seahorse.
Next month, I will no longer be a baby
and our days of fun in the green box
will come to an end. 
I know our relationship started out rocky,
but I love you, man!"