All Done

Tonight, Elliott was laying on the changing table and I asked him, "Are you done?"

He said clearly, with hands AND words, "all done!" I'm so proud of my growing boy :)

my first conversation with Elliott

Today I was doing the sign for banana and asked Elliott, "Would you like a banana?"

He turned, cocked his head to the side, squinted up his face a little, and said, "Cheese!"

I gave him some cheese and he gobbled it down! I guess he knew what he really wanted... and it wasn't a banana!!! :)

Explorer Elliott

Elliott was enjoying the nice weather and ran around outside at the seminary for a while today.

Elliott has happy feet!

Elliott has learned a new dance move! Multiple times a day, he presses the button on the refrigerator toy, the toy plays music, and Elliott shuffles his feet. It's so cute!

Elliott signs "more"

I've been working on certain sign language signs with Elliott since he was just a wee little babe to help him communicate better without using words. Last night he signed "milk" for the first time and today he signed "more". I'm just so proud of him that I almost can't stand it!
[He started signing "all done" at around 10 months, but hasn't really done any of the other ones we've been working on until now. He knows how to clap and say 'bye bye', too, but I'm not sure those are considered true sign language.]

Handy the Tow Truck

Elliott loves carrying Handy around the house. He talks to him while walking, and then sits for a while and pushes him around. He thinks it is soooo funny to press his face and hear him making noises. At one point you'll notice that he even turns Handy over and does some 'under the hood' work. :) He is allll boy!

A Sense Of Urgency

Today I was standing in the kitchen and Elliott came over to me and tapped on my leg. He was "talking", but not like his normal babble... it was a little more high-pitched and faster than normal. Then I realized he was pointed and 'leading' me by looking across the room, then back to me, then back across the room. I looked over, and there was Simeon (the 7 month old little boy I babysit) pulling on my cookbooks. Elliott knows that touching my cookbooks (that are on a little 2 shelf bookshelf) is a BIG no-no, and there he was -- TATTLING on Simeon!

I wondered fueled Elliott's huge sense of urgency, and apparently it was that some other little boy was getting away with what Elliott gets in big trouble for! haha

Walking at Brice & Julie's new house

We went to see Brice & Julie's new house! Elliott went on a walk-through and gave the new house two toddler thumbs WAY up! He even picked out a bedroom that he would love to call his own ;)