Potty Break

With the hopes of one day far, far away getting Eli potty trained, we got him his very own potty. It is a Lightening McQueen potty chair from the Disney movie Cars. He loves that movie and loves Lightening McQueen. And he was thrilled to get the potty seat!

Look, Mom!

What goes in here?

I love this hat, Mom! Thanks!

Um...yeah. We're still working on the "what it's for" part. But at least he likes it...and is using it...for something. Although he refuses to sit on it.

You Know You Live in Arizona...

When your son doesn't know what a long sleeve shirt is.

I was getting Eli dressed for bed and put him in some long sleeve pajamas becuase it is finally getting cool around here. I pulled his arms through the sleeves and he immediately got concerned.

"Momma tuck! Momma tuck!" he repeated over and over again. (Mommy, I'm stuck.)

I tried to explain to him that these were his sleeves, but he was sure there was something wrong. He kept pulling at the sleeves and saying "tuck."

I got to thinking about it and realized that he probably hasn't worn a long sleeve shirt for over 6 months. So, yeah, he has no idea why his arms are stuck in those sleeves. I gave up trying to explain it to him and instead just pushed his sleeves up above his elbows. He was much happier. Problem solved.

Scar Face

Eli decided to memorialize a particularly bad week for me at the end of July by hitting his head on our fireplace. All he did was bend over to pick up his ball. Unfortunately he did not correctly calculate the trajectory of his head and he smacked it on the corner of our tile fireplace hearth.

Just a flesh wound

That was a horrible moment--watching your child get hurt and realizing there's nothing you can do about it. Eli cried and popped back up and I managed to stay surprisingly calm. The gash was wide becuase he was moving down, but it actually stopped bleeding pretty quickly so we didn't take him to the doctors. It healed pretty quickly, but now he has a nice little scar on his forehead. I guess the world couldn't handle such perfection and had to add a little mortality to his face. Oh well, he still looks perfect. And with that scar he is already getting girls oodling over him. Oh brother!

About a week later

About a month later.

Guideline or Rule?

I know you all do it. You see the "Dry Clean Only" or "Not Dishwasher Safe" warnings and decide that, just this once, you'll ignore them. One time can't hurt, right? I mean, those are really just a guideline more than a rule. You'll be careful and put the heat on low. You won't even dry it. And you KNOW your nice, new water bottle will be juuuuust fiiiiine.

Well...sometimes all it takes is one time.

One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is smaller than the rest.

From Diapers to Depends

This was my conversation with Eli this morning after changing his third poopy diaper in two hours.

Me: "Are you going to go poopy in the toilet soon?"

Eli adamantly shakes his head no.

Me: "Are you going to go poopy in the toiled when you're bigger?"

Eli shakes his head no.

Me: "Are you going to use the toilet when you're as big as Daddy?"

Eli shakes his head no. Now I decided to see if he's just saying no to everything I ask.

Me: "Are you going to wear diapers when you're grown up like Daddy?"

Eli smiles really big and emphatically shakes his head yes.

I guess we're not potty training any time soon.

Trip to Utah

Eli and I went on a big adventure up to Utah. We drove, so I was a little worried about the long road trip with just me and him, but it worked out and we had a great time. It helped that he had a nice set-up in the car.

Thank goodness for laptops and the Cars movie! And when I got tired, I let him drive.

But mostly he slept.

Our final destination was Provo, but we stopped at Andy and Jaclyn's house in St. George on the way up and back. It was so nice to be able to break up the trip. And it was wonderful to see them and Madi, too. I didn't get any pictures of them, but Eli sure did love their stairs.

We made it up to Utah in time to go to my old roommate Nancy's wedding reception. It was awesome to see her and meet her husband, and to catch up with old friends.

Unfortunately Eli was exhausted from all that driving, so we had to stick him in the window during the reception.

See how happy he is now?

Or maybe it was Aunt Julie that made him happy.

We also got to roam around the BYU campus. Eli fit right in.

Sometimes he got bored, but then he discovered they have stairs. Everywhere! Uncle Kyle let him play on them while I checked out my old TA office...ahhh the memories.

To thank the Barker Clarkers for putting up with us for a few days we took them out to dinner.

And Eli provided the entertainment.

And then we came home. It was such a fun trip. We are lucky to have such awesome family to let us crash at their houses for a couple days. Next time our trip won't be so last minute and we'll make sure Daddy can come with us.

Man in the box

Hmmm...

I'm sensing a pattern here...

Yep. Eli likes to climb into things. And then pretend they are cars. And then go "Brrooom, brrroom!" until we get the message. And then laugh while we push him around. And then say "Again!" when we stop because that's a long way to bend over and now our back is sore. But he just says "Again!" So we do.

And then we put him in the drawer becuase we are done. :)