Walkin' and Talkin'

Last week I guess Eli decided to try-out a few new things now that he is a big 1-year-old. First off, he's begun to take pretty sporadic groups of steps throughout the day. It's almost as though, if he truly wanted to walk he could, but the realization of standing and moving all by himself is not quite appealing enough yet. He'll take a group of steps, kind of pause, and then slowly lower himself to the floor once he's realized there's nothing to hold on to. It's pretty funny.

Last week he also said something other than his normal "mama" and "dada." What did he say? Of all words, he's now saying "yes". Eli's inability to make the "s" sound correctly, makes it sound more like "yesh." Mark and I were pretty surprised by this choice of word, as most kids usually say "no" first, and boy has he been hearing that a lot more recently. Who knows what'll come out of his mouth next...maybe a "ma'am" after the "yes?" Not counting on that one to happen...