Early Morning with Eli

One morning, Eli and I were up early together. Ben was already gone at work and Charlie was still sleeping, so it was just the two of us hanging out in our pjs. I love morning light and snapped some pictures of Eli making an elaborate drawing/map/story of some sort and then explaining it to me.

 

He loves drawing centipedes (shown below). Gross Illinois bug!

 

He looks so big to me in these pictures! I feel like he's grown a lot in the last few months (at least his legs seem longer to me lately). 

Telling me his story - 

 

And adding more details. Love this boy! I'll have to take some of Charlie some other morning when he's up first :)

Sweet Eli Has Returned :)

Eli slept until 8 a.m. this morning and has been in the best mood all day! Such a difference from yesterday. He even took a 3-hour nap today!

He got to color with markers after his nap And Charlie was so kind to me - while he was up for the day a little early (5:30 a.m.), he slept a little while we were out in the morning and then a nice afternoon nap, which overlapped a little with Eli's nap. A well rested toddler is so fun to be around!

Quiet Afternoon at Home

Charlie had his 1-month shot today (for the Hep B vaccine), so he slept for a while in the later part of the afternoon. These longer chunks of sleep are rare for this guy!

Eli took a short nap and was grumpy when he first woke up, but soon perked up to his normal self.

We talked on the phone with Davey (Uncle Munkle) -
Colored on some junk mail (sorry Garnett Hill) -
Put crayons in the dump truck and dumped them back out -
and had some fun one-on-one time, which I think we've both missed.
As much as I dislike having this table in my house, it's so cute to see Eli coloring, playing, eating, etc. I'm glad it makes him so happy. I can't wait for spring when we can enjoy it outside on the deck...

And speaking of happiness, last night Charlie slept for six hours! I woke up after about four hours and then kept waking up every half hour, worried that something was wrong with him, but he was fine. I'm not counting on him doing this consistently every night yet, but it was nice to know it's possible! Good job Charlie :)