Little Monster

I keep getting startled by the noises Eloise is making. She has a "voice" that is a cross between E.T. and someone who has smoked for 30 years. Eloise will be playing away in her jumper thing, I'll turn my back to do something and suddenly I hear a little gremlin in the room. When she actually starts talking is she going to have a raspy smoker's voice?
Listen for yourself...

And you thought I was exaggerating! At least she's the cutest gremlin I've ever seen.

Ellie's friend base has been rapidly expanding this past month! She was very excited to have a new GIRL friend as there seems to have been a boy baby boom recently. Little Gwen is sooooo cute. Again, Eloise has hair envy. Gwen takes after her mama and has some great locks!

We put Charlie in between the gals and he was not having it.


Eloise likes to hang out with Brayden because she feels much more petite versus when she hangs with her new baby friends. Brayden put the moves on last week or perhaps Eloise made the first move. I will have to supervise more closely next time.



Those crazy kids.

We've had lots of foot grabbing but now Eloise has advanced to level 2 and is sucking on her toes. We thought she could possibly take this act to the circus hence her very clown-like outfit. Yes, I realize the striped pants in bright colors paired with the bright pink polka dot shirt is a little extreme, but sometimes once an outfit is on it's just too much work to change it.

Step one, remove sock

Step two, pull foot toward mouth and open wide

Step three, taste those toes (Insert circus music here)


The baby menu at restaurant thompson has expanded from sweet potatoes to green beans and bananas. When feeling really ambitious I'll whip up a combo of rice cereal and bananas...I'm really glad that baby food is so simple. I'm not quite ready to tackle real meals as I can barely handle meals for Tom and myself (sorry Tom, hot dogs again). So far she seems to like it all though - yes! The new food must be giving Eloise a boost of energy. She can now roll from stomach to back and just yesterday from back to stomach! Once on her stomach though she remembers that she doesn't like it there and gets upset.

Up next, daddy-daughter stock trading time. Eloise has picked some real winners, I think she's getting insider tips from the Etrade baby.


Off to enjoy the unseasonably warm Minnesota weather - 80 degrees today, wow!!