mid- January hodge podge of an update

I have soup to make, and floors to sweep and bathrooms to clean and laundry to fold and (my) hair to wash.  But really all I want to do is sift through photos of fun times w sweet little Eli and share some of them here.  Nap time minutes go by so quickly, and I've been too tired to do much more than post photos here lately. Sorry for the lack of words.  I'm hoping you can see how we're doing through the photos lately.

Life is good.  We're having such fun.  Eli is learning new words constantly and trying out all sorts of new phrases.  Can't even imagine when he starts nursery school...

He has happily added kiwi fruit, oranges, green peas, deli turkey, strawberries, blueberries, raisins and couscous to his diet.  He's not a huge fan of most veggies, but he's enjoying more fruits lately. :)



We have our second (3 month) post-placement home visit on Monday afternoon (oh, that's today and in < 2 hrs now - behind on my posting....)  
Our one month visit went well and I'm sure this one will be fine, but it's tough to not get a little nervous about it.  I'm sure our social worker will be shocked with his progress.  I'm just hoping he doesn't pull any stunts while she's here.  I'm sure she has seen all sorts of things, but I don't want to have to deal with a melt down during her visit, of all times.  You know?!



We've had a couple of days lately where this will happen:

Eli:  "I want A.  No, I want B.  No, A, maybe.  No, B.  No, I very want A.  I really want A."  Singing - "A, A, A!" :)

Mommy:  "Okay, here's A, little man."

Eli:  Wailing - "I wanted B!!!!"

This is exhausting.  And I'm not sure what it's about.  Is he just figuring things out?  Testing limits?  Not sure.  Hoping it's a phase that passes quickly.  We'll see.