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The Long Way Home

Well, that didn’t go as expected. Eli and I had a little extra time and a little more company than expected on our trip home. We had planned on spending 6 days in Thermopolis enjoying our family, but instead we ended up at 10 days and only 2 of those were with full functionality on my part, as I ended up having an appendectomy. Luckily Josh came out and got to help and enjoy time with everyone and I got some time to rest. Then, instead of flying back from Casper we ended up driving 6 hours to Denver before hopping on a flight home. It was a big to-do, but it was worth it. Eli so enjoyed his cousins and running wild I’m sure. I’m still pretty sore- but every day is better than the last.  

Eli: Month 19 months

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I say new words like… Eli, cereal, cheese, please, Shiree, Mimi, Op (for Optimus), hot
My favorite food is raspberries.
My favorite toy is my builder truck that goes with my blocks. I love to push it around the house and I sometimes put it on top of furniture.
Some other things I do include… grabbing Scentsy spray and pretend spraying after a diaper change, hooting like an owl, tweeting like a bird, growling like a lion, and meowing like a cat. I went to Wyoming with mommy to visit all of my cousins. I rode a 4 wheeler for the first time and absolutely hated it. I started stringing words together without assistance and said “bye bye daddy” and “Mom! EAT!” (mom was making me wait for lunch). I also started going to gymnastics -or tumbling- as Uncle Ryan says. I loved learning to roll so much that I started doing forward rolls over our couch (using the bench to assist me). I now wear 3T clothes.
A Memorable Moment for Mom was: when I decided it was time for a shower so I went into the bathroom, took my diaper off, and jumped in the shower. I also took a dirty diaper and ran upstairs to put it into the diaper bin.

Well, I’m off to binge watch Lost!
-Shantel
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