Eleanor’s 12-month photos
Near Chalco Hills recreation area
November 12th, 2017
Celebrating Viv’s birthday at Mama’s Pizza, great-grandma Jan offers some coloring advice
Nope, don’t look a thing alike
Des sucking down onion rings like they’re noodles
Front-row seat for present opening with Aunt Megan
Ella putting a ring on pa’s finger. Then taking off, putting it back on again, then…
More watching all the lights and noises than playing, he still had fun
November 11th, 2017
Escaping a drizzly morning checking out the new Forests exhibit at the Children’s Museum
Desmond could move around the logger, but it was way too heavy for a toddler to actuate
Showing off his catch, though just like the game at home, he circumvented the challenge by going done the stairs, nabbing a fish, then bringing it back up to the platform before attaching to his fishing pole 🙂
Plenty of activities Eleanor is getting old/tall enough to enjoy
Happiness is riding on the train by yourself, in the caboose
“Hi brother!”
Happily crawling around to nab balls
Ever the crawler, Ella insisted on riding on the crane
Des engrossed in the ball tubes, hair blowin’
Pretty much sums up the end- Ella ticked off mom won’t let her put her mouth on everything
Nacho movie picnic night, with The Lego Movie
Eleanor in disbelief at the plot twist!
November 10th, 2017
Ball pit at maximum capacity
November 7th, 2017
“You can’t always get what you want” (but don’t tell Eleanor that)
First-year checkup: 23.75lb (93rd percentile), 29.75″ (71st percentile). “You’re going to do what with that needle??” Little girl was a champ.
Desmond’s first board game, Frankie’s Food Truck Fiasco
November 6th, 2017
Eleanor decides to “taste” the bath water. Repeatedly.
Birthday girl
Playing with Viv and Grace. Shirt: “It’s my birthday!”
Ella, big fan of balloons
Des watching the first-year slideshow
Not knowing what was going on with the crowd staring at her, needless to say, Eleanor was taken back by the spontaneous singing
With prior cupcake training complete, Eleanor knew to eat the cake
…one tiny, non-smashing pinch at a time.
Desmond eating his cake and ice cream, with a side of Halloween candy. Someone found extra treats…
Even with demonstrating a lot off effort towards self-restraint, Desmond flirts with doing a majority of the unwrapping
Ribbons don’t get any easier later in life either
So happy
Opening her presents from mom dad- a tent/ballpit
and a new winter/indoor tricycle (there are days dad thinks Eleanor isn’t looking out the window at the trees or cars, but rather pining after brother’s blue tricycle on the front porch)
