That's so Bappy!

Do all two year olds make up words? For Eli, the word is Bappy. I really have no idea where he got it from. Maybe he heard it from someone else? Maybe he is trying to say something else that he just can't pronounce? Maybe he made it up entirely on his own? I don't know. He isn't very consistent in how he uses it. For example:

Mom: "Wow! That's pretty cool!"

Eli: "Yeah. It's bappy!"

Mom: "Eli! Why are you being mean to your sister?!"
Eli: "Because I'm bappy!"

Mom: "Oh Brianna! Why are you so sad?"

Eli: "Because she's bappy."

Eli: "Mom, I don't want to eat bappy. It's yucky!"

Eli: "Dad, you're so bappy!"

Eli: "I'm going to throw it to you! Don't Hug it!"
Mom: "Why not?"
Eli: " 'Cause I'm bappy!"

When I asked him what bappy means he said, "Umm.. Lilalaleth."

Will he always use the word bappy? Will it carry on to others and become a trend? After all, it is pretty bappy!

Recent Fun!

A new place opened up here called Creative Minds. We've already taken Eli there twice and he loves it! They have several miniature things to play with. For example, a miniature grocery store,

Please note how he stacked the groceries on top of the baby.

A miniature construction site,

A miniature volcano,

A miniature train set,

And all around fun!

They have some other things that Eli didn't seem too interested in yet. A pirate ship, a barn, a house, etc. I'm sure we'll take him again. He could play there completely content for HOURS!

We also just went up to see Cameron's family again. Cameron spent most of his time fishing, and he took Eli twice and Avery once. I think Avery must have been his lucky charm. The two biggest fish were caught while Avery was there. And they were only fishing for about 20 minutes!

In case anyone has a hankering for fish, we have about 12 trout in our freezer right now.

Look What I Can Do!

I am now six and a half months old! Wow! I'm growing so fast! Take a look at some of my new tricks!

I can sit up all by myself! For a while, I could only sit up if mom sat me down that way on the floor. But now I can do it all by myself. If I find an interesting toy to play with I'll often sit myself up so I can take a closer look!

I also like to get up on my hands and knees and rock back and forth. For the very first time yesterday I actually crawled just a little bit. Mom and dad were so proud!

I'm also really good at putting big brother's toys in my mouth. Mom has to watch me really carefully to make sure I don't get my hands on anything too small.

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