Meet the Kaczynski's

Well after almost a year and half, I have finally met the Kaczynski's. Well, four out of five of them anyway. Mommy's good friend Leanne came down from Medicine Hat for a couple of days as her husband Ted was in a training course here. We met up at the mall and I got to meet my new friends, Brooklyn, 6 yrs, Tori, 4 years, and little Avery, 1 year. We had so much fun. The girls loved to chase me around and mother me (especially Tori) who it seemed always had a hold of my hand and was pulling me in all directions. I have never had so much attention from so many woman before! I hope we get to go to Medicine Hat soon to visit them. I miss them already.




Today I got another haircut at Beaners. Mommy finally gave in and let them actually cut my hair last time. (she was too scared to cut much off last time as she really loved my long shaggy hair). This time I got a big boy haircut. Mommy says I look very handsome. My curls are gone and so is the white blonde hair. : ( I love my new haircut. My hair no longer tickles my face or falls into my eyes. The day before I got my haircut, Mommy just had to put pigtails in my hair! She says that all of my beautiful hair is wasted on a little boy. Daddy thinks Mommy is crazy. So there I sat while Mommy made me look like a little girl. And of course she had to take pictures of me. But, all my hair is gone so no more pigtails for me!

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After:




I am almost 17 months old now and my vocabulary is growing every day. My new favourite words are "Papa" (grandpa) and "Amma" (grandma). I have some toy little people that I like to play with. I call all of them "Papa". I also have recently learned to say "owie" after Mommy was teaching me that the hot stove will give me an owie. Others words I have been using quite a bit lately are "hot", "rnge" (orange), and "elp" (help). Grandma Jarina taught me how to say help one night while she was babysitting me. I was grunting/whining at her as I always do with someone when I want to get their attention and need help with something. So she told me if I needed help, to say help and I did.

I am also getting really good at pointing to things when asked where something is. Things I can identify are body parts such as head, eyes (I actually poked myself in the eye one day because Daddy asked where my eye was!), nose, mouth, belly, toes, fingers. I can also identify lots around the house like light, tv, puppy, santa, christmas tree, diaper, downstairs, upstairs, door, Einstein videos (when upon hearing the word Einstein, I go and get the remove controls for the dvd player), apple, banana, orange. Also outside I look into the sky when asked where the birds and airplanes and sky are. I definitely know my stuff! I am quite a smart little man : )

And because I haven't posted in a while, here are some more recent pictures of me just because.

Eating my favourite meal...spaghetti!:


Being pulled around the house in a clothes basket:


Decorating the Christmas tree:


Getting acquainted with Santa with a staring contest:


Eyes:


Hat:


Kisses:


Well, I have to go now. Mommy is working nightshift and I am at home babysitting Daddy and Berkley. I think Daddy may be getting into something he shouldn't be. Whew! They sure are a handful.

Luv Eli Christopher Kirby (or Bubb, Bugaloo, Honey Bunches, Chunkster, Kirby Kirb, Monkey, Bubba and the many other nicknames I have been given)

XXX OOO