Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Our little boy is growing up so fast. Eli has been talking so much lately and often says things I didn't even know he could say. He likes to repeat anything Landon and Ella say as well. Yesterday, he had his first big loss. He was leaving the grocery store with Ella and I, and carrying two balloons (one for him and one for his big brother). As you have probably already guessed, one went up in the air. As he became alarmed at the balloon fastly rising out of reach he let go of the second one. Then immediately he started screaming. A mom and her teenage daughter were coming through the parking lot and the young girl went back in and got Eli the very last balloon in there. Eli screamed a thank you but continued to cry for about 30 minutes overwhelmed with disbelief that the balloons were gone. He kept repeating two things...."balloon fly away" and "mommy can't reach it". I felt horrible as if I had let him down somehow. If I could have flew up in the air I would have saved those two balloons without a second thought. He then decided that he didn't like the balloon and didn't want it and gave it immediately to Landon. After giving it away he still continued to cry saying "balloon fly away". I know we all wish we could fix things like this but it reminds me that he now understands the feeling of losing something outside of the realms of losing it in the house.

After we regrouped and had dinner Eli had calmed down. I think he really wore himself out crying. We put him to bed in the pack'n'play that he has been sleeping in since we started remodeling. Even though we are finished we hadn't transitioned him to the big boy bed for good. Last night after we put them to bed Landon came out and told me that Eli climbed out of the pack'n'play and is in other bed. He sweetly went to bed with no problem and was still sleeping hard when I woke him up at 8:30. Mike went in and put up the rails in the middle of the night so he wouldn't fall out. This afternoon he took his nap with no problem in the big boy bed and tonight same thing. I guess tomorrow I will take the pack'n'play down, all the while I am sure I will be shedding a tear or two. They don't stay babies very long.