Eliana's antics...

Eliana is now getting very creative. This has made "Eliana watching" an entertaining hobby for Mommy and Daddy. For example, the plate that used to hold scrambled eggs also doubles as a fun toy. If you look through it, it turns the entire world yellow!

And after you do that, naturally, you're going to have bits of scrambled egg stuck to your face.

She has also been doing a forced laugh, which includes doubling over and covering her mouth with her hands. She puts it on display as Daddy tries to spin coasters on the coffee table. We're not sure where she learned this...

Eliana's been learning how to stand up without holding on to something. She usually does it for 2 or 3 seconds at a time. But every once in a while, she'll get inspired and decide to stand for a long time. Something came over her while she was taking a bath, because she had a lot to say.

Eliana loooooves the phone. She loves holding it, sucking on it, and biting it. Our answering machine is just barely within her reach. So she'll knock it down, then press the "Page" button, which makes all the phones ring. Not sure how she figured this one out...

Eliana has been learning a lot of sign language from Mommy. In addition to "all done", she now knows how to do the signs for "milk", "more", "eat", "outside", "car", "book" and "Daddy" (although this doesn't necessarily mean she knows what the words mean). We've been trying to teach her how to wave goodbye and here she is humoring us...