Eliana is changing and growing every week. Some of her recently acquired words are "pease" (please), "zebra", "baboom" (vacuum), "ropa" (which means "clothes" in Portuguese), and "help". Her favorite food continues to be "sauce" (i.e. Ranch dressing) and her favorite activity is still watching her sign language DVDs. She also spends a bit of time looking at her fish or flipping through books.

She is just now beginning to understand what the telephone is all about. Today, Daddy called home from work and she realized who was at the other end of the phone.

Here she is playing around with the rice cooker, which she can lift and carry around the house. She also likes to pull on the retractable cord/plug on the rice cooker.

She loves playing with Scotch tape by pulling out a bunch and then pulling some more.Eliana enjoys a handful of ramen.

For the past several weeks, it's been either very cold or rainy outside. So Eliana is on "outside withdrawl" and when she does get a chance to go out, she never wants to come back in.

Sometimes she likes to hang out inside her crib. Here she is enjoying a book.

And when she is spending time in her crib, she ALWAYS asks for a drink of milk.