Sorry I have not updated my journal in a while.  I guess I have been too busy to sit down and write!  I am getting so big and I like to be active.  I just turned 16 months!  It is hard to believe.  I recently got back from a week in Scottsdale.  I had so much fun playing with cousin Jonah, Nana, Papa, Uncle Josh, Auntie Sheryl, Uncle Louie and Auntie Carly.  I went to my first circus.  It was an old fashion Italian one ring circus.  My favorite part was the dogs!  I wish I could get Isabella and Toby to do all those cool tricks!  I had such a fun time on New Year’s Eve!  I love to party.  Although it was not hot in Arizona, it was sure better than St. Louis weather!  We came home to below freezing temps.  It is not usually so cold here for so long!  I got to go play out in the snow for the first time.  It was pretty, but I didn’t really like the cold.  My favorite part was watching Izzy play.  She loves the snow. I was laughing at her running around and acting very silly. 

Thinking back to 15 months. . .you will see pictures of me at the zoo.  I had lots of fun finger painting with Mommy and Daddy for the first time.  I am quite the artist.  I had a nice Thanksgiving at Aunt Gloria and Uncle Ron’s house.  Sorry there are no photos – we forgot the camera.  I love going to Gymboree each week.  We go once a week for class and usually go once for free play also.  Now that I can walk and climb there is a lot for me to do!  I think Mommy likes that it wears me out.  I got to play on the highway!  Probably the only time I will ever get to do that.  The highway was closed for 2 years, and the day before it re-opened for driving you could go play on it.  I think it looked very nice.  Mommy and Daddy are just glad it is done.  It makes it much faster for Daddy to get home in the evening and see me!  I had a fun time celebrating Chanukah.  We lit the candles every night and I got presents!  It was so much fun!  Uncle Steve came to St. Louis for a while, and I had fun playing with him.  I am going to miss him when he is working in India for 3 months!

I am saying a lot of words and am continuously amazing Mommy and Daddy with things I know. I love to read books and sing songs.  I know the sounds of a lot of animals and can point to many body parts.  I love to be funny, and if something gets a laugh or applause I do it over and over again.  There is so much fun stuff to learn and do!

Love,

Eliana