Elio's World

As Elio turns from baby to boy, his personality seems to become more apparent every day. And when he thinks something is true or right, he's emphatic.  There is no negotiation.  Wonder where he gets that from?  Matias says it's not from him. 

So, here are a few Elio-isms for a laugh or two:

For a couple of days, he kept telling me he needed an eye patch.  I was confused because his eyes are fine, but he kept insisting and we couldn't come to a mutual understanding about exactly what this eye patch was.  Then, I finally asked him what this eye patch is used for.  He told me that he needed it for watching movies, taking pictures, talking on the phone (to who, I have no idea), and 'using it for the same things Nalia wants to use it for.'
Of course, an iPad.  iPatch, iPad, same thing.
And because Elio is who he is, he's still calling it an eye patch.

While we were returning from the U.S., we had to spend another night at the transit hotel in Johannesburg.  The curtains made the room very dark, and because we were all jet lagged, we woke up at strange hours throughout the night.  Elio bolted upright in the bed at about 4am.  It was blacker than black in the room.  'Mommy, my eyes are open, but they're not turned on!!'  He was so worried... 'It's very dark,' I told him.  'Your eyes are fine.' 
'Turn them on Mommy!!' 
Lights on.

Some picture below of the last couple of months...

Elio's first dentist appointment... Stevie Wonder?

Nalia, self portrait

Nalia's Bainbridge Birthday Party

Elio and Grandpa reading

Grandma and Olin

Rafting on the Elwha

Good friends at Rehoboth

I can't turn this picture..

Tired travellers during the layover in Dakar.  Yes, that is Nalia's foot on Elio's head.