Too cool for school

This little boy has definitely started to develop a "too cool" personality over the past few weeks.  Now that he's one, he's become a little too aware that he really runs this household.  I mean, we all know he does, from day one, but now that he knows it, we're in for some real trouble.  We're talking about feet up on the table while eating (including fine dining establishments) and just a general "I can just lean back against this couch with my sippy cup and watch cartoons and you can't do anything about it" kind of attitude.

In other news, we visited a friend's house this past weekend for dinner.  We went a little early so that the kids could play and I think that Eli is totally smitten with his Olivia.  She is adorable and they got along so incredibly.  We're looking forward to many more dinner dates and day trips with the Vallejo family!

And to wrap up this post, Eli got some new shoes.  Or actually, mom has an addiction to buying Eli shoes, so he gets a new pair each week.  I think these are keepers, they have velcro (and not the dorky velcro shoes, their Nike's for heaven's sake) and will work on his chubby feet.  Here he is checkin out the front shrubs, asserting his manhood.