The End of an Era

A couple of days ago we decided that Eli was no longer a baby, but a toddler. Our bathrooms now come complete with potty chairs, and we no longer have gates on our stairs-yeah! The problem is that Eli challenges our decision on the baby gates everyday...
The kid can gracefully climb up and down the stairs with ease and perfection, he just doesn't. He jumps 2 (or more) at a time, slides down headfirst, walks backwards, etc. Yesterday I actually saw him fly out of the stairwell airborne and hit the wall behind him. I almost blamed Ava for throwing him down the stairs, but she was outside playing...

In a rare angelic moment....

He may actually be safer this way...we aren't sure....

Here is our other baby "unproofing". Since Eli could be out of his crib in under three seconds (no joke), he go Ava's toddler bed. She got a "new" bed from the thrift store. She "helped" me paint flowers on it- so now it is of course the new popular bed!
Furniture painting with a child hanging from each arm could really be the new Olympic sport!