E is for...

Elephant!

Not that he can really determine it yet, but I would say this is Boogie's favorite animal.  Aside from our 'dog', elephants were the first animals that he could recognize and acknowledge.  While he still can't say "elephant" he can make a pretty sweet elephant noise!!
While in St. Louis this summer (when Boogie was almost 12 months) we took him to the zoo for the first time.  He didn't seem very interested in the animals much at all...that is until we came to the elephants! He saw one and instantly started making elephant noises, he had all the other patrons rolling in laughter! I was too busy laughing at his reaction to get a picture of him with them so we settled for one by the elephant fountain...

Later in the summer we took him to the Kansas City Zoo and he had the same excited reaction...

J and Boogie making elephant noises