Merry Christmas

More pictures....

On a quick note, Grandma and Grandpa H gave us their Burley which has been super nice! We got him a helmet and he loves it. Thank you!

Crawling on top of the world...

Wow...we are amazed at his endurance. He really keeps us on our toes. Elliot's favorite things lately are playing with Edy's food,walking over to the dishwasher hoping to play with dirty silverware, trying to crawl in the dryer (he tries it every time I am doing laundry), swimming, wagon rides, swinging at the park and playing with Edy's toys. He still loves books;especially ones with other babies in them. We are so happy that Elliot is a happy, relentless little baby. He really is such a joy, just very energetic and a lot of work!

It has been another roller coaster ride as far as jobs go. We are delighted to find out that Patrick will be working in South Lyon East as Band Director (and choir and part time middle school) ! Yay! We just have to figure out all of the moving stuff still. So, we will definitely update everyone and continue to put up new pictures of Elliot!

Crawling and Giggling!

9 months & all over the place!

Well as of a couple of weeks ago, Elliot finally cracked the crawling code. And now, turn around for a second and he'll be long gone! He is loving his new found skill - of course he wants to use it to get into dog bowls and power cords, but I guess that all comes with the territory. We'll post a video of him crawling here...

Full immersion...

Hello! It has been quite a while since we posted our last blog. A lot has been going on! Elliot was baptized last Saturday. It was a wonderful day! Thanks to my parents and Patrick's parents for helping out so much. A funny story: The church we go to believes in full immersion, so we had to undress Elliot in the pew before the priest brought us up to the fountain. As I was holding Elliot, he peed on me! I had to stand up in front of the whole church with pee on my dress. I don't think it was enough to get people snickering, but still....If we ever have a second one, we will be bringing a swimmie. Thanks to everyone who came! It was such a nice day!
Elliot has been doing wonderfully. He had croup last week however, but is doing much better. He has a little cough still and a runny nose. He also has his first tooth! Lower left. It will be adorable when it comes in completely.
We have a couple of weddings this month and can't wait. It should be so much fun. We are looking forward to Greenbush next month.
Hope everyone is doing well! We will try and post more!

Almost 7 months

Elliot has been having some new foods, just basic fruits and veggies. He seems to like squash the best. It's fun to see his initial reaction to them. Just today, near the end of eating, he took a little snooze in his high chair! Perhaps soon he will start to do a little crawling... he's getting pretty good at sitting up with little support. More to come!

Easter

What a couple of weeks it has been. Elliot's been making more sounds and is trying to get some solids down...literally. His first Easter was a hit. He enjoyed looking and drooling at his cousins Claire and Charlie. I continue to take him swimming once a week and to his music class. He loves looking at the other babies during class and giggles when they sing his name. Claire is also in his class and keeps Bev busy! We really enjoy our Friday mornings together. Here are some pictures of our Easter and just home life. Oh, and a big welcome home to the Hebers who have spent the past couple months in Arizona!

Now Entering Chuckie Cheese...

This weekend it was Charlie's fourth birthday party. Its fascinating to me that he's old enough to have a Chuckie party and honestly enjoy it. It was a great time.
Here are some pictures of our little guy. He's a ham, that's for sure. We stopped solids for a bit because of some problems but plan on introducing them again on Friday. He loves Edy. Especially her panting tongue. Everything else is going well. Will post more later!

Gonna get yo' belly!

He loves when I do this... though as you'll see he really just likes the anticipation!

Video

Here's another one... Elliot enjoying his musical bug as well as wanting to eat it...

Video

Trying a video... again... Elliot laughing.

Finding his voice

Elliot is being much more vocal, in both happy and distressed tones. He's making different, louder noises nearly everyday. We love trying to get him to laugh, and have found a few good ticklish spots! He's almost 5 months, and we plan to start him on solid foods shortly. Hopefully you can view the video... some recent laughing...

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma K!

It was so nice seeing everyone at my Grandma's 90th birthday party. She is looking very good these days. It was also Elliots first time meeting his Great Grandma. There was a lot of catching up to do with so many people there.


Elliot is doing great. I have been taking him swimming at least once a week. He doesn't seem to hate the water but he just stares at it. I can't tell yet if he likes it or not. I guess we'll have to get in a couple more swims to find out. Its nice that as he is getting older, we're both more comfortable taking him out. It doesn't help that the weather has been so cold lately but he has been to Babies R Us quite a bit :).

Penney's Pics

Here are a few shots from a recent sitting at Penney's.

Growing..and Drooling!

Wow...what a difference a couple months makes! Elliot has been putting on the pounds and drooling tons. He is starting to teeth (no teeth appear yet) and really make some noise. We read to him and sing to him a lot too. It was Claires first birthday this past weekend. The theme was cupcakes and the cupcakes were delicious!! Claire was so cute with her cake-she tried putting her foot in it!
The first picture was taken last. Patrick pointed out to me that it looks like he can hold his head up. I'm having trouble downloading other pictures right now, so I'll work on the blog later!

Sooo.... big

Elliot's kind of like the Energizer Bunny, except he keeps growing and growing and growing. He's pretty much in 6-9 month clothes already. He certainly isn't being shorted in the feeding department, that's for sure. Anyway, we're having a great time with him and his routine is becoming more and more predictable. Here are a couple of recent favorites, including one with his hair down - took work - the one in the snowsuit is his imitation of Randy from A Christmas Story. "I can't put my arms down!" ... Enjoy.