Mmmmmmmmonkey!

Twenty-one. That's how many times I say monkey in this video. Just warning you.

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Monthly Photo ~ 3 months!

1 week:

1 month:

2 months:

3 months:

Uncle Dan and Miss Lindsey

School Spirit

Go Bulldogs! We bought this for little E when I was still pregnant on a visit back to my Alma Mater:





Go Vols! Miss Tami gave this to Elliott at one of his showers. Dad is trying to have a good attitude about it!



Go Eagles! This came in the mail this week from the Alumni Association:



Mimi, I think we need some Belmont gear to round out our collection!

Obsession

Elliott HAS TO roll every time we put him on his back, regardless of where he is laying.

Here's a recent attempt at putting him in his carseat .... didn't get him buckled fast enough!

Rae-Rae loves me!

(Reese ... on a scale of 1 to 10 ... how jealous are you right now!?!)

Making friends

Making friends with other babies ... thanks Taylor Davenport for this book that we love!

(The good part of the video is the first 30 seconds ...)

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Working with momma

Playtime

Baby Talk

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Little Froggy

Crib Findings

You never know these days what position Elliott will be in when we go to get him from sleeping:

Off his positioner and sideways:

Knocked off the side bar and face down:

Off his positioner, unswaddled, legs through the slats, kicking the wall:

Off his positioner, sideways, and rolled over to his tummy:

Uncle Dew's Blue Hoodie

Thanks, Uncle Dew, for letting me borrow your blue hoodie!

Pulling Our Hair Out

Literally. We are pulling our hair out.

I've reached the post-pregnancy stage of pulling clumps of hair out daily and Elliott is starting to rub his hair off in the back. Lovely.

And to add insult to injury, he's helping the process along. His new favorite right-hand position is to reach up and latch on to a handful of hair. I don't think he'll ever be bald :) but he's certainly trying to help that process along!



Sidenote: We bought this shirt for Elliott when we were about 5 weeks pregnant ... almost a year ago! And now it fits!

Roly Poly

This is what we're dealing with, people:

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Our Valentine's Day

V-Day Party Hair:

My 2 favorite Valentines:

Why can't we be friends?

Elliott and his cousin Taylor:

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Little Reader

We've been getting out some of Elliott's books the past few days and trying to read at least one every day. He seems to enjoy it more than we expected ... I'm surprised at how much it holds his attention!

(Sorry for the morning hair ... ok, let's be honest, it's really I-work-from-home hair!)

Rolling both ways!

I'm not sure if we should be excited about this or not, but Elliott seems quite advanced in his rolling skills!

He rolled "the easy way" (aka front to back) the first week that he was here (I think the average is 2-3 months!). Then, this afternoon, he rolled "the hard way" aka back to front (the average is 5-6 months).

This is how he ended up in his crib ... not exactly the ideal sleeping position for infants:


We are going to have to keep an eye on him!

But, to end on a happy note, here's the smile of the day from yesterday!

Monthly Photo ~ 2 months!

Well ... it's been a crazy few weeks. We just got home to CA from spending about a month in Nashville. We were there for E's 2-month birthday, but took his photo with Chomps the night we got home! He is growing!

1 week:


1 month:

2 months ~ don't miss those dimples!!:

2 Month Check Up

This morning Elliott had his 2-month check-up (a little late!). Everything checked out great!


After a quick pee all over the doctor's scale and wall :), we determined that he is:

12 lbs, 11 oz. (65th percentile)
24.5 inches (85th percentile)
16 inch head circumference (50th percentile)

He also had his first round of vaccinations :( I'm super proud that he did really great, but maybe prouder of myself for not crying! So far he seems to be coping well and has even given us a smile or two! Sweet boy!

Just right.

Every day with Elliott is such a gift!! We are constantly fighting our tendency to wish it away in one way or another ... wishing he was smaller and not growing up, or wishing he were bigger and could "do" more things.

This is our Elliott today, and he is just right.

Elliott and Dad