a close encounter

i'd just like to point out how my son, at 6 months old, is already trying to emulate steven spielberg.

good boy. now stay away from the aliens.

Monthly Photo ~ 6 months!

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2 months:

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6 months:

Barkley

Elliott loves his Barkley that his great-grandparents gave him!!

Dear Aunt Anne,

I thought you would like these pictures of me! Sorry it took me so long to accomplish your favorite trick!

Love, Elliott

Explore and Conquer

We have been amazed at how quickly Elliott has taken off!


It is so fun to watch him explore and (try to) conquer his world! We have had countless tumbles and tears the past few days as Elliott practices pulling up on anything he can get his hands on, but he has been quite a trooper! He's still pretty wobbly getting up but he is standing great! Hopefully no concussions yet ...

Master of the House

Look at him go!

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Trash?!? What trash?

Rice Cereal!

After much debating, we decided to just go for the Rice Cereal yesterday. I hope that I can keep it up with all of the busy-ness we have in the next couple of weeks!

He looks so little in the highchair!

First bites:

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Star Wars

Elliott wore his first big boy outfit this week: jeans + t-shirt ... the staple around here!

Is this cute or what?

And yes, the shirt made Dad very very happy!

Guess what else happened today?

As if crawling wasn't enough for one day ...


Yup. E woke up from his nap, and I wanted to get a few things done in his room so I just tossed a couple of toys into his crib so he could be contained and entertain himself. I turned around from folding clothes to the image above: Elliott standing fully up and starting to bend at the waist over the top of the crib rail. Lovely!

Someone was quite proud of their new trick.

And yes, the crib has officially been lowered. Yikes.

Officially Official

We are now officially crawling! Slow and steady but still legit!

Here's a video ... warning: it's kind of long and boring but the highlights are around the 50 second mark and the 1:45 mark if you don't want to watch the whole thing:

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Crawling Update

E is doing great with his crawling! He's been army-crawling around for about a month now. The past couple of days he spent a lot of time up on-all-4's and is rocking back and forth, so I think it's just a matter of time until he realizes he can go!

Here's a couple of videos of him in action!

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Syllable Repetition

One of the up-and-coming skills I've read about is the ability to repeat syllables. We've tried plenty of times with the "ba-ba's" and "da-da's" without any response from Elliott other than him laughing at how funny we look!

Well, this afternoon, I think somebody flipped the switch! We were playing on the bed (sorry for the wet hair/PJ look) and he was chatting and started forming some syllables I haven't heard from him before. So I tried some sounds and he totally repeated them! I actually had tried this morning with no response ... funny how things just suddenly turn on!

Do you hear them too or is it just parental wishful thinking?

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Family Classic

You know those photos of you as a kid that are just classic? The ones that everyone remembers (and probably laughs at)?

Well, this is one of mine. Good news, I've stopped chewing my fingers. Bad news, the hair hasn't improved much:

I think I was around the age that Elliott is now when this was taken, so we had been talking about trying to re-create it with little E. Then, without prompting, this photo happened:


It was taken in his exersaucer (no doy), so we tried tonight to re-create it in the bath without much luck, but still cute:
Do you see a resemblance?

Mimi Blanket

Getting Organized!

I've been trying to make sense of Elliott's closet and pack away some of the clothes that he has outgrown (sniff sniff).

Let's just say that organization isn't my strong suit ... so it's nice to have a little helper!

I love Mrs. Ryan!

After our fabulous Vegas weekend, Ryan got to come home with us for one short night :(. But at least she got to see E for a little bit!


I think they like each other!