Daddy's Little Fatty

14.4 pounds. This is getting ridiculous.

Catching Smiles...

Elliot has turned from screamer to smiler. He is SO smiley. It's awesome. His evening crying periods are getting shorter, although he still hates to drive in the car (he doesn't mind freeway driving, but all those pesky lights and stop signs and low speed limits with street driving cramp his style.)

He sleeps really well through the night and has graced us with that since he was born, thankfully. He gets up a few times to nurse, but doesn't stay awake. He is a pretty sleepy guy throughout the day too, since he's growing so much. When he's not sleeping or eating he's a total wiggle monster. He does not stop moving. I'm pretty sure he'll be crawling early. I would be surprised if he made it to 5 months without crawling.

He is now a little over 2 months, and is nearing 14 pounds. He is growing at mutant speed! Luckily I just borrowed an exercise video from the library that uses the baby as a weight. I'm going to need it if he keeps growing this fast.

That being said, if you want to buy him clothes don't send anything small. He barely fits any of his 3 month clothes, and is wearing some 6-9 month items. See what I mean by mutant speed?

On to the pictures!! (Catching smiles is pretty tricky so some of these will be weird angles, but what it lacks in photography skills it will make up in cuteness!) Also, remember that you can click the pictures to see a larger version.

Elliot is starting to learn how to blow bubbles.


ISN'T THAT THE CUTEST THING EVER??


Todd's girlfriend Heidi made Elliot a cute hat on their drive up from Ft. Bragg.




If this isn't cute I don't know what is:


Here is Todd and Elliot on the 4th of July.


Ben and his Minnesota boys at Lake Quinault, WA, for the 4th.


Here come the smiles!!!!


These are just for adorableness.






Here's half a smile...


He just had to warm up first! Here's a big smile!




Grammy (Peggy) has been babysitting Elliot so I can study for my finals that I missed due to giving birth.


Look at that GIANT BABY!!!!


Elliot doesn't like pacifiers, maybe Tubby will?


He's still a little small for it, but he does like this jumper. He's got the jumping concept down, he just needs more abdominal tone so he can hold him self up better. (Please excuse the hideous floor-the kitchen is the last room on our remodeling list...and it shows!)

Elliot had a doctor's appointment today and he was measured.

He weighs 12 pounds 7 ounces and is 25 inches long!!!! He's a giant baby!!

Smiles and Giggles

Grammy and Elliot doing situps!!

Elliot Buckman is 7 weeks old!

7 weeks already??
He has started smiling a lot and loves his swing and his play mat. He stares at all the colors and lights and laughs!!
We switched to this blog from the other one (http://www.bennkat.blogspot.com). There are two posts of pictures on that site if you want to look at them. All subsequent pictures will be at this site.


Here are some new pics. You can click on them to see a bigger image.

Here's our sweet boy sleeping.


Elliot's crib. My sister Taryn made all of the cribset. There is a green sheet that goes with it, but it was in the wash. It's AWESOME!!!




Ben is wearing Elliot in the moby wrap. Elliot loves it. It's one of our best tricks to getting him to go to sleep when he's fussy.

Elliot and our friend Lecz on Elliot's 6 week birthday.

Unky Corndog.

This is Elliot's cousin Madison. She's the oldest of my sibling's children, so it's the oldest and youngest of my mom's grandbabies!

This is Elliot visiting Ben at work for the first time. "Who broke the butter sauce???"

Elliot's first trip to the coffee shop.

Look at all that hair!!! I love it! It's so dark and soft. CUTE!

In a smiling mood.



Going for a walk.

A doggie hat!!

Mr. Handsomebaby

Ooops! Too much handsome!




Baby's first hoodie!