I know, I know. WAY overdue. But guess what else is-a moment of free time to do it in! :P
Lots of excitement over here. We are having a big snow storm. Elliot, Ben and I walked to McMennamin's for lunch a few days ago which was Elliot's first adventure in the snow. For those of you who don't know, snow happens once a year in Portland, but never this early and never this long. I have been waiting for a White Christmas since I was a kid and never got one. Looks like little Elliot might be a good luck charm because we might have one this year!
Elliot is eating food now. At first he wasn't that interested because he didn't know what the deal was, but now that he's mastered a few different foods he loves eating. He has even figured out that if you open your mouth while other people are eating chances are something will end up in there. It's so cute.
He's ALMOST crawling. He's got the backward crawl down and scoots under chairs and other things and gets stuck. He has figured out a functional forward movement but doesn't remember to do that when he gets stuck after some backward crawling. He gets up on all fours and lunges forward. It works, but it could use some refinement.
Also-in case someone wants to buy him a Christmas present (I know it's probably too late), Elliot needs some warm clothes. He already has a coat, but needs more warm pants and long sleeved shirts and maybe some warm footy things. He wears 9-12 month clothes, but is more on the 12 month side now.
On to the pictures!! (Another reminder that you can click the pictures to see a bigger view-important for pictures with teeth!)
Elliot leaves his mark wherever he goes.
He loves to look in the mirror.
Hey, where'd that cute baby go?
Chewing on something.
Look!!! There's those teeth I promised!
Now, get this thing offa me!!
Eating some cereal out of a self-feeder thingy.
He was pushing it into his face really hard. It was hilarious, aparently it wasn't feeding him fast enough!
Oh, by the way-Elliot is a super genius and was entertaining us with some Moonlight Sonata.
Eating some green stuff. As you know, Ben and I are big hippies at heart, and we make our own babyfood (so far by "we" I mean "me", but his heart is in it). And if you've ever wondered why Elliot's butt looks so big, it's the cloth diapers. It was funny, my sister in law and nephew both thought Elliot had a super-full diaper the other night until I reminded them that it was cloth. Yay super-butt!
"Me? You thing I'm cute??"
"That's enough! I'm done with that green stuff!!"
This is what I get to wake up to every morning!
This picture is very important. Not only is it super cute, but it also shows that he's mastered the "pincer grasp" which is a developmental milestone for 9 month old babies. I told you have was a super genius!
Until next time:
