A few more videos.


Elliot at the Island in Minnesota



Elliot talking on his 3 month birthday.


Elliot got an exersaucer from our friends Dana and Seth. He loves it!! He is a SUPER active baby and loves the ability to wiggle, stand, and look at stuff all at the same time. This video is from his first time in it. He interacts with all of the toys now. We have it in front of the fish tank now, so he has plenty of stuff to look at.

Videos!

Uploading some older videos, and some new ones.

Here's a clip of Elliot screaming. Not so pleasant, but he was a crabby newborn and we would like to document it for posterity. Luckily he's grown out of this stuff now.


Ben talking to Elliot. Elliot smiling.


Baby noises.


Baby Sleep Smiles

I don't have time to put new pics up right now because I'm supposed to be getting ready to leave for Minnesota. Our flight is in a few hours. Elliot will be meeting his great grandmother!! Elliot is her first great-grandbaby. How exciting!!

But I wanted to get this in before we left:
Elliot rolled over yesterday!!!!! Yay Elliot!

In other news, Allison and Austin left a few days ago because Austin got into medical school in the Carribbean. We will miss them, but we're proud of them. Elliot will be a toddler the next time they see him!!!!

Uncle Daniel came to visit and we all had family pictures before they left. I'll post them as soon as I get them. Dan calls Elliot "Bucky". Cute!!


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New Pics

Not to disappoint his loyal fans, here is the latest installment of Elliot's pictures. Remember you can click on the picture to view it larger.

Not much new to report. Still a giant baby. Still cute.

He's "talking" a lot, and loves to smile.

Ben and I went on a date a couple nights ago and managed to see most of a movie. My niece Maddie (13) baby sat him. She loves him. Unfortunately he cried the entire time and after about an hour and a half she texted me "So....uh...when you coming home?" Turns out he was not that into getting babysat.

OK-this first set-Elliot was in a fantastic, highly expressive mood-so there are a lot of them:











FIRST SHOES!!!



It wasn't supposed to look like a Johnson & Johnson commercial. He just looked so cute, I had to take this picture!

Ben (who must have just eaten something chocolate) and Dante (who has lost his position as Prince of the World)


More Smiles!!!


Baby overalls. It doesn't get much cuter than that.

He makes this face a lot for some reason.


Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe!

08/08/08, Elliot is attempting a record in "toes through the knitting", a signature move.

It requires a lot of concentration.

Perfect 10!

Elliot and one of his adoring fans, Jen.


That's all for today. Stay tuned!

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!!