Sunday, November 21, 2010

Vacation at last!

Elliott looking at the giraffes @ the Wild Animal Park
Kyle and I finally took a mini-vacation!  The first in almost 2 years!  We decided to go to San Diego, because not only is it beautiful, it's only an hour away.  It was SO nice to enjoy each other's company.  We did all of the touristy things- Seaport Village, Old Town, Balboa Park and celebrated Elliott's half birthday at the Wild Animal Park.  Out of everything my favorite part was going on a leisurely morning walk along the cliffs and admiring the beauty we were surrounded by.  Here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip.


Morning walk along the cliffs

Family photo at Balboa park

 
6 month birthday @ the Wild Animal Park

Friday, November 5, 2010

Elliott's new things

I woke up this morning to Kyle's screams of disgust, "Erin come quick.  Elliott has real "human" poop and it stinks really bad!"  I promptly rolled over and pretended like I wasn't awake to avoid getting roped into changing the diaper.  A real poopy diaper can only mean 1 thing...Elliott has started eating solid food, or human food as Kyle calls it.

The last two weeks Elliott has changed so much.  He is now sitting by himself without falling, can drink out of a cup and has started solid foods.  Besides poopy diapers, eating solid foods also means more laundry.  Elliott's favorite move is to spit food out, wipe his hand on his mouth and rub his tummy...all within a matter of 2 seconds.  He also LOVES drinking water out of cups.  It's great because it keeps him interested at restaurants, however he gets so excited he grabs the cup with both hands while he is drinking and pours it all over his clothes.  Did I mention I am now doing twice as much laundry?

A couple of days ago we took Elliott to a My Gym class and he loved it!  The activities were so much fun, but the monthly membership price was not.  I think we'll just stick to going on free days or during promotions. 

My Gym mirror time