First Rice Cereal

First Rice Cereal

 

Elliott had his first rice cereal on Friday night and he did really well.  He was a little shocked by the taste at first and after a few bites decided he really liked it, he just wasn't sure what to do with it. 

Our little guy is growing up right before our eyes!  

 

Justin came over for dinner so he was able to to take pictures for us.

Thanks Justin for capturing this milestone!

 

All smiles beforehand

Daddy needs to start doing yoga if he wants to hang with Elliott

First bite

Ummm...not sure about this

OK, I just want my feet now

I think I may actually like the taste of this, but I'm still not sure what to do with it



Play date with Hannah

 

 

Mark had to go into work on Sunday and I badly needed to run some errands so Laura came over to watch Elliott for a while.  Jamie ended up coming over and bringing her darling little girl, Hannah!  What a fun play date! 

 

Learning to share his toys at an early age. So proud of you Elliott!

 

 



Deanna Rose Petting Zoo

Deanna Rose Petting Zoo

We took Elliott to the petting zoo again last weekend and he was certainly more aware of his surroundings this time, last time he pretty much slept the entire time.

Wearing Daddy's hat because we forgot sunscreen.  First time parents still trying to figure everything out... :)

Cool dude!

Family picture time....he wasn't sleeping, he just blinked at the right time

More intrigued with the waterfall than any of the animals

4 Months

I feel like someone has pushed the fastforward button on our life because it feels like just yesterday I posted Elliott's 3 month update.  Mark and I tell each other often to slow down and cherish the moments we have with him right now, but it's easy to get caught up in the daily demand of life.  He has grown so much and his personality is really starting to show. He weighed in at 17lbs 11 ozs and was 26.5 inches...92 percentile for both

Schedule

6-6:30am wakeup and first bottle

7:30 Drop Elliott off at Monique's

8:30 down for first nap (usually only 45-60 minutes)

9:30 second bottle

12:30 third bottle and down for 2nd nap (usually 2 hours)

3:30 fourth bottle

4:30ish down for third nap (usually only 30 minutes)

5:00 mom pick up Elliott from Monique's

6:00 start bedtime routine....short walk around the block, bath, pj's on and drink last bottle, mom/dad usually has to rock him with a pacifier for 15 minutes and then in the crib by 6:45-7ish

Favorites

playing under jungle gym

sitting in bumbo and watching t.v.

going on walks (hardly ever fall asleep on walks now, just too much to see)

sucking on anything within reach

jumparoo



Still hard to capture that smile on camera but we get it every once and a while

Found his feet about 3 weeks ago

Chews on EVERYTHING....and if there's nothing around then it's his fingers!

Yes, he's STANDING. I couldn't believe it either.  He'll stand there for several minutes if you let him.

Nap time with dad

Elliott's first day at the daycare. Mom was a complete wreck!  Worst feeling in life is leaving your child with someone you don't know for 9 hours a day. I had my reservations after dropping him off the first day and they were proven when I picked him up early one day and the sitter was sleeping and Elliott was wide awake playing in his crib.  Moms....listen to your gut!

  

We switched daycare providers today and she sent this picture this morning. 

Melted mommy's heart to see him smiling!

Baptism

Elliott was baptized on July 29th, 2012.  He did great during the ceremony.  No smiles but no fussing so Mom and Dad will take it!  We celebrated at our house in the afternoon with the whole family.  It was so nice to have everyone together to celebrate Elliott's big day.  The only people that couldn't be there were Danny and Javen.

Elliott James Currie is officially a child of God!