5 Months

5 MONTHS

 

Elliott was 5 months old on Friday, September 14th which was also Daddy's birthday.  I probably sound like a broken record but I can't believe how time has flown by.  Elliott is so attentitive and seems very eager to learn.  He will find the most uninteresting thing in the room and stare at it like he's trying to figure out its existince.  Monique is constantly introducing new toys and games and Elliott seems to like all of them.  He is a pretty easy going baby now, quite opposite of the earlier weeks. He will spend 30 minutes in a jumperoo or playing with a basket of toys before you remember that you have a baby in the room! 

 

Schedule

6-6:45 wake up

6:30 - 5 ozs

8:30 - 4 ozs

9:00 - 10:30ish nap (usually naps much longer at home then at daycare, 90 minutes vs. 45 minutes)

11:00 - rice cereal, avocado or sweet potatoes

12:00 - 6 ozs

12:30 - 2ish nap (again, usually much short at daycare)

2:30 - 4 ozs

4:30 - 4 ozs

3rd nap varies widely depending on how he slept the fist two naps, usually only 30 minutes long

6:00 - rice cereal

6:30 - 6 ozs

7:00 bed time and sleeps through the night

 

Favorite Things

Jumperoo

Bumbo with basket of toys next to him

Playing with Gabi and Hazel at daycare

Will roll over to his stomach almost the instant you lay him down



 

 



 

Pictures From Daycare

Monique has been a true blessing to our family.  You can tell that she truly loves and adores Elliott.  She sends pictures daily so I thought I would share some of them.

Reading books

Morning walk

Playing balls with his friend, Hazel

Eating lunch

I think I should enter this in for a write your own caption contest. So many possibilities!

Avocados

First avocados without rice cereal mixed in...You be the judge!?

 

 September 11th, 2012

 

 

 

Fun Weekend

Fun Weekend at Home

 

We got to stay home all weekend and Mark only had to work a couple hours on Saturday so we took full advantage of playing together as a family!  Elliott is so much fun and his personality is forming and showing every day!

 

First Avocados

Mmmm...even better with the toes

Morning walk...absolutely gorgeous morning!

Cheering on the Cyclones! Go State!  (Outfit is 6-9 months)

Elliott's First Cold

First Cold

 

I heard Elliott coughing in the middle of the night 2 nights in a row and figured it was only a matter of time before he started showing signs of a real cold.  He woke up Friday morning all stuffed up, red watery eyes, and a pretty nasty cough.  I turned on the shower and took him into the bathroom so the steam could break up the mucus a little bit.  Monique made us a warming pack (brown rice in a baggy sewn into some fabric and warmed up in the mircrowave, works like a charm) and she kept it on his chest a couple times during the day to also help break things up.   He didn't seem to be too bothered by the cold, other than the occasional cough. 

 

 

"Please feel sorry for me..."

 



Playing with Dad

Playing With Dad

 

 

Hibachi Grill

August 25th

Kevin and Tiffany were in KC for a chiropractic seminar so we met them for dinner at a Hibachi grill on the Plaza.  Elliott did really well and was pretty impressed with the chef...although not the first time he's seen cooking like that since Mom cooks like that at home all the time! :)

Levi, Tiffany, Everett, Kevin

The Currie's .... and Levi :)

"I didn't even get scared by the fire." - Everett