The Currie's

Monday, December 31, 2012

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS 2012

Christmas always seems like a whirlwind of activities, and this year was no exception. We successfully attended 5 Christmases in December (Extended Currie’s, Lageschulte’s, Currie’s, Lorenzen’s, and Schoneherr’s). We have such an amazing and loving family and we always have so much fun when we get together.

Extended Currie's in Polk City

2nd Cousin Heidi Greubel, Great Grandma Olympia, Elliott

Lageschulte's in Storm Lake

Aunt K'lyn and Elliott peeking at presents

Addison wanted Elliott's toy but Elliott wasn't ready to give it up

I think he was excited to open presents

Bath time - Elliott wasn't too excited about sharing the tub

Currie's in Odebolt

He's not quite a Mozart yet, but close

Hanging out with Grandma

Great Grandma Olympa...she just beems every time she gets to see him

I'm not so sure about this thing you call a kitty

Ok, I can do this now that Grandpa is holding him

Schoenherr's in Ida Grove

Addison helping Elliott open his presents...AGAIN :)

Elliott got bowls and measuring cups from Aunt Abby. What a great present!

Oooo...what could this be?

YES! It's exactly what I wanted!

Still excited!

Addison and Elliott playing with Aunt Abby

Sunday, December 30, 2012

8 MONTHS

As you can see from the pictures, Elliott CAN'T SIT STILL. His arms and legs are always flapping and he is constantly reminding you that he is in the room with either his loud shrieks of joy or shrieks of "hey, pay attention to me."

Highlights:

He had his first stomach flu. 8 days. Yes, he threw up for 8 days straight...Mom did a lot of laundry. He lost close to 4 lbs and you could see it in his cheeks. I guess that's one way to lose those chubby cheeks! Don't worry, he ate his way back to his normal weight. Mom could hardly keep up with making his food.
We are on the move! He's not quite crawling yet but he can get from one end of the room to the other by rolling or scooting backwards.
He loves to roll a basketball back and forth with you. He actually does a really good job with timing on when to catch the ball. We still have to work on passing it back, but he does push down on the back of the ball and it kind of pops it out...which is close enough for me!

Schedule:

5am - wake for a 6 oz bottle (he can't seem to break this one since he's been sick), go back to sleep until 6:30

6:30am - wake for the day

8:00am - breakfast

9:30-10:30am - nap

11:00am - lunch

12:30 - 6 ozs

1:30 - 3:00pm - nap

3:30pm snack

5:30pm - dinner

6:30pm - bottle

7:00pm - down for the night

Friday, November 30, 2012

Thanksgiving

We traveled to Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiving at Steve and Chelsey's place. We hadn't been there since their wedding last September so our visit was long overdue. We stopped and spent the night in Ankey with Abby and Drew on our way up and back, which was a great way to break up the trip since Elliott certianly won't be remembered as the best car traveler.

Guys in the kitchen

Elliott even sat at the table with us...only thing on the menu he could have were sweet potatoes

Trying to get a post-turkey nap in...I think only one had that in mind

First snow

Supervising the Christmas tree setup

Santa's Workshop at Macy's

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

7 MONTHS

Elliott is a super happy baby and is always smiling! The smiles come so freely and are so genuine. He greets anyone that walks into the room with a smile that has the ability to brighten any day. Monique is very surprised at his ability to concentrate at such a young age. He looks at toys for so long it's almost as if he is trying to figure out how they are made. I think he has his dad’s engineering mind. He is extremely busy. His arms and legs are always moving. Changing his diaper and dressing him is becoming quite the hassle. You can see from the pictures below that he doesn't sit still.

Favorite Things
Jumparoo
Chewing on anything available
Peek-a-boo
Watching Praise Baby

Schedule
6am – wakeup and 6 ozs
7am – breakfast
8:30am – 5 ozs
9am – 10am Nap
11am – lunch
12am – 5-6ozs
12:30 – 1:30 Nap
2:30 – 5ozs
3:30 – 3rd nap if needed
5:30 – dinner
6:30 – 7 ozs and down for the night

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Just An Update

A few randoms

Hanging with Uncle Justin

Mmmmm...Bananas!

Wrestling Daddy

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween

Halloween

Pumpkin Patch with Grandma and Grandpa Lageschulte

Carving pumpkins

Halloween night/play date

Elliott (6.5 months), Fritz (5 months), Zachary (6.5 months), Harper (5.5 months)

Fritz kept wanting to eat the tiger!

Sunday, October 28, 2012

6 Months

6 MONTHS

It's hard to believe it's been 1/2 a year since our little guy entered the world! A lot has happend since his 5 month update. He weighed in at 20lbs 6ozs (89%) and measured 28.5 inches long (96%) at his 6 month checkup. He can sit up for extended periods of time on his own. He is still only rolling over from back to stomach.

He got his first two teeth the weekend of October 6th. Not sure the actual day. I had sister's weekend in Des Moines and Mark took Elliott back to Odebolt to help his parent's finish harvest. When I returned to Odebolt on Sunday night I noticed the teeth and the conversation went something like this...

Angie - "Oh my gosh, he has teeth."

Mark - "What? When did that happen."

Angie - "I'm not sure. You tell me. You are the one that spent the last 3 days with him."

He got a third tooth 3 days later!

Favorite Things

Jumparoo

Sitting on the floor playing with a basket of toys

Stuffing just about anything he can into his mouth

Bathtime

Schedule

6am wakeup...I swear Elliott knows it's weekend because he sleeps in until 6:45-7ish on Saturday and Sunday. How considerate of him :)

6:30 - 6oz bottle