Father's Day 2008

Well, We took El swimming at my Aunt Kim's (yes... the nurse who delivered him. It was the first time she has seen him since! And come to think of it... should have gotten a pic of him with her....). He was in a VERY good mood the whole time... laughing, smiling, ... drooling. He kinda cried when we first got him into the water but calmed down quickly. He seemed kind of unsure, not hating it but not having tons of fun like he was out of the water.

Anywho... here are some photos:

As always... click to see the full size.


Stylin' in his new swim trunks!




Shades? Check.


Sun hat? Check.


Aunt Tracy? Check.




Here is Papa and El. Papa is wearing the shirt El made him for Fathers Day.




Mama and Elliott in the pool for the first time. He wasn't into it. :(






It took him a couple of minutes... but he started to calm down.


Completely unsure of what's going on...




Papa's turn.






:)


He had a better time out of the pool. Warning.... these photos are extremely cute!












With Cousin Wes.




LOVE this one...


After two days of watering my Fathers Day gift that he made me at day care started to sprout. Forgive the focus... I couldn't get it to focus on the right part. Damn point-and-shoot....




Two days after the above photo... It's taking off!





So... lots of photos and not a lot to say. He is getting bigger by the day (and eating A LOT more) and is 'growing up'... you can tell. He follows us around the room with his eyes and loves to giggle when Mama and Papa talk to him in a high pitched voice. He's also noticing Emma around a lot more.

Other than that not too much is going on. Hil took her gigantic test and feels as though she did pretty well. We shall see. I have my interview coming up on the 27th... So I'm getting ready for that... and by ready I mean nervous. I'm nervous until I walk in the room and see the 7 people sitting there... then It all goes away and I just act like myself. Wish me luck.

We hope everyone is doing well!

Time Flies...

On Monday the 16th, El will be twelve weeks old.

Think about it. Three months. Sheesh.

Things have been going well. Hil is taking her Praxis test today... which is pretty much the most important test she has ever taken (other than the pregnancy one.. har har!!). She feels she did very well on the first part this morning.. but is anxious about the second part. I'm sure she'll do fine. She always does. :)

I myself haven't been up to much. Working... I played hockey for the first time in a while on Tuesday.. ummm.. that's about it. Still waiting for my interview which is going to be sometime after the 25th. I'm preparing for that.

Anyways.. enough with the boring stuff... let's get to Big El Photos. We even have some video's this week.

He is definitely growing up. He notices things a lot more, uses his hands to bat at things hanging in front of him, scoots around the floor using his legs while on his back, ALMOST rolling over.. and we're starting him on sitting up. His balance side to side is ok.. but forward to backwards forget about it. His motor skills are definitely starting to refine themselves... and it's amazing to watch.

Oh yeah.... the photos... Click to see the full size:



The Sleeping El section.

Sleeping on Mama's legs...


Sleeping with Papa...








Non-sleeping photos:


We had a heat wave last week. El got plenty of naked tummy time. Here are some photos of him cooling down:

Hogging the fan...


Damp rag on his forehead..


I couldn't pick which one of these naked tummy time photos to put up... so I'm putting all of them up.













Happy boy!


Camera-phone Photos:








Here are some cute videos:

Here is El failing miserably at trying to NOT be cute....


Elliott playing peek-a-boo with Papa and Emma...


Elliott started to use his legs. Here he is in his bouncing chair. Note the phone book underneath so his feet can reach!



That's about all we got. He will be going swimming for the first time tomorrow... so stay tuned!

BONUS UPDATE!!!

I JUST took some photos of El playing with the animals that hang from his bouncing chair.. he was loving it! Here they are:












Also.. El made me a father's day gift at day care. I don't know what kind of seeds they are but I'm going to find out. I'll post progress photos when they sprout.