One month....

It's been about/over a month since the last update. We have been pretty busy with things. Hil has been working six days a week, I started a new job and had to go out of town for training, and El doesn't take so many naps anymore.

Hil passed her praxis test with flying colors. Seems she works well under pressure. :) I interviewed for and accepted the job for Produce Team Leader and have been at it for a couple weeks now. It's not fast paced like the kitchen, but there are a lot of issues that are helping me build my leadership qualities... and it's also a nice break from the stress of the kitchen. It's different... I have only known kitchens. So being out of that element for even a couple days felt very weird. It's welcome, though.

Elliott is doing very well. He is getting bigger and his motor skills and awareness are refining. It's still amazing to see. We haven't been up to much recently... so we only have every day photos. We took a family trip to Ohiopyle (Click to learn) last weekend (photos next week)... and despite the heat and our forgotten bathing suits.. it was nice to get out of the city. It's a long drive (1.5 hrs or so...) and having a 4 month old and a dog.... it takes a lot more than it used to.

Elliott is no longer the youngest in the family but the middle child of the new generation. My older sister Trisha had a baby on July 2nd. Her name is Anna Mae (after our grandmothers Anna and Ida Mae). She has more hair than you. Guaranteed.

Anyways... onto some photos. As always... click to enlarge:

Mama and El.




Papa and El.


Emma and El. :) Best friends.










He's getting so big!


El in his chair. When he sees something he knows he wants to put it in his mouth and is now able to accomplish that task. :)






El had a MAJOR blowout.... worth taking pictures of. Sorry. The joys of parenthood. :)


Anna Mae Daniel.




Anna with Mom.


Anna with Great Grandma Anna.


We also took a trip out of town to Columbus (sans El.) to see a favortie musician of ours.. Tom Waits. We had better seats than last time but were discouraged to find out that a co-worker had seats in the VERY FIRST ROW!! And we went about getting tickets int he same manner. Some people have all the luck.

Here are a couple photos I took of TW. I'm obsessed:













We hope everyone is doing well. There may be out of town family coming to town this weekend for a visit... so stay tuned next week for photos.