A small sampling of the last few months

Elliot and Trevor playing the guitar.  Maybe on day Elliot will do it on his own!

He just LOVES oranges!  He didn't even want to wait for me to peel that one!

Making funny faces!

Playing in a fort we built

Elliot thought that this was a good place to sit down...

The phone lights up when you push the buttons?!!

Look Mom, no hand!

Happy as ever to have someone read to him.  Thanks Aunt Tonia!

But Dad, if you just give me a chance I'm sure I could help you with that!

Valentines Day.  This was part of Trevor's surprise for me when I woke up.  Trevor is such an incredible husband and I am so lucky to have him!  Not only because of Valentines Day, but because of every other day of the year!  

Outings

We went to the aquarium with Grandma and Grandpa Wylie and Bree.  Elliot was touching the starfish and watching the shark.  It just didn't come quite close enough for him.

Elliot and Bree sitting in a boat, ready to go down the river!

My guys just walking around taking it all in

Getting right up next to the otters.  

We went to watch Bree's hockey game.  Elliot had fun walking around with Grandma and climbing on stuff.

Elliot's First trip to the library.  Trevor found this book for him and he was the happiest boy!  Elliot loves books!

Christmas Fun

Elliot got to see Santa and Mrs. Clause.  He sat there for a minute then decided he was done and got down. He didn't cry though!

He seemed to like the Grinch more... but he did have Trevor there too.

Elliot finding a little surprise in his stocking one morning

Gotta love Christmas hats!

Merry Christmas Eh!

Waiting to see a live nativity,  It was cold, and there was a long wait, but we made it!

Festival of Trees

Christmas Morning

I am not sure what that face is, but I think he likes it!

Trevor with his stuff

Elliot's Birthday!!

Elliot turned 1!!! (Yes, this happened back in November, but I haven't put any pictures up yet) He is such a great little boy and we love him so much!

We put some balloons up all over the floor so he could play with them when he woke up.  He loved the surprise and played with them all day!

Elliot's Birthday sign!  Today was all about him!

Mommy with her Birthday Boy

Daddy was there to help with presents, but Elliot did just fine on his own.

Monkey cupcakes!

Dad and Mom helping him blow out his candle

He did NOT want to get messy.  He was very neatly eating little pieces for a while.

He finally gave up and dug in a little bit

All about Elliot!  Some of his favorite things so far, a picture book, and a journal for all his guests to write down their favorite memory of him.

Playing and messes

Elliot is getting bigger every day.  He is always learning new things.  These are just some of the things he has been up to lately.

Playing with the beads... He loves moving them, chewing on them, and even pushing the whole thing over.

He loves to chew on his hammer... there are chew marks all along the bottom.  He sure uses his 6 teeth as much as possible!

This is definitely one of Elliot's favorite things!!! It is so funny how the simplest things, the boxes, the wrapping, etc. are often his very favorite things to play with.  He loves going in and out, he will even sit in it and close the door and just giggle!

 Elliot was having a lot of fun with flour!  Rubbing is around, spreading it all over the kitchen, and of course, sticking it in his mouth!

This is flour with water and a few drops of food coloring that he could spread around, and watch the color 'grow'.  He wasn't sure about the texture at first, but he warmed up to the idea, and had a lot of fun, and made quite the mess!

Cousins

Elliot has had some fun days with his cousins!  He loves it when they come over to play.  It doesn't matter what he is doing, when he hears other little kids around he gets so excited!  He is getting very good at sharing, and not being upset when his older cousins want to take all his toys.  

Elliot is sharing his book with his cousin Grant 

Elliot and the twins.  They are a little more than 3 months older than him, but he is about their size!

Elliot and his cousin Zander.  Hugs for the cousin!

Zander is a year older, so he is reading Elliot a story.  So cute!