tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842882564593199672024-02-18T19:40:11.181-08:00Elliott and HollyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-17139569231069057372013-01-07T22:25:00.003-08:002013-01-07T22:25:45.500-08:0018 Months Old!Holly is now 18 months old. I can't believe it. Two of my friends recently had babies and it is almost hard for me to remember Holly being that small. How you forget those early, sleepless days! <br />
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Holly is such a funny girl. She is probably the loudest baby I've ever come across. In the past few days when she is wanting something if you happen to mention exactly what she wants she will respond with the loudest most emphatic "YES" ever. Her language skills have really taken off this past month. She is trying more words every day. Even if she doesn't say the word correctly we are usually getting the right amount of syllables. She's adventurous at home and acts like everything is her personal jungle gym. This girl isn't afraid of falling. She also does full back floats in the tub, she will just lay there relaxed floating around. I'm amazed. <br />
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She adores Elliott and wants to be doing whatever he is doing. She knows his special stuffed animals and will bring them to him if he's left them somewhere. Most days they get along really well. Some days Elliott wants to play with her, will hug her and talk to her all the time. Other days...not so much. <br />
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I feel like she is really starting to grow up. She's so independent that we hardly use our baby gates anymore. She can go up or down the stairs with no problems and is quite safe about it. We <i>finally </i>cut her off her final bottle (before bed). She was only getting 2oz for probably a month before we cut her off, so she didn't really need it but was used to it. I am starting to get her used to the idea of potty training - we'll see how that goes...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holly liked to play in her old moses basket. We would load it with toys for her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naughty Holly was joining Elliott in time out. (back in October)</td></tr>
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Elliott is doing great. He has a great time at Preschool. Parents are required to help there about once a month. I wasn't sure about how I would like that, or if I would feel weird being there with the kids. It is so much fun! The kids are hysterical and it's great to see what he is doing while there. He has made some new friends and really missed them over winter break. <br />
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He continues to be crazy over legos. We are trying to play more board games with him so that he understands winning and losing - not always easy for him to grasp. He is showing more interest in letters and putting sounds together. He is definitely testing his limits and boundaries, something he started after Holly was born. I don't think he had the terrible 2's but we are getting some of that now. Consequently we have had to add new rules to our everyday routine, which is good for him in the long run. Overall he's is great. The kid can talk....endlessly :) Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-10030204796819375442013-01-07T21:57:00.000-08:002013-01-07T21:57:48.670-08:00December and Christmas 2012<div style="text-align: left;">
We started out the month of December with a visit to Santa at Macy's in downtown Portland. Elliott
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On a Sunday in early December we drove out to Sauvie Island to cut down our tree. We had found a tree farm there last year and wanted to go back because it was so nice. We failed. It was closed on Sunday. Because it was getting close to Holly's nap we stopped at a tree lot in North Portland. The kids had fun decorating the tree and setting up for Christmas. Elliott is interested in ornaments but usually does a pretty good job of not taking too many off the tree. He was mostly interested in the Portland Trail Blazer candy cane ornaments and would take those off to play with. When he was a baby I got a felt ornament kit and we hung those on the bottom so that Holly could touch them but not cause any damage. She did well with the tree and while she did take ornaments off it wasn't that bad. She's only 1, so it's what I expected. Every morning she would be thrilled to watch me turn on the lights. She would point to the plug and clap her hands once they came on. </div>
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Dan and Elliott made Toffee twice this December!! How did I get so lucky? This is the second time they were making it. Elliott really likes to help in the kitchen and enjoyed sprinkling on the chocolate chips and the sliced almonds. We brought this toffee to the Ugly Sweater holiday party our friends host every year. Elliott and Holly spent the night with Nana and Papa...yay!</div>
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On Christmas morning the kids slept in until 7:45 - not too shabby! We went upstairs and checked out what Santa had left in their stockings. Some santas went a little wild this year ;) Dan's parents and Grandma came up to have breakfast and watch the kids. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We relaxed a bit at home then headed to Wilsonville to let Holly nap while Christmas dinner was prepared. After dinner we drove out to my sister, Sarah's, house for dessert. The girls were so excited to tell us what Santa had brought them. Brooke loves Holly and will scoop her up the minute we walk in the door. Thankfully Holly seems to love her right back. </span></div>
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On the 27th we celebrated Christmas yet again! This time with my family. Amy and Jake and the boys were in Sacrament for Christmas this year so we celebrated a few days late. Three days later we all got together again to celebrate Paige's 2nd Birthday. Whew, it's a busy month!</div>
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We celebrated Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house on Wednesday night. Sarah and her family were spending a week down in the LA area (jealous!). Because of Amy and Jake's work schedules we celebrated a night early. We had a great dinner and had a good time spending time with family. It was nice to have a few less kids around because with 8 grandkids it is LOUD! Here are a few pictures from that evening.<br />
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Elliott was excited about the Ninjago legos that Josh brought </div>
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On Thursday we then celebrated another Thanksgiving dinner with Dan's family and some family friends. I only brought my camera out a few times and unfortunately don't have much to show from that dinner. It was good to see Lauren, Justus and Cora since we aren't able to see them as often as we would like. We also celebrated Cora's 1st Birthday that weekend. <br />
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Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-85611296891356315632012-12-24T12:38:00.001-08:002012-12-24T12:38:56.802-08:00PopularOn normal days, Dan works in his office or sometimes on the couch with his laptop. He is by far the most popular person in the house. Elliott and Holly can't stand that his office door is shut and they can't get to him. Elliott, being older, is much better about knocking (pounding) on his door. <br />
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Today Dan had the day off. So, he was upstairs with the kids while I was cleaning and vacuuming downstairs. E & H were screaming to get to me. They <i>needed </i>their mom so badly! I guess when I'm not 100% available to them all the the sudden I am quite amazing and they have to be with me. <br />
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Apparently from an early age you always want what you can't necessarily have! <br />
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Also, Elliott says my job is "playing" and that I never get a day off. Thanks, bud.Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-83858690930877638552012-11-11T16:41:00.003-08:002012-11-11T16:41:38.727-08:00Happy 4th BirthdayLast weekend was Elliott's 4th Birthday. It's hard to believe that he is 4 already. We had a lego themed birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's. It was really nice to have the party not at home, since I didn't have to clean before and then re-clean after. We had a lot of kids this year. We had 8 cousins, Holly and a small group of friends. It was busy, but a lot of fun. His birthday was on Saturday and the party was Sunday. We opened his present from us on Saturday morning. He was so excited for superhero legos.<br />
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Earlier in the day Holly was wearing her costume and playing with T-Rex </div>
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The day before Halloween, Tuesday the 30th, Elliott got to wear his costume to Preschool. The kids did a short parade for the parents. They had tambourines and maracas and marched in a circle around the preschool twice. It was very cute! Elliott loved wearing his costume to 3 events this year (he also went to a Superhero Birthday party). Holly can't get enough of her fat ladybug costume. If she sees it in her closet she will yell at me and point. Basically, she would wear it daily if I let her. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-6924233442092115252012-10-30T12:59:00.003-07:002012-10-30T13:01:05.757-07:00Posing with Kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The earth started out as hot lava (said with a super excited voice). Then, water came. Then, LIFE (said mysteriously). Then dinosaurs. Then racoons. Then us. <br />
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He is very interested in space right now. We got this book at the library, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brightest-Sky-Amazing-Science-Planets/dp/1404839674/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1349285206&sr=8-24&keywords=nancy+loewen">The Brightest in the Sky</a>. He asks about planets and astronauts every day. I think I'll have to head back to the library and get more books from this planet collection. <br />
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I'll post more pictures and a better update in the next few days. Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-66030909068206167382012-08-30T22:16:00.003-07:002012-08-30T22:16:38.686-07:00Picture RecapGet ready for it....I'm not going to write much, but there will be a ton of pictures to look at from the past month and a half!<br />
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In mid July we went Blueberry and Marionberry picking at a local farm. <br />
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At the end of June my cousin, Anna, and her family visited from Charlotte, NC. I already posted some pictures from this visit on facebook, so I've just added a few more here.<br />
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Caleb is 3 and just figured out how to do monkey bars! I told Amy he needs to start gymnastics.</div>
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Here are the eight cousins on my side and Henry, Anna's son.</div>
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Dan and Elliott did a backyard camp-out at the beginning of August<br />
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-17139624641739478862012-07-08T23:00:00.001-07:002012-07-08T23:15:04.734-07:00Celebrating Hawaiian Style!Yesterday we had Holly's 1st Birthday party. We celebrated with family and we are thankful that everyone (except Jake who was working..boo!) was able to be there with us. Dan organized games for the kids. To me, it seemed like a great party! I took close to 200 pictures, so here is a little sample of the fun we had.<br />
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Getting prepped to celebrate </div>
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Holly the climber! She can make it to the top of this slide...great...</div>
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Dan explaining "fire island" to the kids. Basically walk a balance beam through Tiki Torches.</div>
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Cameron's turn</div>
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Holly even tried it out</div>
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Yay!</div>
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Elliott doing the "monkey roll". Rolling a ping pong ball down the ramp into the monkey face</div>
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Holly and Daddy</div>
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Holly and Mommy </div>
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Paige peeking out of the castle</div>
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Josh finally broke it open after everyone had 2 turns</div>
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Cora patiently watches all the madness</div>
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Happy Birthday, Holly!</div>
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She was quite dainty for a few minutes and poked at her cupcake</div>
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Cousins eating their cupcakes</div>
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We had a great Birthday party. Thanks everyone for making it so special!Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-80202330074589807772012-07-08T22:15:00.001-07:002012-07-08T22:15:05.694-07:00Independence Day CelebratingWe celebrated July 4th with great weather - finally! While the rest of the country has been sweltering with heat, it has been downright cold here. We finally got a day in the 80's for the 4th. Our family spent the day in Wilsonville with family. We started with a parade in the neighborhood that both my sister Amy and her family live as well as Dan's parents. There was a fire truck that led a parade of kids throughout the neighborhood. It was very cute and very fun. After the parade the neighborhood hosted a picnic. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Waiting for all the cousins to have their bikes decorated. Elliott requested a green balloon because it's his favorite color. At least he had patriotic streamers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">All 8 cousins ready to go!</span> </div>
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Super Best Friends, Elliott and Cameron</div>
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Sarah, Amy, Paige and my Mom</div>
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Rock Star Grace!</div>
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We spent the remainder of the day with Dan's family celebrating the 4th. Dan bought a box of fireworks and some sparklers and did a little show for us. Amy and her boys came over to enjoy it with us. Fireworks were VERY exciting to the boys, especially Caleb who said how "awesome!" every single one was.<br />
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Baby Cousins enjoying the great weather</div>
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Beautiful kids</div>
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<br />Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-59357418100896830862012-07-08T14:36:00.004-07:002012-07-08T14:36:54.156-07:00Happy Birthday, Holly!Holly is now 1 year old! I can't believe how much time has gone by since she was a <a href="http://elliottandholly.blogspot.com/2011/07/baby-holly-is-here.html">little bean</a>. Still no walking, but a lot of standing on her own now. She has started to sign, occasionally. She will do milk, more and all done. I admit to not being as dedicated with her as I was with Elliott. <div>
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This is how Holly celebrated her 1st Birthday at home with us:</div>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY HOLLY!</div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-7691095818659050042012-06-30T13:45:00.002-07:002012-06-30T13:45:53.937-07:00Camping and lifeLast weekend we had our first camping trip as a family. Dan wanted to go for his birthday this year, similar to how <a href="http://elliottandholly.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html">he took Elliott 3 years ago</a>. We went with a group of friends. Unfortunately we live in Oregon where it likes to be cold and rainy all the way through June. Of course it started to rain as soon as we set up camp. The rest of that day and all night it rained steadily. Thankfully it stopped raining on Saturday and we had a full day of pretty decent weather - even blue skies at some points. Elliott and I took a hike to the new <a href="http://www.tillamookforestcenter.org/">Tillamook Forest Center</a> where we climbed the fire tower and walked around the trails. He said that we were on a date - so sweet. Elliott was a great camper and played well even though there weren't any other kids around. Holly was pretty good. She had some trouble sleeping - which is par for the course with her. Holly is the lightest sleeper, quite a change from Elliott who doesn't wake up for anything. We had fun and have talked about maybe doing another camping trip with just us. <br />
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Our friend, Rizal, was happy to play around with my camera and he took some great pictures for us. I should take lessons from him.<br />
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I found Elliott asleep in the tent, even bringing him to sit with us by the fire didn't wake him up.</div>
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This is the tarp that we had...amazing! It took Brad and Dan over an hour to set up.</div>
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Playing card games</div>
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Getting wood before it started to rain too much</div>
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This was the chipmunk trap that Elliott made:</div>
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Holly loved that she could see birds</div>
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When we got home Dan and I went to a Timbers game while Elliott and Holly played at Nana and Papa's house. When we came back to get them, Holly took her first steps! We've tried countless times to coerce her to do it again with no luck. She knows what we are up to and absolutely refuses to try. She was very much the same way with standing on her own. I guess we just have to wait and let her make up her own mind. She will now happily stand on her own (something she first tried just before we went camping) and loves the praise she receives for it. <br />
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Elliott is showing a lot of interest in numbers and letters. We have been trying to encourage him by doing very simple math and also a lot of "what sound does this letter make..." I'm excited that he is so interested in learning. He is excited to start preschool in the fall. He has a lot of ideas for games he wants to play, though will often get irritated that I don't remember his ever changing rules. He still loves to play legos and would happily dump them all over his playroom if Holly wasn't around. With the weather finally improving we hope to spend more time outdoors. <br />
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Holly has been improving, slowly, with her sleep. I've been working with her to cut out some of her bottles. She liked to have a bottle before each nap (2 a day), before bed and often 2-3 times during the night. Ugg! We are successfully cut out the bottle before her first nap and she will sometimes go down for her second nap without one. We have been lucky that about half the time at night now she will only take one bottle around 3am. Even though, in my opinion, she is probably taking too many bottles because she eats a ton during the day, she is slowly improving. We were so spoiled with Elliott, he was the best sleeper and it was so easy to makes any changes to his schedule/routine.<br />
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On Netflix Elliott found the My Little Pony TV show. He loves to watch it. We were at my parents house last week and found our old ponies, he was so excited. Here he is playing with some of them.<br />
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At Elliott's preschool there is a Guinea Pig named Jelly. They ask that the families at the preschool take one week during the summer and pet-sit Jelly. We had him this past week. Elliott and Holly LOVED having Jelly here. She was super popular with the cousins as well. I think Holly loved Jelly a bit too much. She would start her excited dragon screams and Jelly would run for cover. You can see below that she has to be held back while touching Jelly.<br />
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Elliott goes in for a snuggle.<br />
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This is where Holly was while we changed Jelly's cage. She was excited to be in Elliott's carseat, facing forwards. <br />
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**If you look closely you'll notice that Cora and Holly appear to match at the beach. Well, they do, basically. They have the same pants on and shirts from the same clothing line. It just happened that they both had bring pink jackets. Too funny! </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-52866740107423485422012-05-30T21:31:00.001-07:002012-05-30T21:45:15.512-07:0010 Month UpdateOnce again, we have been sick...all of us! Dan, who never gets sick, even came down with a nasty cough and cold. We are hoping that with a 3 day weekend in Seaside planned that everyone will be healthy.
Holly was 10 months old back on the 3rd. I took pictures and even sat down to blog, but something distracted me and it never happened. I also forgot to weigh her, so we have no update on that this month. Other than being sick, Holly has been doing really well. In this past month she has finally started to sleep better (as opposed to the sometimes 3 times from 8pm - 8am that she wants to eat) and eat more real food. She is happier eating our food rather than pureed baby foods. Also, she is a bit crazy and will accept food from a fork, but often not a baby spoon - the same food. That fork is so tricky ;)! Holly will pull up on anything and walk along walls, couches, people, but hasn't yet stood on her own. I think she could if she tried, but she will arch her back when you try to make her. She says "mama" a lot and has just started to say "dada".<br />
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Here is Holly "walking" with Elliott:<br />
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Elliott has finally figured out that riding a bike is fun. We went for a ride recently with all of his Portland cousins and he was loving it! Unfortunately, our neighborhood is quite hilly so it's not very good for practicing. There is an elementary school down the street that has a huge black-top playground so we go there after school hours to get in some good riding time. He is very into Super Mario Bros. and anything related to Mario and/or Luigi. Most anything we play with will somehow be translated into Mario and Luigi. His cousin, Cameron, is Mario crazed as well which I think rubs off on Elliott. Then tend to request wearing either red or green outfits so that they fit the correct theme.<br />
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We had a big breakthrough at swimming lessons early in the month. After 3 sessions, (each session has 9 -10 classes) Elliott finally decided he was able to put his face in the water!!! He also went down the big water slide with his teacher. He told me that on the way down he was thinking that the slide "was totally awesome!" I'm so proud of him! In his first session he had a moment where he went under and his teacher didn't see for about 10 seconds. (As a former swim teacher I knew that he was fine and not actually drowning) This really scared him and he was very nervous after that. He struggled participating with the group because he was scared of going under again. So, we put him in private lessons to get his comfort level back. Dan thought I was crazy and attempting to turn E into the next Michael Phelps. His teacher was great and worked so patiently with Elliott. We are taking a break from lessons right now.
Elliott also took an 8 week soccer class. It was so cute to watch him run around. Again, his teacher was great. He was amazingly patient with a group of 6+ 3 year olds.
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Here are Elliott and Caleb playing in slime. They boys had a great time doing this.<br />
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Elliott posing after trying to get into Holly's crib.</div>
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We are really proud of him and had a great weekend to show for it.<div><br /></div><div>First we drove up to Seattle to spend a little time with Lauren, Justus and Cora. It's been a while since we saw them last and we won't see them again until late May. This was the perfect time to sneak in a quick visit. Holly was VERY excited about Cora! She wanted to attack her. Holly's dragon voice/yelling scared sweet Cora a bit. We spent time at the park near L&J's house. The weather was gorgeous and we were happy to enjoy it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpHcev2H7C0F5ka8mtZyez07rkSYCok7BQAnL8lm2EtjokFBuLLYhpRbWJr1xcQIK1iaYXq4-_xq1858bptbn0moRJD8_tPBl5C_1v4PLaL4lFCJpcS7fxi5sDfDC7pe9sGmsWh6AbIw/s1600/049.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpHcev2H7C0F5ka8mtZyez07rkSYCok7BQAnL8lm2EtjokFBuLLYhpRbWJr1xcQIK1iaYXq4-_xq1858bptbn0moRJD8_tPBl5C_1v4PLaL4lFCJpcS7fxi5sDfDC7pe9sGmsWh6AbIw/s600/049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734822631382555250" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmPM0r1eAUm7QhzBb7yKblXJC7In1qa_NWCeftTtq3DM5atMjT-ODeLhY_ADeSfZqBJisuISx2_0di0-drtF8m9eluVw32fCrKMfmolgsGHIRhD4oRVAwm0o4MMMBWlFoSFvBligN_EI/s1600/051.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmPM0r1eAUm7QhzBb7yKblXJC7In1qa_NWCeftTtq3DM5atMjT-ODeLhY_ADeSfZqBJisuISx2_0di0-drtF8m9eluVw32fCrKMfmolgsGHIRhD4oRVAwm0o4MMMBWlFoSFvBligN_EI/s600/051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734822640586500578" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Holly was having a great time on the swing</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWOuAarEsY051afb46NpAZkbFqOnP2pvIbWJYYGcrlQgcxi81Q2q3kEEcweCIFDlidwugXus4O-FlRDjhtU5hYNTPuvIgBjOvJhRfiTarZgGU2roSQLAe_V4LpVuX9mhCcjj2oGarw5Y/s1600/057.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWOuAarEsY051afb46NpAZkbFqOnP2pvIbWJYYGcrlQgcxi81Q2q3kEEcweCIFDlidwugXus4O-FlRDjhtU5hYNTPuvIgBjOvJhRfiTarZgGU2roSQLAe_V4LpVuX9mhCcjj2oGarw5Y/s600/057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734822647445665442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Cora joined her for a bit. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8fNdFNYICaJb4hhn2q7urlpZlKUlBnI4ZMmRzbErRzPoXrL66cJH1ewIHEcFrcTBX4loX1XOg6Rkfj9OvgsvFAz0TfFayxBoPMMC3ZjQ03DYwrdTvkJW5TqTaliLc2TKoo3_K8HDFgQ/s1600/064.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8fNdFNYICaJb4hhn2q7urlpZlKUlBnI4ZMmRzbErRzPoXrL66cJH1ewIHEcFrcTBX4loX1XOg6Rkfj9OvgsvFAz0TfFayxBoPMMC3ZjQ03DYwrdTvkJW5TqTaliLc2TKoo3_K8HDFgQ/s600/064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734822657195611154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This was Elliott's donut shop. They sold his favorite kinds, Apple Fritters and Green frosted.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaWZZ9t4BEKoJF1gQHkCPAA6jbLoKwfPM3zhil3nchgPJthczF5AK8KUZ64CVagXqtSCfJqT1LW6CNz1XfeZ41fNwKIe0kXOCgr3oZl6_2KPV7ya9O0guZIfXX9hhZEztWaay58YjztI/s1600/069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaWZZ9t4BEKoJF1gQHkCPAA6jbLoKwfPM3zhil3nchgPJthczF5AK8KUZ64CVagXqtSCfJqT1LW6CNz1XfeZ41fNwKIe0kXOCgr3oZl6_2KPV7ya9O0guZIfXX9hhZEztWaay58YjztI/s600/069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734822668853117954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We tried for a cousin picture but Elliott wasn't into it. Instead we got the baby girls</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5m7cU5-sHApL9Beyfh_3kuPIplAuduKTxRZ06joPElTvB4uAFyOuexvDU5EV1OTCa_ybxiob9pvvmvyb_EuiuHmf8YHSRpo64IhuMi9JHaMUwvLuKC3cBQGpbNF2voGA1cKrIe1Xmn8/s1600/087.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5m7cU5-sHApL9Beyfh_3kuPIplAuduKTxRZ06joPElTvB4uAFyOuexvDU5EV1OTCa_ybxiob9pvvmvyb_EuiuHmf8YHSRpo64IhuMi9JHaMUwvLuKC3cBQGpbNF2voGA1cKrIe1Xmn8/s600/087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734823874784371122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Then Holly goes into attack mode...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBfAqIi49P74pu0c9X3ga-SihnDpJr2QZFyHER000eAgS-VuDT2_BzaE3NleAXPvis4Ggb3yei1xgHWs86AG0Xgy248JkP_FudpFj2bxU7FHiAt3__jjkxah5ek_KOONWGdMMPZQpEv0/s1600/089.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBfAqIi49P74pu0c9X3ga-SihnDpJr2QZFyHER000eAgS-VuDT2_BzaE3NleAXPvis4Ggb3yei1xgHWs86AG0Xgy248JkP_FudpFj2bxU7FHiAt3__jjkxah5ek_KOONWGdMMPZQpEv0/s600/089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734823886292808786" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>After our night in Seattle we drove back down to <a href="http://www.greatwolf.com/grandmound/waterpark/rides">Great Wolf Lodge</a>. We had a blast playing in the wave pool, climbing the fort and wading around in the little kid pool. Holly has no fear of the water and would have happily crawled right into the wave pool had I not stopped her. Elliott takes a little more time to warm up to new things. But, after a while he was in the deep water with me, floating with every wave. Dan and I were thankful that his parents joined us for the trip. We were able to ride all of the waterslides together. Howlin' Tornado was really fun! He also got to do the MagiQuest game, which I heard he really liked. When we left Elliott said he wanted to stay there forever!</div><div><br /></div><div>Cupcakes at Great Wolf</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1kN7xuc66xyuL0swbRN04bCHPem5bh3s0-2IrPX41eDWtHaDUEBfotYQG81FlyXIH5UMIsHMe35RtoiUjLuby13_VXGo5jlJGy-0SaosbkGWpBuVjCrAY5FlviHeBmvgoGopzSYOGbk/s1600/106.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1kN7xuc66xyuL0swbRN04bCHPem5bh3s0-2IrPX41eDWtHaDUEBfotYQG81FlyXIH5UMIsHMe35RtoiUjLuby13_VXGo5jlJGy-0SaosbkGWpBuVjCrAY5FlviHeBmvgoGopzSYOGbk/s600/106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734823893307851362" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Elliott heading out to the story time dressed in his jammies and new Croc Crocs</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoMGga4QgIkGiwi4YF-E3kDb4lagGryyPN4EMeU-psy9PKubua1iak6PL39EFWNbn0h26wqIf2LsEEuosmHl57wWlRkfuNdcR_ILcTLvXB_ZWfjCo4dJdIooEtU-2UvIQe_j6OFvC85Q/s1600/127.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoMGga4QgIkGiwi4YF-E3kDb4lagGryyPN4EMeU-psy9PKubua1iak6PL39EFWNbn0h26wqIf2LsEEuosmHl57wWlRkfuNdcR_ILcTLvXB_ZWfjCo4dJdIooEtU-2UvIQe_j6OFvC85Q/s600/127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734823901890257522" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We arrived home to amazing weather and super long grass. They happily hung out in the sun for a while. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBHEeNprjKy-3Q5svXPbwdwupzWdmIy63n16eRIZwPMMsxtESygkwMNqYm7QWE55QYuZMGS-MF-qEgBe_1ICq0soOBoprb5RIUg4qxmdTWeylG40m7ImzHXRmRp9MTByCr9S8PelbdfA/s1600/141.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBHEeNprjKy-3Q5svXPbwdwupzWdmIy63n16eRIZwPMMsxtESygkwMNqYm7QWE55QYuZMGS-MF-qEgBe_1ICq0soOBoprb5RIUg4qxmdTWeylG40m7ImzHXRmRp9MTByCr9S8PelbdfA/s600/141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734823909651137954" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Then the guys mowed the lawn</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj3ippVayESJMT5rpRr8LXZ25W3OWO_qbJW3pz-qQiQZbpPvvFbSr6GWk5C7g8qvDlOJ2pps9HbEaTR8G6HOQr_wiNfE1hJQe5skY2kja_jJPe3IDrbLBT0Fg-Q5bIa4N4AkDF82Aty8/s1600/157.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj3ippVayESJMT5rpRr8LXZ25W3OWO_qbJW3pz-qQiQZbpPvvFbSr6GWk5C7g8qvDlOJ2pps9HbEaTR8G6HOQr_wiNfE1hJQe5skY2kja_jJPe3IDrbLBT0Fg-Q5bIa4N4AkDF82Aty8/s600/157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734824754769522962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-12868164701908513752012-04-09T17:49:00.005-07:002012-04-09T21:06:11.288-07:00Easter Weekend<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">We had a busy Easter weekend. The weather here finally decided to get nice. I think it was the first nice weekend we have had since the fall. A break from the cold and rain was very welcome. It also made for two great Easter Egg hunts!</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">On Friday night we decorated eggs. I thought this kit was adorable. It was a lot of work, but the eggs were cute.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrSYpKqrZOj0AZ8Md8_Vuj1l6eN75ylhh7Gi6Lr52w0fXt3vdQAuosWA_J6cSMEfqpvfr4rzBIY-x7E5uMKMbEgFlI9pbtFh-0ANmTAOaLRrWUi2pP0f0Hl5Qr8nxwpDU79BjRfXpTCQ/s1600/008.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrSYpKqrZOj0AZ8Md8_Vuj1l6eN75ylhh7Gi6Lr52w0fXt3vdQAuosWA_J6cSMEfqpvfr4rzBIY-x7E5uMKMbEgFlI9pbtFh-0ANmTAOaLRrWUi2pP0f0Hl5Qr8nxwpDU79BjRfXpTCQ/s600/008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729569995836807122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ux50CtezXnnKd82yfjNNHPOYeOS6I0PNdqWM_YvA4FDR57SQRPCmuZ3LGEye9vzNz_8dfUTXHTDujwpcQ3KgbBAhP4kAZn4JF2QemBpx8YxdMcARlj15E11g3Sk5QNGSO39QXiC4VY0/s1600/035.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ux50CtezXnnKd82yfjNNHPOYeOS6I0PNdqWM_YvA4FDR57SQRPCmuZ3LGEye9vzNz_8dfUTXHTDujwpcQ3KgbBAhP4kAZn4JF2QemBpx8YxdMcARlj15E11g3Sk5QNGSO39QXiC4VY0/s600/035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570001522191154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">On Saturday we went to Wilsonville and participated in an egg hunt there. I'm not sure if we will do it again next year because it is so crowded. They have separate areas based on age. But, in the 1-3 area parents are allowed to help their kids. I think Elliott got a little overwhelmed when it was time to go as he got charged by parents eager to get eggs for their children. He was very happy to get two eggs and a bouncing ball which he had obviously been eyeing beforehand. Elliott is not </span>competitive<span style="font-size: 100%;"> and doesn't care about getting the most. I'm thankful for that because he was thrilled with what he got. </span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvjaTSS202BILmOt0m_xYmDqFBQAF49pb9yKiPZvDjqQyOt42HKAOcIfKVclRtzlvgnyjl18nYYwRv8vbU-KhBShiXxeTrhA2xBLLIbaV64ZWuyEj-xyuasqFXaG94IGWRa5aXXdk534/s1600/006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvjaTSS202BILmOt0m_xYmDqFBQAF49pb9yKiPZvDjqQyOt42HKAOcIfKVclRtzlvgnyjl18nYYwRv8vbU-KhBShiXxeTrhA2xBLLIbaV64ZWuyEj-xyuasqFXaG94IGWRa5aXXdk534/s600/006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570012452108034" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOGRjYNMwB9WuiwsB1Erp2u6I1MXhJHJfMuyEKp7pa7UMz61hJExN9zc49infuTJz-Vgu9HUdAR4iTy3cyUE-oiuHsZ3P2TaFMczfSHtVfI28SPPJ6sLcqTAB2KEiaMdwXyHdFULs-dc/s1600/011.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOGRjYNMwB9WuiwsB1Erp2u6I1MXhJHJfMuyEKp7pa7UMz61hJExN9zc49infuTJz-Vgu9HUdAR4iTy3cyUE-oiuHsZ3P2TaFMczfSHtVfI28SPPJ6sLcqTAB2KEiaMdwXyHdFULs-dc/s600/011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570020603853010" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>So happy with his "haul" :)</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wI-v8qygCkyjoph-p5FFZ5HHFwV2BnwXT4SBeW-OKTZuaBYS0lt8PulXQyGJH-bVmlBMqKjqGjFPx2NLO6OvO64VY7byozDYuWJSAXhmbqYI1Y1qAvCZRfJOuWK01Yitu-ThdrQtrNA/s1600/029.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wI-v8qygCkyjoph-p5FFZ5HHFwV2BnwXT4SBeW-OKTZuaBYS0lt8PulXQyGJH-bVmlBMqKjqGjFPx2NLO6OvO64VY7byozDYuWJSAXhmbqYI1Y1qAvCZRfJOuWK01Yitu-ThdrQtrNA/s600/029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570026074210930" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">On Sunday we spent the morning at home and then went to my parents house for Easter dinner. The weather was amazing so we were able to do a great egg hunt in their yard. They hid over 150 eggs for the grandkids to find. There were even eggs that were set out for Holly and Paige to find on their deck. Elliott had the time of his life playing all day with his cousins. He was sobbing when we left because he wanted to continue playing with Cameron. After the initial egg hunt Cameron and Brooke took at least 1/2 the emptied eggs and hid them again. The kids played outside happily for hours. </span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div>Holly, up 1.5 hours before Elliott checked our their baskets and founds a few eggs hidden in low places. The Easter Bunny went a little wild, though we used gift cards we had lying around for a lot of it. Next year we'll have to tone it down. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EWkPpocZDLKkhuqw6jEJFhp3bSLAUSPvdrf2LuGDO0RDShms-Tq1JH8yjrg-_ozjcvHY0ArzlCm-oed0kX0Y8PSoo_KbYYl_rFT0Lu3aEcIWSyPhTGcrompn_2vaHUmjubYOMimZ-y4/s1600/032.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EWkPpocZDLKkhuqw6jEJFhp3bSLAUSPvdrf2LuGDO0RDShms-Tq1JH8yjrg-_ozjcvHY0ArzlCm-oed0kX0Y8PSoo_KbYYl_rFT0Lu3aEcIWSyPhTGcrompn_2vaHUmjubYOMimZ-y4/s600/032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570919841029218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQwdnNyf4bDfhNADHiUwPImtnILjnpDMdHwXn4Xc0XNFifeIwHPuBZF7SinscxI_oVHAJdUcgEqllZ1Db4UlSQWKKivkIymWx2YAZXlBWCTld2jqGUiCwjC8iafLgkWfjZ96j0yh0YbU/s1600/036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQwdnNyf4bDfhNADHiUwPImtnILjnpDMdHwXn4Xc0XNFifeIwHPuBZF7SinscxI_oVHAJdUcgEqllZ1Db4UlSQWKKivkIymWx2YAZXlBWCTld2jqGUiCwjC8iafLgkWfjZ96j0yh0YbU/s600/036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570930049938450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLlA76v1E2z_3qNSPpBFKtmjgcdKsrKapBU7bpuiNNnZXeIUjRg8N4qsd7AeeU_L8Mw3PcsHnBb3pyh2DP8z7YUWzdcMEycbipwtqHoeQct6fEeRPl6Q3ty5nhfsksPWirT950zvIj80/s1600/041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLlA76v1E2z_3qNSPpBFKtmjgcdKsrKapBU7bpuiNNnZXeIUjRg8N4qsd7AeeU_L8Mw3PcsHnBb3pyh2DP8z7YUWzdcMEycbipwtqHoeQct6fEeRPl6Q3ty5nhfsksPWirT950zvIj80/s600/041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570935236473218" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>When Elliott finally woke up (past 9am) we were treated to this amazing hair style!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lJ-hvXLgKVQRs3u3exLSj6yatPge5LxaAYEn4sFXY_T1wyMe84TB68jDT5A0FnpJfjdLAqh3638YamM6Hz5rymEobkEvsF8fD6KOeZueS_VQS7a4QzC4zc6cwlUShbzVmhRL4cvEJ0Y/s1600/043.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lJ-hvXLgKVQRs3u3exLSj6yatPge5LxaAYEn4sFXY_T1wyMe84TB68jDT5A0FnpJfjdLAqh3638YamM6Hz5rymEobkEvsF8fD6KOeZueS_VQS7a4QzC4zc6cwlUShbzVmhRL4cvEJ0Y/s600/043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570943333297826" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Porter Family picture</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqoaTZuNRTRQiACv-qQ3xdd6L2HlWlcZ2Ve6D_pje1vurLa1zx-toYAXWfaicg5_AF4ZLkgUx7LeIAj3fUki8F_HdvW1_39Wri3CtAfL0Qzumzpg9fQs8u_hXl1cUh4ExpieFNxMQmjQ/s1600/069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqoaTZuNRTRQiACv-qQ3xdd6L2HlWlcZ2Ve6D_pje1vurLa1zx-toYAXWfaicg5_AF4ZLkgUx7LeIAj3fUki8F_HdvW1_39Wri3CtAfL0Qzumzpg9fQs8u_hXl1cUh4ExpieFNxMQmjQ/s600/069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729570951778741234" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>And they're off..</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzb_I9v-KE6J5m1eFcHRHi4iJqhg6LMMDetwjI8xPwKnwmqTxKWU5OjCS9M0LJFdz6nczUqZjN0yFAXa4O6oQLYjDj3REv8vjiYGfANKu2LNoo9bOfYxXKMrZeuXkY2siRQdaIYvX_LQ/s1600/099.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzb_I9v-KE6J5m1eFcHRHi4iJqhg6LMMDetwjI8xPwKnwmqTxKWU5OjCS9M0LJFdz6nczUqZjN0yFAXa4O6oQLYjDj3REv8vjiYGfANKu2LNoo9bOfYxXKMrZeuXkY2siRQdaIYvX_LQ/s600/099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729578115884487938" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I forgot his easter basket, so he used an old trick-or-treating pumpkin. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD09S8j_uiD6KgtLemAi2QRhZz2j2-aPa3RfPbK1qWV9xOXWJ6knJzWCLc-tnu2EkGCzbYCowyNM03ruwaK2kBLVt4USiCZYmWWVLuhiIiBymp-W5rsPlpOupVM3D4Q1bu7rJNc7J1mVE/s1600/131.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD09S8j_uiD6KgtLemAi2QRhZz2j2-aPa3RfPbK1qWV9xOXWJ6knJzWCLc-tnu2EkGCzbYCowyNM03ruwaK2kBLVt4USiCZYmWWVLuhiIiBymp-W5rsPlpOupVM3D4Q1bu7rJNc7J1mVE/s600/131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729578108365306610" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i-D3iKY5yjYyA0GV3RtpxShOF56hU-BBB4ChAtcLnnvFtLjIgSsvi6i1WQfI1Xz8EE6kuh8-GXlmwedNinvbmSLTlTvg28AxNvIbW80gkEyq7_Lm3UyeBzhVPOe37ZeY4VVx2jf78uU/s1600/137.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i-D3iKY5yjYyA0GV3RtpxShOF56hU-BBB4ChAtcLnnvFtLjIgSsvi6i1WQfI1Xz8EE6kuh8-GXlmwedNinvbmSLTlTvg28AxNvIbW80gkEyq7_Lm3UyeBzhVPOe37ZeY4VVx2jf78uU/s600/137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729578095154727026" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Holly and Paige raided Cameron's unattended basket. They were quite happy about it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoWnoiKDxcMiSs9S1vcdyQg9lElY6a5U9QW9yct_q4vDMGL9eqLLupeS6smMuc20zT0q-Am-cNeLBr_-jE2HNMMIUBZgxRp8PS5IuvBNydr75a65Oxp9z5DpngzXgL-dE-8fytCWpEM/s1600/153.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoWnoiKDxcMiSs9S1vcdyQg9lElY6a5U9QW9yct_q4vDMGL9eqLLupeS6smMuc20zT0q-Am-cNeLBr_-jE2HNMMIUBZgxRp8PS5IuvBNydr75a65Oxp9z5DpngzXgL-dE-8fytCWpEM/s600/153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729578086103558898" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>This is Caleb. Caleb turned 3 at the end of January. This is Caleb riding his bike without training wheels! He's been doing this for at least a month. Not only can he ride, he was riding in circles around the driveway. He tries to pop wheelies, and will do tricks with his feet, including pulling one leg over so that both his legs are on the same side! This kid is amazing!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHOWoPRTCQkhAvvZHyIHsJvvYvfKKlxkwfaZ-uT571VncR5_RAgY8IkYB7AAYHxXxI9Xc04zRqqxTU2PvvpwE5cfUpuW17XgLNbiLUKO3bLjJ6F6JLD9Yy54sZMMqdTQE1tvvyw_s-ls/s1600/190.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHOWoPRTCQkhAvvZHyIHsJvvYvfKKlxkwfaZ-uT571VncR5_RAgY8IkYB7AAYHxXxI9Xc04zRqqxTU2PvvpwE5cfUpuW17XgLNbiLUKO3bLjJ6F6JLD9Yy54sZMMqdTQE1tvvyw_s-ls/s600/190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729578083159395746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-26832635107904011512012-04-09T17:24:00.004-07:002012-04-09T21:08:58.713-07:00Holly is 9 months old!<span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Last week Holly celebrated her 9th month! We got her official weight, 17lb, 3oz. She is in the 23rd percentile for weight and 67th for height. She is just a skinny thing. She has a few rolls, but not anywhere close to Elliott at the same age. We had some really rough nights this past month. Holly decided she was a newborn again and wanted to eat up to 3 times a night! That, along with her being </span>decidedly<span style="font-size: 100%;"> picky about who can feed her (me) made for some long nights and tired days. Her personality is great though. She is a happy girl who loves to see what everyone else is doing. If you talk to her she will reply back to you in baby babble. She adores Elliott and wants to be doing whatever he is. This has resulted in some trying times, but Elliott is learning to share a bit more, and Holly is learning the word "no". </span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpkToRFrhcH4Un6doGyMMq3lwOBuE6lcbT9M_zd1vJ7jBPffmJIHbMzCjDwzVHLldmaXjnt4FAzz1EnYgOhOqV7VkvL-hqfmvg-cxxxJLzVnupcO38eKGasuedQRu91Oz-tsCTStZFCg/s1600/021.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpkToRFrhcH4Un6doGyMMq3lwOBuE6lcbT9M_zd1vJ7jBPffmJIHbMzCjDwzVHLldmaXjnt4FAzz1EnYgOhOqV7VkvL-hqfmvg-cxxxJLzVnupcO38eKGasuedQRu91Oz-tsCTStZFCg/s600/021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566593081658738" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">When Holly is really happy we get this goofy grin:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YeoPiixBigUdZ_YJVxDcok3JMBeV13g_iLWxG9nTYppgoNiZpdNdbiVuISbjGcjv2jL8ey6Gc1GMyKFAS9UFml22lcglupV5bt9octSsc3RMnRSjclil4yunpupHNJZGbmlvGxhva5I/s1600/027.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YeoPiixBigUdZ_YJVxDcok3JMBeV13g_iLWxG9nTYppgoNiZpdNdbiVuISbjGcjv2jL8ey6Gc1GMyKFAS9UFml22lcglupV5bt9octSsc3RMnRSjclil4yunpupHNJZGbmlvGxhva5I/s600/027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566606763405986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Trying so hard to get to the Legos</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAq0EEOsoB16mmyHColRusjCZMyCiTJbxAOMPwFmR5EqFW-y0vqraH-7nU2sdv0eJedApDgfT44h5DkC3JNaG6BfulEY74naBxo4OppB0_7VddTQUb_Xz_VNYEm00Kcgka73z9vzRqxU/s1600/001.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXAq0EEOsoB16mmyHColRusjCZMyCiTJbxAOMPwFmR5EqFW-y0vqraH-7nU2sdv0eJedApDgfT44h5DkC3JNaG6BfulEY74naBxo4OppB0_7VddTQUb_Xz_VNYEm00Kcgka73z9vzRqxU/s600/001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566589181986642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Usually I don't condone blocking things off (other than the stairs) because I would just rather teach my kids what they can and cannot touch. But, this day I allowed Elliott to keep playing in their playroom because he had tons of small toys out from when she was napping. Holly was NOT happy about it.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea8jB7DWQcBNiKjhLEEenAGYAVcXMIAaxlZsZQ8LpgfW-kTgLrx4sQNqAd4mSh9CLE_ftyPb2RLMd_vp7Y695SPeVd2uETqFugm4ipmXMwpMcKYFn4qL6kseWjsxQ7nfkon-BUpaQU30/s1600/005.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea8jB7DWQcBNiKjhLEEenAGYAVcXMIAaxlZsZQ8LpgfW-kTgLrx4sQNqAd4mSh9CLE_ftyPb2RLMd_vp7Y695SPeVd2uETqFugm4ipmXMwpMcKYFn4qL6kseWjsxQ7nfkon-BUpaQU30/s600/005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566619451228338" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We decided to have Elliott start preschool next year. It will be 2 days a week for 3 hours. The preschool is a 2 minute drive from our house! Elliott said he was really excited to go there after we took a tour. He loves to listen to stories and to have us read him books and poems. He would be thrilled if we spent an hour each night reading/storytelling. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Elliott and Holly going for a ride on the chair in their bedroom. She is so happy to be playing with Elliott. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkStA6mRIpCZPjC7kEBZH9n6572qs6IFNxu_kx2rUtXLnoYn4M3T1k5Oeh_2udebFxbC_SCz2BhnBnpLZQBzz2rVuUqGbzO0Ogp5Iki-U84-wpMEwSMBC8uTkuWdxV3hgp5XZj3rWvs8/s1600/021.JPG" style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkStA6mRIpCZPjC7kEBZH9n6572qs6IFNxu_kx2rUtXLnoYn4M3T1k5Oeh_2udebFxbC_SCz2BhnBnpLZQBzz2rVuUqGbzO0Ogp5Iki-U84-wpMEwSMBC8uTkuWdxV3hgp5XZj3rWvs8/s600/021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729566627693569890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 101%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOOIZ731tbNcP9xVvSEDfjBIHdwSMyYSP3ScrT_0-g3-zELWYNEBPMSSqil2B81-7nFuTzcsGm75x0yXHbWUL9ovPMLgBtRBzV8FhJlNmLEinHwQop1dVGnvQO7jW3yTvFMk_C2SEwHk/s1600/025.JPG" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOOIZ731tbNcP9xVvSEDfjBIHdwSMyYSP3ScrT_0-g3-zELWYNEBPMSSqil2B81-7nFuTzcsGm75x0yXHbWUL9ovPMLgBtRBzV8FhJlNmLEinHwQop1dVGnvQO7jW3yTvFMk_C2SEwHk/s600/025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729567624238536450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-60022239457115079092012-03-25T13:01:00.006-07:002012-04-09T21:10:23.233-07:00On the go<span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Yes, Holly has turned into a climber. She can now successfully crawl (instead of just dragging herself around) and pull up on things. Usually it's to get at Elliott's Lego's or one of our iPhones. Just outside of her bedroom door is a nightlight. This has been a constant draw for the past month. She's like a moth to the flame and can't keep away from it. But, now she has discovered the stairs - across the hallway from their room. We will have to install the baby gates again. </span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9pppK6HmFtbQUwHZ7OCqs14r9IIKR-wz_oKe0wj0ja7NV7OUFSBIi-kdL9hQOvS_lbu7kdm2HQ9aEFrk0I41kMsTTFLx5lRgPz2oeKyiO5PoO3EjnUpgsyn5hOU-TlGZ24KbqFGNiro/s1600/036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9pppK6HmFtbQUwHZ7OCqs14r9IIKR-wz_oKe0wj0ja7NV7OUFSBIi-kdL9hQOvS_lbu7kdm2HQ9aEFrk0I41kMsTTFLx5lRgPz2oeKyiO5PoO3EjnUpgsyn5hOU-TlGZ24KbqFGNiro/s600/036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723930047436998946" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaKXMxwVnYXLCfn6kQ8DafVmTusdNOJg1HHd9nN3LIJBq7rASuZeJ8gqbLGRKpy3iXCpKSXLIH4UtoegbatQvSv6Do9K2r2MLnTJWKJk5EGT4UZI1F0yT4FuKdmE6KSWbb3-INgzZc34/s1600/037.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaKXMxwVnYXLCfn6kQ8DafVmTusdNOJg1HHd9nN3LIJBq7rASuZeJ8gqbLGRKpy3iXCpKSXLIH4UtoegbatQvSv6Do9K2r2MLnTJWKJk5EGT4UZI1F0yT4FuKdmE6KSWbb3-INgzZc34/s600/037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723930057793561474" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuxwEMhELfLUH5RvazqUhF_yEhHWZBz0VrPAPbgScfilfyJqvDDUvg8LDUo0DI1TkT-uyMktnqRAldlRAXPlNiMoexZ0UguWS22fKMyYoECkaEgzqA6QezLoJQABpjs_3ANqZ_gOCpQ0/s1600/038.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuxwEMhELfLUH5RvazqUhF_yEhHWZBz0VrPAPbgScfilfyJqvDDUvg8LDUo0DI1TkT-uyMktnqRAldlRAXPlNiMoexZ0UguWS22fKMyYoECkaEgzqA6QezLoJQABpjs_3ANqZ_gOCpQ0/s600/038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723930064014845474" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Holly will do laps around our coffee table. She things it is hysterical.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNblpvT2Spw5ZEU9v_Y7rU2rAggU25_fl9ggRv34Wh9_oRBil78Y6VBP2ZKqAqbQOv7H1Xsis09DJCq4Lm0_10Dqldqk4nTVFMqVQOZYwt3lUynLZClUIv_7hfm7NK7qqpXhis8y5mnB8/s1600/027.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNblpvT2Spw5ZEU9v_Y7rU2rAggU25_fl9ggRv34Wh9_oRBil78Y6VBP2ZKqAqbQOv7H1Xsis09DJCq4Lm0_10Dqldqk4nTVFMqVQOZYwt3lUynLZClUIv_7hfm7NK7qqpXhis8y5mnB8/s600/027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723930082265518850" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5k5lo2Qie4mPadwN7s9pv367RAPgMdOJdY9LJq1Ks2XYrtuiNMoyKLyf-GX7754EppNH283MDNyPsd5ErIaCW22YVbg2rhDZAcqwKoIManjFpzuGEW06oiKsENi6gSh7NTnKTZbmy9A/s1600/019.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5k5lo2Qie4mPadwN7s9pv367RAPgMdOJdY9LJq1Ks2XYrtuiNMoyKLyf-GX7754EppNH283MDNyPsd5ErIaCW22YVbg2rhDZAcqwKoIManjFpzuGEW06oiKsENi6gSh7NTnKTZbmy9A/s600/019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723931511060968082" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 100%;">In other news with Holly, she has been teething. I hope that and a combination of being a bit sick is the reason she has been sleeping so poorly. On Friday night she ate 5 times between 9pm and 5am. Needless to say, I was tired on Saturday morning! Last night she at at midnight and then slept until 7:15am, yay!! She has finally decided that baby food is good. She will happily eat 1/2 a banana in one sitting. She is a big fan of fruits and we are slowly working on </span>vegetables<span style="font-size: 100%;">. She has two teeth, you can see them both here.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZBZTmj3THLoTLONSTX_wyR-qvFiKGrMa79ly8IKVu1Qst2TIqdhogVsxBNp5cXCght9ffjW1DBzVYX-8BjEZrv1LxQbphHnAlPFRX6TEReda-UjguZXFalV3l8rn7C6VsIoIhLgiVd0/s1600/033.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZBZTmj3THLoTLONSTX_wyR-qvFiKGrMa79ly8IKVu1Qst2TIqdhogVsxBNp5cXCght9ffjW1DBzVYX-8BjEZrv1LxQbphHnAlPFRX6TEReda-UjguZXFalV3l8rn7C6VsIoIhLgiVd0/s600/033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723930074764410098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Elliott started soccer classes this past week. Dan went with him and said that Elliott did pretty well. He listened and participated well, something he had a rough time doing at swimming lessons. Dan took Elliott out for donuts after his class and he was thrilled. Here he is posing for me once they got home.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPypWXt3eWh6jTkYyWzq6UzzV2iQ0A-St7ndrrgDWbFbMVXC7pJse9qkWPkIGSRkIZy1i6Krkn9SiRxL1d_DDkI7WqzfBD7aH40vTgepxLicIs-YS2icPShdlVeCvZ8VaNMr2FUGxIBI0/s1600/024.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPypWXt3eWh6jTkYyWzq6UzzV2iQ0A-St7ndrrgDWbFbMVXC7pJse9qkWPkIGSRkIZy1i6Krkn9SiRxL1d_DDkI7WqzfBD7aH40vTgepxLicIs-YS2icPShdlVeCvZ8VaNMr2FUGxIBI0/s600/024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723931522986079234" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 101%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Elliott doesn't always want to pose nicely for me when I'm taking pictures. Usually he tries to duck his head so that I can't get a good one of his face. Often when I ask him to smile this is what I get.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjX2SAYTNlEW3pZhsNQCf5h-BOl5eFKLwKIBlljWSyIuAwLirZL3cKR12khX2MMK5xjFmGNc1MaQOzsEV-9dI4zydXnYQ6e5ICaw7bzYH5OBYk9ISxnc0SE3ci6ZdfSXViQsxxwRW0lw/s1600/058.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjX2SAYTNlEW3pZhsNQCf5h-BOl5eFKLwKIBlljWSyIuAwLirZL3cKR12khX2MMK5xjFmGNc1MaQOzsEV-9dI4zydXnYQ6e5ICaw7bzYH5OBYk9ISxnc0SE3ci6ZdfSXViQsxxwRW0lw/s600/058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723931533293606162" style="cursor: pointer; height: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I decided to let him take some pictures - with the assistance of the tripod. We now have quite a few of his Ninjago legos. It did help him with wanting to pose though. He really wanted me to take these.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJSDyIuVy74PmQGWvOWGplR8NDopEsClc-VH91CS6pK-cr0RusOiYqaRxFtQkJetPNaJhr7r_e_MaDM_r1PQDlB2nWLZSCKyvWlkFFs-3DyO8P1pNb95KiwVfdywcinS8DmhM7d4dgr4/s1600/061.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJSDyIuVy74PmQGWvOWGplR8NDopEsClc-VH91CS6pK-cr0RusOiYqaRxFtQkJetPNaJhr7r_e_MaDM_r1PQDlB2nWLZSCKyvWlkFFs-3DyO8P1pNb95KiwVfdywcinS8DmhM7d4dgr4/s600/061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723931550521402274" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gV0YnhWJWK3cLEsHqw8XVRukz24d7C8ixPoVG420AANNJGo3dUMWz99PCjV3c3SURbQllhajbvCHUBg1xdpF1IMJ89Un_pfFXZCQ_kW2Co4y6GyZYzS_hllRw4PkrCV44aVMzNaOetI/s1600/066.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gV0YnhWJWK3cLEsHqw8XVRukz24d7C8ixPoVG420AANNJGo3dUMWz99PCjV3c3SURbQllhajbvCHUBg1xdpF1IMJ89Un_pfFXZCQ_kW2Co4y6GyZYzS_hllRw4PkrCV44aVMzNaOetI/s600/066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723931567202041218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; " /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Next week is Spring Break and we are excited to play with his Portland cousins. Elliott calls Cameron his "super best friend". Brooke and Grace are only his "best friends". He likes to tell us Monster stories that often involve being at Grandmas house (she has a basement and he was a bit scared of the sewing machine when the lights were off) with Cam, B & G. Dan and are I discussing the possibility of sending him to preschool next year. It seems really early, at age 3. But, I think he would do really well with the structure of it and with learning and trying new things. We'll see what happens there. </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-74565631378251214052012-03-14T12:42:00.001-07:002012-03-14T12:43:20.829-07:00Holly - 8 months<div>Holly was making noise in her crib this morning so I went in to check on her, and she was standing up. This is the first time she has fully pulled herself up. We'll have to drop the crib so she doesn't try to get out. She's also doing better at crawling on her knees, but still would rather army crawl. She really wants to walk and will straighten her legs and start walking when you try to set her down to sit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76gCXM3KYxL97O0LYjS3gPxjE81WaJ5XrkW06QMg_eMSG4rWjQCGYpYRV2JSp7SfTfkaVxYs1wduQ_bAxXgbMbtC-DmDCEWT-KHMrinT29QtofUkBgheUghCiSlnGJszhnClJQ0A1DwC0/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76gCXM3KYxL97O0LYjS3gPxjE81WaJ5XrkW06QMg_eMSG4rWjQCGYpYRV2JSp7SfTfkaVxYs1wduQ_bAxXgbMbtC-DmDCEWT-KHMrinT29QtofUkBgheUghCiSlnGJszhnClJQ0A1DwC0/s600/061.JPG" width="600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVP_dYQHm-ZTc3ovYAqaL1gyLi2S5CZfBNnKYdO7QnBFxBeDg6RXTDfJZCgYnSKFwsUIbHHUu4ujqg3U42CcgI9lhgBOQU6xxB6IjeC7i0EjwxdtOPWjTaqqZflhEnynaYnC8UMCNxZ2-/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVP_dYQHm-ZTc3ovYAqaL1gyLi2S5CZfBNnKYdO7QnBFxBeDg6RXTDfJZCgYnSKFwsUIbHHUu4ujqg3U42CcgI9lhgBOQU6xxB6IjeC7i0EjwxdtOPWjTaqqZflhEnynaYnC8UMCNxZ2-/s600/081.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div>Holly is eating solid foods much better now. She really likes being fed oatmeal and the frozen fruit purees Wendy made last summer. She also is good at hand-feeding with Mum-Mums (rice biscuit things) and these puffs that look like cereal that dissolve in her mouth. I'll have to ask Wendy for a weight update, because I think she usually weighs her each month for the blog.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rSdGoh5vH16mUzYi6kjRXAxZOstdaiQpflbYedbysZb5wN2jX716IDNsHLjR0tZ1_wdF8jvbyEfAXzkYv5flJ9kKT7HxCUthVKgxfzijNJ5uvApENM1Fg2ue3r4ZWKLWsF28fCUghraW/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rSdGoh5vH16mUzYi6kjRXAxZOstdaiQpflbYedbysZb5wN2jX716IDNsHLjR0tZ1_wdF8jvbyEfAXzkYv5flJ9kKT7HxCUthVKgxfzijNJ5uvApENM1Fg2ue3r4ZWKLWsF28fCUghraW/s600/058.JPG" width="600" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82sn1u_InCm_73AWd81KXoTUD9VojGCLGPKX2TZ3338PoxcFEI-HcIMPyUOvycQ8vwkGe4oijhx-Y50Kt4xDCJFeOoLKh37CiTu8qQ1hofm-xEhdv0qCTpdlRMu9Ag45mIG2bfCygtsjv/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82sn1u_InCm_73AWd81KXoTUD9VojGCLGPKX2TZ3338PoxcFEI-HcIMPyUOvycQ8vwkGe4oijhx-Y50Kt4xDCJFeOoLKh37CiTu8qQ1hofm-xEhdv0qCTpdlRMu9Ag45mIG2bfCygtsjv/s600/003.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Elliott is currently in his second round of swimming lessons and will be starting soccer in a week. Elliott has gone to two Timbers games with me so far this season, and he likes them for about 1/2 the time he is there. The other half I let him play Game Boy, eat Reese's Pieces or play around at my feet. Holly actually fell asleep at the home opener right during a Kris Boyd goal celebration. If you know how loud it gets after a goal, that should be impossible.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKtIBImXSyJs4CFSWTJIGcCxAApBMEhrix0UipTARrYVx2sUE_vJ_H5AtztLKgrmkkmK5PMGDsYeAlisZtziZ72Fbv0kOZ03TGED86WC6U-8GoYVefnqiGoSx_Oa5WWlc6L51Opk4Xdkq/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKtIBImXSyJs4CFSWTJIGcCxAApBMEhrix0UipTARrYVx2sUE_vJ_H5AtztLKgrmkkmK5PMGDsYeAlisZtziZ72Fbv0kOZ03TGED86WC6U-8GoYVefnqiGoSx_Oa5WWlc6L51Opk4Xdkq/s600/088.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Elliott knows what dreaming is now and has talked to me about it a few times. He has apparently had bad dreams and funny dreams. He told me that when I tell him stories at night he can picture them on the ceiling like a dream. I thought that was pretty neat. He also really likes Shel Silverstein's poems, so poems after books has been added to his nighttime routine.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5RhJp-zLDw1rAUWGcrUFT3fuq5JSp43l4Ldv9afKKLTOfzwVuAGAnmgy6p36oBspHwP4rKI3zz3wjamA-i-idMh3lTzt2kQaMzKiHLssofhRTsyq34XkG8p26mETnARftaSJhchBJ5zd/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5RhJp-zLDw1rAUWGcrUFT3fuq5JSp43l4Ldv9afKKLTOfzwVuAGAnmgy6p36oBspHwP4rKI3zz3wjamA-i-idMh3lTzt2kQaMzKiHLssofhRTsyq34XkG8p26mETnARftaSJhchBJ5zd/s600/020.JPG" width="600" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ-Ab7uuL3yhJS8A2EG3UcZmCn0Sl0HFp8jDcJ2V7A-tgP73YanimYpeDsew6NpX0_TJ3hXwx0y3-wBUyo6drWQyP8o4t26Q1mpeiTKt4JXAMQOITY6-TQZ-uKAFfxOOMFvMFAdNLhyBd/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ-Ab7uuL3yhJS8A2EG3UcZmCn0Sl0HFp8jDcJ2V7A-tgP73YanimYpeDsew6NpX0_TJ3hXwx0y3-wBUyo6drWQyP8o4t26Q1mpeiTKt4JXAMQOITY6-TQZ-uKAFfxOOMFvMFAdNLhyBd/s600/023.JPG" width="600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv9-plLuIrlUWYSiY_0viQ3tDLQN5wblhSbS5ZEB8R9QTPTblXWeClrzp2K6oMgMc7zxRkGMNqBgKiNxStE6jquTGwODLjqboYx6EeIvRfYvg5-4SsHx9LvFHebghsgi-6wGUP4a69Vj5/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZv9-plLuIrlUWYSiY_0viQ3tDLQN5wblhSbS5ZEB8R9QTPTblXWeClrzp2K6oMgMc7zxRkGMNqBgKiNxStE6jquTGwODLjqboYx6EeIvRfYvg5-4SsHx9LvFHebghsgi-6wGUP4a69Vj5/s600/045.JPG" width="600" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-8618066589717213292012-02-26T12:37:00.010-08:002012-02-26T14:06:29.668-08:00Kitchen Before and After<span style="font-size: 100%; ">In other news around here, we decided to do a small renovation to our kitchen. It was fine before, but oh so nice now!! We had possibly the cheapest cabinets ever with shiny laminate on them. It showed every finger print and is impossible to look clean for longer than 5 minutes. The counter top was a light blue/grey laminate, it just looked dated. Over the years that we have lived here we have replaced the fridge and dishwasher. We had moved our microwave to a counter behind our kitchen, which wasn't convenient because we then had a cord going across a doorway to get to a plug to actually use it. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal, but we microwave bottles probably 5-6 times a day. Well, our tax return came in and somehow Dan decided it was go time to upgrade!!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><span>Here are some before pictures:</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRiCN7iiWiX6GvCct2Y6koDzH02M63GYon-V0OWjHQ3nxmH0JieJQEachfFXrSwx-8nj-inKApjrYcRWfPlXQ21ASssSZgabFcrxY9MLJZxmU6MQbkudoKjnDx_D0e6YDZJ7J_zol3-E/s1600/035.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRiCN7iiWiX6GvCct2Y6koDzH02M63GYon-V0OWjHQ3nxmH0JieJQEachfFXrSwx-8nj-inKApjrYcRWfPlXQ21ASssSZgabFcrxY9MLJZxmU6MQbkudoKjnDx_D0e6YDZJ7J_zol3-E/s600/035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713546808023648354" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsIi8bcBO1mDj6oOFfjjP8vJZk_ayAx5HFpwwXBFlvbnECxOlaOfDMYk7mn01tqqT-2ckDyCBlFDK5OUa9DALUEyajhh8-yiG4brPPPekZP8z8OOXOnqllla4dWCQUfceSOu7MDCJ5D0/s1600/036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsIi8bcBO1mDj6oOFfjjP8vJZk_ayAx5HFpwwXBFlvbnECxOlaOfDMYk7mn01tqqT-2ckDyCBlFDK5OUa9DALUEyajhh8-yiG4brPPPekZP8z8OOXOnqllla4dWCQUfceSOu7MDCJ5D0/s600/036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713546809127496466" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, the painted area behind the stove was terrible looking. I had taken a magic eraser to it to clean off grease from cooking. I have disliked the pendant lights since we moved into the house. But, they worked. There used to be 3, one broke so we've lived with 2 for a while now. The pendant on the right stopped working recently, so now we are down to one. </div><div><br /></div><div>We tore down all the upper cabinets and replaced them with something similar from Ikea. Since we decided not to replace the lower cabinets we didn't want two very different door styles. Here is Dan surveying his removal skills.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuREg9_jvaU0gIjkAoT_ooZWT1lc22YFoAr3zQkI6oJvfkE9hAtQt8hP9yRo6Wef0rn7Fo4aThKmx8Ma6dkfKy0yJxPrxkmGklCErH7Qmajo4verCCD4z9DxD4wS2W417bR5MFuajW9Hk/s1600/023.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuREg9_jvaU0gIjkAoT_ooZWT1lc22YFoAr3zQkI6oJvfkE9hAtQt8hP9yRo6Wef0rn7Fo4aThKmx8Ma6dkfKy0yJxPrxkmGklCErH7Qmajo4verCCD4z9DxD4wS2W417bR5MFuajW9Hk/s600/023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713546820916965250" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Dan is installing new upper cabinets.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOppTSUq4QJnOtvNqTrYaoncYq04hKSGDnCru-uQpfvmAD_X6k1gxLgY-AdmNWKItIkMWKyp_-LNUmKixDrpQe2kOwasqfwez6nBFBmQu7FOJLgW4nuj74FOwMoyDT1AMFRLO8IO7Teyc/s1600/026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOppTSUq4QJnOtvNqTrYaoncYq04hKSGDnCru-uQpfvmAD_X6k1gxLgY-AdmNWKItIkMWKyp_-LNUmKixDrpQe2kOwasqfwez6nBFBmQu7FOJLgW4nuj74FOwMoyDT1AMFRLO8IO7Teyc/s600/026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713546828281658658" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>My Dad came over on the weekend to help us with the electrical work for the new microwave!! It is so nice to know people who can do these things for us, rather than having to hire someone.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JJNsnLYGVXLO6rnImgNNpjoVloHz0rw_auAoOsdrg4tGGFP6Oi55BPDNtWgRgY_Fb_9lrNfJZtWLowKvDaFqR8760tAN72Hk7Cnb67DySOffLpa_ReeUvCpMR6LFyVqq_RNG2Lh6xJk/s1600/050.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JJNsnLYGVXLO6rnImgNNpjoVloHz0rw_auAoOsdrg4tGGFP6Oi55BPDNtWgRgY_Fb_9lrNfJZtWLowKvDaFqR8760tAN72Hk7Cnb67DySOffLpa_ReeUvCpMR6LFyVqq_RNG2Lh6xJk/s600/050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713546836065581682" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>Yay, new microwave!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqu2sWpdvXmMYXWo7qr-m8zhVSqp4rc30uPGJtBKhRbo_t-BKZq3figUaRvW915w4FE8sGUU-NNuL5uvP-qR3oym1i10RUaBB1kjy48FOj7zcjDhQ6BqB8QqJ6uUksy5H8obGENiFOxk/s1600/052.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqu2sWpdvXmMYXWo7qr-m8zhVSqp4rc30uPGJtBKhRbo_t-BKZq3figUaRvW915w4FE8sGUU-NNuL5uvP-qR3oym1i10RUaBB1kjy48FOj7zcjDhQ6BqB8QqJ6uUksy5H8obGENiFOxk/s600/052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713547101642815330" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>We had a new granite tile counter installed as well as a tile back splash. We decided to go with mini-slab granite tiles, they are 26" deep and 18" wide. I was going to do a nice white subway tile back splash with a glass tile accent. But, I was obsessing with these penny round tiles. I love them! Dan told me to go with the penny rounds and I'm happy that I listened to him. We also got a new faucet (our 3rd in 5 years!) and new sink. We are planning to paint the lower cabinets and replace the handles to match the round pulls on the uppers and the bin pull on the top drawer (pictured below). I still need to choose a new pendant light and I need to finish replacing the faceplates on the outlets. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e5bv8RFpqwqcokZb3GUutajaWylTKDNKOzDwf6LLABwPnAAcs3Ik-l_IDn4_X_rg5s7Nhwism6i5jHXGzlFN_b0ATEeRP2oEGWe5yoyiOKAu3g2m_xDxyjHJozSIxhlQCr6-dC7uyug/s1600/067.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e5bv8RFpqwqcokZb3GUutajaWylTKDNKOzDwf6LLABwPnAAcs3Ik-l_IDn4_X_rg5s7Nhwism6i5jHXGzlFN_b0ATEeRP2oEGWe5yoyiOKAu3g2m_xDxyjHJozSIxhlQCr6-dC7uyug/s600/067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713547108749727714" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZdJIsSAS-akWdwAg_qrGQQm-wRf0f6auxSLYnfvYVD_btGJnHIJ2MnyGe8lxwm3UBXgNtUCXz59b7cPJGtO8cLXQnoBIy2Nw9YDoeY8raG5CHkbK06jImaqCx9NDpSR8XrbQ4gTkW1E/s1600/068.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZdJIsSAS-akWdwAg_qrGQQm-wRf0f6auxSLYnfvYVD_btGJnHIJ2MnyGe8lxwm3UBXgNtUCXz59b7cPJGtO8cLXQnoBIy2Nw9YDoeY8raG5CHkbK06jImaqCx9NDpSR8XrbQ4gTkW1E/s600/068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713558405990471906" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OPUsnCdw3D-RV8htUy0Zln5tV1kuSzIameIzd7n6ebM3CP5i_tGs-z5rTY0Atsw-RcGha6NMLEqrIv0QbAwGodw6ITZUZnMnlk8oXQz2jmnneu_FwgjoimPJp8aiWD_NjmEYmWdron0/s1600/070.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OPUsnCdw3D-RV8htUy0Zln5tV1kuSzIameIzd7n6ebM3CP5i_tGs-z5rTY0Atsw-RcGha6NMLEqrIv0QbAwGodw6ITZUZnMnlk8oXQz2jmnneu_FwgjoimPJp8aiWD_NjmEYmWdron0/s600/070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713558437658001266" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are reading this and you live in the Portland area we can recommend a great guy to install tile for you...</div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-16334749302819135482012-02-26T10:25:00.007-08:002012-02-26T12:34:27.622-08:00Excuse us, we've been sick<span>P<span style="font-size: 100%; ">lease excuse our absence, we have been sick over here. I never got around to Holly's 7 month post because it feels like we have been sick for about a month! Both Elliott and Holly have been trading a cold back and forth. They have both had a terrible hacking cough. Which has meant too many nights with poor sleep from the kids. Thankfully, we have turned a corner and everyone is staring to sleep better and is more healthy. </span></span><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Holly is 7 months old, going on 8 very shortly. We weighed her at just after 7 months and she was 15 lbs. Recently though I got her at 16 lbs! She is finally gaining some weight and has a few more rolls to prove it. Holly isn't crawling on her hands and knees just yet, though she is experimenting with it. We often see her up on her hands and knees, rocking around. Then she will fall to her tummy and army crawl to whatever has caught her eye. She isn't content to just sit and play with toys I place in front of her anymore. She wants to be doing whatever Elliott is doing...which causes some drama from Elliott. </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 100%; ">Teething is in full swing around here. She particularly loves the wii-mote.</span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQyuiOC-1cr5ZfCxAvK7qtpu_vQJAl-FJZwsyS7vh-M5GgSNkNhkX2F4_osY_EkZC3yOXY5RyNZodhVi5RJIU-Khl5Cq5i3PP6asym-pmyoxbp0jkHExt5HJryidvwpLdtFAyi9qZJ18/s1600/009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQyuiOC-1cr5ZfCxAvK7qtpu_vQJAl-FJZwsyS7vh-M5GgSNkNhkX2F4_osY_EkZC3yOXY5RyNZodhVi5RJIU-Khl5Cq5i3PP6asym-pmyoxbp0jkHExt5HJryidvwpLdtFAyi9qZJ18/s600/009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713534070393998274" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhoUMxDcpI-jajs-bLYepsv0PxNrzK-ql5iXNGD3DfQ3KX5G0mIUHLGzoSA8RuhY9PfvLjgaUa9J2Czx479ku4HreCdVG9iPBq3I27EV2eJrkhadTvnACTztRr8Re3otxEjXS1xP4bFA/s1600/003.JPG" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhoUMxDcpI-jajs-bLYepsv0PxNrzK-ql5iXNGD3DfQ3KX5G0mIUHLGzoSA8RuhY9PfvLjgaUa9J2Czx479ku4HreCdVG9iPBq3I27EV2eJrkhadTvnACTztRr8Re3otxEjXS1xP4bFA/s600/003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713530687207180130" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>I'm so please to report that Elliott has gone an entire month without sucking his thumb!! Dan and I are really proud of him. This also means he is much less attached to his blanket. He is still doing swimming lessons, but we haven't had a ton of progress. He went under one day - for about 5 seconds - and now he is really nervous at lessons. I need to take him more often to open swim to show him that it isn't scary. Elliott tends to be pretty cautious about new things. It took him a long time to feel comfortable getting on Amy's trampoline, he would cry if I tried. Finally one day he decided it was alright and now he's happy to jump with the boys. I think he will be the same with swimming. </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Elliott is WAY too into Mario (from Nintendo). It has become a major obsession. We have to play Mario all the time - mostly outside of the Wii (meaning role playing because I won't let him play video games all the time). His boy cousins are in the same obsessive phase right now. Dan showed him the Mario TV show from the 80's (remember that?) and he loves it. </span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span>Here are pictures taken from this past month:</span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_bCHxX3Ph5mXG9vdWWbcz1-cqVlpP4eUjc9VGbj61sd5DGWOvJ4Kxoi-NkfD8IWcabj1zCntKDY-d9v1o6et44oG19F4gtFrFdDokzfbBcddRMWl8O7Vfuv_YuWgm9u7vxz5W0q-Vwc/s1600/014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_bCHxX3Ph5mXG9vdWWbcz1-cqVlpP4eUjc9VGbj61sd5DGWOvJ4Kxoi-NkfD8IWcabj1zCntKDY-d9v1o6et44oG19F4gtFrFdDokzfbBcddRMWl8O7Vfuv_YuWgm9u7vxz5W0q-Vwc/s600/014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713523718796080002" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnP855000uDP5_jIunWWqDQrhAHnYgxEk3BAHaUq6J4U-322OO0IvOCr5p1jVN1HuoWR3R2sSPGP6PFTzp-wjCnwV7tup2Iu1fF90beDawojMAQbG4Jk0Yg9zbZYr7s5eFbTSsT6vidbE/s1600/031.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnP855000uDP5_jIunWWqDQrhAHnYgxEk3BAHaUq6J4U-322OO0IvOCr5p1jVN1HuoWR3R2sSPGP6PFTzp-wjCnwV7tup2Iu1fF90beDawojMAQbG4Jk0Yg9zbZYr7s5eFbTSsT6vidbE/s600/031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713523711026912450" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsVV-g8ELGPJfwI5osPFaMrr-IBBhZMqsemMf0zFFuBcBdExPQbUXyCupl8ZWsmKY65yzztQhuKbI5WfaIYsTdxWG1RdPIsrgGeFc1Ia55kSOLweXIv6yeR0ze6DzSk-Kg5vY-rejBYo/s1600/010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsVV-g8ELGPJfwI5osPFaMrr-IBBhZMqsemMf0zFFuBcBdExPQbUXyCupl8ZWsmKY65yzztQhuKbI5WfaIYsTdxWG1RdPIsrgGeFc1Ia55kSOLweXIv6yeR0ze6DzSk-Kg5vY-rejBYo/s600/010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713523719414996898" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Valentines Day:</span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zHbhmq80r5MX08G4rFRDc2yfhmHDqkrOR4JxGa1Pcrwwds4QtTigBbSeESw9gFWh02ALGqtFjSUVaCvMuEBCBUmR58fDO_LIAmsx3hgIYvLf9SzampRAIqU3vnVY5YP48ksYAOZ4hOE/s1600/030.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zHbhmq80r5MX08G4rFRDc2yfhmHDqkrOR4JxGa1Pcrwwds4QtTigBbSeESw9gFWh02ALGqtFjSUVaCvMuEBCBUmR58fDO_LIAmsx3hgIYvLf9SzampRAIqU3vnVY5YP48ksYAOZ4hOE/s600/030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713529522924061890" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwy_P0XxsN95B0bKxVLN48j5n-uE-FXoPkPqF-hgLj30eKceqix2erHA54pwn5UJi9VIUFdBZq_dW-C_J0_03gr9aPWy_fFYt0K7wkxCZ-umgXEeoPUFozdLUOo_lE_AM_LlbT3Lvnok/s1600/040.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwy_P0XxsN95B0bKxVLN48j5n-uE-FXoPkPqF-hgLj30eKceqix2erHA54pwn5UJi9VIUFdBZq_dW-C_J0_03gr9aPWy_fFYt0K7wkxCZ-umgXEeoPUFozdLUOo_lE_AM_LlbT3Lvnok/s600/040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713529516547875266" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span>(yes, that is a heart on Holly's bum)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgtsaIfB7ryBrnYuOzHTl6cFjKjydEDwIdZ3SaODwqs0bzzDhKVVmeZ89UuBi68pB03Im_SsKn9OAQqilLGzNbyWLPr7wR72BVoJoh_AiplMIWmJxGjq9rNkk-KwRamYNbSmyCnEoobM/s1600/044.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgtsaIfB7ryBrnYuOzHTl6cFjKjydEDwIdZ3SaODwqs0bzzDhKVVmeZ89UuBi68pB03Im_SsKn9OAQqilLGzNbyWLPr7wR72BVoJoh_AiplMIWmJxGjq9rNkk-KwRamYNbSmyCnEoobM/s600/044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713529511252549778" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>We stayed late playing at Aunt Sarah's house one night. Elliott went home in Grace's old PJ's. He didn't want to take them off the next day.</span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxA8rZ0hTW1xyFqa5qxc-zbIMwI-lCShAkan67Z7z5paswXXd710YeVURqCcZlhxogbnwW5u5ePGKsSvn8vA-CHyMUbsVWaRWDtXP6_dQwy6isZU1_SQYe1B3dpDvLK7F92fCHSTMfQY/s1600/027.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxA8rZ0hTW1xyFqa5qxc-zbIMwI-lCShAkan67Z7z5paswXXd710YeVURqCcZlhxogbnwW5u5ePGKsSvn8vA-CHyMUbsVWaRWDtXP6_dQwy6isZU1_SQYe1B3dpDvLK7F92fCHSTMfQY/s600/027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713523743840372290" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZZkekVs-OMMfjlQ7clD5QTcYfaw9ALKgYd9jP9vht-IXycH-LKWEF96dLCdnURxyeHwgL4h3o9SNCgpRvAJnOlHSN3uXFtkb9b6m3E284mzFA2LayJhgSy8NrgAM5I6_3F95YJYM61U/s1600/005.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZZkekVs-OMMfjlQ7clD5QTcYfaw9ALKgYd9jP9vht-IXycH-LKWEF96dLCdnURxyeHwgL4h3o9SNCgpRvAJnOlHSN3uXFtkb9b6m3E284mzFA2LayJhgSy8NrgAM5I6_3F95YJYM61U/s600/005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713523733616374594" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a> </span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-72662237113427205912012-01-26T14:08:00.000-08:002012-02-08T15:32:35.636-08:0014 Days In...Remember back when it was so cute when Elliott would <a href="http://elliottandholly.blogspot.com/2009/01/thumbs.html">suck his thumb</a>? Not so much anymore. I'm not sure if you can always tell in the pictures I post, but he has a pretty terrible overbite. The poor guy has some very bad dental genetics that were passed down to him from me. The last time we were at the dentist (August) our dentist said we needed to have him stop sucking his thumb by age 3. If he was able to there is a good chance his teeth will go back to a more "normal" position. <div><br /></div><div>Two weeks ago, 1/25/12, we decided to quit for good . We have been encouraging him for months to stop on his own. We went to Build A Bear and built a very cute monkey, it helped, but didn't get the job done. So, I put some gross tasting nail polish on his thumb and then we bribed him. He will get a prize every day for a week and if he can go for an entire month we can go to <a href="http://www.greatwolf.com/grandmound/waterpark">Great Wolf Lodge</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Elliott told me that he was "okay" with not sucking it anymore. For the first few nights I would see him bring his thumb up to his mouth, hover around, then bring it back down again. It has now been two weeks and he is doing great. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, Holly, who has been totally hooked on her pacifiers is starting to munch her thumb when the paci isn't around...let's hope it's teething.</div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884288256459319967.post-68408250085240901212012-01-09T20:58:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:47:23.151-08:006 Months!Last week Holly officially turned 6 months old! We went to the doctor that day for her 6 month check up and shots. She weighs 14lbs, 9 oz (24th%), 26" in length (62%) and her head is 41.5cm (24%). She is just a little thing, especially compared to <a href="http://elliottandholly.blogspot.com/2009/05/six-month-old-monkey.html">Elliott</a> at the same age. <br />
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</div><div>Holly's biggest accomplishment is her crawling!! On Friday, 12/30, Dan called me to say that she was crawling. I'll have him post a video, I'm not sure how to do it. She is a fast army crawler, especially if there is something naughty to get to.<br />
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We started to sleep train Holly last week. She was getting into a bad schedule where I was the only one who could put her to sleep and some nights it would take over an hour. She would scream for Dan if I wasn't home. We decided enough was enough one night when it took me 2 hours to finally get her to sleep and she then woke up again. Holly cried for about 45 minutes the first night (we went in a comforted her every 5 minutes or so). The next time we tried her cries only lasted 30 minutes. Dan tried her a third time the other night and it only took 3 minutes!! We have started to put her down for her naps while she is awake, but sleepy. I'm so happy it is working well and quickly. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Happy 6 Months, Holly!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKztufY4K_gZMFomBJg0lxj96J2G8e94KsmHlodY8mcAS1Hq5QACKLB4-NYhPy-hXbKy1yyhcLQqpQIc8iHez_DOarljQUiWYOyKxJG-96vprTdcHXtzY7QFGP7SbMUJXb5GsqDMFcCE/s1600/101.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695865195203580354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKztufY4K_gZMFomBJg0lxj96J2G8e94KsmHlodY8mcAS1Hq5QACKLB4-NYhPy-hXbKy1yyhcLQqpQIc8iHez_DOarljQUiWYOyKxJG-96vprTdcHXtzY7QFGP7SbMUJXb5GsqDMFcCE/s600/101.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Dan set up our playroom to have a baby zone (something we saw from Elliott's daycare). This will allow Elliott to play with whatever he wants and keeps Holly away from all those tiny pieces. Elliott calls it "the baby trap". She isn't big enough to crawl out just yet.<br />
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</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5Z-KJ58AqsTZks4SglOLQWrH9pb4W-99Cxbxpq3MYpFf02nMUSJ8ZQ4KbSFixuqSEqkbwblr4o7pg85v7b8LGe2SjML_QyyF8eJya_z5-WceyUlqyZEBdZMBeP45ah1WXHya-LspQv0/s1600/067.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695864628570732306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5Z-KJ58AqsTZks4SglOLQWrH9pb4W-99Cxbxpq3MYpFf02nMUSJ8ZQ4KbSFixuqSEqkbwblr4o7pg85v7b8LGe2SjML_QyyF8eJya_z5-WceyUlqyZEBdZMBeP45ah1WXHya-LspQv0/s600/067.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Elliott playing with slime. Once again, green:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r5VJaa7aZzSADjj8k9ye8az5d5TfC0xtwErFXfVH3k797Fy9aY6h3OyP4cGlRWDQRsBBrt4kDSGR50k3g8ESoe99CIlH17TDbNtQTvgPHQp_Jg8nQWVo29hEDvLeTGsW5qDN5hoVqk4/s1600/032.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695864607624109074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r5VJaa7aZzSADjj8k9ye8az5d5TfC0xtwErFXfVH3k797Fy9aY6h3OyP4cGlRWDQRsBBrt4kDSGR50k3g8ESoe99CIlH17TDbNtQTvgPHQp_Jg8nQWVo29hEDvLeTGsW5qDN5hoVqk4/s600/032.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Posing with his completed puzzle - Elliott did the entire inside himself. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXkgvHPJw-xXze3loJ6e_1NBDKy05DwtVAkh9nUglIJsRf9kB-UFKRJxOTz3uzb53HugOMXO81GAoN8-ytsOhAmqSDKPTGU0H4bU9dNTumhjRIx5lIGtmCV216uw1CEkxJpDRqL6zvx4/s1600/098.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695864644103328834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXkgvHPJw-xXze3loJ6e_1NBDKy05DwtVAkh9nUglIJsRf9kB-UFKRJxOTz3uzb53HugOMXO81GAoN8-ytsOhAmqSDKPTGU0H4bU9dNTumhjRIx5lIGtmCV216uw1CEkxJpDRqL6zvx4/s600/098.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Hanging out:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoX_CUT3RxLL6HL9pQG4b51_h2YQ6r2yqzzq0v3eaFxPdWP6msdv6gOdsH4cKKDkSjyRIadpCxX2oGAsKeVDGqCpsPIW73QxLjTKDP0xIq8Dg9gaMGgPcQQ2GmzCBGHT0LNEA8XaLeDI/s1600/124.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695865198541181218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoX_CUT3RxLL6HL9pQG4b51_h2YQ6r2yqzzq0v3eaFxPdWP6msdv6gOdsH4cKKDkSjyRIadpCxX2oGAsKeVDGqCpsPIW73QxLjTKDP0xIq8Dg9gaMGgPcQQ2GmzCBGHT0LNEA8XaLeDI/s600/124.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Jenga for kids, he loves it:</div><div><a href="http://5.bp.blogspot.com/-SNXndeffRBo/TwvHPJliHXI/AAAAAAAAA1M/EOxaS1GzNQo/s1600/133.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695865216825433458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitGtTSY-AE6FKULB0emTf4NIRRJYNOyNALCYo7W3IZXgjKCulBQ1BIvGIyI_0GdQjk-Jwmmhm7xZod0EOIDz6NqF5ikT1wN9f4vJKfnzaEJslnTtvv4yRDvFGuDxbkoEQp3FU-hF4aOE/s600/133.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>This one is just too sweet, I love it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgs3qWBEYNUdtgxMdSbcXhSP85xYDszw_U4nYRx2v6858prLdGKNaM0cvno6aBo4Sbmnm6Uct8aV5Sgx8NvtPbJSLjiG10lwwFUNyhKasISa7h8LElMGQ_nmqM-OIiybNdjEYfhyphenhyphena1j8/s1600/094.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695864632541403858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgs3qWBEYNUdtgxMdSbcXhSP85xYDszw_U4nYRx2v6858prLdGKNaM0cvno6aBo4Sbmnm6Uct8aV5Sgx8NvtPbJSLjiG10lwwFUNyhKasISa7h8LElMGQ_nmqM-OIiybNdjEYfhyphenhyphena1j8/s600/094.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Elliott had his very first swimming lesson today. It was so cute. I took some pictures, but I didn't want to be a creeper taking pictures of other peoples kids, so they aren't that great. Here is Elliott showing his teacher the rings he got from the bottom of the pool:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurZY2a-jPWYfwZ3fOfqEbGoT8gHYRHh5zld0RbT3atx3JqraEN3nGFT_zlgaEd33nI5qeW-QCBeyr79sju-v09yx_FlE1NTQS8QJKPwGpzOLHbP__3ZI24jwobeyPfMilq18bxtQJiko/s1600/159.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695866713749263458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurZY2a-jPWYfwZ3fOfqEbGoT8gHYRHh5zld0RbT3atx3JqraEN3nGFT_zlgaEd33nI5qeW-QCBeyr79sju-v09yx_FlE1NTQS8QJKPwGpzOLHbP__3ZI24jwobeyPfMilq18bxtQJiko/s600/159.JPG" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>E was a little wild, we'll have to talk to him about staying a bit closer to the wall area. The pool is a foot deep, maybe 1 1/2 feet. So, he feels pretty comfortable wandering around. Still, I remember all too well what it was like to teach those 3 year olds. He put his ears in, I think his eyes and instead of blowing bubbles he took drinks of pool water. He did a great back float and had fun kicking on the wall. His teacher was great. This was Elliott's first organized class without me and I was really happy with how well Elliott listened and how excited he was to get in. Dan and I both cried (a lot) when we started swimming lessons. Elliott was excited to hear that we are going back again on Wednesday for another lesson. </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17640419535838770145noreply@blogger.com1