Holly was a Polar Bear. Thankfully I just stocked up on 3-6 month clothes from my sister and found her outfit in Sarah's bins.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween
Elliott was Captain Jack Sparrow for Halloween this year. We found this ridiculous wig and Dan just had to buy it. My mom pitched in and made the little red sash, otherwise we had all the clothes. We went to Multnomah Village today to trick-or-treat and I heard a lot of comments about his costume. Unfortunately, it was had to get him to hold still to take any good pictures.
Holly was a Polar Bear. Thankfully I just stocked up on 3-6 month clothes from my sister and found her outfit in Sarah's bins.
Holly was a Polar Bear. Thankfully I just stocked up on 3-6 month clothes from my sister and found her outfit in Sarah's bins.
October, where did you go?
Where did this month go? I'm not sure what we have been doing all month, but it certainly got away from me.
Earlier in the month I went to the pumpkin patch with Amy, Caleb and Cameron as well as some girls from a "Mom's Group" I attend on Tuesdays. We got to see a lot of different animals, pick out pumpkins and eat donuts!
In mid-October we drove to Seattle for a baby shower. Dan's sister, Lauren, is expecting her first baby. We are so excited to have a cousin on the Porter side of the family. I brought my camera, but only managed to attempt some family pictures. I think Dan and I look pretty good. The kids, on the other hand....not so great. We'll try again soon.
Holly is a really good baby. I'm not sure if it is because she is #2 and things just seem easier. Or, maybe she is just easier than Elliott was. She is sleeping from about 8 or 9pm until 5am, when she will get up to eat and then go back to sleep until about 8am. Looking back, Elliott had a very similar schedule. We are lucky to have such good sleepers! Holly doesn't mind being on her stomach at all. She will happily play and kick her feet for a few minutes, or until she is tired of holding up her head. In the past week I think she has started some early teething (not expecting teeth any time soon). She will attack some of her toys, or your hand, whichever is closets to her.
Elliott sharing his blanket with Holly and pretending to be asleep. She loves it!
Elliott is his usual self. He is very into playing with Lego's and little cars. It is a daily occurrence that Elliott will dump all his lego's on the floor. We have been trying to teach him how to them pick them up at the end of each day. If he helps enough he can earn a dime! I love that a dime is so worth it to him. He has a very tough streak. He likes to "sword" and "gun" people. He will turn 3 this week!
Making slime on Halloween:
Helping carve pumpkins with Dan:
Earlier in the month I went to the pumpkin patch with Amy, Caleb and Cameron as well as some girls from a "Mom's Group" I attend on Tuesdays. We got to see a lot of different animals, pick out pumpkins and eat donuts!
In mid-October we drove to Seattle for a baby shower. Dan's sister, Lauren, is expecting her first baby. We are so excited to have a cousin on the Porter side of the family. I brought my camera, but only managed to attempt some family pictures. I think Dan and I look pretty good. The kids, on the other hand....not so great. We'll try again soon.
Holly is a really good baby. I'm not sure if it is because she is #2 and things just seem easier. Or, maybe she is just easier than Elliott was. She is sleeping from about 8 or 9pm until 5am, when she will get up to eat and then go back to sleep until about 8am. Looking back, Elliott had a very similar schedule. We are lucky to have such good sleepers! Holly doesn't mind being on her stomach at all. She will happily play and kick her feet for a few minutes, or until she is tired of holding up her head. In the past week I think she has started some early teething (not expecting teeth any time soon). She will attack some of her toys, or your hand, whichever is closets to her.
Elliott sharing his blanket with Holly and pretending to be asleep. She loves it!
Elliott is his usual self. He is very into playing with Lego's and little cars. It is a daily occurrence that Elliott will dump all his lego's on the floor. We have been trying to teach him how to them pick them up at the end of each day. If he helps enough he can earn a dime! I love that a dime is so worth it to him. He has a very tough streak. He likes to "sword" and "gun" people. He will turn 3 this week!
Making slime on Halloween:
Helping carve pumpkins with Dan:
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Roly Poly Holly
On Tuesday Holly rolled over for the first time! We even managed to get it on film, amazing! After looking through iPhoto I found that Elliott rolled just shy of his 4 month Birthday. Yay, Holly! Here is a quick video of her roll:
We weighed her on Monday and found that she weighs approx. 11 lbs 3 oz. She is so much smaller than Elliott was at her age. He was 15 lbs, I think. You can look here to compare the two of them. I think Holly looks so similar to Elliott, just a bit more dainty. Holly, like Elliott, got her first real cold right around 3 months. It lasted a little over a week and her voice is still a little scratchy. She has been sleeping really well, usually heading to bed around 8 or 9 pm and sleeping until about 5am to eat, then heading back to bed. No complaints from me!
Elliott continues to amaze me with the things he says. I really need to start writing them down, because he is too funny. Our friend, Tyson, was cleaning house and brought over a huge bowl full of legos for Elliott to have. It is a bunch of space sets from the 80's and Elliott is over the moon. They are pretty much the only thing he plays with right now. He does really well with Holly. Some days he pays her a lot of attention and others it's like he doesn't even know she is there. But, when he does play with her, it is very sweet.
Here are some recent pictures of the two of them.
I think Elliott said to me, "This is Mr. Wubab....I don't want hold Holly...I like Lego's"
Holly is full of smiles now, she is so sweet.
Playdoh is serious business.
(btw, I even allowed Elliott to mix colors - big deal for me!)
Elliott also takes his Pumpkin flavored milk quite seriously.
Sleep deprivation?
We weighed her on Monday and found that she weighs approx. 11 lbs 3 oz. She is so much smaller than Elliott was at her age. He was 15 lbs, I think. You can look here to compare the two of them. I think Holly looks so similar to Elliott, just a bit more dainty. Holly, like Elliott, got her first real cold right around 3 months. It lasted a little over a week and her voice is still a little scratchy. She has been sleeping really well, usually heading to bed around 8 or 9 pm and sleeping until about 5am to eat, then heading back to bed. No complaints from me!
Elliott continues to amaze me with the things he says. I really need to start writing them down, because he is too funny. Our friend, Tyson, was cleaning house and brought over a huge bowl full of legos for Elliott to have. It is a bunch of space sets from the 80's and Elliott is over the moon. They are pretty much the only thing he plays with right now. He does really well with Holly. Some days he pays her a lot of attention and others it's like he doesn't even know she is there. But, when he does play with her, it is very sweet.
Here are some recent pictures of the two of them.
I think Elliott said to me, "This is Mr. Wubab....I don't want hold Holly...I like Lego's"
Holly is full of smiles now, she is so sweet.
Playdoh is serious business.
(btw, I even allowed Elliott to mix colors - big deal for me!)
Elliott also takes his Pumpkin flavored milk quite seriously.
Sleep deprivation?
Friday, September 16, 2011
It Runs in the Family
Usually I think Elliott is a mini Dan. But, every now and again I see me in him
Me, circa 1982 (?)
Elliott (not sure what he is up to with his hands)
Not related to our obvious love of Mr. Potato Head glasses, here is a cute picture of the two of them.
Me, circa 1982 (?)
Elliott (not sure what he is up to with his hands)
Not related to our obvious love of Mr. Potato Head glasses, here is a cute picture of the two of them.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Mouse?
Yesterday Elliott was hunting around in our TV cabinet. Here is an old picture of it, this is 4 years ago. All the electronics have changed...though, we do still pull out that old nintendo system every once in a while.
So, Elliott was climbing inside on the far right side, above the nintendo, with his flashlight. We have a box of toys there now, and he had pulled that out. This is the conversation we had:
Me: What do you see back there?
Elliott: A mouse
Me: What?! (trying to think of any mouse shaped toys we might have...)
Elliott: It's not a real mouse
Me: What is it then?
Elliott then pulls out a mouse, a computer mouse. I love it when my 2 year old proves me wrong...
So, Elliott was climbing inside on the far right side, above the nintendo, with his flashlight. We have a box of toys there now, and he had pulled that out. This is the conversation we had:
Me: What do you see back there?
Elliott: A mouse
Me: What?! (trying to think of any mouse shaped toys we might have...)
Elliott: It's not a real mouse
Me: What is it then?
Elliott then pulls out a mouse, a computer mouse. I love it when my 2 year old proves me wrong...
Monday, August 22, 2011
What We've Been Up To...
We have been keeping busy this past month. Dan and I both went to Bachelor(ette) parties for our friends that are getting married at the end of this month. I had my first night of uninterrupted sleep since probably March. It was amazing! Dan went rafting and partied with his friends, I don't think he slept as well as I did ;)
I never updated the blog when Holly was 1 month old. We weighed her at home and estimate that she was 8 lb 3 oz at one month. In comparison, Elliott was 10 lb 9oz! Around 5 weeks she finally started wearing her 0-3 Month clothing, rather than the tiny newborn stuff we had. She's just a little bean. Dan thinks that she is up to 10 lbs now, at 7 weeks. Holly is doing really well. She has started to have some longer stretches of sleep at night, usually around 5 hours. We had a few rough mornings last week where she wanted to get up at 5am. Dan and I are NOT morning people. So, that was not fun at all - especially for Dan because he was the one up with her. She is very happy in the morning and will give us tons of smiles. Unfortunately, we've hit the colicky stage and she is not very happy in the evenings. I'm hoping that passes quickly and she can get back to being her sweet self.
Elliott is doing great. He amazes me every day with his memory and the things he says to me. His memory of events is out of this world. Unfortunately, that also means he remember all the bad things. For example, he likes to remind me that I honked and got mad at a car at a certain point on the road near our house. He does this probably 70% of the time that we pass that point on the road. Thanks Elliott. He is finally getting the hang of riding his tricycle by himself. He is really creative with his playing, but also very literal. He's all boy and likes guns. Though, usually they are made out of legos. He's shoot you saying, "gun gun gun. I gunned you". Elliott is adjusting really well to having Holly around. There are times when he is really sweet with her. Other times he ignores her existence.
Elliott in the Lovejoy Fountain in Portland. This is right next to the apartment Dan and I lived in when we first got married. We loved living downtown. I loved walking to work in 5 minutes!
Because we are season ticket holders with the Portland Timbers we were invited to a special event at the field about 2 weeks ago. The players were all there for autographs. You could go down on the field and play a pick up game or shoot goals. Here's Elliott scoring a goal:
Here we are with Timber Joey:
Holly is smiling now. But, it's hard to get on film. Here is a grainy picture I took with my phone:
Backyard camp out:
Playing in the pool is serious stuff:
The first bath Holly has actually enjoyed:
This summer has been really mild. I think we had our first 90 degree day on Saturday! Which means that we are still able to get peas out of our garden in mid August. Everything else is lagging behind. Our tomatoes have just started to get ripe. Elliott really likes being able to pick peas or blueberries any time he wants. He loves tomatoes, once those ripen he will be eating them all. I think it great for him to be able eat straight from the garden.
Teeny tiny bell pepper:
Eggplant:
Finally, some hot weather in Portland!! I've taken lots of pictures in the last few days and will update again soon.
I never updated the blog when Holly was 1 month old. We weighed her at home and estimate that she was 8 lb 3 oz at one month. In comparison, Elliott was 10 lb 9oz! Around 5 weeks she finally started wearing her 0-3 Month clothing, rather than the tiny newborn stuff we had. She's just a little bean. Dan thinks that she is up to 10 lbs now, at 7 weeks. Holly is doing really well. She has started to have some longer stretches of sleep at night, usually around 5 hours. We had a few rough mornings last week where she wanted to get up at 5am. Dan and I are NOT morning people. So, that was not fun at all - especially for Dan because he was the one up with her. She is very happy in the morning and will give us tons of smiles. Unfortunately, we've hit the colicky stage and she is not very happy in the evenings. I'm hoping that passes quickly and she can get back to being her sweet self.
Elliott is doing great. He amazes me every day with his memory and the things he says to me. His memory of events is out of this world. Unfortunately, that also means he remember all the bad things. For example, he likes to remind me that I honked and got mad at a car at a certain point on the road near our house. He does this probably 70% of the time that we pass that point on the road. Thanks Elliott. He is finally getting the hang of riding his tricycle by himself. He is really creative with his playing, but also very literal. He's all boy and likes guns. Though, usually they are made out of legos. He's shoot you saying, "gun gun gun. I gunned you". Elliott is adjusting really well to having Holly around. There are times when he is really sweet with her. Other times he ignores her existence.
Elliott in the Lovejoy Fountain in Portland. This is right next to the apartment Dan and I lived in when we first got married. We loved living downtown. I loved walking to work in 5 minutes!
Because we are season ticket holders with the Portland Timbers we were invited to a special event at the field about 2 weeks ago. The players were all there for autographs. You could go down on the field and play a pick up game or shoot goals. Here's Elliott scoring a goal:
Here we are with Timber Joey:
Holly is smiling now. But, it's hard to get on film. Here is a grainy picture I took with my phone:
Backyard camp out:
Playing in the pool is serious stuff:
The first bath Holly has actually enjoyed:
This summer has been really mild. I think we had our first 90 degree day on Saturday! Which means that we are still able to get peas out of our garden in mid August. Everything else is lagging behind. Our tomatoes have just started to get ripe. Elliott really likes being able to pick peas or blueberries any time he wants. He loves tomatoes, once those ripen he will be eating them all. I think it great for him to be able eat straight from the garden.
Teeny tiny bell pepper:
Eggplant:
Finally, some hot weather in Portland!! I've taken lots of pictures in the last few days and will update again soon.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Elliott Quote
Sometimes when you are putting Elliott to bed he gets really talkative. Last night he had been laying in our bedroom for a while, and we have a picture on the wall from when Wendy and I got married. He'd obviously been staring at this for a bit because he asked me "Did you and mommy get married". I told him we had and then he made a couple jokes about "who's Mary?".
After asking again whether we got married, and me confirming that yes we were, he asked: "Is that why you got married, so mom could get fat?" Since to him being fat means the same thing as being pregnant, I had to answer "yeah, sort of".
After asking again whether we got married, and me confirming that yes we were, he asked: "Is that why you got married, so mom could get fat?" Since to him being fat means the same thing as being pregnant, I had to answer "yeah, sort of".
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