We officially have a mobile unit. He is crawling as fast as his little legs will carry him.. which really isn't too fast but fast enough to have to keep a close eye on him. He is a strong little guy! He has a blast chasing after the bunny. I think Dexter likes the extra attention. In this picture he was holding on so tight, pushing and pulling his little arms. He was so excited! He didn't get up there by himself...although I don't think it will be too long before he figures it out. And yes, boys can wear pink.


This is my favorite picture from this past weekend. It was taken on Mothers day at the Cape. He was pretty into this ball. He couldn't quite get a grip on it but he could really travel on the carpeted floors.

And the food... He likes avocado the best so far. I tried putting him in his seat again to see if he would sit up. He prefers to lean in on the table so I'd say he is still not quite ready yet. At least not for feeding time. It must be fun to mush food around though. There is definitely more on his face and the table than in his belly in this case. Today we tried out banana. It was a pretty good success. I think apples and maybe green beans will be next. I am glad that fresh veggies will be coming soon!

Send us apartment finding good thoughts... It is hard to find a place I can imagine living in for a few years.

It is nice to have some warm weather!

The weather now seems like it has turned to spring. We had a few nice days spent outside. We all have been sick the past week or so but I have some nice pictures to post that are sitting in my camera. I am going to call about the first apartment today..sounds like a good one..here's hoping its in our price range!

It has been a damp few days. The sun finally came out yesterday with much relief. I haven't walked that much in weeks! I have had the week off due to power outages at my workplace. It has been nice to spend some family time together. Eliot had his 6 mo doctors appointment yesterday. He is doing very well and weighs in at almost 17lbs and 27". He has just learned to do this:

We are in big trouble now! This is the state of one of the walking paths near my mothers house. The Royal River really overflowed its banks with all of this rain. It was pretty amazing to see.

We had a house full of babies last night. It was a nice dinner with good friends. Here are some pictures of the fun:

This is super baby... he likes being on his belly and putting his arms and legs out at the same time. He does lots of push ups. Last night was the first night he decided to sleep on his belly.

I tried him on sweet potato. He LOVED it! Probably tastes a lot better than the oat cereal he has been getting. I think next week will be carrots.

With snow (about 3 inches and it's almost all melted) behind us and a Nor'easter of rain ahead of us I am looking forward to hunkering down for nice visits this weekend. Simon will be over on Saturday and Tim and Trisha on Sunday. Visitors are also a good reason to clean the house. Usually the only reason.

I think Eliot is getting more teeth as he has been very cranky today and drooling like a broken faucet. This:


is supposed to be the best teething device ever. For $20 bucks I think I'll keep giving him the damp washcloth and plastic rings.


This is a website I have been looking at recently:

http://nursery.apartmenttherapy.com/

It has a lot of nice links to quality children's toys. It is giving me ideas for our next apartment when Eliot will have a little more of his own space.

Ahh.. the boy let me sleep til 6 this morning! It felt like a luxurious weekend. I've started working on a fairly ambitious craft project. I am trying to make a little outfit for a little baby of my co worker. I hope Eliot likes dolls...I have come across so many cute dolls I would like to make. We are about to start looking for a new apartment. We might look at some lower priced houses to get our feet wet in that department.

This is the usual state of things..chaotic but cute:

Sorry for the lack of posting as usual... he has been up a little early and not sleeping that well lately. i think he wants to practice all of the fun things he is learning to do. to make up for the lack of posts i am going to update everyday this week! even if it is just a picture there will be something...there..now ive said it... i have to do it! sleep deprivation talking?



cute feet



new highchair



fun wuth dad



easter with grandma

Well he did it! He rolled over from front to back twice in a row last night! So cute. He was trying so hard to look at Kevin's crazy hair that he just flipped right over. I am really happy that Kevin and I were both there to see it happen.

So close to rolling over! I have been saying that for a while but it is true : ) I held my breath this evening as he teetered but didn't quite make it. It was the happiest he has been on his tummy that I have seen so I think we will be doing more of this. He has mastered the roll to the side but not quite all the way yet. So fun to watch! Here is a few of the series:




I am working on some cute baby booties that I hope to have done in a few days for a co-workers partner who is due tomorrow. I figure I'll make a pair for Eliot while I'm at it.

I call this...Spaghetti Surprise. It tasted as good as it looks. We are at about the bare minimum of food right now. It is that critical point where you need to go to the store or eat flower for dinner. I decided to toss in a bunch of frozen vegetables and garlic with olive oil. I should have left it at that...but no... I added tomato paste and red wine to try and make it a little more saucy. Didn't work. And yes, for some reason the tea pot is on top of the coffee maker.



Otherwise..in wedding related news...Kevin and I went searching for a place last weekend to get hitched. Not much luck but we went and walked around on Higgins Beach for a while. That was nice although a little windy. Kevin always looks a little pregnant when he is wearing the baby. I need to remember to bring the sun shade for my camera next time I shoot in bright overhead sun. It did create some nice stary looking sunbursts though. I'm off to hunker down for the impending snow storm..and try and dig up something more appetizing for dinner!

The 'Firsts' continue around here. First blog post in ages included. We tried Eliot out on real food about a week and a half ago. He really liked it going in but I think in retrospect it is a bit too early. It was a charming moment to see his little face scrunch up and then delight in the new texture and taste. He was all smiles! Right now he is sitting in that chair with a towel jammed full force into his little mouth. The boy acts like I never feed him!

He is still very close to rolling over but not quite. He can lift his head high when he is on his tummy and likes to stand up and 'dance' a lot, with help of course. The fun continues.

Eliot was having a tough day today with the appearance of an eczema looking rash on his neck. It has been lingering for a while now and just started really seeming to bother him. I hope it is easy to solve. I am hoping it is not a food allergy but I am not totally ruling that out. I think I am going to do an elimination diet starting with wheat this week and see how it goes. We see the Dr. on Thursday so that should give us a better direction and confirm one way or another what it is. Poor guy!

Otherwise he is doing great. He is getting just so big! He loves this bear that makes Twinkle Twinkle noises. He latches right onto it.

Here he is today lounging in his new outfit I got for him. It seems he grew out of everything over night! Although, we hadn't done laundry in a while so it was slim pickings. I wish I had pants like these : )

I can't stop looking at this picture! It is a German Giant rabbit. I am just imagining a house rabbit of this size vs Dexter and all of his 6lbs. So cute! Probably not a good time for a new pet now though : ). I have started to reorganize our apartment. We have so little space I am feeling a little swamped by clutter. I started by organizing the bookshelf last night. I think this project is going to keep me busy for a while. I will probably get it in order and then we will be ready to move!

Camera is back in action! Eliot is getting bigger and bigger.. I am a little under the weather so this is breif. But..I won't leave you without a picture..

I think I may be at the bottom of the camera problem. I think it is the battery. Kevin has a friend who works at a local photo studio so we stopped in and he borrowed my battery for the weekend to test in his camera. Nada.. no juice aparently. So... I am now going to buy a new battery in hopes that it is not the charger or something else. I could use a back up anyway. In baby news Eliot is growing by leaps and bounds. He rolled onto his side with purpose today.. I don't think it is going to be too long before he rolls over. When we were at the studio they asked if they could call us if they needed a baby model! So funny, but as Kevin said a good way to get nice pro pictures of him. On other photo news I am taking pictures at a wedding this comming summer. That is great.. I want to buy a flash kit. My crafts are still taking a back seat at the moment but I am thinking about them a great deal. I think I need to give myself small goals.

Sorry for the lack of pictures.. the camera is still not fixed. Lots of changes afoot around here soon I think. As for me, working on trying to get my schedule worked out. I am trying to get down with some of the hats and mittens I keep talking about. Not as easily done when all I want to do is come home and veg out with the kiddo. We are starting to try and get down to business as far as wedding planning goes. That will be a big project in itself. Finding a location is our first task..any suggestions?? We are thinking something by the ocean..cheapish...fallish..bbqish...certainly casual. Two lights is a possibility..good picture taking options..

My camera still isn't fixed yet so I have been taking pictures with the new camera phone. They are so bad! Plus I can't download them w/o the 30$ software which I just can seem to get motivated to buy. That would probably cover my shipping to Canon to get the real camera fixed...sigh...I'm itching to use the new lens and I think I am going to buy the flash kit I want if I end up getting booked for a wedding next fall. I have a head shot to do for another person too which really can't be done on a camera phone..

All in all this has been a long, hard week for me. It was my first full week back to work. Even though it was part time it is still really hard to be away from Eliot. My gut just says it's not where I am supposed to be. It is hard to justify although having just bought a new car I really don't have much of a choice. Why can't I seem to make a living doing what I want to do? I wonder sometimes what would happen if I really put my mind to it...The next few weeks will be very telling as far as Kevin going back to school and babysitters.. I am trying not to be too stressed out about it. I think I might propose bringing him to work for a day to see how it goes. If it goes well maybe that will be a possibility. Then I could stay there longer days and let Kevin actually get some sleep and study time. I don't know if Eliot will cooperate with that plan!

Sorry I don't have any new pictures to show : (

Sorry for the lack of posting lately! Happy New Year everyone. I am bad at making resolutions but maybe posting more will be one of them? I would like to resolve to get more of my craft projects done but I think I have my hands full at the moment...

It has been busy around here. My camera is still not fixed yet but Kevin ran into a friend of his that works at a studio that uses Canons so they can check the battery for me before I send it off. I have also started back at work part time. I am very grateful that they are willing to be so flexible with me but Kevin and I are still having a hard time finding babysitters to cover the few hours a week when our schedules overlap. It is a little bit stressful at the moment!

Ahh well..here are a few pictures I took before the camera died. They are from the railroad tracks I like to walk in near my Mothers house... by they way the weather here is freakishly warm but a rather gorgeous 65 degrees today!