More photos

More pictures, including Elliot at the Santa Clause parade, Elliot making cute faces and Elliot hugging Tate. Just click on Hot Potato.

Elliot's first haircut

Elliot's scary face

Ummm... should you be doing that?

New Photo Albums

Many of the recent photos you have found in the last few blog entries as well as many other photos from the same period of time can be found here and here.

Pirate Pak

Our first trip to Whitespot with Elliot, and his first Pirate Pak, was a fun experience for all of us. Elliot had a grilled cheese sandwich and some french fries. Then he had some icecream. His meal, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Whitespot, was delivered in a pirate ship.
Fun!!

Elliot Winterized...almost

There is snow on the ground right now here in BC and we are planning an exciting trip to Saskatoon where Elliot will see what winter is really supposed to be like. As such, we have been trying to find a way to ensure that Elliot is warm but is also able to play in the snow.
Thusly, we tried a snow suit that was given to us and which seems to fit now but will probably not fit in three weeks when we will be in Saskatoon.
Also, we have started dressing him in the >toocutetobeforreal< warm and cozy jacket and hat that he received for his birthday from his very thoughtful and strikingly good looking Uncle Andrew and Aunt Cara. He got a lot of "oooohs" and "aaaaahs" today as we took him out on the town.

How did he know...

How did Elliot know that I secretly named him after Pierre Trudeau? This gunslinger pose of his makes me wonder...

Elliot's best friend

It is hard to believe that I ever worried that Elliot and Tate would get along. They both seem to love hanging out together.

Elliot, in fact, will put up quite a fuss if he wakes up from his nap before Tate does. "Tate!" He cries. "Tate!" He cries again while pointing upstairs to where he knows Tate is sleeping. Yesterday morning he was very excited when Mom took him upstairs to wake Tate up. He ran up to the playpen and pressed his face up against the screen wall to say hello.

He doesn't mind sharing his toys and they have learned to play together, which is great. It helps that Tate is a perfect gentleman as well. They may end up being really good friends if both families continue living here, which would be pretty cool.

Where did he learn to do that?

Elliot has been benefitting greatly from all the time he spends with his mom. Mom patiently teaches Elliot as much as she can each day while they have fun playing and laughing.
Recently Elliot was sitting in the Living Room while his mom was drinking some Soy Milk Noel Nog. Elliot knew exactly what it was and he wanted some too. So he dragged mom to the kitchen where he tried to open the utensil drawer. Once the drawer was opened, he reached in and removed one straw. Of course mom had no choice at that point but to share her drink with Elliot too.
He has learned to say "uppie" when he wants up. He has learned to shake his head when he is done eating. He has learned to climb down the stairs. He has learned to draw with crayons. He has learned to feed himself. He has learned to hug people.
He has learned how to say Tate's name.
He has learned to tickle people. He has learned to drink with a straw. He has about a dozen smooth dance moves and will sometimes just start humming some unrecognizable song and start "getting jiggy with it".

One month later...

Jeepers it has been too long. Sorry about that. There has been lots and lots of things happening in Elliot's life which I've done a terrible job of chronicling. I'll try to catch you up on where Elliot is and what he is doing.

In early November Elliot had another visit from his Uncle Clayton. According to sources close to Elliot, he had a great time hanging out with Uncle Clayton. Apparently Tate had a great time with Uncle Clayton too.

I had a great time with Clayton too except when he almost beat me at Axis and Allies (too bad we couldn't finish the game...teeheehee).

We all went to Granville Island again and to Whiterock (where we discovered our tea shop had closed down). We ate, we laughed, we cried. Those were ten days we will not soon forget.

Elliot was devestated when Uncle Clayton left for the train station. As soon as he saw the car leave the drive way, he directed mom to carry him into the house where he rushed to grab his shoes. He wanted very much to go with Uncle Clayton. He must be a pretty cool uncle.

We're all hoping that Uncle Clayton will visit again some day.