Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Hi, How are you?

Three years ago S and I were at Waterloo Records when we saw the T-shirt below.  We were just starting to think about kids and decided we had to get this Daniel Johnston shirt based on a mural he had done on the Drag.  I think you'll agree it looks pretty cute on her!  Also check out S's face in the background.  We were a little tired of getting whacked by her gravity tube (aka pink stick) that day :)

What a difference a year makes!


As I was getting Ellie dressed in her leg warmers yesterday, I remembered she was dressed almost exactly the same as when she was 4 days old. The top picture was my favorite newborn shot of her and you can see that she's changed quite a bit in the past 11.5 months! Yes, those are the same leg warmers! The newborn sized onesie was huge on her then and now she's wearing stuff size 18 months! Crazy. ~T

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Anyone need a hug?


Just an update for Eliza's digital baby book...
Last night Eliza grabbed a framed picture of herself, kissed it and said "baby." Earlier this week at school she also patted one of the younger babies on the back and said "baby." She's gotten very good at giving hugs and blowing kisses (Miss Donna taught her that!). She still loves to dance and is pushing her little blue buggy all over the house. She gets very frustrated when she runs into the wall though and isn't very good at steering the buggy yet. She takes up to 15 steps unassisted. She also hates to have her face washed and hates changing clothes. Recently she started trying to feed us and holds cups up to our mouths so we can drink. She loves to turn light switches on and off (and constantly does the sign for light) as well as the volume on the stereo. She is also such a social butterfly and loves to be out in public. Going to the grocery store is a lot of fun for her= she waves and says bye to everyone and gives huge smiles. The other day she and I were playing in the living room and she abruptly stood up, said bye and walked out of the room to go find her dad. It's so weird to see she's really her own little person with her own free will!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Amblin'

As many of you know, Eliza took her first steps over a month ago.  However, as of tonight she's really walking.  She took over 40 unassisted steps tonight, up to 7 at a time.  And we finally got a few on video!  S persuaded Eliza to walk by bribing her with a very expensive toy- his iPhone. 


Sunday, October 12, 2008

Pumpkin

Here's a lesson I've learned since becoming a parent.  There are only a few real reasons for family outings.
  1. guilt
  2. sanity
  3. shameless photo-ops
So here's some shots from a fall festival we went to this past weekend. 

alright alright.....and 

4.  because we love our children unconditionally and want the world for them (but the three above still apply)
~S




jammin' out

Sometimes Eliza just likes to groove with her music.  She gets this Ray Charles sway going when she's really diggin' it.  
Here's a candid moment we couldn't pass up.  And yes, she turned the music on by herself!
~S

Thursday, October 9, 2008

elliephant

When we first found out we were having a baby I made sure to get the rocking elephant my grandpa built for us boys.  I figured  pachyderms were pretty gender neutral, and they eventually set the theme for the Ellie's nursery.

Now she's old enough to enjoy her elephant by herself!  ~S

sign of the times

Tonight we think Ellie signed the word "light" as she pointed to a lamp, and "more" when she wanted another go-around the kitchen in her cardboard box.  Pretty cool!

Although this is a common language technique for babies these days, I wish her great grandpa was alive to see this.  He was a CODA (child of deaf adults) when ASL was far less socially acceptable.
~S  

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

High Five!

Eliza is at such an entertaining stage! It's crazy to think that when she was born she couldn't even control her limbs or hold up her head! Now she loves banging things together and she's gotten really good at pointing (she points to an item and says "dat?" so that we can tell her the word). She can also point to our noses when we ask where mommy and daddy's noses are. She takes a couple of steps here and there. She claps constantly, waves and says "bye bye" (with a huge southern drawl... where did that come from?!) and she's started giving high fives! S always teases me for asking for high fives; he says it's cheesy. But, it looks like Eliza is a high fiver, just like mom! Oh, and the other night she kept pointing and saying "ball" the when S and I had meatballs for dinner. We broke off little bits for her, but she really wanted a meatball all to herself. It was pretty funny watching her go at it... I'll post a pic later. Oh, and here are a couple of shots at Babies R Us the other night. Eliza's first pony ride (she wasn't that thrilled) and trying out a tricycle.