Story Time with Grandma

Joe got his wisdom teeth pulled today. Grandma Rita stepped in and picked up Elliott at daycare for us while Joe got home and started his recovery. Grandma Rita spent some time reading books to Elliott. He loves story time.

5 Month Old Wild Fan

Elliott is 5 months old and already a Wild Fan. One of his teachers at daycare, handed down the outfit. He is so darn cute in it and can't wait to go to his first Wild game. Elliott is telling Factor lots of secrets. They are best buddies already.

He is sitting up with support for short periods of time. Soon, he will be sitting all on his own.

Happy Birthday Nicholas

Our godson Nicholas turned 1 in January! He had a very nice party with close family and friends. He really enjoyed his cake.

Winter Carnival

It was a very nice weekend and the last weekend of the Winter Carnival. We went to see the snow sculptures on the Fairgrounds. We took our friend Charlotte along with us.

We wanted to go and see the ice sculptures downtown St. Paul, but a LOT of other people had the same idea. We couldn't find a place to park, so we went to Snuffy's for a malt.

Elliott was making a VERY silly Elmer Fud face and we captured it at just the right moment.

Valentine's Day Photo Shoot

I am going to try and take holiday/seasonal themed photos. Here are the Valentine's Day photos. Elliott loved the balloons. He really wanted to eat them. Luckily none of them popped.

What A Good Dad

I drop off Elliott at daycare and Joe picks up. Elliott has been a little needy lately and whenever Joe tried to put him down, he started fussing. Joe dug out the Baby Bjorn and this is what I came home to... I had to take a picture to capture the moment. Joe wasn't too sure that I needed a picture of the moment.

My Little Man

Elliott is becoming a Little Man. He LOVES to wear hats I think that he is absolutely adorable in them. He is also enjoying sitting up with support. I have gotten him a few sea themed shirts in preparation for our upcoming cruise in March.

4 Months

Elliott turned 4 months old on January 10, 2009.

Here are his stats:

Weight: 16 1/2 lbs (80%)

Height: 26 1/4 (90%)

His 4th month was very exciting. He started doing so many new things, he found his hands and enjoyed watching them move in front of him, he started grabbing toys, starting rolling onto his side and eventually rolled from back to stomach.

New Year's Eve

2008 went out with a bang! Joe was very excited to have a few friends over for a party on New Years Eve. That was a great idea until the day came. Joe woke up with bad stomach pains and stayed home from work. The pain kept increasing throughout the day. Of course, this was the last day of the year and our $4600 deductible started over the next day.

Joe called the Dr. and they didn't think that he needed to go to the ER or Urgent Care and could go in the following week.

At 7pm, just when people were showing up, Joe was doubled over in pain-he had a kidney stone. At one point during the night, people were showing up, Joe was lying in bed in horrible pain, Elliott was up and needed to eat and there were people partying in our garage. Needless to say, it was a VERY interesting night.

The pain subsided around 11pm, so Joe was able to ring in the New Year with his guests. Joe spent the next three days at home, trying to pass the stone and he eventually passed it 4 days later. I think that we went out to celebrate. Who knew a 2mm grain of sand could cause so much pain?