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Happy 3rd birthday to my Elliot!!!

by kate

We celebrated Elliot’s 3rd birthday this weekend!

His Uncle Art got him a Captain Toad (a Wii U game he has enjoyed of late).

He opened a present from his Uncle Tom Saturday morning (it was a cool spy glass)!

We went up to Gatlinburg for his party. He had lots of family and friends there to celebrate, including his new cousin Quinn!

There was even a birthday dog.

Gingy brought him a Toy Story themed cake!

There were lots of fun presents!

And even a piñata!

I can’t believe my baby boy is 3!

We celebrated Easter the next day at the camp ground. Elliot showed his awesome skills on the balance bike! He had been at his Gingy’s all last week and came back coasting like a pro!

Today Logan took Elliot for a special birthday doughnut and they went on a fun trip to the zoo!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY CUDDLY BUDDY!

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New doo

by kate

Elliot got a new hair cut and now he looks surprisingly older.

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After

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More snow and improvising on sledding!

by kate

This time Tom offered his kayak for our sledding purposes.

http://youtu.be/EyBum7q8pwc

Also, my friends at google made this for me!
http://youtu.be/mQobtd75F-w

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Laundry basket sledding!

by kate

We had a snow day and I called several places but everyone was out of pan sleds like this one that Elliot used in Ohio.

So we had to improvise.

http://youtu.be/4ImDSHCRqPo

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We had a fantastic Christmas this year! We started off our celebration at Gam Gam’s on Sunday. Linzy, Ian, and Charlotte were all there. Here he is opening his Terrific Trains book, Melissa and Doug cutting vegtables, and his Toy Story toys!

I think he had a good time. 🙂

Santa Claus stopped by to bring a couple of presents and to make sure he had Elliot’s and Charlotte’s orders correct. The first picture is everyone watching for Santa and Mrs. Claus

On Christmas eve we opened presents at Gingy’s.

http://youtu.be/wdguWF18jMs

Elliot with his foot in Tom’s boot cup.

That night, Elliot got to play with cousins Mathew, Robert, and Victoria’s old toys. Awesome!

http://youtu.be/XdJIFpuN2Tg

We went to Granny’s that night for more celebration!

Happy new year!

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It’s a boy!

by kate

We are having a boy! Due date is May 6th, 2015. Pregnancy is, well, pregnancy so far. I have felt pretty much the same as I did with Elliot. Not too much nausea, but soooooo tired. 2nd trimester has helped some. So has thyroid hormone. I am trying to be more careful about what I eat this time. Hopefully, this one won’t be quite so big!

Elliot was excellent at the ultrasound! Logan talked him through everything and Elliot said that the ultrasound would make me feel better, since that’s is pretty much the only reason you go to the doctor in his mind. When the sonographer revealed the gender, Logan told Elliot that the baby had a wiener and Elliot responded that he also had a wiener!

Logan made an awesome ginger bread house for the gender reveal party at his parent’s house. He filled it with blue candy and then Elliot took of the roof to show everyone. Of course, Elliot had already spilled the beans when Gam Gam asked if he was having a brother or a sister…

A few weeks ago, we were at Gingy’s and Logan was actually sleeping in. Elliot snuck upstairs and after the drawn out process of climbing into bed (which is kinda tall) with his sleeping daddy he asked, “Daddy, can you get my blankies?” Logan said no.

We did early Christmas last weekend. This might be Elliot gift of the year.

He also got Candy land with real chocolate, a bell for his trains, and Angry Birds cartoons. We did stocking tonight and he got candy, matching game with Holiday Disney Characters, and a football with a bear.

We are excited to see what Santa will bring!

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Happy Thanksgiving! Now with more BABIES!

by kate

We celebrated THanksgiving at Gam Gam’s this year! First we took a little trip to a playground in Pigeon Forge.

Then everyone tried to get Elliot to nap, but he wasn’t too interested…

Cousins Charlotte and Knisley came over. Here’s Knisley getting a kiss and a nose!

So many babies!

Bryce and Elliot make pizza!

Elliot and Charlotte pose!

Action shots of Elliot taking Charlotte’s ball.

Better watch out!

Elliot’s Christmas list
http://youtu.be/VOQ5Wkouerg

Acción de gracias feliz!

Also, as a side note into our recent happenings, Elliot has developed eczema, which required a trip to the pediatrician, 1 hour wait office wait, and 2 minutes with a dermatology PA to figure out. I was surprised that it took us that long to see the dermatology PA since as soon as we got to the specialist office Elliot said to the secretary in his most pitiful voice, “Are you going to make me feel better?” Good try buddy.

The eczema has set us waaaaay back on the sleep training, such that I am lying down with him again to get him to sleep and we are getting woken up at least once most nights. I put him back in bed in the middle of the night and got in with him. I proceeded to tuck us both in when he started screaming “I WANTED TO FIX IT! AHHHHHH!” which would have been pretty hilarious but I was awfully tired. I’m still not really sure what it was that he wanted to fix… the blankets? Who knows…

Also, Logan had Elliot over at Charlotte’s after her birthday recently and Elliot was enjoying pursing her new toys while Charlotte happily followed. Eventually, Elliot asked Logan, “Daddy, can you hold your Charlotte for a little bit?”

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Halloween 2014!

by kate

We took Elliot to the Boo at the Zoo on the Sunday before Halloween this year. Elliot went as Woody, Logan as Jason, and I went as a mummy. Elliot was a little under the weather so he stayed in the stroller the whole time. He still enjoyed getting lots of candy!

On Halloween, Elliot and Logan went to Gatlinburg to visit Charlotte and Linzy. Charlotte was dressed as a lobster! Elliot and Logan went to the Ripley’s Aquarium Halloween Event and Elliot won an Honorable Mention for his costume!

Happy Halloween!

Also, we got drums!

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First UT game!

by kate

We took Elliot to his first UT game today! He has been to several of Cousin Hunter’s Webb games, but never to a college game. It was also the first game that I have been to in years. We played UT Chattanooga for homecoming.

Elliot liked the Vol Walk, but I think he was apprehensive about the weather.

We had him covered though.

His favorite thing was the bottomless popcorn and Coke Zero.

He took turns sitting with each of us!

Elliot had a lot of caffeine and was jumping and cheering for the Vols! At half time, he and I took a walk up to the upper deck to check out the view. UT was way ahead so we left a little early during the fourth quarter. As we walked back to the car, Elliot and Logan found a good hill for rolling!