Introducing… Elliot and Winston!

Born April 2012 and May 2015

Jun 19

B is for Bonaroo

by kate

and L is for Lessons Learned…

We learned that Bonaroo is a very warm and crowded place, and not really suitable for babies. Logan kept Elliot at home while Gingy, Grandpa, Art, and I discovered this for ourselves.
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We saw the amazing Paul McCartney (B is for Beatle), but little else. The next day, Logan and I went back and saw The Tallest Man on Earth, who incidentally had the Tallest Audience on Earth. Then we were pretty much done with the Bonaroo experience. Next time, mega RV with AC and bathrooms and VIP passes…
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Elliot and me in our souvenir Beatles shirts.

On Sunday, Elliot taught me another lesson. We were washing the cars and Elliot was playing around in the driver’s seat. We soon discovered that he had locked us out… and the keys were of course in the cup holder! I attempted to coach Elliot on how to open the car door while Grandpa went to try to find a spare key. Neither effort was a success. Fortunately, I remembered a secret spare key. I extracted Elliot from the car and told him that he was banned from the driver’s seat until he turns 15. He was soooooo mad.

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Also, tomorrow I will be 353 months old. So yay!

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Jun 10

Happy belated 14 months!

by kate

Elliot had is first GI bug for his 14 month b-day. So, I didn’t get any pictures of him. He is on the upswing now (as well as Gingy, Logan, and me). Here he is doing some tire shopping for mommy!
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Jun 6

Adventures in Nashville

by kate

Elliot and I are spending some time in Nashville. I am doing some work at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, and Elliot is enjoying the company of his Aunt Mary and Uncle Joe! We got here on Sunday and Mary and I took him to their neighborhood pool, where he ran around in the kiddie pool and played on the steps of the big pool. He would even put his face in the water, but I think he was trying to drink it. He especially liked me to swing him around in the water of the kiddie pool. He also liked climbing on the chairs around the pool…
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Monday afternoon, my mom came up. We all went to a playground that Mary had taken him to earlier in the day. She wanted to show off all of the equipment that he could already play on quite well. She encouraged me not to help him, so I just spotted.
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Slide!
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More playground equipment!
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A bug built for two!
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Gingy took care of Elliot on Tuesday during the day.
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That evening, my friend Jessica came up and finally got to meet the boy! Unfortunately, he was not at his best as he was bringing in a brand new tooth (I think his right upper premolar although he won’t let me get a great look at it…) Nevertheless, when we took him back to the playground, he was willing to ignore the discomfort and do some playing!
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The next day, Gingy and Mary took him to Belk…
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They also got him some chicken nuggets and ketchup for lunch (yum yum!)
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Today, he hung out with Gingy. They took a quick trip to Murfreesboro and later came back and horsed around on Mary’s couch.
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Here’s a cute story. This evening when I was giving him a bath, I was hiding by the tub saying “Where’s Mommy?” so that I could jump out and say “Here she is! Peekaboo!” and make him laugh. He was playing with some cups, and somehow I was totally surprised when he splashed water on me from the cup as I jumped out to surprise him!

Also, he can say “Bye Joe” on request, which is quite adorable!

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