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…
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.
Slide!
More playground equipment!
A bug built for two!
Gingy took care of Elliot on Tuesday during the day.
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!
The next day, Gingy and Mary took him to Belk…
They also got him some chicken nuggets and ketchup for lunch (yum yum!)
Today, he hung out with Gingy. They took a quick trip to Murfreesboro and later came back and horsed around on Mary’s couch.
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!
OH MY GOOOOODNESS! I’m so stoked that I made the blog! Covert picture taking of the three of us obviously makes me very happy.
Elliot was awesome even if he was fussy. Babies get fussy sometimes. So do Jessicas. I’m super happy that I finally met your adorable son. He’s amazing and I love him. I really liked when he said “bottle” and waved bye-bye. And he can count to 2– GENIUS!
Yay! I’m glad you read the post. I will be stealing some of your photos from the trip and adding them to this post once you post them on the Facebook. 😉
obviously I would have it no other way
steal away, rockstar