Growing Up

This weekend Elliot turned 4 months old and graduated from his cuddly bassinet to a big spacious crib. We were finding him in the morning with his feet sticking straight up in the air and his bum at the bottom of the basket, so we figured he needs more room. He doesn’t quite know what to think of his luxurious new digs yet. He likes playing in it and sleeping in it at night, but naptime is a little tough. But he will get used to it.

Anyone who has visited us here in Austin knows what a small house we have. In the last few months we have officially outgrown it. Elliot’s crib is a giant in his tiny nursery. We have swings and bouncy seats, baby gyms and Bumbo seats strewn all over the house. When Elliot moved in, other things had to be rearranged. So now we have books on the dining room floor, bedroom pillows stacked up in the living room, bicycles behind the couch and baskets of clothes everywhere. It’s getting claustrophobic, so we are looking for a house to buy. Hopefully one with some closet space and more than 1,000 square feet! With any luck we will be moving soon.

Elliot’s new discoveries this week:

• He sticks his tongue out and curls it up over his upper lip when he concentrates on something like grabbing a toy.
• At church, he laughs at the people in the pew behind us when everyone else is quiet. This cracks all of us up.
• He likes to suck his thumb or fingers and almost always has them in his mouth.
• He loves to be naked and giggles like crazy when we peel his clothes and diaper off of him.
• He thinks tickling his belly is hilarious.
• His baby talk is the best alarm clock every morning at 7am.
• He gets really excited when we put him in his carriage for our morning or evening walk.
• He loves, loves, loves television. We watch Noggin and Baby Einstein, but he is just as happy to watch anything.
• He grins big at his nanny Juli when she comes over.
• Every night he pees in his tub.