Swimming and Sliding

This afternoon I took Elliot swimming. Our Community Center has a great kids pool. At first Elliot didn't know what to think but as time went on he got braver and braver. The pool starts out very shallow, but gets deeper the further you go in. Since Elliot doesn't walk yet he was crawling around in the pool. I tried telling him and stopping him from going to deep, but he got mad so I decided to let him discover for himself. He did end up crawling a little to far and got his face very wet, but he LOVED it!!!! There are lots of different fountains and things that spray and those were Elliot's favorite. He loved to be sprayed in the face. I think Elliot would have stayed for ever, but after swallowing about a gallon of water and quivering lips I decided that we needed to call it a day. I have been wanting to sign him up for swimming lessons, but wasn't sure if the water would be warm enough. Well he thought it was perfect, so we will be doing swimming lessons this summer.



It was another beautiful day so Elliot and I also went to the park behind our house this afternoon. We were lucky enough to see Elaina (Elliot's daycare provider, who lives one house over from us) so she got this picture of Elliot and I. Elliot loves the slide.

Monthly Bear Pictures

When Elliot was born my dad brought him this bear. At the time it was huge compared to him. We decided to take a pciture of Elliot with the bear every month. So here are his monthly bear pictures up to a year. He has really changed!!!

Newborn

1 Month

2 Month

More Bear Pictures

3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

7 Months

And More Bear Pictures

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months

12 Months

Making a Mess

This is what happens when you take your eyes off of a one year old. I was doing dishes and had my back turned. WhenI turned around to check on him Elliot was in the middle of dumping out a box of cherrios and I just couldn't move fast enough. I couldn't be mad so instead I grabbed the camera and called for Grant. I have decided that I need to find a new cupboard for our cereal. One that Elliot can't get into.

Enjoying the Weather

We took advantage of the beautiful weather today and spent most of the day outside. We are lucky enough to have a park that is basically in our backyard. Gavin loves having easy access to this park and I am sure Elliot will take full advantage when he gets bigger. Today Elliot enjoyed the swing and slide. I was able to get a good picture of him in the swing because he is contained, but that is another story when it came to the slide. I will have to try for a picture on the slide another day.

Grant was doing some work on his truck. This was a job that Grant could not have done with out a little help from a one yeare old!!!

Fixing the truck

Taking a break