Lower East Side Baby

Dave and I (somewhat) jokingly call our babies little country bumpkins now that we're living in Carson City. Aunt Kate & Uncle Keith gave Elliot this shirt; he'll probably think that the lower east side is in Reno!

Elliot loves standing at his Elmo table and pounding on all of the buttons. He stands every chance that he gets and is just starting to let go.

Doll

And here we are at breakfast, Delaney, Elliot, Mommy, Daddy and 'Doll'. Delaney calls all of her dollies 'doll', so when she starts screaming, 'Mom-Doll, Doll, Doll', I'm somehow supposed to instantly know which doll that she wants and be able to locate it within about 3 seconds. When I bring her the 'wrong' doll, she screams-'No, MO-OM DOOOLLLL'-like I'm deaf or just a little slow. Lucky for me, lately Delaney wants this little doll. Doll comes with us everywhere. On play dates. To the park. In the car. To dinner. Delaney even puts sunscreen on doll every morning.

Hungry Boy

Oh, I love this little boy. Elliot's starting to eat more and more 'regular' food and loves everything that we give him.

Child Protective Services

Delaney (and Elliot) have not had baths since Thursday night. I seriously had intentions of bathing them last nite, but we stayed too late at the fair, and despite being covered in sticky chocolate ice cream, I was not about to further delay bedtime.

This morning Daddy and Laney had a great time playing in the water and dirt of the Carson River, and then went grocery shopping, where Delaney ate six whole strawberries, covering herself in strawberry juice!

Despite being filthy after playing in the Carson River, Laney didn't want me to change her clothes since they were hand-me-downs from her beloved cousin Hannah. And to be perfectly honest, I didn't really try to hard to convince her otherwise-some battles are not worth fighting.

Laney refused to take a nap today and screamed for over an hour in her crib. While she was screaming, Dave took Elliot on a walk to the park, and could hear her all the way down the street. He insists that her windows must have been open, but I promise that they were closed.

Before dinner, she insisted on wearing a diaper on the outside of her pants and wore it like this for the rest of the night.

She ate sour cream for dinner.

Elliot's On The Move!

Elliot has been creeping and pulling up for the past few weeks, but he's officially crawling now! I'm excited for him but am also a little nervous about having two fully mobile babies. And Delaney, who's still getting used to his mere existence, has no idea what's coming.

For the record, the first time that Elliot 'officially' crawled, he was wearing his Mets onesie and crawled to the Mets ball. Could this be a sign of good things to come for the Mets???




We don't yet have a video of Elliot crawling, but this video shows Elliot trying his hardest to creep forward!

State Fair

After naptime (everyone got a nap today-even Dave and I!), we headed to the Nevada State Fair in Reno. Delaney liked the 'aminals' and watching the dog splash contest (dogs jump into a big pool), and both Delaney and Elliot loved the ice cream! It was nice to do something different and get out of 'town' for the evening.

Mommy, Laney and Elliot check out the livestock.

Laney is always a big fan of ice cream.

Elliot gets his first bite of a real ice cream cone!

Our Olympian

Delaney has never really been into tv or any baby videos (unfortunately-What mom couldn't use a 30 minute break every once in awhile?), but she has totally loved watching the Olympics-especially the gymnastics. At night, we can get her to leave her water table and red wagon outside and get into her pajamas by telling her that she can watch the Olympics. I'm not exactly sure what bedtime strategy we'll use when the Olympics are over, but we'll think of something!

She loves to imitate the gymnastics (note her perfect form!) and demands applause. She can make me laugh more than anyone. In case you're wondering, Delaney is wearing her pajamas, consisting of a onesie and silk diaper cover (from a dress), which she refers to as her 'undies'. Whatever makes her happy......

The videography could use some work, but it's still pretty cute.