A Quick 7 months

I took this picture to show how much our little boy has grown. In the first picture, he's 3 days old, second one he's almost 7 months.





He grumbled while I was piling all these clothes on him, but I tried to explain to him that Simon had to put this many clothes on every day. Thankfully, we only have to bundle up a few times a year.

Monday, January 21 - A New Toybox

At first, I found that Elias had emptied all the toys out of the box and was tipping the box over.

The next time I look at him, this is what I see. I ran over to see what had happened.

No worries -- he was just laughing away. Apparently, it's funny to hide in a box and scare Mommy half to death.

Saturday, January 19 - Uncle Drew

Elias was very cool hanging out with Uncle Drew.

Thursday, January 17 - Playing with Lorelei

Elias loved playing with Lorelei, but Lorelei wasn't so sure. He thought it was so neat having someone his own size, espicially since most of the other kids around here are so much bigger than him.

Elias has now started to pull up on his toy basket when he can't reach the exact toy he wants. Notice how he has a shortage of toys...and this is only the toy bin for the office!

Monday, January 14 - Stealing Mama's cellphone

Do think this mischievous grin is because he's sitting at Mommy's desk or because he stole her cellphone?

Saturday, January 12 - Waving at Dakota

Elias has now started waving. He hasn't gotten down the wave-on-cue thing unless he's in a perfect mood for it, but here he is waving at his Dakota.

Friday, January 11 - Fish

On Friday, we went to Fish Daddy's with Grandpa & Grandma Hottell and Liz and Moriah. Elias loved looking at the fishies in the tank.

Thursday, December 27 - Crying

Elias has started this new cry when he's mad...kind of think he's getting an attitude already. It was funny when I took the video this afternoon, but it gets old pretty quick. When do they outgrow their attitude?

Wednesday, December 26 - Helping Daddy sing

Elias decided to help Daddy sing.

Saturday, December 22

On Saturday, the Hottell family had our Christmas dinner. Trenton enjoyed pushing Elias around the house in his stroller. Elias definitely didn't mind -- it kept him well entertained!

A silly Brandon...now you can see where Elias gets his silliness from!

Friday, December 21 - Getting into stuff, already!

Elias was on the other side of the room, but rolled over and found this sack of fun stuff under the chair. I can't believe he's already at the stage where he's getting into everything!

Thursday, December 20 - Another visit with Aunt Nena & Lorelei

This afternoon, I caught Elias playing with TWO pacifiers! He obviously put this one in his mouth, but has one in his hand as well. We're definitely getting attached to the pacifier. Not sure that's a good thing, but it keeps him happy, so we'll let it go for now...



Aunt Nena attempted to read Elias & Lorelei the same book. Neither wanted to share, so they ended up with each their own book.

Monday, December 17 - Books!

Sunday, December 16 - A fun tape measure

Daddy was having fun helping Elias play with a tape measure. Sure kept him entertained.