Saturday, April 7, 2012
Just like Henry
Elliot LOVES the Bjorn. Falls asleep instantly in it. Yeah, yeah, they are not supposed to be as good as slings, the Ergo, etc. but Eliot doesn't seem to know or care. For now, we stick with what lets him sleep!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
3 days old
Elliot seems to like the swing as much as big brother Henry did:
Henry still loves to hold him (although the novelty seems to be wearing off ever so slightly. Henry is realizing that it is easy to get pinned under a sleeping baby!):
Jake came over for a play date yesterday afternoon. His baby brother Ben was born exactly one week before Elliot (well, almost exactly - Ben was born at 1:18 PM and Elliot at 1:20 PM!) We know Elliot and Ben will be best friends, just like Henry and Jake:
And, here is a picture of Elliot that Henry drew at preschool yesterday:
Henry still loves to hold him (although the novelty seems to be wearing off ever so slightly. Henry is realizing that it is easy to get pinned under a sleeping baby!):
Jake came over for a play date yesterday afternoon. His baby brother Ben was born exactly one week before Elliot (well, almost exactly - Ben was born at 1:18 PM and Elliot at 1:20 PM!) We know Elliot and Ben will be best friends, just like Henry and Jake:
And, here is a picture of Elliot that Henry drew at preschool yesterday:
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Elliot
We need to change the name of this blog somehow, because the Powell family now has four members! Elliot Lawrence Powell joined us on Friday, March 30th at 1:20 PM (a few days shy of his April 2nd due date), weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and 19.75 inches long (a smidge smaller than Henry was).
His middle name is in honor of my grandfather, Louis Lawrence, and also in honor of my sister, Gina Lauren. Elliot is just because we liked it :)
Elliot arrived with a lot of DARK hair, and seems to have a somewhat darker complexion than Henry did:
Henry had been showing a lot of conflicted emotions about having a brother prior to Elliot's arrival, but has been over the moon excited since it became a reality.
He loves, loves, loves to hold him. In fact, our major issue thus far has been Henry throwing fits and sulking when he can't hold the baby:
We are still in the honeymoon days, where Elliot basically sleeps constantly. We know it won't last very long, but it is great for now!
We were finally able to bring Elliot home this afternoon:
And now our family is complete!
His middle name is in honor of my grandfather, Louis Lawrence, and also in honor of my sister, Gina Lauren. Elliot is just because we liked it :)
Elliot arrived with a lot of DARK hair, and seems to have a somewhat darker complexion than Henry did:
Henry had been showing a lot of conflicted emotions about having a brother prior to Elliot's arrival, but has been over the moon excited since it became a reality.
He loves, loves, loves to hold him. In fact, our major issue thus far has been Henry throwing fits and sulking when he can't hold the baby:
We are still in the honeymoon days, where Elliot basically sleeps constantly. We know it won't last very long, but it is great for now!
We were finally able to bring Elliot home this afternoon:
And now our family is complete!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Obsession
As we know, Henry is one of those kids that finds something he likes and then turns it into a mini obsession. First, and for a very, very long time, it was trains. Train themed birthdays, gleeful trips on the T, train posters on his wall, and more trains and tracks then I like to admit for his much loved train table (seriously - it is embarrassing). Then, we moved onto Cars last year: Lightning McQueen lunchboxes and backpacks, only playing with his Cars toys, etc. Now, we have moved on again. His new obsession is Toy Story 3, and boy this one is a doozy.
He saw the first Toy Story a ways back and was fairly indifferent. Then the other month he watched Toy Story 3 and it was like he had a religious epiphany of some kind - his life transformed. The fact that TS3 has a long sequence involving garbage trucks and landfills (his current life's ambition is to work in waste management, and this morning he informed us that he was sad that he didn't live in an apartment building because they have dumpsters and we don't) made it just that much better for him. He had received the TS3 landfill set for Christmas from Grandpa Tim and Nene, and add that with his various garbage and recycling trucks, and that is literally ALL he does. He disappears into his room for hours, creating various TS3 scenarios.
Once a week, he is allowed to watch the movie:
Yes, he wears Toy Story party hat and lines up his Toy Story figures while he watches so they can see the film, as well.
He loves the aliens from the movie - they get a special viewing place of honor on the coffee table:
He also likes to place his landfill set right in front of the TV while watching:
His current project is creating a giant Sunnyside Daycare (another part of the movie) out of boxes:
Yes, his birthday next month will be Toy Story 3 themed. It looks like this is an obsession that will be sticking around for a while...
He saw the first Toy Story a ways back and was fairly indifferent. Then the other month he watched Toy Story 3 and it was like he had a religious epiphany of some kind - his life transformed. The fact that TS3 has a long sequence involving garbage trucks and landfills (his current life's ambition is to work in waste management, and this morning he informed us that he was sad that he didn't live in an apartment building because they have dumpsters and we don't) made it just that much better for him. He had received the TS3 landfill set for Christmas from Grandpa Tim and Nene, and add that with his various garbage and recycling trucks, and that is literally ALL he does. He disappears into his room for hours, creating various TS3 scenarios.
Once a week, he is allowed to watch the movie:
Yes, he wears Toy Story party hat and lines up his Toy Story figures while he watches so they can see the film, as well.
He loves the aliens from the movie - they get a special viewing place of honor on the coffee table:
He also likes to place his landfill set right in front of the TV while watching:
His current project is creating a giant Sunnyside Daycare (another part of the movie) out of boxes:
Yes, his birthday next month will be Toy Story 3 themed. It looks like this is an obsession that will be sticking around for a while...
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Spring soccer
We hit 68 degrees today! Henry celebrated by not wearing a jacket and playing some soccer before playgroup. He has been taking soccer class all winter and he is getting pretty good!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Jake's 5th birthday party
Today we celebrated Jake's 5th birthday with (yet another!) party at My Gym. I don't know what it is about 4 and 5 year olds around here, but they ALL want their party at My Gym. Henry has insisted on having his there next month as well. I asked him if he wasn't bored of parties at My Gym and he looked at me like I had 2 heads.... So, although as adults we may find this redundant, the kids LOVE it!
Happy 5th birthday, Jake!
Happy 5th birthday, Jake!
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