Elliotts 1 year pictures

I guess I forgot to post the 1 year pictures that me and Elliott had taken while in Utah. They are taken again by Angie Seare at Sophia and Curtis's house. I love them!

Can't believe summer is almost over

At least it is for me! I start my internship next week and it's the last week of work and the next week I start school! We are trying to soak in the last few weeks of the great weather... spending lots of time at the pool.

The Elliott update:

I need to start doing my monthly updates again so you can all get the scoop earlier.

Elliott currently weighs: 19 pounds, he is in the 4%.... HA! We suspected he would be a small guy.

His favorite thing is to read books. He absolutely loves to look at a book, babble a little.... like he is reading it. He also likes to bring the book to me and have me read it to him. He grabs my finger and points with it to pictures in his books. Elliott is a very curious child.

Words he is saying: No, Bee, Blue, Yellow, Thank You, Ball, Uh Oh, Oh WOW, Dad, and Mom. He has three teeth in the bottom and two on top.

He is walking, but only from furniture to furniture, he still prefers to crawl and frankly I don't mind at all. He is super cute loves to cuddle. When he is tired he grabs his favorite blanket from grandma Leasure, bring it to his face and bites it!

Playing with dad

Showing off is upper tooth

Eating his blanket

Elliott giving us his best rat face

Here are some Pics of the family hanging out in the backyard with the tent up.

We hope to schedule a time to come back SLC when I know more about my schedule.

summer time update

Sorry for the delay on updates! We are enjoying our last stretch of summer time. I have less than one month left of work and then I will be quitting so I can finish my last year of grad school with an internship at Odyssey School as a school counselor.

We have been enjoying a lot of Elliott's first this summer including:

First time at the pool

first big injury (dog bite)

First time at the zoo

First time at the sandbox

First time playing in the sprinkler

Elliott is a total water baby... fearless and I think we will have to keep a close eye on this boy.

In June we also went to the Bahamas with Curtis, Sophia and a ton of old and new friends. We had a good time (minus the sunburns!) and we celebrated Taylors 34th birthday while we were there.

Taylors birthday dinner

Cory and Katie having some cave love

Taylor kept catching lizards

Thumbs up for a successful beach day

Bahama crew... from left: kelly, Cory, Katie, Taylor, me, Thayne and Sammy

Amazing beaches

Kelly telling us a story about a shark getting punched in the face

me relaxing on the beach

I've been enjoying the downtime from school and have been able to spend some relaxing quality time with Taylor, Elliott and the pets. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.... it goes by so fast I feel like I have to cram as much fun in as I can!

Summer captured in a picture

A Naropa Education

Today I was talking with a co-worker about my MA counseling education and it occurred to me of how different it has been from other traditional schools of counseling. I found this video about the Naropa educational experience http://www.naropa.edu/video/experience.cfm and I find I fully agree with what is said. I got a little sad about the fact I only have one year left, but excited I will not have to be working or be pregnant my last year at Naropa!! ..... and just incase you are wondering, yes the Naropa bow is real and we do it before and after each class! HA!

Pippen

Right now I am mourning the loss of my little Pippen and I just can't get myself to write too much about him... it hurts too much. So here are some pictures to help explain how special he was to our family.

This picture is the most special one of all.... I hope someday Aspen and Pippen will meet again.

I love you and miss you Pippy Wip