Noah

Noah doesn't get much blog time. But here is a cute picture of him taken when I moved his bed to vacuum the floor. Noah will be going home to FL with my parents at the end of April so we can try to sell this house without constantly cleaning dog hair or needing to find a place for him to go in case we should have a showing. He'll be back in Birmingham in June.

Last night...the battle of the chair

And this brings us to the present February 2009. Here are a few shots of what happened last night. Noah decided to sit in Luke's chair, and Luke decided to join him. The battle of the chair began...






Luke said "Fine, I'll go sit in your bed"

Then Noah retreated to his usual spot.

Catching up

Since we've been a bit busy the last few months, I've been neglecting the blog. Now with the house officially on the market and a new computer and camera, we are back in business. Sorry to anyone who has been anxiously awaiting new pictures of Luke, I hope this makes up for the absence!
Here are a few photos to catch you up on how Luke has changed in the last few months.

November 2008

Luke likes to climb into his play desk and sit in there :-)

December 2008

Luke's Daycare Christmas Party



A boy and his dog







A few shots of his HUGE Christmas, poor guy got tired out before he could open all of his gifts!

January 2009


Go Gators!!

Update

Hi!
Well things are rolling in the Elliott household. We finally got a new computer after Christmas and now all we need is some free time to use it!. I promise it is next on my list after getting the house in shape to go on the market...hopefully Feb 1. And if you know of anyone in search of a home in Birmingham let us know!

I took Luke yesterday for his 15 month check-up. He is doing well, reaching all his milestones. He is 30 inches tall (25%), weighs 21.8 pounds (25%) and his head circumference is 19 1/2 inches (75%). He has 6 teeth (4 up, 2 down) with 2 top molars breaking through right now. He can say a few words: Mama, Dada, something very close to Noah, dog, this, that, uh-oh. He will Moo when he sees a cow or you ask him what a cow says. He's usually right when you ask him to find something in a book. He loves to be read to. He loves climbing the stairs and even has learned how to come down them holding onto the rail. He is fascinated with Noah and knows when Noah is doing something bad. He knows several words in sign language. He can sign milk, all done, and i want more. He may know more signs, because it seems like he does some others, but we don't know them!

I'll try to post some pictures soon to catch you all up on how he has changed in the last couple of months.

Hope you all are doing well!

The wait is over

The wait is over! Josh matched for a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship with a practice in Atlanta! Congrats to Josh!!
We got the news this morning and I for one am glad to finally know where we are headed. Now I can start planning.
More details to come when we know them, but I just wanted to let you all know the good news.

More Halloween Pictures

Thanks Melissa!

Trip to Houston and Halloween

As you can see we have been quite busy over the last month! We made another fellowship trip this past weekend to Houston TX. We were able to visit with our good friends Marc and Melissa Inglese and my friend June while we were there.
Again, we weren't so good about taking pictures, but here are some shots from the Houston Zoo that Luke and I visited while Josh was interviewing.


Look Mom!


an Okapi!


and African cattle!


and an American gator (ok maybe mom liked this one more than Luke)


and here is our favorite gator. Luke was a gator for Halloween, this is the only photo I have of him in the costume, he wasn't sad about it all night. My friend Melissa got some cute pictures of him, I'll get another one from her to post.