Initially, he was so excited about the new objects I was holding in my hand…
That is, until I let him sample the avocado…
No captions necessary, right?! I’m sure the poor kid thought we were torturing him! Look at those faces!!
Day 2 went a little better…
…although he definitely remembered…even before the spoon got to his mouth! (How is it possible to gag when you have nothing in your mouth? Apparently my gagging reflexes during pregnancy were passed down to him…)
The Puyallup Fair is so cool that its website is www.thefair.com. Now, come on…you don’t get much cooler than that.
Brian wanted to bring Elliott to his very first Puyallup Fair for one reason, and one reason alone…
THE TRACTORS.
Elliott and I both learned about the two major tractor companies represented at the fair…John Deere(aka, “the green ones”) and Kubota (aka, “the orange ones”).
Aww, yeah!
“Now what do I do? I can’t see over the steering wheel!”
Our sweet baby boy is 6 months old! The joy that he brings to our lives is indescribable…we just cherish every second with our little man!
One of the best parts about this last month is that Elliott is learning that he can joke around with us. He LOVES to fake laugh just to watch our responses. It’s so hilarious…sometimes we just laugh back and forth together for what seems like all day! Also this month, he’s started saying, “ma ma ma” and “ba ba ba.” And he thinks it’s HILARIOUS when he says the syllables and you repeat them back to him! I love his sense of humor!!
Here are some picture highlights from this month…
he can sit unsupported!
So last month he could sit as long as he supported himself with his hands, but a week after his 5 month birthday he figured out how to sit without hands! Now he’s a champ…incredibly stable.
he can stand without our support!
And he LOVES this position…it’s his new favorite.
he’s still working on crawling!
He can tuck his knees and sometimes push himself up on all fours and has accidentally scooted himself backwards a couple times…
he loves his Leap Frog table!
Mostly because he loves chewing on the book 🙂
Mmmm!!
Such a stud.
This is my favorite picture of him this month! I love that face!!!
Classic Elliott
And Classic Elliott 🙂
6 month birthday party!
Grandma and Grandpa Moberg, Kevin, Tabitha and the cousins all gathered to celebrate Elliott’s 6 month birthday. We had mint mud pie in his honor :).
Opening his first present
He loves his new turtle!
Snuggles with Taylor
And Hailey!
I love this picture! Besides Hailey’s adorableness, look at the reflection in the window behind me…Micah is on Tabitha’s lap and Taylor is playing with him the same way Hailey is playing with Elliott! I love it!
He loves his new photo chew book from Grandma & Grandpa
Micah and Elliott
And now to end with some smiley pics of our little love
My favorite 🙂
Elliott’s friend Henry let him borrow this outfit for a few months. We snapped a few pics before giving it back. So cute!
and a couple shots of the padres
Stripe twins!
He’s clearly ready for a nap :).
I can’t believe we’re halfway to a year. That makes me so happy and so sad all at once… My little baby is practically a grown boy. Well, solids, here we come!!
So it’s not a huge secret that I had a cheeseburger or two (um, every single day) of my second and third trimesters of my pregnancy with Elliott. I am convinced that’s why he’s so strong and healthy!! You’ve gotta consume over 100 grams of protein daily when you’re roasting a bun in your oven! So having a cheeseburger for one of my two daily lunches (or for one of my two daily dinners) was a great way to get in those grams.
Melisa got Elliott this incredibly perfect Cheeseburger outfit, and I’ve been dying to put him in it and take him to my favorite cheeseburger place!! We discovered this place on our way to get our Christmas tree while I was pregnant with the mighty man, so it’s about 30 minutes away–just outside of Lacy. But it was–hands DOWN–the best burger I had my entire pregnancy. And that’s saying a lot. Because I tried them all, folks.
So welcome to Norma’s Burgers, everyone!!
Here are a few fun pics from our adventure:
Do you see his hat?!? It says “small fry“!!!!!
My Elliott, who is part cheeseburger himself.
Ha! Look at that face!!!
Chillin’ in the booth
He LOVES it here! I think he feels a real connection with cheeseburgers.
So. incredibly. excited. to. be. here.
Daddy & son…the best of chums!
Our family, in Cheeseburger Paradise.
Elliott, I’m so glad you enjoyed your first cheeseburger restaurant experience on the outside of my womb! You have no idea how much more I prefer you on the outside…with you on the outside, my cheeseburgers stay on the inside!!! 🙂
Well, maybe it’s not my problem after all…I mean, the source of my problem is in the fact that Elliott is so darn cute!!!
I have taken WAY, (WAY, WAY) too many pictures of him this month. As in, well over 600 since his last monthly birthday. *sigh* So I put them in a folder and tried to weed them down for the blog and ended up with…223. Yes, that is, two hundred twenty three… Yeah…still a few too many for a blog post.
So then I decided to just upload a new family photo till I figured out how to get rid of about 200 of my FAVORITE photos of him for the blog when…it happened. Blogger told me that I am officially not allowed to upload any more photos to my blog because I have maxed out my space! Ha! WHAT?! No way!! So after a week of sitting on it, I finally decided to cough up the $5 for a year membership for like a billion times more photo storage space. And, I got my favorite pics down to about 20 (ish…). Not bad when you consider where I started :). So here I am…finally getting to blog about his 5 month birthday. So cozy on up for some cute pics and some big milestones in the life of this 5 month old.
Speaking of which, how can it be that our baby is 5 months old?! All 17 lbs, 4 oz, and 28 inches of him!
be still my heart…
Elliott held a bottle in his hands for the first time!
It happened for the very first time (right after his 4 month birthday) while Brian was holding E.B. and feeding him during a church service one evening. The next day we gave him another bottle and he did it again! We were sure to capture it on film this time…
cute ducky robe that our neighbor got him!
playing on his transportation quilt in his favorite shirt: my daddy drives a big truck
these rattles were Brian’s when he was baby!
lots of play time with Grandma & Grandpa Moberg
Elliott loves to stand…
This has been his favorite thing since he was very little, but this picture capture it all!
sneezing
Elliott is still the sneeziest kid I know, and here we caught it on camera! I love this picture :). Look at his little face!! And yes, yes…that’s me, wearing overalls. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
he puts everything in his mouth…
“How many things can I put into my mouth at once??”
baseball buns!!
exersaucer!
Like his bouncy toy, this was another hand-me-down and we couldn’t be more thankful for it!! This is the day I put Elliott in it for the first time, and he was soooo fascinated! He just kept discovering new things and would get this look like, “Oh my gosh! There’s more?!? What’s this??”
Love the furrowed brow…deep in thought!
tall boy
Elliott’s started wearing 9 month sleepers this month. That’s right, at 4 1/2 months old. This rockin’ set of jammies and guitar are from Auntie Danielle. He is lovin’ life as a rock star!
Don’t you just want to snuggle this little face?!?
sucking his thumb
So he had started sucking his thumb last month, but it is THE THING TO DO this month. Lately, when he gets tired he’ll just lay his head down and start sucking his thumb. I think it is the cutest thing in the entire world. When it happens, Brian and I jump on the opportunity for some extra snuggles!
laughter
If I had to pick one word to describe Elliott and our lives the last month, it would be laughter. He is so filled with joy and laughs all the time! I feel like all I do all day long is laugh with him.
Here is a fun video of a common little laughing game we play…
I love this picture of his smile!!
sitting up
So he’s sitting up on his own now, but he has to support himself with his hands. I’m not putting the sticker in his book until he can sit up with no hands :). But, this is still a milestone! He can sit like this for as long as wants to.
walking!!
So I think I would have bet money that he’d be crawling by now because he’s been sooo close for weeks. But alas, he’s not. However, he’s taking steps!!! Yes, you read that right. Obviously, he needs to hold onto our hands, but he L-O-V-E-S taking steps!! Look how happy he his!! Ha!!
Here’s a video of him taking steps!
“oh, mom!”
He does this all the time! I call it his “Home Alone” face…hilarious, eh?
Sometimes he still doesn’t connect the fact that he’s grabbing his face….
bouncy toy
He still loves his bouncy toy…this is a glimpse into our daily bouncing routine!
he’s learning how to give kisses
“I would like to kiss your face, dad!”
“Mmm, well, your nose is the closest part of your face to me.”
“Is this how I do it?”
“Well, I’ll just dive in and try!”
“This is how you give kisses, my son!”
the moberg 3
Yeah, he’s cute alright…real cute :).
Me and my boy
Look at his face!!!! Ha!!
Hope you enjoyed the world’s longest blog!! Happy 5 months, sweet baby Elliott!!
I can’t believe how much Elliott has grown up this last month…it’s just the greatest joy in the world to watch…!
Elliott now weighs 16 lbs 5oz and is 27 1/4 inches tall! What a mighty little man!!
Here are LOTS of highlights from the last month of Elliott’s life!
the evolution of the jumper toy
Brian has been soooo excited to put Elliott in this bouncer since he was *very little*. Check out these first three pictures. Elliott is about a month and a half old, and Brian just really, really, really wanted him to be able to play in it :).
A month and a half old in the Jumper
Even on the lowest setting his feet weren’t even close to reaching the bottom, so Brian put this large textbook underneath him so his feet would touch :).
Look how little he is!!!
Well, we tried again just after his 3 month birthday and he was *instantly* captivated with all of the colors and pictures. As soon as we put him in it, he just stared at the cartoons on the side for several minutes. I love watching his brain tick!
He loves his new bouncy toy!
“Look at how I can keep my head up now!”
“…and I’m finally tall enough to reach the floor!”
Just a few days later he began to intentionally reach for and grab things, not just unconsciously grab objects. I caught it on camera as he, for the first time, noticed this little bear and reached for him over and over.
Very near his four month birthday he started playing with the little rings on the bouncy toy. He sees them, reaches for them, and slides them back and forth! Good job, little buddy!!
this month, he found his toes
he’s started sucking his thumb
he wants to crawl so badly!
It was hard to get a great picture of it, but he LOVES tucking his knees under him and scooting himself forward. Every time we put him on his back, he instantly rolls over onto his tummy, but after a few minutes he gets really frustrated because he wants to MOVE…but he can’t! He can also rotate himself in a complete circle while on his tummy, but still doesn’t know how to roll over onto his back again.
heis trying to sit up
He can “sit up” by himself for a bout 3.5 seconds, and then he falls over :).
he is starting to grow some hair!!!
This is the worst quality picture ever, but look! Look!! He’s just come from taking a bath and you can see all of his little hairs matted together! He’s not completely bald!!
first family vacation…San Diego!
which included his first plane ride
Getting ready to feed him for take-off!
Sooo happy standing on the tray table!
We got him his very first teething book (he can chew on the corners) for the plane ride so he would have something new, fun, and quiet to do during the flight :).
What a full month we have had!! And, finally, here are a few of my favorite candid shots of him from this last month… Hope you enjoy our little man’s face as much as we do :).
Gross, yes…but a true glimpse into our world of spit up :).
I’ve really wanted to put up pictures of Elliott’s transportation-themed nursery, so here I am…finally doing so :).
Brian LOVED putting together the crib & changing table…perfect finds from his favorite store…COSTCO :). We were so blessed to find the EXACT style/color of furniture that we wanted at Costco at the exact time we needed it! Yahoo!!
As you may or may not remember from a post in March, my dear friend Amy Wallace and her mom made us these PERFECT, WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFULwall hangings and quilt. They are my favorite parts of his room…every day I just stare at them and marvel at Amy and her mom’s talent…! I’m so grateful!!!
My sweet sister-in-law Melanie made us a crib skirtout of one of the fabrics from the quilt. You can see it below. I love knowing such talented people :).
The infamous, Glory-of-God-in-a-rocking-chair is below…thanks again, Mom and Dad, for making it possible for me to have the best rocking chair on the planet!!! I love it, and think of you EVERY time I sit in it!!
One of the last projects I worked on before Elliott was born:
A close up of the wall hangings:
A cute little touch:
Melisa got us this little sign for our anniversary last year: “Just when you think you know love, something little comes along to remind you just how big is really is…a beautiful little baby.”
How true it is…our love has grown so much more in the last almost-4 months! Our love for each other has grown and our love for our little E.B. grows exponentially daily…what a gift he is. We do not take him for granted. We praise God for our little gift of love every day!
Be warned…this “4th of July” post is mostly a big excuse to post a bunch of themed pictures of Elliott.
🙂
Elliott just loved his first 4th of July (outside the womb). It was a glorious day here in Tacoma. The 4th of July is definitely one of those days where it is just an utmost blessing to be in the house we’re in…front row seats to all the celebrations!
We sat out on our deck to watch the famous air show.
Boats gather from all around to watch
If you look veeerrrrry closely at the following picture, you can see an aircraft hovering above the water. This was, by far, the coolest part of the air show. Here’s the paragraph that describes this plane:
USMC – AV-8 Harrier Demonstration Born during the national call-to-arms immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Fighting Squadron 311 (VMF-311) was first organized on December 1, 1942. The Squadron has deployed in World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and now in Afghanistan and Iraq. The AV-8 Harrier aircraft has Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) capabilities which allows this jet to practically hover in mid-air.
It demonstrated the Vertical takeoff and hovered over the water for a LONG time…sooo cool!!
Ahhh, Mount Rainier…you are perfect.
4th of July snuggles
Look at this kid. Could there possibly be a cuter All American Baby?
We were trying to do some “artsy” photos with this stool… As you can see, Elliott doesn’t look so sure about the whole idea… Ah, well…we tried :).
Red, White, and Blue!
He does this thing where he sucks on his lower lip…I just think it’s the CUTEST…
And now, for a series of adorable faces from Thee One and Only, Elliott Adorable Moberg!
If I ever take up photography, I would like to ONLY photograph my own child. I can’t get enough of his little face!!
IN OTHER NEWS:
(Congratulations if you’ve made it this far through the post!)
Elliott has started sleeping through the night.I’m sorry, did you catch that?My little man has all of a sudden decided he doesn’t need me anymore at 3am. I’m not quite ready to say “He’s sleeping through the night,” but he has sure STARTED to!! He’s now done it 3 times in 5 days. The first night he did it was the night of July 3rd. So I woke up around 3:30am like normal and was surprised he hadn’t cried yet. I couldn’t quite let myself fall all the way back asleep because I was expecting him to cry at any minute. But then I looked at the clock at 4…4:30…5…5:30…6… and he was STILL ASLEEP!!! The funniest part is that every time Brian woke up and realized he wasn’t awake yet, he would ask (because he was trying to be helpful), “Oh, do you want me to go get him?” “No!!!!” I would laugh. “Let him sleep!!”And sure enough, that was our little 4th of July present from our sweet Elliott: first time sleeping through the night (10:30pm-7:15am). I feed him consistently between 7:15 and 7:30 every morning, so as SOON as the clock struck 7:15 and we heard him make the tiniest noise, we both bolted into his room…we couldn’t wait to see him and congratulate him!! This is a memorable day for us, as last year on the 4th of July we found out we were pregnant. What joy!!!!
I am totally becoming “that mom.” In a lot of ways. This month, I have said that about myself on multiple occasions…I feel like every time I turn around, I say to myself with an eye roll, “Oh, Susanne…you are totally ‘that mom’“…
Like, a FANTASTIC day is a day that I get to stay home all day and just take pictures of Elliott. I’ve taken almost 400 pictures of Elliott. In the last 25 days. I can see it coming now though…“that mom” who has a billion (literally) pictures of her first kid…
Like, I’ve taken a ton of videos of him this month. That would be extremely boring to 99.9% of the world. But I think they are wonderful. I can see myself being “that mom,” showing these to Elliott’s first girlfriend (when he’s 25) and oohing and ahhing over them, not realizing that she doesn’t care about watching a baby sit on a play mat and do nothing for 20 minutes…
Like, he’s over 3 months old now, and we’ve only left him with someone once…for about 90 minutes, when he was 2 weeks old. I never thought I’d be “that mom” that never leaves her kids with anyone. In my defense, it really has happened accidentally. I just never want to be away from him, so–naturally–it never occurs to me to leave him. The thought of checking him into the nursery at church is like thinking about sending him off to boarding school…no way!! In my mind I feel like we just had him yesterday and so we have “plenty” of time to practice leaving him with other people…But somehow, 3 months have slipped by soooo quickly…
So, all that to say, I’ve posted a few videos here, and I want you to be warned before clicking on them. These are actually the best ones of them all :). But I haven’t figured out how to cut the videos down to the relevant length let alone edit them yet, so….”some” people might think they’re kind of boring… If that “some”one is you…don’t judge me :). If you’re easily bored, I would just look at the pictures and NOT click on the videos.
But if you want to see the cutest baby ever doing the cutest things ever in a perfectly cute amount of time, then I would definitely click on the little videos below…
Here are some highlights from the last month:
Though I don’t have a picture of it, Elliott is officially in his crib full time. In fact, this month he has become very aware of his crib, so when I put him down for a nap, he recognizes his surroundings and starts to protest instantly. His eyes look to the left, then to the right, then they get HUGE and he looks at me like, “Noooooo!!!!!!” It’s devastatingly cute.
Elliott got to meet two of my dearest friends this month!
Melissa and I have been really great friends since our PLU days. I think I laugh more when I’m with Melissa than any other friend I have. I just adore her, and usually have a sore throat after talking to her because we always have so much to catch up on that we end up talking for HOURS. We could talk for days on end and never run out of things to say. She lives in Vancouver, WA now and was able to come up and spend a refreshing couple of days with us. She got Elliott this adorable little monkey and two super cute outfits! Look how much he loves her!! Such a blessing to see her and have little EB meet her!
My dear, dear Jennalise. If you know me well, you know how Jennalise has such a cherished place in my heart. She lives in her husband’s hometown of London, so I don’t get to see her as much as my heart would desire. But she is in town this month and finally got to meet Elliott! What a blessing for me! Jenna is also an incredible photographer, and spent some time capturing some amazingly gorgeous pictures of Elliott. To be posted soon…
This month Elliott learned how to push his shoulders off the ground during tummy time!
He loves clasping his hands, and shoving them both in his mouth. So cute, until he gags on them…which is a fairly common occurrence :).
He learned how to roll over from his back to his front! He has been soooo close, and he finally just did it officially with absolutely no help on June 24. A couple weeks ago he learned how to get to his side and then he’d roll onto his tummy but his arm would get stuck underneath him and he wouldn’t be able to push himself up. June 24 was the first time that he rolled to his side, rolled to his tummy, AND got his arm out from underneath him! Yay, Elliott!! Here are some funny pics of him “getting stuck” on his arm:
On June 20th, when he was exactly 3 months old, he (for the first time) got his arm out from under him when on his tummy, but I had to help him with the first half, as you can see.
On June 24th, he did it all by himself! Although I didn’t get video of him rolling to his side on his own, I promise he did :). This video is hilarious, by the way. He chokes himself a couple times before we get to the interesting part…like I said, I don’t know how to edit video yet :).
Elliott talks to himself all the time and has this incredibly cute giggle! We LOVE it! Delightful squeals have filled the Moberg home this month! I haven’t been able to get a great video of him talking, but this is not too bad. Here is a little sample of him talking:
And here is a video of him singing with his dad….it’s a long one, but worth every minute of your time…soooo cute!
Elliott is just beginning to learn the concept of grabbing things. He still mostly does it by accident, but one evening he grabbed Brian’s nose over and over and over again, and it looked pretty intentional! It’s a start :).
And finally, here are a few more random pictures from this month that are too adorable not too post!
Elliott Brian, you are our joy and our pride! We love you! Happy 3 months!!
Brian is not your typical dad, in that no sports game, round of golf, or cigar smoke with his buddies can entice this dad away on Father’s Day. All he asked for was to be with us. So we spent the day staring at sweet Elliott, and ooing and ahhing over every little move he made.
That is, until I accidentally fell asleep after putting Elliott down for a nap. Two and a half hours later, I awoke to the garage door opening…apparently Mr. Dad snuck out and wandered the aisles of Home Depot & Lowes. Okay, okay…so I guess there are two things that can pull him away from his dear family :).
Elliott picked out a special shirt to wear to celebrate his dad’s first Father’s Day:
Like father, like son…!
Elliott and I made Brian a (pretty dang cute) card for Father’s Day. On the front is a picture of the two of them with the quote, “My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”(Clarence Budington Kelland)
Elliott’s middle name is Brian for a purpose. There is no other man on earth that I would rather have my son grow up watching and learning from than Brian Moberg. Brian–brave, strong, and true. I believe Elliott will embody these same traits as his father! Elliott gets to grow up watching his dad lead his family boldly, love & cherish his wife deeply, and fear the Lord whole-heartedly. Brian will never need to tell Elliott to do these things one day…his life is the perfect example for our son. I couldn’t possibly ask for more…
And, on a much more surface-y, less deep note…he’s shaping up to look just like his Daddy-O, which is…AWE-SOME.!!! We could use a few more good-looking men in this world!!!
Happy Father’s Day to the greatest Dad Elliott could ever ask for. I love you, my Love.
