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Elliot loves turning the ceiling fan on and off from Dad's shoulders. We are now confident that none of us have epilepsy. 

Elliot tearing it up on a scooter at Mary's house

I found this lion with a "Free" sign taped to it on the side of the road. Elliot likes to pet it and crawl push it more than walk on it most of the time, but maybe it is sort of helping him to walk.

My current theory is that he can crawl so fast that he doesn't see the point in walking. I bet he'll wait until he can run before he starts to walk. 

A big box

We ordered two big boxes of diapers.

For some reason, they shipped it to us in an even bigger box with lots of bubble wrap.

It was completely unnecessary, but Elliot had a great time with a giant box!

Father-Son Box Date

Fun place to play

It became the baby cave for a couple days. Great place for parking trains!

The Real Garden Buddy

Aaron's 'Garden Buddy' app has been getting 5+ downloads a day lately! He's up to 448 downloads total.

That's cool and all, but we all know who the real garden buddy is:

Oh so helpful

 We took advantage of a really nice overcast morning to get all the pruning/weeding done before it gets too hot and things start growing like crazy. Or at least, as crazily as things grow in the desert. Elliot helped put weeds in (and sometimes out) of the bucket.

Elliot looooooves being outside. We go on lots of walks, and lately we've been spending lots of time in the backyard. His favorite activity is putting rocks into an empty pill bottle and Easter egg.

Always fun. Always.

 While we're speaking of the great outdoors, here's a picture of an agave plant that someone pineappled. They took the fruits off of the barrel cactus and put it on all the spikes. It is right along our normal walking path, and it cracks me up every time.

Big Baby

Somebody took my baby's face and put it on a toddler body.

Then Aaron stuck the big kid on the fridge. Why not?

He towers over other babies

has big ol' shoes

And a big ol' smile.

 He also looks crazily like his Uncle Max in this picture.

I love the juxtaposition between the confused and happy babies

Valentines Day

I get the best Valentine's Day cards.

Cracks me up every time

Note the heart earrings. I'm nothing if not festive.

Also occurring on Valentines Day: Elliot colored for the first time! 

He's at the stage where he's doing all sorts of stuff for the first time, and we're just loving it.

Drawing all sorts of squiggles

Elliot Picture Overload

I take a lot of pictures of Elliot. 

He finally figured out how to turn the water on in the tub next to the shower, which means that I have to barricade him into the closet while I shower or else everything gets soaked. 

Angsty teenager face
"Mom, why is there nothing to eat in this dumb pantry?"

So ready for breakfast

practicing fist bumps. He'll only do it right if he has cereal clenched in his fist.
Otherwise it turns into a 'slap your fist' type of thing.

Cheesing it up on a walk

Yep. 

Elliot loves hanging out inside the cabinets. 

Cars + tub = ultimate fun

Sometimes astronauts get too sad to swallow their oatmeal

Ready for a Sunday walk and looking oh so classy

Hitting up the park

Buying shoes to better navigate the woodchip park

Pretending that he can use real cups like Mom. HILARIOUS. 

Cheeseball in the backyard. We put in the fake grass thinking it would be great for kids, but Elliot prefers crawling on the gravel. To each their own. 

Elliot grew a molar this month, which led to some intense, flailing bouts of crankiness as well as increased clinginess. He dropped down to one 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon this month. He has grown up a lot and plays differently now. It is fun watching him learn how to drive his toy cars around and try to copy our 'vroom' and 'choo choo' sounds. He is getting closer to walking and talking. It is a blast being his mom!