Adoption

This wonderful couple is

hoping to soon adopt and add to their family of 3. Please pass the word along if you know of anyone looking to adopt. These are 2 great people!

lanceandjulieadopt.blogspot.com

7 Months!

Our little angel turned 7 months yesterday. He is such a joy in our lives. His big smile with his wrinkled nose brings so much happiness.

Some things about Elliot Dixon:

He smiles a lot

He is such a good eater. He likes a variety of foods

He says, "Mmmmm" while eating

He loves drinking water out of a cup

He cruises all over the place/explores around the house

He loves cords and paper

When he's tired, sometimes he'll grunt, gruuuuuuuuunt

He makes a lot of noise/babbles

Rolls onto his tummy and curls up to sleep

LOVES being outside & is so content, relaxed when we take him on walks

Loves shoulder rides from Daddy (pulls his hair while he's up there)

He is such a happy baby overall and has such a fun little personality

Teeth!

Elliot has his two bottom teeth! He got them both very close together earlier this month. He looks so cute with his new chompers! (This picture isn't very close up, so look hard)

6 Months

Our little goose turned 6 months yesterday! It's kind of crazy when I think it's been half a year.. He is so much fun and has added so much to our family. He's a special little guy.

We celebrated his 1/2 birthday with a mylar balloon (which he loves) and a carrot cake. He didn't get to try the cake until today. I think he was a fan.

Back to Dark

I had my hair dyed for my birthday. I haven't been dark for a while, so it's a fun change.

Love

I stinkin' love being a mommy to this little boy! He is my buddy. He is so happy in the mornings and we laugh and play together on the bed.

Elliot loves being outside. If he is fussy and we walk outside, he calms down. We like taking evening walks as a family. His big blue eyes look around at the world around him. The American Fork River is close to our house and we often take Elliot there to watch and listen to it. He is mesmerized.

He is such a good baby. Hardly fussy. Loves to laugh and babble.

He has started rolling a lot, pushing up on his knees, and moving his legs all over the place. He moves around the floor.

He has been eating rice cereal and we've given him tastes of cantaloupe & other sweet unmentionables at my mom's house:)

He can sit up for a short while by himself.

He is such a joy in our lives. We sure love him.

(He moved himself here-apparently trying to get to the DVD player. Technology lover already..)

Now For Real

Last weekend we went camping for real! We met my siblings up Logan Canyon (thanks to Max for saving our spot) and set up camp. The guys got a fire started and thanks to Molly and Adam, we had amazing tinfoil dinners!

It was Elliot's first time camping and he did pretty well. We bundled him up, with socks on his hands. Soon enough they were both soaking wet with slobber, so he went without. Not to our surprise, he woke up early in the morning with freezing cold hands. I put him between Russ and I and we all went back to sleep.

I don't think I ever sleep well while camping, but we had a great time overall!