A Year in Review

It is hard to believe that our little boy is already a full year old.  It feels like the past year has flown by, but when I look back at the pictures, so much has happened.  I got this idea from Jessica to do a year of pictures from Elliott's first year in honor of his first birthday.  So, here goes it!

Month 1

Elliott meets the world with wide eyes.


I loved him so much that day . . . but my love has grown more than I knew possible over the past year.

Heading home from the hospital

Napping with Daddy

First bath in the bucket

Stretching! We love the wake-up stretches when we took him out of the swaddle.

Hanging out with Uncle Ted

Month 2

Visiting with Ned

First Halloween - a firefighter!

Tummy time lasted about two minutes before he fell asleep

First visit to the BarBill with Tocker

Celebrating Poppy's birthday, Ned's half birthday, and Elliott's six week "birthday"

First trip to Canada - look how small he is in that little bundle!

First real smiles

Fun times with Ned

Month 3

Getting better at sitting up in his bumbo

Napping with Mama

Napping during our first snow
(wow! Elliott used to sleep a lot!)

We went to Colorado so Elliott could meet his family out there.  We wish we could see everyone more often!
Jesse's dad's side of the family

A subset of Jesse's mom's side of the family

Month 4

 Back home for Christmas morning in his new sled from Santa

Riding in the sled

Taking up more of the bucket

January marked many changes.  Daddy went out to sea for the first time.  Mama went back to work.  Elliott went to day care two days a week and to Coco and Poppy's house on the other days.

On my first day back at work  

Tummy time becomes fun

Recouping after Charlotte's birthday party

Month 5

Elliott found his feet!

Family trip to the botanical gardens to escape the cold

Month 6

Sitting up on his own - but always with a person or pillow nearby to catch the falls

Winter visit to Canada

First solid food - not so sure at the time

Month 7

 Enjoying an alarmingly warm March day. Sitting up safely all by himself.

First ride in a swing - pure elation

April got off to a rough start with high fevers and a 4 am trip to the hospital.  Scary but he was okay.

Month 8

Finding Humphrey's water bowl

Messy eater

The big boy is too big for the bucket and has moved to the shower.

Celebrating Mama's 30th birthday

First Mother's Day

Month 9

We went to California for Ted and Jen's wedding.  We tacked on a trip to Santa Cruz so Elliott could meet Jenny and Andrew (taking the pic).

Toes in the Pacific.  It's cold!!

This captures the controlled chaos of vacation with Ned and Elliott - no one looking at the camera.

Kicking off the summer at the beach

Month 10

Elliott learned to wave.

Enjoying a windy visit to NYC for Claire's baby shower and to visit Tocker and Ginger.

SAS mini-reunion in Canada

Month 11

Lots of Constantines together for Littlest John's birthday

Play day with Charlotte

We missed Jesse during July but flew to Hawaii to meet him.  While we were there, Elliott . . . 

Saw a volcano

Took his first steps!!

Played on lots of beaches

But most of all, spent lots of time with Mama and Daddy.

Month 12

Elliott moved out of his crib and onto a cot at daycare.

Riding in the kayak

Celebrating at Elliott's first birthday party

1 year!

Thank you, sweet boy, for making this past year the best year of my life.  We cannot wait to watch you continue to grow and thrive.  We love you, Elliott.