November Picnic

We took advantage of our 65 degree day yesterday and went to Chestnut Ridge Park for a picnic and walk.

As usual, Elliott slept through our outing.

International Traveler

Elliott took his first international trip on Friday!  We're having a wonderfully warm November so we headed up to Abino for the night.

Jesse with Elliott in the carrier at the beginning of our walk

The lighthouse at the end of the point.  Crews are just completing a major restoration including a new paint job.

Elliott was exhausted from our walk (he slept the whole time)

Hanging out in our bed in the morning.  He was perfectly content there while we both showered.  So nice of him!

In preparation for many future trips to Canada, Jesse is filling out Elliott's application for a nexus card (like EZPass for the border).  Filling out "height" of 2 feet is pretty funny!  We also had to guess on eye color since his color hasn't fully developed yet.  Going for his background interview and photo will be interesting! 

Elliott and Colton

My friend Leigh had her baby Colton on October 19th. Here she was a week before he was born. We went over to their house on Tuesday for dinner and the boys' first play date of many. Here are some photos of Elliott and Colton. The size difference is amazing at this age.

Elliott - 6 weeks, 4 days

Colton - 1 week, 6 days

The boys both "looking" at the camera

Halloween - Part II

On Halloween, we went into Buffalo to a block party with Holly, Mike, and Ned. Elliott slept the entire time so we don't have any pictures of him. I had hoped for pictures of the two boys together since they were both dressed as firefighters but after a pretty fussy day, Elliott was due for the nap.

Ned as a firefighter before school

Ned and Holly walking in the parade

Ned was very excited to see Mike at the end of the parade

Ned enjoying his popcorn. His friend Sophia is in the background in her Nemo costume.

6 weeks; 2 1/2 years; 69 years

There were three birthdays celebrated in our family on October 28th. Elliott turned six weeks old. Ned is now two and a half. My dad, Poppy to the boys, is 69. We had family dinner at my parents house on Sunday to celebrate and took these pictures. I caught quite the blooper reel trying to get all of them to look at the camera.

Ned giving Elliott a kiss

Poppy and Elliott

Elliott wore his fancy party shirt for the occasion.

Danielle stopped by earlier and I wanted to share this cute picture of them. Look how strong Elliott is holding up his head!