Elliott is almost 8 months old

October has been a big month. Elliott's first Halloween was big fun, although you wouldn't know it from the look on his face (thanks to the Gillderwood clan for the hand me down chili pepper costume). For some more great Halloween pics check out Listmaker's blog.


Yesterday Elliott made his first trip to one of his mom and dad's old haunts, the coffee shop where many a dissertation chapter was written and many papers graded. And much coffee...drunk? Drank? Imbibed? Little E probably didn't even know he was in the presence of such greatness, but this shop was also featured in a few episodes of Gossip Girl. It was also at this visit that Elliott and I saw a totally normal looking dude walk in to get coffee in full-on authentic Vulcan ears.


The only other thing going on in this house is standing. Lots and lots of standing. Ugh.

Out and about

Yesterday Elliott had to pick Mom up at work. The rain wasn't too much fun but the colors of the leaves were pretty exciting.


Then today we went to Brooklyn and hung out with Sam and Otis while their parents moved. We called it "3 Babies and a Man."

Everyone wanted to play with the ball.


Milk was a crowd pleaser. Not pictured: Dad had jambalaya.

Elliott is 7 months old today

And to celebrate getting old, he's going crazy in the last few days -- eating solid food, pretty much crawling, and pulling himself up to standing using whatever is handy (crib, toybox, etc.).



It's been time to bust out the winter clothes in the last few days.



Elliott loves this ball. Tonight we even played catch and he actually seemed to understand what to do and got really excited when he "caught" the ball. His throw could use some work....



Eating is going pretty well. So far rice cereal, green beans, carrots, and zuchini have passed his taste test. Jury is still out on sweet potatoes. Tomorrow: apples.



We went Gantry Park with Dan, Sam and Otis this week on a rare nice day. Everyone seemed to have fun, but Elliott is really into puling hair right now. Not necessarily a good omen.

Elliott in the park

Elliott, his giant hands, and double chin hang out in the park.



He likes the grass in Brooklyn.

But the grass in Queens ain't bad either.

Maybe in a few years, kid. Come back later with your ball.

waiting for dinner

Elliott hasn't actually started on solid foods yet, but he's just trying out the high chair. Solid food will come in the next couple of weeks. If his desire to watch us eat is any indication, he's definitely ready. We're headed to Kansas though and figured it might be better to wait until after the travelling is over to introduce anything new into his system.

an alligator is eating my face

August was a busy month for Elliott

First we went to visit Jason and Dave's house in the country:

Then we spent a lot of time in the car while we went to Kim and Luke's, New Hampshire, Connecticut to visit my parents, and Northampton to see Janine, Deb, and Tony.

Elliott helped us with the navigation:

He also started looking old:

And acting like a big kid: