Little Man Haircut!

It was hard for mommy to watch her little boy get his first real haircut. We went to our friend who has cut my hair for years and Elliott and Gail did a wonderful job. Gail's husband was a great entertainer for Elliott while Gail cut. 6 months old and already a haircut!

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Thanksgiving!

Here we are all 43 of us!



Well, usually every other year we are with my side of the family for Thanksgiving. This year, we were suppose to be at my Great Aunt & Uncle house but she was diagnosed with Cervical cancer this past summer. She is doing great! Anyway, Wes being the great man that he is told my mom that we could have Thanksgiving here. Now for most of you, thanksgiving is a small family gathering with paper plates or real plates if you have enough for everyone. Not in this house. You see, hosting thanksgiving for my mom's side of the family means anywhere from 20 to 50 people. We had 43 this year. We cooked 2 turkeys. One smoked and one roasted. Thanksgiving went off without any problems thanks to the help of my brother and his wife, my mom and dad, my Cousin Jennifer and of course WES. Wes loves to be in the Kitchen when he has time and he is awesome. The turkeys were wonderful and everyone had a great time. I feel so blessed that I have such a wonderful husband and son. My brother and his family are the best. I love them so much and my mom and dad are so supportive and loving to all of us that we feel honored that they are so close. God has truly blessed us in many ways and I thank Him everyday for all that he gives to us!

Elliott & Daddy Bonding!

We were waiting to leave for Spokane and it was right at Elliott's normal nap time and I guess he just decided that daddy was just as comfortable as his bed.


We joined a book club for Elliott and daddy decided to read him his first full book. Dumbo. He sat through the whole book. It was so cute to hear them.


This has to be one of my most favorite times that I have seen Wes interact with Elliott. He is such a wonderful father and husband and I feel so blessed every day that I am married to him. He is truly a man of GOD!

Happy Halloween!

There's a pumpkin on my butt?

What was I suppose to say?
When I am 1, I can have candy they tell me!
Se we had our first Halloween with our Little Elliott! Needless to say, at 5 months old we did not go trick or treating. We went to grandma & grandpa Neeley's house and than to Great grandma & grandpa Neeley's. He got clothes from both of them. Now that is what I like as a treat! We than headed off to Grandma Lynnie's & Papa Wayne's where Elliott got his first candy(more for mom and dad than Elliott). Than we went to Aunt Molly's house to help her hand out candy. She had about 175 pieces of candy and we ran out. That was with only giving one piece to each child. Here are a few pictures of our little Pumpkin!

Our first trip to the pumpkin patch!


Look at me I am almost as big as a pumpkin!



Mommy & Elliott in matching Hats

So we were able to take Elliott to the Pumpkin Patch this year. Every year I love to when it is raining. So we bundled up, got Grammie & Grampie and headed down to the local Pumpkin Patch. It was so much fun.

Family Friendly Rivalry

Last weekend was my birthday so Keith, Sarah & Aubi came down to hang out. it is so much fun to see the cousin's together. Even though they really have no idea what is going on right now, they are so darn precious together. Wes and I went white water rafting on Saturday morning so Elliott stayed with Gramie and Grampa Friday night. Well for those of you that do not know, there is a friendly family rivalry between Wes and Keith over the Cougs and the huskies. Well, when Wes and I got to mom and dad's Saturday afternoon, you can imagine what we found our little one in. He was dressed in a Huskie Sweatshirt. We had sent him cougar clothes to wear but his Uncle changed him. Well after a photo opportunity in the Huskie gear, we quickly changed him back into his Coug gear for the game. Here are some pictures of the future rivalry between cousins.

Elliott's First Cattle Drive!

Elliott Before the Cattle Drive


Here comes the cowes!


Ever since the Rodeo came to the Puyallup fair, they have had a cattle drive down Meridian in Downtown Puyallup. Well this year since I am not working anymore, Wes decided to take the first day of the fair off so we could go to the rodeo. Since we were both home we decided to go to the cattle drive. We took Elliott to his first cattle drive and parade. As you can imagine, he slept through almost the whole thing. he woke up when the Fort Lewis marching band came by and hit the big bass drum right in front of him. He did not cry but it did scare him a little. I have to say that is was really fun watching about 20 cows run down Meridian. Elliott was not able to go to the fair this year because after all, he is only 3 months old! Here are a couple pictures of the cattle drive and Elliott.

Labor day!

This is how Elliott Spent the first few hours Camping!
This is how we tried to keep Elliott from getting Burnt.

Chillin with Papa Wayne

This is how to stay cool in 80+ degree weather.


Oh the life of a 3 month old!

I know that this is a week late but we wanted to let you know that we took Elliott on his very first Camping trip over Labor Day Weekend. Wayne, Lynn, Molly, Mom & Dad Linington, Ken, Karen, Wes, Elliott and I all went to Leavenworth for the weekend. It was a great get away. This was the first time that Wes and I had really left home for a long trip with a baby and boy do you have to pack a lot of stuff. We took my parents tent trailer and the 5 of us slept in it. When you add a baby to a trailer it gets pretty tight but we survived. Elliott did awesome. He slept through the night every night and for those of you that know he only poops every 2-4 days, he pooped every day we were there. He likes the wilderness. He did get a little pink on his checks but nothing really bad. They were all trying to convince me that it was just "wilderness"! We do not have very many pictures of the weekend because we took more video but here are a couple of pictures to show you how Elliott hung out while camping in the heat.

Why we have Children!

So Wes and I decided that the reason that you have children is 1) to love them unconditionally, and 2) to use them as your entertainment. We were giving Elliott a bath one night and I told Wes that my mom was calling him her little moose so what does Wes do, he gives him Moose antlers. We laughed really hard. We just had to share it with everyone. He is becoming so much fun. I just love being a stay at home mommy.

First baseball game!

This is how we found him when we arrived at the game. He had fallen asleep this way!
We went to the Tacoma Rainiers game last Friday. I was not sure how out little slugger would do. He was awesome! He slept for about a half hour and than ate and was alert for the rest of the game. We were there for about 2 hours and everyone was amazed at how well he was doing. He will be a true sports fan. This is the little outfit that Grandma Jan bought him to wear. he looked so cute!

2 Months!

It is so hard to believe that Elliott is 2 months old as of the 29th of July. We had his 2 month appointment yesterday and he weighs 13lbs, is 23 1/2 inches long and his head is 15. His doctor said he is doing great. He has been sleeping through the night since the beginning of July and we are so lucky. I am looking forward to not going back to work this fall and just being Elliott's mommy. Wes is awesome with him. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who loves his family more than anything and loves God! Here are som more recent pictures of our little one. God Bless you all!!

More Pictures from the 4th

4th of July!

Well it is hard to believe that our little Elliott is 6 weeks old! He is so darn cute and we just love having him around. He went in for his 1 month appointment on the 2ND and he was 23 inches long, 11 pounds and very healthy!

We were luck enough to have our family here on the 4Th this year and a great time was had by all. There was lots of food and fun. It is so fun to get to see our niece Aubi and see how she changes every time we see her. We though that it would be fun to take pictures of the together in our hammock. It was interesting to see them laying next to each other because Aubi is only 2 inches taller than Elliott and is 5 months older than him. I am not sure if they enjoyed the time together but the adults enjoyed watching them somewhat interact. It will be fun when they are old enough to know what they are doing and to see them grow together. We love you cousin!