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.