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June 30, 2009 - Elliot's 2nd Birthday

We first celebrated Elliot's birthday in Ohio. On June 28, we had a little birthday party at Nana's house.  Mostly just family, but our friends Ken and Jen came down for it, too!  SO GLAD to see them after a whole YEAR of missing them!!!

Dave, Jen and Ken

Elliot eating a cupcake:

Elliot sitting on the potty, reading "The Potty Book for Girls."

Elliot opening presents:

Trip to Ohio 6/27 - 7/1

The trip started with us missing YET ANOTHER airplane due to weather, thereby missing our connection in Baltimore.  We hopped in the car at 7PM (instead of, say, 1 PM), and drove until midnight.  We picked up our travels again at 7:45 AM and arrived in Marietta at 1:15 PM.  What a trip!  We got dressed and headed off to Grandma's 90th birthday party, which much family had come in from far, far away to attend!  We had a great time!

My family - Molly (sleeping), Constance, Jamey holding Jed, Mom, Grandma A, Dad, Elle, Me, and Davey J!
My Mom, Her Mom, Me (A Mom), and Elle
My kid, My Dad's Kid, My Dad's Mom, and My Dad
Uncle Dave, Uncle Mike, Dad, Uncle Frank, Grandma, Uncle Pat, Aunt Mary, Uncle John, Uncle Tim - My Dad, his Mom, and his 6 brothers and 1 sister.
Elliot on the dance floor - she loved playing with all the kids!!!

Medicine and Pretzels

First let me say, I have TONS of blogging to do...but for now...

Last night, after dinner, Elliot came up to me and said very seriously, "Mommy, I want some medicine."  I thought perhaps because she had scraped her knee (yet again), that she wanted some Neosporin on it.  I said, "Medicine?"  She replied, "Yes! Medicine!  Mommy!  I want some medicine!"  I laughed and said, "What do you need the medicine for?"  She gave me the angriest, sternest face and said, "Mommy - MEDICINE and PRETZELS."  Hahaha!  We dip pretzels in hummus, and for some reason, the word 'hummus' has stuck in her head as 'medicine.'

Vallium and pretzels, anyone?

Potty Updates

No potty yesterday, but peepees today!!! Yay! (She's getting big girl underwear for her birthday!)


Also, today Elliot was playing with her cookie cutters (shape colors), and she held up the letter Y by the bottom stem. She said, "Look Mommy, a V!" Not bad since she was covering up the bottom. She can also read N and U and J and the numbers 4 and 7 by sight.

She sings the alphabet song if you help her get to G. If you don't, she sings, "A B C D, Won't you sing at me?" Otherwise, if you do help her, she sings, "A B C D E F G, H I J K L M and P. Q R S, T and V, W X Y and Z. Now won't you sing at me?"

Three days in a row!

That's right! She's done it again!!!

We're shooting for day four today! Yaay!!!!

I'm Going to Be 2!!!

To follow in last year's footsteps, we made birthday invitations for Elliot's upcoming parties.  To see last year's invites, check out June 2008 blog entries.  Here is a sampling of today's photo shoot for the invite: