Saturday 22 December 2018

Saturday 15 December 2018

Christmas Tree Hunt!

We loaded-up the fam and went out to a local tree farm to murder us a Christmas Tree!  It was very cold, but we came prepared with warm clothes, a sleigh for Elliott and snow shoes.  Elliott absolutely hated it... all of it... so we chose a tree as fast as we could, cut it, drank some hot chocolate and drove back home.


Devon constructed the sleigh out of old cross-country skis and scrap wood last year.  It works pretty good, but Elliott hates it.


Elliott pretty much hated everything that day.


Look at those cute little red cheeks!


Cris cuts down his first ever Christmas tree!


Because Elliott hated the sleigh so much, we decided to try using it for hauling our tree.


Cris never looked more Canadian than now.




Friday 7 December 2018

Elliott is 9 Months Old!

Our little boy is 9 months old now!  What can he do at 9 months?  He now knows how to climb up stuff (including a full set of stairs!) and stand himself upright, he has started to copy our sounds and gestures, like clapping and saying "Dada" and "Mama," he's started to throw tantrums and also has learned to bite things with his 4 teeth.  Over this past month, he has become more patient and cuddly, and seems to be more content when we hold him and sit him on our lap.  It's quite adorable!



Elliott also moves really fast now, and it's harder to get him to sit still for pictures!


Elliott has also become aware of heights and no longer tries to crawl off the edge of our bed.  He also puts his hands out when going down things.  Just after snapping the photos on the chair, he was looking for a way down.  With a little help, he was happily standing against the chair!