Fun Times
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- June 10th, 2011 |
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I know it’s been forever since I updated the blog, but we have had a busy few months in the Elliott household! I guess that’s the way life goes with a 1 and a 2 year old running around all the time. But we wouldn’t have it any other way! I’ll try to go in order with all the updates, and maybe throw in a few pictures too!
Josh turned 1 on April 26th! Of course we had a big birthday bash for him. He was much more enthusiastic about his birthday cupcake than Isabelle was about hers a few years ago.
We had tons of family come to Josh’s birthday party and we really enjoyed having everyone together. Isabelle especially enjoyed it since Andrew and Hunter were both able to come.
Shortly after Josh’s birthday, on May 7th, Kyle and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. Looking back, we’ve managed to pack a lot of living into five years of marriage. We’ve been to Savannah and grad school; moved to Hiram; survived Kyle’s rotations; bought a house; and had two kids. I’m looking forward to the next fifty plus years with him, because if the past is the way to judge they should definitely be adventurous!
Isabelle finished her first year of preschool in May. She had such a fun year with Ms. Diane and Ms. Karla at school. She loved the opportunity to make new friends–as evidenced by her “Most Popular” superlative from her teachers! She came home every day talking about Lucas, Bella, Kent, Lincoln, and Brody. Isn’t it lovely that four out of her five friends are boys? Kyle’s going to have his hands full in a few years if that doesn’t change! She learned so much this year and had a blast doing it. The school had a great party on the last day of school complete with and inflatable slide, jumpy house, and obstacle course. Isabelle loved it! This is us at the party.
We also acquired a dog during the month of May (I told you we were busy)! Meet Samson, our Cane Corso.
He’s about 8 weeks old in this picture. He’s going to be a very big boy, probably between 100 – 120 pounds. He’s a trail, simply because he’s a puppy, but we love having a dog. He’s great with the kids and I think he loves their toys as much as they do (unfortunately)!
The next weekend, May 14th, my sister, Amanda, got married. She and Kevin had a beautiful wedding down in Pine Mountain. I don’t have any pictures, but it really was pretty. I was the maid of honor (I refuse to be called a matron), Isabelle was the flower girl, and Josh was the ring bearer. I don’t have any pictures, but if you follow the Elliott Family Photos link on your right, and check out the Videos (2011) folder, there is a video of the processional that shows Isabelle and Josh. They were adorable and they both did a wonderful job!
The kids spent the night at Papa and Mama T’s on Wednesday night, and Josh took a few steps for Mama T on Thursday morning, but so far that’s all we have on the walking front. He’s getting there, but he is taking his sweet time. He’s gonna have to speed it up a little though because he’s getting too heavy for me to carry around!
Perhaps the most exciting news in my world lately is that Isabelle is finally potty trained! It is so nice not to have to worry about diapers with her anymore (except when she’s asleep). It’s definitely helped our grocery budget out a lot! And it has helped me to feel like I do more than change diapers all day! All in all, life is pretty great here in the Elliott domain! Here’s a few pictures of the kids to finish off the post!
Kyle got to take Isabelle on her first date tonight. Chick-Fil-A hosted a Daddy Daughter Date Night and from what I hear it was absolutely wonderful!
