4th of July FUN!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th! We sure did! Ethan and I went swimming with the family at Heather and Roger's house...James had to work, BOO!

Giving Uncle Blake kisses :)
Ethan LOVED sliding down the slide!! My arms were hurting the next day...

He really is the cutest :)

Mom, Me, Ethan, Christine and Aunt Sherri

He loved the water spout on the side of the pool!

......Friday night we headed over to Park Glen to watch some fireworks with Tina, Tori and the Eichler's! It was Landon's first 4th of July and he was mezmorized by all of the fireworks! Needless to say Ethan was too...and he counted the the fireworks as they went off....that's his new favorite thing, he can count all the way to 10! What a smart boy :) It was a fun weekend and I can wait for our trip to Galveston tomorrow!

All of the kids! Landon~Ethan~Tori

Daddy and Ethan watching fireworks
Tina and Tori

The Eichlers! (Brandon, Lindsay and Landon)

Mommy and Ethan

On the way back to the car....I love this one

"and life goes on" (thanks mom!)

I will post pics when we get back from the beach!!

Love to all,

The Elliotts :)

Trip to Montana, and some daddy son bonding time

I just got back from a little trip to Montana to visit old friends and welcome my friend Shelly's new baby boy! I enjoyed the 70ish degree weather and It was fun, I got a little "me" time. however I barely made it 3 days without seeing my boys! It was nice to come home and even nicer that James kept everything nice and clean while I was gone :)

Daddy and Ethan had a blast though! They went swimming at papa's and even to a movie! It was Ethan's first time in a movie theater and he did fabulous! They went and saw Monsters vs. Aliens and he was such a big boy throughout the whole movie! Sadly though I have no picture to post of it, daddy's don't think to take pictures!! But the ticket stub will go in Ethan's baby book :). Needless to say it was a busy weekend for all three of us.

Before I left, I also spent some time painting and redoing Ethan's play room! He loves it, and it's much nicer to look at now! One home project down and about a million to go. Time to relax now and gear up for our vacation to Galveston on the 15th! I'll post details about that adventure as soon as we get back :)





Love to all,

The Elliotts

trying something new!

hello everyone! I hope that you will all like my new blog :) I decided that we needed a way for all our friends and family (near and far) to keep up with us and watch Ethan grow! I finally got tired of myspace and facebook...there's just so much clutter, and this way I don't have to deal with that!! So just a little update on us....

James is still working for autobahn volkswagon in fort worth as a technician. He likes his job (most days!) and it gives us the oppourtunity for me to stay home with Ethan on the days i'm not in school. I'm off for the summer and go back to finish my LAST semester of nursing school the end of August!!! That's right come December I'll be a college graduate and ready to start my new career! Two incomes will definatley lessen our financial stress and allow us to consider new options such as a bigger house, and maybe another little one :) (Calm down mom....I said maybe!!) Ethan started swimming lessons at the YMCA this summer, and hopefully he'll learn something! So far he's more interested in the other kids and the giant slide in the pool that they are not allowed to go down. But each day is a little better (baby steps). So I promise to keep everyone updated on what's going on in our lives and post alot of pictures :) (since i know that's what makes a blog interesting!!

Love to all, and I hope this will be fun for everyone! :)
~The Elliotts :)