Movies! Filmes!

We've been slackers about posting the little movies we've been taking of Elio. Here are a few from the last couple of months.

giggles / gargalhadas

beat box hiccups / um ritmo baseado nos soluços do Elio

¿gracioso?

squawking conversation / batendo papo como macacos

playing pandeiro / tocando pandeiro

eating the pandeiro / comendo o pandeiro

the Elio workout / fazendo a malhação com o Elio

playing in the 'rainforest' / brincando na 'floresta tropical'

first attempt at drinking out of a water glass / a primeira tentativa de beber de um copo

Playgroup

As some of you know, Elio and I have joined the most wonderful playgroup. We meet Thursday afternoons, and it's been a life-saver for me, and fun to watch Elio interact with the other babies. They all grow and change so much from week to week, and seem to be more and more aware of each other. And, of course, we moms never run out of things to talk about and are learning lots from each other. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks of playgroup. (thanks to Karen for taking and sharing most of these pictures!)









Here are the boys in the playgroup, Andrew, Charlie, Theron and Elio:





A couple weeks ago, we decided to have a playgroup potluck so that our husbands could meet each other. We started Elio out in his pajamas, but then there was a diaper incident and we had to change him into the spare outfit. Such is life.







Elio let us know when it was time to go home:



Last weekend, we got together and decorated gingerbread houses.





It's all very wholesome and sweet, isn't it? I love it!

Photo shoots

Road trip to DC!

We just got back from a great weekend in DC where we got to introduce Elio to tons and tons of lovely folks. We stayed with Liz, who is very important in Elio's life, as she's one of the people responsible for introducing Dan and I!



A bunch of people were in town for a conference, so Elio got to meet Nick, Galeet, Mason, Brandt, Eduardo, Steve, River, and Zach.

Here's Galeet and Mason. Sadly, I didn't get their little cutie baby Yaniv in the picture. He's not yet 4 weeks old, and I couldn't really ask them to wake him up and drag him out of the stoller just for my photo op.



Here's Elio with Brandt. Brandt had many words of wisdom to impart; Elio soaked them up.





And here's Elio with River. He's looking pretty thrilled to be meeting so many wonderful people, isn't he? Quite the social butterfly.



In just the last few days, Elio's really gotten better at sitting up. And he's trying hard to get even better at it -- he does little ab crunches all the time, trying so hard to pull himself up.



And here he is being a goofball and lunging for the camera.

Delightful

Food! Comida!

Thanksgiving seemed like the perfect time to introduce Elio to the world of solid food. He's been looking ready for a while, but we've been stalling... but no more. Rice cereal was on the menu, and he seemed to take right to it. Our little buddy is growing up...

O dia de ação de graças pareceu a hora perfeita para apresentar Elio ao mundo de comida sólida. Ele tem aparecido pronto para uma semana ou mais, mas nós temos adiado...mas não adiamos mais. Mingau de arroz estava no cardápio, e ele gostou de comer imediatamente. Nosso bebe está crescendo...

Baby in a bag, and more! Bebe numa sacola, e mais!

Dan's beginning to teach Elio guitar... he's amazingly adept at grabbing onto the strings and sometimes plucking them...

Daniel está começando ensinar Elio a tocar violão, e ele é surpreendemente capaz de agarrar as cordas e as vezes até fazer um som.



A couple weeks back, Elio figured out how to roll from his back to his side. When you combine this with his previous skill of flipping from tummy to back, he's now 75% of the way to a full rollover!

Faz umas semanas, Elio aprendeu virar das costas para o lado. Quando se junta esta habilidade com a outra de virar da barriga para as costas, ele agora está 75% ao momento de virar completamente!

Bug and dino