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Here's Elio happily playing with my phone:



And here he is letting me know how sad it made him when I took it away. I tried to distract him with some other toys, but he wasn't buying it. Does it make me an awful mom that I took a few pictures of the fussing before picking him up??? See, folks, he's not always as happy as the pictures make him out to be. But he is still cute, huh? (Also, note in the background the container barrier -- that's our cheapo alternative to baby gates. So far it's working to keep the little explorer contained.)





In a truce with the Captain. As long as he stayed on his side of the blanket, she was okay...




The inevitable discovery of the kleenex box:




Overalls!



This appears to be the exact age where Elio and Dan have the same hairline.

Ta-da!

Here it is, the video you've all been waiting for: Elio crawling!



Special bonus video: dinner-time chaos. Lots of playing and gabbing, little eating.



And, for a limited time only: pictures of Elio standing!

A visitor!

We were lucky to benefit from a surprise visit from our friend Dennis. Elio and Dennis hit it off swimmingly, though we may have to be careful about Dennis's influence as Elio grows up... beer and iphones!





Cutie pie!

Such a busy little guy

Elio's basically crawling! He's still a little shaky, but he can do it. Fun fun. Movies coming soon.

In the meantime, here he is hanging out on the quilt I made for him:



In addition to crawling, he's pulling himself up on things. And he's pulling his socks off.





In excited anticipation of voting last Tuesday, Elio really seemed to be taking in Obama's message:





Last Friday, Elio went for a picnic with Andrew, Emma, and Lily. He was fascinated by a seed pod thing he found.







He's reading up on Italian cooking:



And helping with the laundry:

Wow

In the category of things I never thought I'd do... group portrait of a bunch of babies! It went remarkably well -- no major meltdowns and only a little bit of chaos.