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Halloween 2011

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Last photos from our trip to Cannon Beach, Oregon

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Oregon.

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Cousins.

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Oregon. Cannon Beach. Even more

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Oregon. Cannon Beach. More.

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Oregon. Cannon Beach.

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Oregon, part 1

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an eliocentric view

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Elio did a photo shoot with the ipad, and these are the subjects he chose to frame (except for the couple pictures that I took of him).

New Orleans-style 'double shotgun house' sofa fort (w/ front porch)

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crashed out on the floor

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big box of vegetables from hollygrove

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Thanks Kris! What a great present.

portrait with scooter, blankie, and the flower he grew

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I'm four now.

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look over there!

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birthday scooter

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dragon puzzle

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Brazilian cowboy hat

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Elio and Mose

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mega mardi gras 2011 post part I

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Mega mardi gras 2011 post part II

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City Park

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Our friend J and her daughter R.

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Friends

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Trick-or-treating

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Dinosaur costume

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Mr. Yuk-o-lantern

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Photos from the day before halloween

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Featuring a Mr. Yuk pumpkin, a fake crow, a skeleton boy, and a skull shadow.

Our neighbors E and A.

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Some friends of ours that live down the street didn't bring their camera to the pumpkin patch, so I took some pictures of them as well.

More pumpkin patch pics

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The bouncy pillow at the pumpkin patch

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One more

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Fire chief shirt on a long-legged boy

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Elio and his neighbor Viv

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Baby Ellie

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I'm going to let Elio take a supporting role for one post, since he spent a few days with his cousin Ellie and his auntie Kris. It was great that they could come down to the Oregon Coast from Seattle to visit us. Hopefully we can make it a tradition--next time with Javier as well.

More Oregon pics

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The first few Oregon pictures

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Head over heels

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Here's video Justin took from this year's Wave Goodbye. Not quite the dance party from last year, but, look, Elio had just learned how to do a somersault!

Head Over Heels from Justin Wolfe on Vimeo.

E's new trucks

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This is Elio's last video as a two year-old. It proves that his uncle has an uncanny knack for getting the right gifts. Plus, at the end there's an inadvertent punchline!

E's new trucks from d# on Vimeo.

Odds and ends

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I went to visit C and B's in Michigan, and actually succeeded, after over a decade, in making friends with their dog Isabel. It was a miracle!

L's mother came to visit Elio, and Elio flashed his first silly photo grin.

Watering the plants on Mother's day

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Long overdue St. Patrick's day parade pictures

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Elio, Laura and Grandpa Dan at the Zulu Parade

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Nonna and Elio reading

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The Thoth Parade

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unruly family portraits

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batman smells

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blizzard-inspired second xmas

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Xmas early morning

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Ornaments with Grandma J

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quinzhee

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Gate C14

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At Grandma J and Grandpa S's new house.

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Backyard, hamper, couch snooze

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Schooch

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Big guy

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Justin took these photos of Elio, and I love them.

Halloween preview

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It's too late to post all the Halloween pictures right now, but I wanted to at least post one.

Elio Sings (High Definition)

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Click on the HD button on the right side of the embedded video, and click through to the vimeo website to see this video in high definition.

Elio sings from d# on Vimeo.

Elio Sings (Standard definition)

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Elio sings (small) from d# on Vimeo.

Elio Dances (high definition)

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Click on the HD button on the right side of the embedded video, and click through to the vimeo website to see this video in high definition.

Elio dances from d# on Vimeo.

Elio Dances (standard definition)

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Elio dances (small) from d# on Vimeo.

Wombat Attack and T-Rex

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Recently, at the zoo with Mose

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Umbrella and blocks

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A penny poorer

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Update on Elio's magical money hoarding: the penny has left the Elio. We don't know when, but at some point, the penny escaped, undetected. We took the lil' guy in for another x-ray on Monday, and that x-ray indicated there wasn't a penny in him anywhere. We're relieved that the situation resolved itself without complication. Though, as my friend Bethany commented, "there goes the college fund."

Knit hats and water

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The penny abides

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Elio swallowed a penny Sunday morning. We're patiently awaiting it's reappearance.

Reunited!

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Elio is so thrilled to have Mose back from Brasil! The band is sounding pretty good these days.

Untitled from Laura Wolford on Vimeo.

What's that? Tidepool edition.

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what's that? tidepool edition from Laura Wolford on Vimeo.

Oregon

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Energy!

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Elio had some energy to burn before bedtime tonight. He put on his new flip flops and his hat and ran laps around the house.

Running from Laura Wolford on Vimeo.

Cutie

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The Big Two

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Dumptruck cake for Elio's 2nd birthday

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Laura went above and beyond the call of momular duty for Elio's birthday party tomorrow morning. She just finished baking and assembling a dumptruck cake to resonate with Elio's obsession with all things truck-related these days.

Rock on

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Elio got an amazing birthday present from Dan's friend Carrie -- a plush guitar!

E# and the plush stratocaster from d# on Vimeo.

Gack! The cute!

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Last night we went to the "Wave Goodbye," a graduation party hosted by Tulane. Elio and Mose got all sugared up on free gelato and had a fantastic time dancing. We were silly and didn't bring our camera, but Justin did. Here are the videos he took!

Dance-a-thon from Justin Wolfe on Vimeo.

Dance Off from Justin Wolfe on Vimeo.

Get this party started! from Justin Wolfe on Vimeo.

Dancing with the band from Justin Wolfe on Vimeo.

Dinosaurs at the zoo!

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Watering can

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These pictures of Elio playing in the backyard with a watering can are uncannily similar to a series of photographs that my parents have framed on their wall. I was a few months younger in their photos, doing basically the same thing. I didn't think about the similarities between the images until after I had taken them.

You can never get enough sno-bliz pictures, right?

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Odds and ends: lunch, sad Tova, and a couple of Anne and J.D.'s shots from the lower ninth ward

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Tova and Elio's goodbye kisses

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Sno-bliz season!

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It's starting to get warm around here, so we thought it was time for our first sno-bliz sno-ball of the season. We had to wait forever in line, which gave me lots of time to ponder my flavor choices -- in the end, I opted for half strawberry shortcake, half cream of ice cream (yummy!), while Dan got root beer with condensed milk on top, and Elio had a super red strawberry.

Elio ended up looking like quite the little New Orleans gothic vampire by the end of the outing.

Sticky hands, sticky legs.

Getting every last bit of sugar water ...

Egg hunt

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Some of Elio's eggs included an M&M. Here's the face he made at his first taste of one. After that it was all over -- lots of running around, saying "more eggs, more eggs!"

Wearing the bunny ears he made in daycare.

This is what he does when he hears an airplane: hands in the air and a delighted "airplane! airplane! airport!" chant.

It was a windy day, and here he looks like he has a little mohawk.

Boy in a box (and out)

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Crawfest

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Photos by Justin and Edie

Porch sitter

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Mardi Gras stragglers

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Here are the last few pictures we have from Mardi Gras.

Walking to a parade one afternoon, we passed this house. How pretty, no?

At the Thoth parade on Sunday, we were dangerously close to Whole Foods. Elio and Mose lost interest in the parade for a bit while they tried to figure out how to best attack this container of brownies.

Finally, brownie victory!

Post-parade... who thought that spears and tomahawks would be good throws to give to little kids?! Elio's spear is being safely stored in the trunk of the car until he's older.

Spaceman

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Elio's new word for today: astronaut.

Elio had his 21-month check up this morning. He now weighs in at a mighty 23 pounds.

Elio asleep at the Tucks Parade, parts I and II

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How Elio can sleep soundly with a bass drum just a few feet from him is beyond me, but it was considerate of him to let us stay at the parade during nap time!

To see the larger versions of these videos, place the cursor over the video, click on "HD is off" on the right side, and then click through to the Vimeo website.

Elio asleep at the Tucks Parade (Mardi Gras) from d# on Vimeo.

Elio asleep at the tucks parade again from Laura Wolford on Vimeo.

The tucks parade

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Photos by Justin

Edie and Mose

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Playing with beads

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More beads, more!

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We went to the parade at noon today. It was really great! Families lining the streets were eating lunch, drinking, playing football in the streetcar tracks, and enjoying the nice day as they waited for the parade to start.

Neat thing here: people have concocted these ladders with a seat on top that they line up along the street, making a little perch for their kids to sit on while the parade goes by. Easy viewing for the kids, and in good location to catch throws from the floats. Next year, we're totally making a ladder seat for Elio and Mose and hand-painting their names on it.

Check it: Elio's got the "throw me something, mister" routine down!

By far, my favorite outfit of the day: the sequined KISS gown for a member of mardi gras royalty! I love this girl!

This is what Mardi Gras is for a kid. We got Elio into the car after the parade and took all his beads off. While we were driving home, he insisted on putting all his beads back on.

And then, ten minutes later, when we pulled into our driveway we had one sleepy, blissed out boy.

Elio, on the way home:

Elio, after parades from Laura Wolford on Vimeo.

Flip book of Elio and Miss Renee at music class

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Carnival!

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Mardi Gras isn't until the 24th, but parade season has started! We went to see two parades tonight: the Krewes of Sparta and Pegasus. It was unbelievably fun, and unlike anything I expected. It was super family-friendly, and Elio had a blast -- he pointed excitedly at the floats as they approached, waved to the riders to get beads, clapped for the marching bands, and just enjoyed the action and noise and fun of it all. All that, and we got home only 30 minutes past bedtime! And tonight was just the beginning for us! There are two parades tomorrow afternoon (during naptime, so we'll see how that works out), and then more parades again Wednesday through Tuesday. It's such a blast, y'all should be here with us!

Adorably, Elio has learned to say "happy," and he was delighted to confirm, from his perch on Dan's shoulders, that he was "happy" to be in New Orleans tonight.

Feijoada

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Elio had his first Brazilian feijoada* at a Tulane Latin American studies party yesterday. Excitingly, he also got his first Mardi Gras beads.

*feijoada is the national dish of Brazil: black beans and rice, with a little sausage mixed in, and collard greens and oranges on the side. Delish.

We went to the zoo this morning. I am in love with the baby anteater that was born last month. He rides around on his mom's back and is adorable.

Mose and Elio at the zoo

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Birthday party + apples and peanut butter stills

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Radio Flyer Summit

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Doesn't this picture just scream for comic strip speech bubbles?

Elio, Apples, Peanut Butter

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Here is the standard definition version of the video:

Elio, Apples, Peanut Butter (standard definition) from d# on Vimeo.

Here is the high definition version of the video:

Elio, Apples, Peanut Butter from d# on Vimeo.