Saturday October 31

Elliotts first Halloween! A colleague of mine loaned us a tiger costume for Elliott to wear tonight, since we were pretty slow on the draw picking one out. NExt year we'll order one in July so we have a good costume.
Elliott started bringing his hands together on Thursday. We've been clapping at him quite a bit lately trying to get him to mimic us. Aaron was getting him ready for a bath Thurs night and E started clapping. It was soo cute! And on Friday when I dropped him off at day care he was on the floor, and when he looked up at me, he clapped! We've also tried to have him on his tummy more while at home. E loves to sit up and not lie on his tummy, but I don't think he's rolling back and forth as much as he should at 6 months. The other night he rolled from his tummy to his back, then back on his tummy. I guess that's progress!
Another exciting development is that we can now put E in his crib when he's feeling sleepy, turn on the RockAByeBaby lullaby music (U2 greatest hits in lullabye), he drifts off to sleep. The Rock A Bye Baby music is awesome! It's a great way to expose E to some classic music, but with a xylephone and glockenspiel. Aaron picked up Willie Nelson too. We got tired of always listening to Baby Bach, Baby Beethoven and Baby Mozart. It's funny to hear Sunday Bloody Sunday in a lullabye format!
Elliott has a cold again. He has a runny nose and a cough, but no fever. He's been in a really good mood lately too, so I'm not too worried at this point. We've been using the humidifier and cleaning out his nose with saline, which seems to do the trick.
Today is Halloween. We're going to go to Toys R Us and pick up some more toys to have at the house. I think he needs some balls and maybe some musical toys. He really likes the toys at daycare that make music, so we'll look at something like that for home. We are having professional photos done tomorrow, so I need to pick up a cute holiday outfit. Thank goodness for my colleague who has an 18 month old boy - she encouraged me to get these photos done now in time for the holiday cards! These photos will double as E's 6 month photos...I know what grandparents are getting for Christmas :)