The Moberg Family

Category: Elliott

  • 3 Months Old!

    3 Months Old!

    Okay, be warned.
    I am totally becoming “that mom.” In a lot of ways. This month, I have said that about myself on multiple occasions…I feel like every time I turn around, I say to myself with an eye roll, “Oh, Susanne…you are totally ‘that mom’“…
    Like, a FANTASTIC day is a day that I get to stay home all day and just take pictures of Elliott. I’ve taken almost 400 pictures of Elliott. In the last 25 days. I can see it coming now though…“that mom” who has a billion (literally) pictures of her first kid…
    Like, I’ve taken a ton of videos of him this month. That would be extremely boring to 99.9% of the world. But I think they are wonderful. I can see myself being “that mom,” showing these to Elliott’s first girlfriend (when he’s 25) and oohing and ahhing over them, not realizing that she doesn’t care about watching a baby sit on a play mat and do nothing for 20 minutes…

    Like, he’s over 3 months old now, and we’ve only left him with someone once…for about 90 minutes, when he was 2 weeks old. I never thought I’d be “that mom” that never leaves her kids with anyone. In my defense, it really has happened accidentally. I just never want to be away from him, so–naturally–it never occurs to me to leave him. The thought of checking him into the nursery at church is like thinking about sending him off to boarding school…no way!! In my mind I feel like we just had him yesterday and so we have “plenty” of time to practice leaving him with other people…But somehow, 3 months have slipped by soooo quickly…
    So, all that to say, I’ve posted a few videos here, and I want you to be warned before clicking on them. These are actually the best ones of them all :). But I haven’t figured out how to cut the videos down to the relevant length let alone edit them yet, so….”some” people might think they’re kind of boring… If that “some”one is you…don’t judge me :). If you’re easily bored, I would just look at the pictures and NOT click on the videos.
    But if you want to see the cutest baby ever doing the cutest things ever in a perfectly cute amount of time, then I would definitely click on the little videos below…
    Here are some highlights from the last month:

    Though I don’t have a picture of it, Elliott is officially in his crib full time. In fact, this month he has become very aware of his crib, so when I put him down for a nap, he recognizes his surroundings and starts to protest instantly. His eyes look to the left, then to the right, then they get HUGE and he looks at me like, “Noooooo!!!!!!” It’s devastatingly cute.

    Elliott got to meet two of my dearest friends this month!

    Melissa and I have been really great friends since our PLU days. I think I laugh more when I’m with Melissa than any other friend I have. I just adore her, and usually have a sore throat after talking to her because we always have so much to catch up on that we end up talking for HOURS. We could talk for days on end and never run out of things to say. She lives in Vancouver, WA now and was able to come up and spend a refreshing couple of days with us. She got Elliott this adorable little monkey and two super cute outfits! Look how much he loves her!! Such a blessing to see her and have little EB meet her!
    My dear, dear Jennalise. If you know me well, you know how Jennalise has such a cherished place in my heart. She lives in her husband’s hometown of London, so I don’t get to see her as much as my heart would desire. But she is in town this month and finally got to meet Elliott! What a blessing for me! Jenna is also an incredible photographer, and spent some time capturing some amazingly gorgeous pictures of Elliott. To be posted soon…

    This month Elliott learned how to push his shoulders off the ground during tummy time!

    He loves clasping his hands, and shoving them both in his mouth. So cute, until he gags on them…which is a fairly common occurrence :).

    He learned how to roll over from his back to his front! He has been soooo close, and he finally just did it officially with absolutely no help on June 24. A couple weeks ago he learned how to get to his side and then he’d roll onto his tummy but his arm would get stuck underneath him and he wouldn’t be able to push himself up. June 24 was the first time that he rolled to his side, rolled to his tummy, AND got his arm out from underneath him! Yay, Elliott!! Here are some funny pics of him “getting stuck” on his arm:

    On June 20th, when he was exactly 3 months old, he (for the first time) got his arm out from under him when on his tummy, but I had to help him with the first half, as you can see.

    On June 24th, he did it all by himself! Although I didn’t get video of him rolling to his side on his own, I promise he did :). This video is hilarious, by the way. He chokes himself a couple times before we get to the interesting part…like I said, I don’t know how to edit video yet :).

    Elliott talks to himself all the time and has this incredibly cute giggle! We LOVE it! Delightful squeals have filled the Moberg home this month! I haven’t been able to get a great video of him talking, but this is not too bad. Here is a little sample of him talking:

    And here is a video of him singing with his dad….it’s a long one, but worth every minute of your time…soooo cute!

    Elliott is just beginning to learn the concept of grabbing things. He still mostly does it by accident, but one evening he grabbed Brian’s nose over and over and over again, and it looked pretty intentional! It’s a start :).

    And finally, here are a few more random pictures from this month that are too adorable not too post!
    Elliott Brian, you are our joy and our pride! We love you! Happy 3 months!!
  • Tribute to Daddy-O

    Tribute to Daddy-O

    Brian is not your typical dad, in that no sports game, round of golf, or cigar smoke with his buddies can entice this dad away on Father’s Day. All he asked for was to be with us. So we spent the day staring at sweet Elliott, and ooing and ahhing over every little move he made.

    That is, until I accidentally fell asleep after putting Elliott down for a nap. Two and a half hours later, I awoke to the garage door opening…apparently Mr. Dad snuck out and wandered the aisles of Home Depot & Lowes. Okay, okay…so I guess there are two things that can pull him away from his dear family :).

    Elliott picked out a special shirt to wear to celebrate his dad’s first Father’s Day:

    Like father, like son…!

    Elliott and I made Brian a (pretty dang cute) card for Father’s Day. On the front is a picture of the two of them with the quote, “My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” (Clarence Budington Kelland)

    Elliott’s middle name is Brian for a purpose. There is no other man on earth that I would rather have my son grow up watching and learning from than Brian Moberg. Brian–brave, strong, and true. I believe Elliott will embody these same traits as his father! Elliott gets to grow up watching his dad lead his family boldly, love & cherish his wife deeply, and fear the Lord whole-heartedly. Brian will never need to tell Elliott to do these things one day…his life is the perfect example for our son. I couldn’t possibly ask for more…

    And, on a much more surface-y, less deep note…he’s shaping up to look just like his Daddy-O, which is…AWE-SOME.!!! We could use a few more good-looking men in this world!!!






    Happy Father’s Day to the greatest Dad Elliott could ever ask for. I love you, my Love. 

  • Blogging Backwards

    Blogging Backwards

    If blogging backwards were an Olympic event, I’m sure I could win a gold medal.


    What is “blogging backwards”, you ask? Well, it’s a beautiful sport for those of us who can’t seem to blog on time. Namely, me.


    May is such a BEAUTIFUL month. This year especially. It’s always had my birthday in it, but this year two very special events were added in my world: Mother’s Day, and Elliott’s second month birthday. To top it off, Doug, Melanie, & Fable came to visit! And don’t you worry–we took hundreds of pictures to capture every event… It’s just that I haven’t had time to post them. So finally, here I am. In June, (at least it’s still June 3rd!) posting about our glorious month of May. So you’ll have to go backwards and click on the little “May” link or, of course, just keep scrolling, scrolling, scrolling down to see everything, but I guarantee it’ll be worth every click and scroll. I am sure you will fall in love with our sweet little Elliott over and over again.


    Here are a couple of random pictures from May to salt your trail a little…

    Does he take your breath away like he takes mine?

    Just chillin’ in the bumbo! Thanks, Aunty Emmy for my cool seat!! 

    Hahahaha! Look at this face!!! Do you think he saw a spider or something?!?
    In recent news, Elliott has become SOOOO aware of us! Besides lighting up when he sees one of our faces, his eyes follow us around the room now! He watches us walk around and just stares at everything we do. It is so fun to watch these learning milestones in his life!!


    I’d like to say that I’ll try and do better posting on time from here on out, but let’s be real…it’s only going to get more difficult as the days, weeks, and months go on. So, like I said…hand over the Gold Medal :). 

    Hope you enjoy the posts from May!
  • 2 Months Old!

    2 Months Old!

    Our baby is growing up so fast! He is the most smiley baby I’ve ever met…he literally lights up every time he sees Brian or me with a smile and a giggle that could melt the hardest of hearts. I couldn’t possibly count the amount of minutes I spend each day just smiling at him so that he’ll smile at me! What is it about getting a baby to smile at you??? It’s an accomplishment that could put any PHD to shame… Elliott’s smile could make the world go round again if it were to ever stop spinning…we adore him.


    We had a low key celebration for his 2 month birthday. We went down to Ruston Way as a family to snap a couple pics and then (I know, this is so unlike us…) came home and took about a hundred more :). I’m going to put several here because I couldn’t filter them out anymore! And trust me, I already had to wade through A TON just to only pick these special few…

    His first time on daddy’s shoulders…Can’t you just see what he’s thinking? “Hmm, this is new…Do I like this? Um, I don’t like this! Get me down!!” 
    Pondering…
    I just love his little face!!!

    Here are some highlights from his second months of life:


    *As you can probably see from the pictures, he’s starting to get some meat on his bones! His little thighs and feet finally have a layer or two of fat on them. Although he’s still very skinny for his height, he’s moving closer towards the “normal” range…


    * He smiles and giggles all the time! One of his favorite things is his play mat. It has this mirror on it, and as soon as we put him down to “play,” he instantly smiles and giggles and “talks”…I think he’s giving the baby in the mirror advice :). As much as I love holding him, it’s almost more fun to put him on the mat and just watch him smile, giggle and talk to the mirror for 15-20 minutes!


    Okay, I’m posting about a hundred pics of this because he’s just SO DARN CUTE!!!!!!!!!! Look at those smiles and giggles!!!

    * He loves to stand! (Assisted, obviously.) He is getting sooo good at it! His little legs are so strong!

    * He is almost too long for his bassinet!!! (Sniff, sniff…) This picture was actually taken June 1st. He is wearing a 6 MONTH SLEEPER because he’s too long for all of his 0-3 things now!! My goodness!!! (Thanks, Sara for this adorable sleeper!)

    * We started having him nap in his crib for the first time this month as we’ve been more intentional with nap times and have realized he needs a darker, quieter room to nap in. Also, I’ve started putting him down in his crib for the second half of the night after I feed him (usually around 3 am) so the bright sunrise that shines directly into our bedroom window won’t wake him up at 5 am… But based on his length, it’s looking like we may have to move him to his crib for good! 🙁

    Here are some random shots from my phone from the month of May:

    Oh, Elliott…you light up our lives :). We love you.

  • Happiest of all Days

    Happiest of all Days

    Happy Mother’s Day to me, the most blessed mom on the planet. 


    I couldn’t be more grateful to be Elliott’s mom…that makes me the most blessed woman on Earth. Brian has been saying he couldn’t wait to celebrate Mother’s Day ever since about month 2 of puking my guts out. My husband has so much vision to bless and celebrate me. That, in and of itself, is such a gift…but then to add Elliott to the equation? Over abundantly blessed am I. 


    We had a relaxed morning together at home as a family and then headed up to Alki Beach (one of our favorite Seattle spots). We cozied up in Starbucks. I enjoyed a delicious caramel macchiato, Brian guzzled down a vente ice water, and Elliott took a nice long nap. Brian had made reservations weeks ahead of time for brunch at my favorite restaurant, Salty’s on Alki. PEOPLE–if you have not been to Salty’s on Alki for brunch, I would dare to say you have not truly lived. It is INCREDIBLE. For just a few bucks, you have access to all you can eat of the food from the Land of Glory. Here’s a list of what I ate that morning:

    2 1/2 mini donuts
    5 Crab legs
    Several shrimp
    Pineapple
    Eggs benedict
    A few bites of an omelette with crab & shrimp
    French toast with whipped butter & syrup
    Strawberry crepe with cream & sugar
    Omelette with ham, peppers & cheese
    Chocolate chip crepe with lemon cream & sugar
    More pineapple
    Strawberries
    Chocolate covered frozen banana
    Chocolate covered twinkie
    Burnt cream
    2 pineapple orange juices


    I thought I was going to explode, but it was worth every bulging moment. 


    Alki Beach overlooks Elliott Bay & the Seattle skyline, and it was our sweet Elliott’s first time visiting the bay that shares his name. Here are a couple of pics in front of his namesake.




    And these are a few more of my favorites from the day he was “Bananas over Mommy”…

    Oh, how I love him!!!
  • Elliott’s First Easter

    Elliott’s First Easter

    Elliott’s first holiday was actually fairly uneventful. No Easter egg hunts for us this year! But we did get him dressed up in a cute little outfit and made it to church. Here are a few shots from our day! (P.S. The beautiful blue blanket was made for us by our friend Shirley! Elliott loves it!)

    Elliott “Adorable” Moberg

    “Thanks, Aunt Tabitha, Uncle Kevin, Taylor & Hailey for my handsome shirt!”

    I can’t stop laughing when I look at this picture!! 🙂 He has the most hilarious faces!

    “Mom, you’re embarrassing me…enough with the kisses!”

    Easter 2011 family photo
  • Happy 1 Month Birthday!

    Happy 1 Month Birthday!

    In some ways, it feels like we’ve had Elliott our entire lives. In others, it seems like we just got home from the hospital yesterday. Each day feels like 10 days, but at the same time I get to the end of the day and find myself saying, “Where did today go?!?” My life is like one big oxymoron right now.

    Elliott turned one month old yesterday!!!! He’s practically on his way to college…(sniff, sniff)…

    Grandma and Grandpa Moberg came over and the four of us enjoyed some dee-licious Mint Mud Pie in honor of Elliott’s big day. Hey, maybe he even got some mint chocolate milk out of the deal :).

    Get a load of our special delivery!

    “Put ’em up!”

    “Smile, Elliott!” “Who, me?”

    All tuckered out from partying so hard
    Elliott, you have enriched our lives in every way. You make even the 2 o’clock hour the most glorious time of the day because we get to spend it with you. You are the cutest, brightest, smartest, stretchy-est, strongest, tallest, and skinniest 1 month old in the entire world. You are perfect, and we adore you in every way. 

  • In-laws, Outlaws and Good Friends :)

    In-laws, Outlaws and Good Friends 🙂

    Here are a few pics from some of the family and friends that have had a chance to meet Elliott. We are so blessed that our baby boy is so loved!

    He still needs to meet Brian’s extended family and virtually ALL of my immediate and extended family. He’s only met his grandparents on the Mauss side of things. We can’t wait to introduce him to everyone else!!

    Grandpa!

    Nonna!
    Meeting Doug, Melanie and Fable via Skype!
    Grandpa and Grandma Moberg!
    Cousin Hailey

    Cousin Taylor

    Uncle Kevin

    Aunt Tabitha

    Aunt Angela

    And here are some fun ones of Elliott’s “extended” 🙂 aunties and uncles:

  • Sweet Baby Elliott

    Sweet Baby Elliott

    Well, hello. 🙂

    Elliott is now officially 3 weeks old (UM, where on earth did the last 3 weeks go?!?) and I have spent close to *no* time sitting at my computer. We spend our days giving kisses and squeezes to our sweet baby Elliott. If he were Native American, his name would totally be “Smothered in Kisses.” Needless to say, we have been basking in the glory of “Baby Land,” and the computer just seems so boring compared to our little peanut. But it’s time we share him with the rest of the world :).

    Here are a few highlights from the last few weeks, and some things we LOVE about life these days…

    *Brian is the most incredible father in the world. I love, love, love watching him be a dad…
    *Nicknames abound…”Sweet Baby Elliott,” “Little Peanut,” “Handsome,” “Little E,” “Little Man,” “Blue Eyes,” “Stretchy Stretcherton”…and every name we have for one another has now affectionately been given to Elliott; those of you who are around us the most now have to put up with double the cheesy nicknames :).
    *When he wakes up and stretches, it is the *cutest* thing in the entire world…He stretches his arms out like Superman and arches his back. Then he pulls his hands behind his head and gets a wrinkly forehead…it takes my breath away every time…
    *He has the sweetest disposition, and really only cries when he’s hungry. And then he lets you know that he’s hungry! But his cry is so sweet…and mostly makes us smile every time. It’s the sweetest little “wah! wah!”
    *He sleeps like a CHAMP…in fact, last night he went almost 6 hours! Freaked me out!! Holy cow!
    *Brian sings to him all the time. I love it. He makes up songs to old tunes, new tunes, made-up tunes, any tune that comes to mind. He’ll sing to him about his diaper change or his eating or his getting dressed or just simply who he is…it is wonderful :).
    *After Elliott’s finished eating and he’s satisfied, he almost always falls asleep. And this “falling asleep time” is the most precious thing I’ve ever witnessed…he starts breathing loudly and rhythmically, and then his face goes through a series of different “looks”…he’ll raise is eyebrows, then tighten his lips, then make an “o” with his lips, and then…smile. Ahhh, it is the sweetest thing in the whole world!
    *Getting to be a mom to my baby… Not my students, not the inner-city kids that I love, not my friends’ or siblings’ kids whom I absolutely adore…but my baby. My son. I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for this, and just love how comfortably these shoes fit…I never want to take them off.
    *I’ll be honest…losing 30 pounds in less than 3 weeks without a single workout was pretty cool :).
    *I haven’t thrown up in 3 weeks!!! A record for the last 9 months!!!!
    *EATING & DRINKING COFFEE. A humongous highlight for me!!!! I LOVE TO EAT!! And I LOVE that everything stays in my stomach when I do!!! Sometimes I’ll eat (even if I’m not hungry) just because I CAN, and sometimes I won’t eat (even if I AM hungry) just because I don’t HAVE to! I am in control of my stomach again! Hallelujah!!!

    Sooo many of you have been requesting that we post pictures, and I’m finally getting around to attempt what seems like a very daunting task…

    Despite our son’s rather short life so far, we have well over 1000 photos of him already… Yeah, do you see my quandary? How on earth am I supposed to pick just a few to post on our blog?! ALL of them are soooo adorable and wonderful that I don’t know how any of you could live without seeing every single one. So you see…it’s been quite overwhelming thinking about how to post “just a few”…
    Maybe I’ll get better at this as time goes on, but really–we just think that every single second of his life is so precious and picture-worthy that we capture it. And then, of course, we want to SHARE it… So anyhow, here are my few attempts to post “a few” pics of life the last 3 weeks with our sweet, sweet baby boy.
    Can’t believe I’m actually posting this picture of me…officially 10 days overdue, but it’s needed for a compare-contrast. 🙂 This is right before we checked into the hospital the day Elliott was born. 

    This is Elliott back at his original birth weight…can you believe an 8lb 8 oz baby fit in my tummy??!! If not, see the photo above this one for proof :). 

    Here are some of our favorites of Elliott, mostly in outfits given to us by friends. Thankfully we had some newborn-sized outfits given to us…I never dreamed that a Moberg baby could ever fit into newborn clothes!!

    Auntie Melisa made us these shirts right after we found out we were pregnant! Despite Elliott’s face in both of these pictures, I know he really DOES “heart” his mom & dad… 🙂

    First (mostly sponge) bath at home! Aunt Amber & Uncle Jeff got Elliott this AWESOME towel thing that goes over his body as he is being bathed to keep him warm. Never knew this product existed before, and now I can never live without it :). 

    LOVE this face…he was so pensive the entire bath…I think he thought he was back in the womb again :).  He definitely loved the experience!

    The McCabes and the Stewarts got Elliott these adorable outfits…definitely some of our favorites!

    Proof that our little peanut is a smiler!! Isn’t this photo just angelic?! Absolutely heavenly… I promise we didn’t pose him like this…this is just how darn cute he is naturally.

    Despite Elliott’s very concerned face, he LOVES this shirt! He wears it more than any of his other outfits :). (It’s definitely daddy’s favorite…)

    And THIS is MY favorite…The sweatshirt is still a little big for him (hence, one arm is lost in sweatshirt oblivion), but the elephant hat fits PERFECTLY! I put this on him for the first time one morning, and just couldn’t stop laughing. I LOVE it, and it definitely makes me think of his Auntie Kari!! I would put him in the elephant hat every day if Brian would let me :).
    Auntie Linda brought this adorable sleeper to the hospital when she came to visit us. I love it because I’m convinced he’s going to be a basketball player with how long his fingers are! I think he looks like a natural holding onto to that b-ball! 🙂


    Auntie Keely got us several adorable little onesies…this is the only one we’ve been able to capture in a photo so far, and totally my favorite one…I’m sure you can figure out why :).



    Here’s that super cute “stretch” that Elliott does that I was talking about before. A picture really doesn’t do it justice…I’m hoping we can get it on video soon!



    The rest of these photos really speak for themselves…

    Daddy’s little helper took his first trip to…

    …the Home Depot!!

    I know what you’re all thinking…those were cute, but you feel short-changed. Well, worry not, dear friends and family. It’s time for you to feel tall-changed. Brian, being the incredible electronically innovative man that he is, has discovered a way for you to view ALL of the photos we have ever taken of sweet baby Elliott!! Yes, that’s right…your dreams have really come true :). (Okay, okay…probably just the dreams of his grandparents…who may be the only ones who ever actually care to see the minute-by-minute progression of Elliott growing up…)

    Just go to brianandsusanne.shutterfly.com. You’ll need the password, which is, creatively enough: Elliott. Don’t forget…two “ls”, two “ts”! Now, count yourselves a privileged few…it’s not everyday we share the password to all of our banking and email accounts with someone. So keep it on the D.L.

    We’ll upload our entire memory card from time to time to this site, so keep in mind…with the exception of a few pics we filter out, you will be a getting a glimpse into the Moberg style of picture taking. We go for quantity, and hope for quality :).

    Well! There you have it, folks! I have a few more postings brewing in my brain so I’ll try to get those up within the next few days…

    Love and hugs to you all!!

  • Introducing…!!!!

    Introducing…!!!!

    Elliott Brian Moberg
    Born on March 20, 2011 at 5:25 pm 
    The First Day of Spring
    8lbs, 8 oz
    21 1/4 inches long
    *perfection*

    There is soooo much to say and write about, but we wanted to post just a few pictures right away for those of you who are far, far away.

    I am hoping to write about and post his birthing story very soon, but for those of you who haven’t heard any details, at the very last minute it became necessary to deliver Elliott with an Emergency C-Section. Which, to say the least, was a very difficult word to hear when everything had been right on track and going smoothly all day. Like I said, the story will come later, but for now, all that matters is that we have our baby!!! So here are a few pictures of our beautiful, precious, healthy baby boy!!!!

    Right after Elliott was delivered:

    Just minutes old!

    

    10 day overdue wrinkly feet 🙂

    

    Daddy 🙂

    Me, finally getting to hold my baby for the first time

    First family photo…Um, I’m exhausted 🙂

    My parents and Brian’s family waited all day in the hospital, bless their hearts. By the time I got to see Elliott after surgery, feed him for the first time and take a minute to breathe, it was already 8pm. But we were able to get all of our family in to meet him before visiting hours were over!

    We were all utterly exhausted by the end of the day…it has been a crazy, long, hard, emotional week.

    Here is a picture from today, after we’ve all had either sponge baths or showers :). A tiny bit more rested, and a lot more in love with our baby boy.

    The Moberg 3!

    It is standard to stay in the hospital 2 nights when you’ve had a C-Section. I seem to be recovering well so if all goes according to plan, we will get to be discharged tomorrow. It’s been great to be in the hospital (thank God for drugs!!!!) but we are so excited to go  home with our baby Elliott!!!

    Thank you to everyone who was praying for us! We praise God for our healthy baby boy!!!