Elise Shows Off

This week we put together a new video of Elise showing off some tricks. Specifically, here she is dancing, clapping, and weighing in on Dallas sports teams:

Dancing, Clapping, and Sports from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.

Elise does what she does best: entertains us.

An update on Emily: We recently found out that Emily is back on a ventilator but off of her blood pressure medication. She still has the unknown infection and has also come down with a touch of pneumonia. In spite of all this, the family sounded like things were better. Please continue to pray for all of them.

Walking

Elise has been walking up a storm lately. Here she is going back and forth across our living room:

Cacophony

Yes, Elise is cute and smart and more fun than a barrell full of monkeys. But all you parents out there know that having a cute little kiddo isn’t all fun and games. Here’s documentation of the dramatic fits Elise has been concocting lately:

Baby Steps

Believe it or not, the little girl has started taking a few steps at a time. Of course, Elise didn’t make it easy on us when we tried to capture it on video, but eventually we got some video evidence of her newfound upright mobility. See for yourself (if you have five minutes to spare):

Baby Steps from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.

The Climber

Yesterday we found out that Elise is a much better climber than we thought. Maybe someone will buy her a helmet for her birthday …

Video: Box and Bouncing

As usual, I’m behind on editing and posting videos. In our latest installment, Elise explores a big cardboard box and then she bounces around the living room on Annie’s back.

The first part of the video, the box part, is pretty low key. Why did we have a huge cardboard box in our living room? Our dog ate our old patio furniture, and our new patio furniture was delivered in those big boxes.

In the second part of the video, you can tell Elise is enjoying her ride on Annie’s back because she’s laughing maniacally. It doesn’t take much to make that kid giggle.

There are a few more videos to come, so stay tuned!

Elise And Music

(First, it feels like we’re so busy chasing Elise around the house and documenting every moment of her exciting little life that it’s hard to actually find time to post all of the pictures and videos we capture. Allow me to play catch up this week by throwing a few videos at you.)

Elise has always been a big fan of music, but lately she has developed some dance moves to go along with her love of music. Check out these three videos:


Song & Dance from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.


Song & Dance Part 2 from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.


Song & Dance Part 3 from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.

Another fun thing Elise has developed is a habit of dropping things on the floor and then saying something resembling “uh oh.” Of course, it sounds more like “uh eh.” I think it translates to, “Pick that up for me so I can drop it again.”


Uh Oh from Scott McClellan on Vimeo.