Video Index: Links to Quicktime Movies

• Elliot Clapping His Hands: Elliot loves to clap his hands when he hears the song "If You're Happy and You Know It" (which he first picked up at library storytime). (Elliot's age: 10 months)

• Elliot's First Steps: Here's a few clips of some of Elliot's first steps. He's walking all on his own all over the place now. Watch out! (Elliot's age: 10 months)

• Elliot Moves with Walking Toy : Elliot isn't walking on his own yet, but he discovered that the upright walking toy was a great helper in getting around on his feet. (Elliot's age: 9 months)

• Oliver and Mommy Sing the Cheerio Song: Oliver and I make up a lot of songs. Now that Cheerios are back in our daily lives due to Elliot's snacking, we came up with a Cheerio song a few weeks ago that Oliver really likes. Here is a very unflattering, poorly lit video clip of us singing it. (Oliver's age: 2.5 years)

• Elliot Talks to the Dolphins: Elliot likes to squeal and make all sorts of funny sounds. (Elliot's age: 7 months)

• Oliver Sings "Roly Poly": Oliver likes to play the drums or guitar and make up songs. Here is one of his originals called "Roly, Poly". (May '08)

• Silly Brothers: Oliver loves making Elliot laugh. (May '08)

• Elliot Giggles: Here's a clip of Elliot's cute little laugh. (Elliot's age: 4 months)

• Elliot Coos: Elliot likes to make noises. Here's a clip of him cooing. (Elliot's age: 2.5 months)

• Elliot's a Baby: Just hanging out on the play mat. Baby stuff, cute stuff. (Elliot's age: 2 months)

• Curious George Website: Oliver is obsessed with Curious George show on PBS. We don't allow him to watch too much t.v., so sometimes I let him get his George fix by visiting the website and playing some of the games. There is one game where George has to catch shapes in a bag. Oliver loves it! (Oliver's age: approx. 22 months)

• Fruit Bowl: Oliver likes labeling things. His speech is really not too clear, but he talks all the time. Here he's looking through the contents of our fruit bowl. (Oliver's age: approx. 20 months)

• Apple Pie: This one is really not exciting, but something the grandparents may like. Oliver has gotten Mommy's sweet tooth, and he loves pie. (Oliver's age: approx. 19 months)

• Cooking: Oliver loves everything related to food. He really likes cooking, and here he was making something for his animal friends. (Oliver's age: approx. 19 months)

• What's Your Name?: This is really short of Oliver saying his own name. (Oliver's age: approx. 17 months)

• Oliver Talks: This is one of Oliver's first attempts at telling Daddy a story. (Oliver's age: approx. 16 months)

• Oliver Sings E-I-E-I-O: This video is pretty bad since you have to look at it sideways. But if you want to hear Oliver singing, check out this very short clip. (Oliver's age: approx. 16 months)

• Oliver Walks: A look back at some of his first steps. (Oliver's age: approx. 10 months)

• Oliver's Fake Cough: Oliver playing, sitting, falling over, and doing a cute little fake cough that he liked to do. (Oliver's age: approx. 6 months)

• Oliver Squeals: Oliver laughing and squealing (Oliver's age: approx. 4 months)