From Just A Second Ago...

This is Oliver's favorite position. He began as a side sleeper and still is, but man does he love the butt in the air position!

P.S. check out the dedication to the binky. He's not gonna lose it!

Grandpa's Hunting Trip

Grandpa will be leaving bright and early [4 am] for Colville tomorrow with a friend to hunt some deers [they eat people; don't ask; its true] and Oliver decided he wanted to sneak away with him.

I couldn't help but take a few pics. He was even wearing his Grandpa's Sidekick bib.

Fate!

Copy Cat!

This boy will learn to copy almost anything!
A couple days ago Daddy put his finger up to Oliver's mouth while he was making noise and moved it up and down.
[I hope that's a good enough explanation.]
It made Bubba crack up! I just witnessed it for myself today, but Bubba can do that to himself. If you do it first, he'll join in with a monotone hum, then puts his finger to him mouth, moving it up and down. Silliest thing ever. I cannot believe how much he's learning!

Taking Steps

Oliver has been taking about 1-2 steps regularly for the last few days.
My dad watches him most weekdays while I'm interning, and has noticed yesterday and today that he's increased the number of steps to 3. He's not pulling that number consistently but its a start.
Just last week he would stand there and be too scared to take a step, he's just lean forward until he fell.
It's funny what a week does!

That dump truck has done wonders for his walking!


By the way - Oliver figured out how to maneuver his truck from being stuck. When he pushes it into something or into a corner and he can't go forward, he's learned to step over to the steering wheel [from the back end] push the truck backwards, then turn it around.. Then he grabs on to the back and pushes it in the other direction.

He's honing his problem solving skills!

Poisoning.

We had a scare.

I nanny for my old boss from Bath & Body Works.
Naturally she would own home fragrance products from there. [You can't not spend money when you work there]
Anyway, she had an oil warmer on the window sill with some oil in it, not lit thank goodness. This was previously unreachable for Oliver, but apparently being almost 30 inches tall, he decided to try to reach for it.
Taking care of 2 kids is a lot harder than 1 bc you only have one set of eyes.
Before I know it, I'm putting little Gemma down bc I hear screaming. I run over and have no idea why he's crying until I notice brownish orange stains on him...then I smell it. THEN I see oil on his hand, all over his face/head/back and most importantly around his mouth!
SCARY!
I called George at work crying, he sped about 100-110 mph from Fife to downtown Seattle, rushed up the the apartment and took Oliver to Urgent Care on Capitol Hill [I only had Oliver's car seat, poor Gemma woulda had to ride in my lap, not exactly something I'm willing to do!]. P.S. he made it that distance in less than a half hour. If you're from this area, you know that that is insane!

The good news is, he's fine. The doc said he may have had a taste but not enough to harm him.

Nonetheless still very scary.

Teethies teethies...

#5 is in!
I just noticed it last night while putting jammies on Bubba. A lot of it is out which is weird bc he did NOT have anything there the day before. This toof is a fast one. :]

#6 is close to cutting. Yikes!

Not that big?

Yesterday was Oliver's 9 month well check up!

Here are the stats:

Weight: 20lbs 4oz - 41st percentile
Height: 29 3/4 inches - 88th percentile

He's taller than I imagined. I think his legs are just short and his torso is long. He has to wear 6 month bottoms but can do 9 month tops. Unfotunately he's got a lot more 9 month pants so he trips on them often.

I can't believe his next check up will be at a year!!!

Teeth #3 & #4 pictured!

You might have to click on the pic to see it on a larger scale, but those top teeth are coming fast!

Pumpkin Patch!

I promised myself I'd only pick 5 good pictures to share with everyone but Mommy went crazy with the camera yielding too many good pictures. Oops.

We came to this same farm when I was pregnant last year and I distinctly remember having a conversation with George about how crazy it'll be that our Oliver will be almost 1 year old next year around this time. We talked about bringing him to this pumpkin patch as well. I CANNOT believe that it's been a year. So so so much has happened between then and now. It kinda gives me goosebumps!

Enjoy!


It was way too hot for that hat! Beautiful day.

What is this thing?








What is this king fu move I've got going on?











"I'm taking THIS one home!"

Going Mushroom Picking.

He really experienced a family tradition today. Without mommy or daddy sadly, but that's okay. While we were both working Grandma and Grandpa and Ciocia took Bubbs to Snoqualmie.

Chewing on his Robeez bc somehow they really relieve his teething pains. :]


All bundled up in the cold!

Cutest hat ever!

I got it as a 12-18 month bc I figured his head will grow into and it will be colder after December. So its a little big but he's getting used to it.

Bubba Eating Puffs

Daddy loves to take pictures!

Grandma's "Photoshoot"

This is what he looks like when he's concentrating really hard. He talks to himself:

I can't believe how grown up he looks!

Here you can really see his bottom 2 teeth:


Such a happy baby:

Such a little cutie!

:]

Daddy's little boy.

Annoying for mommy. Ha!

Oliver FINALLY [I can't stress the finally since George has been doing this nonstop since Ollie's birth] can make a clicking noise with his tongue to the roof of his mouth. Yay?! Hahaha. It's very cute. But boy did it hurt my ears for the last 9 months. :] But now I've got 2 boys doing it so I'm just gonna have to deal.:]

But in reality, good job Oliver! He'll copy practically anything you do now*.


*He sticks out his tongue too. Ha. He's 100% boy!

Aaaand...

Oliver has been attempting bear walking. I noticed it for the first time yesterday. I was nannying so I did not have my camara ready, but he did it again today. It's so cuuuute!

We finally got it!

The picture that is!

He's been able to stand alone for a couple weeks. We're approximating 3. But just in the last 2 days he's been standing for ridiculously long periods of time. Like standing and doing other stuff kind of standing. From time to time if I say "Oliver, come to Momma" he'll take a step, but he's more comfortable squatting back down and crawling a couple of inches instead of taking 1 step. But that's okay. It's cool to see him stand and play with a toy though. It really puts the future into perspective

I'm going to give credit where credit is due though, that dump truck really paved the way for his new accolades. It's really made him see that he can walk without having to do it in circles, i.e. the coffee table.

9 Whole Months!

Today my baby has officially been out of the womb longer than he resided within!

It's 8 minutes after midnight as I type this so it'll post to the 4th but technically its the 3rd! :]

On another note, today I noticed tooth number 4 cut through! Oliver is very uncomfortable and has not been able to sleep well the last 2 nights. Poor baby.

Here are some pictures of him from today. Again, he's not a happy camper bc his tooth was not treating him well.

This is the only face he's made the last few days. He grinds his new top teeth with his ol' 2 bottom teeth:

Hands in mouth = one of the ONLY comforts:

My poor uncomfortable baby:

We got him this dump truck last week. An early 9 month present. He's learned to get off of it himself and he loves to push the buttons that make sounds. He's also trying out walking behind it. I think he's starting to understand he may be able to walk instead of crawl sometime:

Ciocia Karolina! Doesn't she look nice?! She had just got her hair done for her Senior Homecoming!: