Binkers

I've been so strong not giving Ollie a binky. But after last night's throwing up episode, I thought I'd give it to him as a 'just in case' at day care.

All I wanted was to get some cute pictures without the binkers, but he ran right up to get it!

Tis the Life of a Mommy

I have been extremely fortunate to have the husband that I have when it comes to parenthood. George has been on the front lines of almost every single diaper blow out, puke fest, and poop in the tub, to name a FEW. I don't do so well with bodily fluids that come with putrid odor...

Breast milk fed baby poops = fine!
Newborn spit up = fine!
Toddler diarrhea = GAG...
Chunky puke in the crib = DOUBLE GAG...

Anyway, I had just put Oliver down tonight for bedtime, 10 minutes later I heard a tiny bit of choking and a small cough. My first instinct was to run to my baby. [These are not noises I hear very often]
Let's just say there was chunky vomit covering EVERYTHING in the crib. Pillow, 5 blankets, stuffed animals, pajamas, face. I pick him out of it and he upchucks all over the carpet.

Just my luck. Long story short, I cleaned it up as best I could without throwing up. [Have I mentioned my pregnancy nausea has not subsided AT ALL yet?]
And I have never realized how much I love my husband for always taking on this kind of stuff bc he knows how queasy I am.

I love you honey. Really wish you were here tonight. :]

Beebs' Heartbeat!

I had an appointment today and I got to hear baby's heart beat for the first time! I thought they were gonna wait til my OB was back from vacation next week to do it, but the nurse said she'd do it anyway! If I would have known I would have had George come. I'm a little bummed he missed it! That's okay bc there's always next appointment in a week and a half!!!

I also scheduled my anatomy ultrasound for the second week of June. SUPER stoked to find out the gender!!!!

Eating With a Fork

The longer video didn't want to upload so here's a glimpse of Ollie using his fork to eat Sloppy Joes. Like he needs to eat foods with 'sloppy' in the title. Haha.

Beebs 2.0

Here is me at 11 weeks. Thought I'd start now since I started at 11 weeks with Oliver! I have a ton of bloat! It began about 3 days ago. I just always feel like I'm sticking my tummy out all the way. But still totally fit in regulr clothes so there! :]

15 Month Stats

Oliver is:

24 lbs 9 oz
32.25 inches

He did not have a pleasant time at the pedi's.He cried the minute they called his name. He usually loves the doctor. We'll see if this was just a fluke or if this the beginning of a new fear...

Beebs Update

Officially the baby is going by Beebs. Oliver is Beeber. Don't get them confused. :]

We are thinking its a girl. My instincts about Oliver were true, so I'm going with my gut unless proven otherwise.

I'm fascinated by the distinct differences between my first pregnancy and this one. Just in 10 weeks it has been a complete 180:

-I'm nauseous 100% of the time.
-I don't like to eat and I've lost about 10 lbs.
-I only want to eat fruit and goldfish crackers.
-Even water makes me want to throw up.
-I want to sleep constantly.

I was very fatigued with Oliver but its been a lot easier this time around bc I can't sleep whenever I want. I have to keep up with Ollie so I'm running on adrenaline most of the time. Thankfully Ollie Bollie goes to bed at 7pm every night and I'm in bed shortly thereafter!

My pregnancy with Oliver included only fatigue. Literally no nausea or anything else. He was EASY compared to this baby.

Oh and on a side note, the ultrasound was so great. I cried bc 10 weeks is far enough along where Beebs was flailing it's little arms and legs. Constantly moving, this one was. It was really special. Heart beat was 179 bpm. Definitely getting a workout in my belly!

Easter 2010

Coloring eggs on Friday.


Oliver got a cool dump truck from the Easter Bunny.


Oliver is usually so good in public, today was just not one of his best days. Church was hectic and all day he's been moody. I hope its just a tooth or something...

Baby #2

We found out February 21st! The day before Daddy's birthday. Really hard to keep it on the down low, but really wanted to surprise our parents with an ultrasound pic! Perfect timing because we pulled it off today, Easter!

We're due October 29th and this u/s pic is exactly 10 weeks done on April 1st!:]

15 Months!

It just hit me that Oliver is 15 whole months old today. Wow.

He's actually becoming an even happier baby than before. I feel like he's constantly exploding in laughter. Everything is funny to him and I wouldn't want it any other way! We've always been really encouraging parents and anything he does we applaud and laugh about. I think happiness is a great part of life and if you have the chance to exhibit it...DO IT!

He's a great listener. Daddy taught him to take his shoes off when he comes home. He'll tell Ollie to sit down and take his shoes off, and he does! He even knows where to put them after he takes them off. Then when he knows we're going somewhere, he runs to get his shoes!

Remember that laughter I mentioned? Well he knows when and how to use it when he's being bad.... It's really tough to put your foot down about something when your kid is so damn cute. :]

Tooth #12?

I think. I'm losing track at this point!. Another molar though. NO fuss. I'm actually not minding the molars one bit without any teething symptoms!

Driving

Bath Time

Woof Woof

Ollie did the cutest thing just a few minutes ago. He heard a dog barking on T.V. and he immediately woofed. He said 'wooooooooo'. He likes to stretch his vowels! Then he kept on doing it. So cute!

Tooth #11

I don't remember if I had mentioned this yet, but we noticed Oliver's 11th tooth earlier this week. It's one of his bottom molars and most of it was out by the time I spotted it. He didn't exhibit any of his usual teething symptoms so it was cool to know he could sprout a molar without us going crazy! Good job Ollie.

Mmmm Brownies...

First time eating chocolate. We made it almost 15 months. Pretty good right?
Here is a short video of the beginning when he wasn't too sure what to do with the spatula. He had chocolate everywhere at the end!

Enjoying the Sunshine.

In the sweet Red Flyer Wagon!



It has cup holders, just sayin'!

Nekid Baby

With his Red Robing balloon.


He says balloon now. He'll say 'ba' and then something that sounds like 'loooooooon' shortly thereafter. SO funny. He'll also point them out anywhere we are. A few days ago he saw one up in the rafters at Safeway. Everyone in the aisle knew very shortly what he was yelling about.:]

Vacumming on the Table?

Can't get him to stop...

Congrats Daddy!

I know since I'm on here I should just post everything that's in my head, bc who knows when I'll be back!

On March 25th it will be Daddy's 1 year anniversary of quitting smoking!

I cannot believe he made it this long but I am so proud. It was really hard for him and he tried relentlessly once I became pregnant, but he just couldn't stop. Luckily shortly after Ollie was born, he got the kick in the pants he needed to realize it would be in the best interest of his son if he just quit.


So happy about one of my hubby's greatest accomplishments!

Apologies

I haven't posted in a while. A lot of my pics are on another computer so I haven't had access to posting them! Plus we've been moving so I haven't had much time for anything. Top that with a full time job and an opposite schedule with Daddy and sleep is so much more important than ANYTHING else!

Here's are some Oliver updates:

He's been doing the sign for 'more' constantly. They are teaching him 'more', 'please', and 'thank you' at day care. It comes in really handy when I ask him if he's still hungry. Smart boy.:]

He's beginning to like bath time again. During the anti biotics, he got a yeast infection all over his inner diaper region. It was so horrendous, I literally cringed thinking about changing him. There was lots of blood too. POOR baby. Bc of all of this it hurt to put any part of his bottom in the water. We give baths every night as part of his bedtime routine so it was rough going through the screaming every night. I don't blame him though. But everything is looking a lot better.

I'm attempting to nix the binky. He went from only needing it as an occasional comfort and for bedtime, to needing it in all day every day. I partially blame it on day care bc they let him have it all day and I partially blame myself for just letting him have it to avoid crying. We all know Oliver drools like crazy, coupled with the binky its led to terrible teething rash all over his mouth and neck. I finally said, forget it! The past couple days I've hidden all the binkys and not even gave him one to go to bed with. Best part is, he doesn't act any different. I think he pretty much forgot about his love for the binky. [Oh and I just put up with an unhappy baby and am learning to try to make him feel better instead of giving him a mute button!]

Lastly, we are now going with the straw sippys. Oliver loves drinking from straws so it seemed fitting to get him to stop depending solely on the bottle by getting him a fun alternative. During the pneumonia I just gave in to giving him the bottle at every meal, totally abandoning his sippys. He was in such a fragile state I just wanted him as comfortable as possible. Now that we're back to reality we have made big strides with his sippys, though at night time he still gets a bottle. Just bc I'm a weak momma and I know it helps Ollie be more comfy. :]

And since I have no new pics to post, here's an old one:

The end of March '09. Being gnomes.:]

Bully

Oliver beating up on Mommy who just wanted to warm up by the fire place!

Hanging Out

Sleeping Pics

I realized I haven't posted one in awhile, so here are two!



I love my sleeping baby. :]

Who's That In The Fridge?

He looks really unhappy, but this was the only picture snapped at the time!

Oliver likes to back up into things and sit down. Even if someone is sitting on the ground, he will back up into them until his bum touches something and he sits it down! He was really amused doing it on the refrigerator!

Flash Back.

Here's a few photos from one year ago!


(This one cracks me up. We surprisingly have a lot of yawning pics!)


Oliver was just 2 months old. :]

AntiBiotics T-1.5 Days!

We just have two doses tomorrow and one in the morning on Tuesday! So excited. Oliver's butt is not in the greatest shape, so I'm really happy for him to get the antibiotics out of his system and for his poor little bottom to heal up!

Poop In The Tub

We had our honorary first poop in the tub on Saturday.

I feel pretty lucky that it happened for the first time at 14 months. Many of my friends had horror stories much earlier.

Oh, and a special thanks to Daddy for taking care of it. I love you honey! :]

Pneumonia Update.

Oliver is looking good.

The only bad stuff to report is his ever growing diaper rash. Anti-biotics do NOT do a butt good. :]

Then there's also the fatigue. The day care says he's just fine there but he comes home and is really whiny and disinterested with his toys and food, etc. So its a couple hour struggle til bed time. I've been putting him down a bit earlier, like 15-30 minutes early, but he's been sleeping in til I have to wake him up at nearly 7. Usually he's waking me up!

The meds are not getting any easier. If anything Oliver knows when they're coming. I've said this a lot, but it has been the hardest thing for me as a mother to have to physically restrain my child and force a HUGE tube of medicine down his throat. I have to go as far as stroke his throat so he actually swallows. I'm terrified of leaving marks on him bc he puts up a strong fight.

Though on a positive note, its easier in the morning due to him still being a bit sleepy so he swallows the stuff easier. Still cries and tries to get away, but its no where near as bad as before bed!

We're 4 and a half days in with just 5 and a half remaining. Almost half way there!

14 Months Today!

Look at my big ham!

The key to a non-blinking picture I've found, is to distract him to look at me NOT the camera!


Otherwise...THIS happens. CHEESE!

This last one would have been perfect too. I closed up on a him and everything, but BLINK! :]

And look how big his shampoo Mohawk is getting!:

This is back in August. He was 7 months! Can you believe it?