Oliver is....CRAWLING!

On Thursday March 24th our little Oliver began crawling on his knees.  Jacob and I were leaving for Vegas (that post is coming soon!) that afternoon and we had a feeling that he would start crawling.  He had been scooting forward on his belly for a couple of weeks.  We were so afraid that we were going to miss it, but he started to crawl that morning at I was able to catch it on video!!  Enjoy.....

Video coming...as soon as Jacob remembers how to upload it!!

He is crawling everywhere and after everything!!  He can pull completely up to a standing position and walk along all the furniture.  He has stood for a second or two not holding onto anything.  As soon as he can get the balance down I think walking is right around the corner!!  It is so amazing how quickly he is growing and changing...literally OVERNIGHT everything changes!! It is such a beautiful thing!

Oliver and his first Prom date...

....Oliver's competition! 

 Learning life lessons from the Great Grandpa

It is hard to believe that he is already ten months old.  He is such a blessing and a joy to have in our lives.  He started saying no no no to me last Wednesday night.  He is beginning to try a mimic things that we do and say.   Oliver absolutely hates changing his clothes...he will arch his back and cry like he has just been pinched...so dramatic...ha!  He is a little comedian.  He tries to get everyones attention in church by laughing, grinning and of course fake coughing.   He is fascinated with BUBBLES right now!

One of Ollie's new obsessions...
the swing not the girl...

...well ok maybe the girl!  Ha

He is still taking 2 naps a day and sleeping from 7 to 7 at night!!  We are so blessed.  He is eating well and we still haven't come across anything that he doesn't like.  His skin is so much better minus the occasional breakout.  We have super strong cream now so hopefully all will be clear and stay clear for his One Year Pics!!

Having lunch at Sams after Church

He has my HEART!

P.S.  Sorry it has taken me so long to post again...I will do better!  I have had a lot of family stuff come up in the last few weeks so please send your prayers!  Post on Vegas and a look back at the month of April a year ago (getting ready for Ollie) coming SOON!!

It's Gammy's Birthday!

Today for Gammy's birthday we headed to Trejos for a yummy dinner and then to church.  For Gammy's birthday Ollie wanted to make her something extra special.  He decided to make her a personalized stepping stone for her new lake house.  I really wanted his hand prints on the stone but Ollie was not having that at all....so I settled for footprints.  For his first craft at almost 10 months old I think it turned out okay but we will probably try again in a couple years for another one!

 Ollie's Art!

Ollie and his Gammy!!!

Happy Birthday Gammy

We LOVE You!!

Ollie's 1st...

My Lucky Charm on his 1st St. Patrick's Day!

This past Saturday Ollie and I went to visit my mom and Ollie got to swing for the 1st time.  

 Ollie and his grandma on the BIG swing...

...and the little swing.

I think he enjoyed swinging even with the sun in his eyes.  A trip to the park is in our near future!

Ollie Eats...

SPAGHETTI

Oliver at Nine Months

I still can't believe that my little Ollie is nine months!!  He has changed so much over the last month.  He can wave bye and is beginning to mumble bye-bye too.  He says mama, dada and kika (kitty cat) ALL the time.  He doesn't like getting dressed anymore and has started to want to have little meltdowns.  Distracting him with toys seems to work pretty good so far.  He shakes his head no all the time.  He points at everything and loves pointing at my nose.  He is obsessed with looking at all the pictures on the wall and fridge and pointing at them.  Most of the pictures are of him so I guess he is kind of obsessed with himself!!  The biggest accomplishment of them all is that Oliver has finally started SCOOTING forward!!!!!  It began on Friday March 11th and he hasn't stopped!  It is so exciting watching him grow and learn new things.

We had two Doctor visits at nine months for him.  First was his nine month check up with Dr Haynes. We found out that since our last visit about a 1 1/2 months ago Oliver has not gained any weight.  She wasn't too concerned right now but she does want him to have gained a decent amount of weight at his year checkup.  Other than that she said that he was doing great and hitting all of his milestones and that we could start giving him some table food.  So hopefully that will help him put on some weight!!

The next checkup was with Dr Whited the allergist.  He said that Oliver's skin looked great and to keep doing what we were doing with all of the lotions and of course staying away form chicken and soy products.  He also said that starting him on table food was fine but that for right now there is no rush to begin feeding him any meats.  So we will stick with yummy veges and fruits!

Fun pics with Ollie in his "big boy" boots!

Look Mom NO HANDS!!

Ollie Lately...in pics!