BabyLegs & milestone!

Remember a while back when Oliver was in a photo shoot for BabyLegs?  We got the photos that were taken, and we were ecstatic to see that not only was he in the Fall 2011 catalog, but he is also on the website!  This changes periodically, but he is currently at the top of the "Collections" page, here.

Here are some that I thought were also pretty cute.  I gotta print some of these for sure!

We also had quite the shock Wednesday night.  Oliver took his first steps!  Gah!  Only got a little snippet from my phone (sorry Tim, it's on youtube), but we were all so excited.  Since Wednesday he still will go only from person to person, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he is sprinting around. 

Where the hell have I been?

A funny thing happens when you fall off the blog-o-sphere, so I thought I'd give a quick update.

On Tuesday, I had a big time surgery to fix a Giant Paraesophageal Hernia.  Impressed?  Well, you should be.  :-)  A giant paraesophageal hernia is where at least 1/3 of your stomach has herniated up next to your esophagus through the diaphragm and ends up in your lungs.  It looks kinda like this:

It is a pretty abnormal condition.  I've been living with it for several years but just recently was told it was time to get it repaired.  Surgery was apparently a success but I am now trying to mend.  Imagine this:  No lifting anything more than 10 pounds for at least 8 weeks (Oliver weighs about 25 pounds), for the first two weeks, it is a liquid diet, then if x-rays show everything is a-okay I can move on to a "soft foods" diet which consists of soups and pureed foods (if you think this sounds like baby food, you would be right!) for another 6 weeks.  And the pain!  I am trying not to whine too much as that would just make the pain worse.  Here's been my companions the past couple of days:

Did you see Children's Ibuprofen?  Yes, well, they don't make liquid Ibuprofen any other way.

The hardest part has been not being able to snuggle with Oliver but I know that it is temporary.  Today for example, he spent the day at Papa's and Grandma Jana's house and got to play in a little wading pool!  So Oliver is still getting all that attention that he craves.   

Thank you to modern medicine and Dr. Alex Farivar for making me feel better.  Well, in a few weeks.  :-)

This weather SUCKS

Sadly no photos were taken this weekend (or last week, for that matter).  Who knew that end of July would be kinda cold, and rainy, and super yucky?? 

I'll share one from this morning I snapped with my phone.  Oliver's new hangout is in the bathroom.  He loves looking in the shower, and opening the cabinets, and shutting the door... really... he could stay in there for hours and be happy.  It's always supervised though, because he sometimes will get a finger pinched in the cabinets.  Silly guy.

Yesterday we went to Fred Meyer where they were having a sidewalk sale.  I am a sucker for the Carter's clothes, so when they are marked down to $5 for a two piece set... well... you can imagine how that went.  Oliver picked up some new clothes.  I bought 18 month clothes which look HUGE.  I was like, there's no way Oliver will fit in that for a few months!  But he will grow and fit into them in no time, I'm sure.

I also wanted to share a rare pic that Tim's sister Amy sent to Tim on her phone - it's a bit grainy because it was forwarded to my phone, and then sent to flickr.  So lots of hands to exchange.

Baby Lexi is about 4 1/2 months old in this photo.  Yes, that is correct.  She looks so sweet - I feel a bit sad to meet her when Tim and Oliver go back to PA next month.  Love you, little chunk a monk!

As a comparison, here is one from Oliver about 4 1/2 months old.

Only a coincidence that both Tim and his sister are wearing orange.  This is when we took Oliver ot the pumpkin patch.  That seems like so long ago!  Love this little dude!!  

The sandbox incident

Little O and I went to Magnuson park on Friday, and it was his first time playing in the sand. 



These two kids let Oliver borrow this front loader (which matched his outfit, BTW).  Oliver loves to get dirty, and loves getting his toes in the sand.  Luckily, he still doesn't mind wearing a hat, too!

Shortly after these photos, a devil spawn toddler came up to Oliver and took a shovel out of his hand.  To make matters worse, this demon baby then threw sand in Oliver's face!  The nerve!  Would you believe that the babysitter just looked up from her magazine after seeing me trying to wipe sand out of O's eyes to ask if he (devil-baby) threw sand at him.  I replied, yes, in his face.  She said in the snottiest tone, "Sorry," and continued to read her magazine.

Boy was I fired up!  Some people really have no skills at all at being human.  Luckily I had some water in the car, so I was able to flush it all out (Oliver was not a fan of that).

Seward Park & his favorite bear

The 4th of July was such a beautiful day, and I was trapped inside at work (why do I keep volunteering for these things??), so after Oliver spent the morning hanging with Tim, my mom came and swooped Oliver up and went to Seward Park with G'Gpa. 

Oliver loves picnic time!

With his favorite bear, then getting a hand walking to the water.

                    

Look at this cute feet!  They said he didn't mind walking on the rocks at all!



Also got more of Oliver with his bear.  I think we finally found a lovey for him!  Oliver is so picky with these things!  :-)

Since I worked on the 4th, I will be off tomorrow with the little man.  And the weather report shows to be cloudy with a high of 66!  Gah!  Why I can't get some good weather in the middle of July is beyond me...

Green Lake wading pool!

Saturday was the first day in a long time when it was A.) A weekend and B.) warm enough to go to the wading pool!

We first went over to my Dad and Jana's in the late morning, where Oliver had a lot of fun playing in the grass and throwing rocks out from underneath the Cedars.  Papa got some good photos of Oliver having his lunch picnic style.  Here's one of the two of them.  My dad is in mid-sentence, so I kinda caught him off-guard. :-)

Later in the afternoon, it was nice and warm (80 degree warm) so Tim and I broke out the swimmer diapers and went to the wading pool! 

Oliver found a big ball and crawled over to get it.  Joy!

Oliver also met this little lady - she was almost 2 months younger than Oliver but was WAY bigger.  Her dad said she is in the 95% for weight!

Would you believe I also got a little video of this cuteness!?  I was so on my game. 

Well, maybe not on my game fully, as what did Tim and I forget when we went to the wading pool?  A towel for little O!  What rookies we are! 

Oliver had a wonderful time - this will be a regular summer activity as long as we get some more hot days!