Early birthday party - 3 years old!

This past weekend, we had a birthday party for Oliver with a few friends and family members.  Since O's birthday falls on Memorial Day weekend, we didn't want to hold people hostage in case they had plans already.

A side note, I am going to be uploading videos to YouTube now.  For some reason, Vimeo does not think my videos are valid files.  I've also updated my YouTube channel so that my prior videos are public, however it made them out of order.  Just a little FYI for you.  :-)

One of Oliver's request was for pumpkin pie (in May, sure, why not?), but we of course had cupcakes. 

One of his gifts was a parachute.  Since we had enough people, we broke it out.  I love how Oliver just walks right through it like it wasn't even going up and down!

We all had a great time.  Oliver loves his new toys and enjoyed the day.

Bonus video of my mom with Oliver playing with Zurg!

Is that Matthew McConaughey? Amber teething necklaces

I was reading about ways to help little O get through the teething process.  A few ways to relieve his pain are no longer an option.  There used to be teething tablets, but those were pulled from the shelf.  It was just announced that a certain chemical in Orajel can lead to some horrible side effects including death.  And I for one am just not comfortable rubbing whiskey on his gums.

A lot of natural places talked about amber necklaces.  The amber release oils that are natural pain relievers.  It sounds like a bunch of hippy-granola mumbo jumbo, but at this point, I am ready for anything.  That, and I would really love to see Oliver without a bib!  :-)

I'm still not sure if it works yet or not (the interweb is split  - about half of the feedback about amber teething necklaces believe this like crazy, and the other half thinks this doesn't work and it's unsafe).  I'll have a full day with him on Saturday to get results for myself.

Tim's first reaction when seeing little O with the necklace was, "OMG is that Matthew McConaughey??"

               

I dunno, what do you guys think??  Just needs to get a backwards hat and I think we have a spitting image of the hunky guy on the left.

My friend Kirsten let me borrow her wagon for Oliver's birthday party this Sunday. As mentioned before, his party is barnyard themed, and what barnyard party would be complete without a wagon??

       

We had a lot of fun with it at work today. You can read about it on Fiona's blog here.

BabyLegs photoshoot!

A few weeks ago, BabyLegs posted on Facebook that they were holding an open casting call - e-mail a recent photo of your little one, and the details on them, to be part of the fall collection.

Oliver was selected as one of those lucky few.  We went down for a fitting a few weeks ago and yesterday was the big day.  Tim and Oliver went down to Georgetown for the event.

Someone was there streamed the whole thing live from her iPhone, but it is blocked on my work computer (not enough Flash updates).  We found the chunk that Oliver and Tim are in here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14654573

Oliver is in a long sleeve green onesie, and is sometimes wearing a super cute fuzzy hat.  Tim is in a short sleeve brown t-shirt.  The person doing the iPhone seemed to get a lot of some girl in a tu-tu to the point where I wanted to shove her out of the frame!  Hahaha!  It's a long video, but Tim and O are only in the first like 10 minutes or so.

Don't worry - this was just a one-off and Oliver will not be some kind of stage baby.  Really.  :-)
I'm also getting prepared for Oliver's birthday party.  I took some photos from my phone, if you would like a sneak peek.

It will be barnyard theme, and will be outdoors - so everyone pray for good weather!

Stylish boy

No new photos over the weekend (slacker), so I'm stealing some from my mom from yesterday.  Nothing too new to report, except that THIS VIDEO has over 1,400 views.  I am so amazed that so many people would love slurpy spaghetti Oliver face.  Actually - not that amazed.  :-)

O was super stylish yesterday in his Robeez shoes and jean jacket.  He's hanging out at G'Gpa's house.

Little O and his G'Gpa - my mom's dad - he is quite smitten with his great-grandson!

How was your weekend?

Tim, Oliver, and I had a great weekend! Saturday, I was able to get a bit of cleaning done while Tim was at work (courtesy of Oliver's nap and playtime on the activity mat). I'm finding that trying to clean during the week has turned impossible, besides the small immediate stuff that must be done (bottles, wet towels, kitchen, etc). I was able to take out the recycling, food waste, vacuum the bedrooms, 3 loads of laundry, and even clean a window! Only one, as by the time I was done with that one, Oliver was ready for some loving from me.

My Dad came over on Saturday to visit me and the little guy. Oliver LOVES my Dad. He even gave him a bottle and fell asleep in my Dad's arms for a while! It was super cute.

After Oliver went to bed for the night, Tim and I watched Precious. It was very sad and slightly disturbing. I thought that Mo'Nique did an amazing job in this movie - very believable.

Sunday, the three of us went up to Northgate so Tim could use some Gap gift cards he got for his birthday. Across the way was Gymboree - I asked Tim if we could go in there as Oliver has outgrown most of his socks. While there, Oliver decided he wanted to put on a fashion show. Please notice the "Blue Steel" look he gives in this photo I took with my phone:

Ridiculous, little man! After that, we went to Andrew and Terrell's place and watched the Seahawks embarrass themselves. Oliver also tested out his new jumperoo, which sadly, he is a little too short for currently. I'm giving it another month. Complete with "Blue Steel" look again:

Now back to work, and it's all I can do from just leaving and snuggling up with him!

Wow, 3 months old already??

Oliver turned 3 months old already yesterday (which also happened to be Tim's birthday... but we know which milestone is more important here). I cannot believe how fast the time has flown by.

So I worked on Monday and Tuesday, and thank goodness I had Wednesday off (I have to work Sunday) so I could spend some quality time with the little guy. I put him in a new outfit that is still a bit big on him:

The hat only stayed on for the photo, and was promptly taken off, because, well, it just looks silly. The hat says "Safari Explorer." I told my mom that his onesie shows the kills he made on his hunt.

Oliver and I also took a nap. I got up to get a phone call and when I came back, THIS happened:

Spike cuddled right up to Oliver and slept with him! So cute!