More of the same

We had a pretty unproductive weekend due to this craptastic weather (darn you, fall weather), which even ended with thunder and lightning in the Ballard neighborhood. Saturday Oliver and I went to go visit my Dad while Jana was taking her grandson to a movie. Little man loved the pumpkin lights my Dad had up on the mantle. They looked something like this (but cooler):

Oliver always has a lot of fun at his Grandpa's house. Afterwards, we went home and put together Oliver's new activity mat. On Friday, the part that held the arms together shattered so I stopped by Me and Moms and picked up a "new" one for $10. This one has sounds and lights, however the toys do not hang as high. But for $10, I am not going to complain! Here is Oliver doing tummy time on the new mat:

Yesterday Tim and I and the rest of Seattle (apparently) went to get brunch, and after getting shut down at Portage Bay and Julias, we ended up at Blue Star in Wallingford. Oliver was good the entire time! He was just content to stare at the lights, ceiling fans, paintings, etc... later in the day, Tim took Oliver down to visit with Trav and Al while I stayed home and got some "me" time in. I took advantage of the time by cleaning the fireplace out (whoot whoot) and watching one of the worst movies I've seen in a while, "Dear John." The rest of the day was pretty boring, but we did get some pretty good giggles in at the end of the day:

This was the highlight of the day, as his laughs are so infectious. I love how he anticipates it and starts to squeal before it even happens. Smart baby.

Splish splash, Ollie was taking a bath...

I gave little man a bath today and boy, he has learned that his extremities are the things that control the splashes. I'll ask you to please forgive me for the extreme messiness of our place... yeah.

First weekend in October

I am first sorry in advance for the lack of multimedia this weekend - to be honest, nothing was really worth reporting. Saturday, I FINALLY went to the DOL and renewed my driver's license. I decided to get one of those "enhanced" ones so I can go to Canada (my passport expired years ago and I have yet to see about getting a new one). Oliver, Tim, and I drove up to the Lynnwood DOL. It was quite big, and they were moving the people through quickly!

It was pointed out that the lady in the red jacket seems very inviting, alas, we did not sit next to her. Oliver was busy charming the pants off of everyone there - including an 8 or 9 year old boy who could not get enough of Oliver's softness (this is where I say, "OMG, stranger, no touching the baby!" but he was very gentle and his intentions were just to be lovey to him).

We walked around Alderwood afterwards and purchased a nice outfit that will be good for photo ops and for his baptism later this month. We also purchased THE hat. The hat that has made everyone giggle and smile (and has made it to both Tim and my background on the phone). More photos to come for that.

We then went down and visited the Al/Trav residence. We watched a bit of the UW/USC game while Violet again got to get a lot of good licks in. Allison picked up a super cute onesie for Oliver from Baby Gap that will look super good in a few months!

Sunday we got to have lunch with the newly engaged Sarah and Heather down at Cafe Flora. Both Tim and I were pleasantly surprised how delicious a vegetarian restaurant could be! We will be going out with them next weekend (weather permitting) to get some cute family photos in. Stay tuned.

Sunday night we wrapped with dinner at my mom's place with G'pa and Jim. We all had a wonderful time and they all were amused by Oliver's antics. One might say that this was a very busy, productive, and happening weekend.

Milestone update

I'm not usually one to blog on the weekend, but I am just so happy to report that less than a week from rolling from his stomach to back, he rolled yesterday from his back to stomach! Yeay Oliver! He just never ceases to amaze us every single day with all of his new tricks. Congrats, little buddy!

By the way, that is my mom in the back acting the proud grandma. She is hilarious.

4 month checkup!

I was going to wait to blog tomorrow, but I wanted to share Oliver's 4 month check-up that Tim took him to this morning. He weighed in at 15 pounds, 11 ounces (50th percentile), length at 25 inches (also 50th percentile) and Tim couldn't remember the head circumference but said it was in the 75th percentile because he is full of big brains. The doctor said he was looking very good - nothing like being a proud parent when the baby is so well behaved and perfect!

Yesterday, I took out a teething ring from the fridge to see if Oliver was interested. I took a little snippet of video. Methinks he likes it.

He was also a busy traveller yesterday with my mom. He visited G'G'pa again, and even swung around to Grandma Buss for a visit. Oliver loves south Seattle, for sure.

Oliver even did a little tummy time at Great Grandma's.

Visiting G'G'pa, he says, "Get out of my seat!" Actually, he's quite smitten with him.

Oliver loves visiting and meeting new people. He really is the social butterfly!

Today he will most likely sleep a lot because of his vaccinations (which Tim tells me he only shrieked for a few seconds and then he was fine). Tim and I are both feeling a lot better, so we are that much closer to being able to smother him in kisses again!

A mucus among us

This weekend was not as productive as I thought it was going to be due to my cold, and then giving it to Tim. Aren't I thoughtful? I still need to get my driver's license renewed at the DMV... maybe next weekend. We are trying very hard to not get Oliver sick, but it's harder to NOT give him kisses!

Saturday, Oliver spent some time with Jana (my Dad was at a high school reunion) while Tim and I went to Lottie's in Columbia City for a few drinks for Allison's birthday. She had LOTS of fun with him. I'm sure she wished we stayed out longer, but Tim was not feeling well.

Sunday, we stayed home to watch football. One big thing he did was we were doing tummy time, and little man flipped to his back while trying to watch one of his toys on the activity mat! I woke Tim up and tried to get Oliver to do a repeat performance - but alas, he made me out to be a liar. But I swear, he did roll over from his stomach to back. My mom came over for a bit and gave little man a bath.

These hooded towels are really the cutest thing. We then left sicky Tim at home, and we (Mom, Oliver, and I) went to Senor Moose Cafe for dinner. I had only been there once a long time ago, and had forgotten how delicious everything was! My mom is a big fan of Mexican so I knew she'd enjoy it, too. Oliver was well-behaved throughout the entire dinner. We both forgot our cameras, but trust me, he was super cute!

Tim is actually off all this week - he forgot he requested this week off months ago - so he will be getting lots of quality O time.

A few photos

I am sick with a cold currently, so I don't have anything new to share... however I hear some people are needing a new Oliver fix.

I don't take the best photos, but the natural light was nice and Tim was playing with him all super cute-like, so I was able to take a few without the flash.

The little bit on the bottom is Spike's tail. Poor kitties - almost to all photos are now Oliver related, and Spike was just trying to get a piece!