Happy Easter, everyone!

Or as the religious folks would say, "He has risen, risen indeed!"  I haven't been up on either side of the holiday for a while - the pagan side with the bunnies and easter eggs and such, and the religious side about Easter!  I know that maybe next year we will do some egg dying, and from what I've seen on the market, it is definitely more DELUXE than when I was a kid.  I'll be telling Oliver, "When I was a kid, we could only dye our eggs one color!  Sometimes you could do half on one end and half on the other!"  Now there's stickers and stamps... good golly.  Paas must be making a killing.

We will be having family over for dinner on Sunday, so I'm hoping for some photos and video to share of that.  In the mean time, here is a cute bunny for you!

Bunnies need fuel, too!

And of course, how cute are babies in over-sized hats??  Thanks, Ian!

More to share next week.  Have a great weekend!

Long recap... warning, long post ahead!

Whew, it has been a long time since a real post.  Oliver has been sick.  Again.  I'm hoping that this will be over soon since it's Springtime! 

We got the baby gates shipped from Amazon (I love you, Amazon.com), and arrived a day or two later.  One box showed up destroyed:

           

Luckily, nothing was damaged or missing.  I was able to take two of them to my Dad's house and he was able to punch some cat holes through them.  Here is one:

The cats have already figured it out.  I think Spike likes it a lot, as it makes it more "jungle gym" in our condo.  Oliver also got some overalls.  My Mom saw these and had to have them (apparently my brother lived in a pair just like these for a long time).  He is super cute in them.

I also found out that my favorite video camera is being killed off by the mother company (Cisco says no more Flip Cameras).  I convinced Tim that it was time to upgrade to a newer one with HD capabilities since they aren't going to be around soon!  I took a test video (nothing too exciting), but the quality if definitely a lot better.   

This morning, I got together my last active box on thredUP to get mailed out.  Every week they award their members with different badges... top rated, top rockstars (most times favorited), super swappers (most boxes sent), etc... I was awarded a top rated badge.  This info is listed on a leaderboard, so people on the leaderboard usually get their stuff picked ASAP.  I have more clothes to put into boxes, but now I just need time to do it! 

So sad to see little O's clothes go.  I am keeping just a few items for sentimental reasons, but most of it is getting swapped for bigger stuff.  We just don't have any room to store all of it.



I also took a quick pic of Oliver hanging out in his crib.  You can see in his face that he still not feeling 100%, but I am pretty sure it is a combination of being sick and he is having some teeth come in.  He has been a little cuddle bug lately, which means that we haven't been able to do much else.  My Dad and Jana got to spend some quality time with him on Sunday while Tim and I spent the day cleaning!  We got SO MUCH DONE. 



That's the recap!

Hiatus

A week without any updates??  WTH?

Oliver is just wrapping up getting done being sick - he also is now an official crawler.  I know, I know, just before he is walking, the little man is now crawling like he's been doing it for months!

This weekend I hope to get the baby gates modified so he will be limited to the amount of things he can get into (namely, the cat's water dish, which he discovered is great fun!). 

Our trip to Camano Island was not how it turned out - in fact, not even ONE photo was taken.  Oliver was just too sick to take outside.  We will definitely have to go back - it looked so beautiful and peaceful. 

Since no photos or video, here is one of the little man from the way-back machine (November 2010).

Busy weekend!

We had a very full weekend, starting with Saturday, when Oliver and I went down to visit Grandpa Carl (or Papa... still undecided), and Grandma Jana (perhaps Granny, as she calls herself :-) ).  O enjoyed showing off his new cruising skills as listed in the prior post.  They love him SO SO much, and Oliver does, too!  I ordered some baby gates that should be coming in soon, and my Dad will hopefully be able to make a cat hole so Spike and Bailey can get through without jumping over the top, since they are not spring chickens anymore.

We came home, and Oliver took a nap with Tim.  We then went up to visit my sister-in-law and Chelsea since my brother was away this weekend, getting some man time in Vancouver watching hockey.  We hung out there for a while. 

Sunday I finally broke out the camera.  Oliver enjoys hanging out by the TV - I know that once he is a little taller, he will be digging the windows even more.  He's wearing this super cute onesie with faux jeans (they are just normal cotton pants that LOOK like jeans).  What a cutie.

                      

We then went over to our friend Tenzing's house.  Her husband is away for a few months learning how to work on Apache helicopters (to be a part of the Reserve).  She has a son, Samten, who is about a month younger than Oliver.  Two words to describe Sam?  Mover and screamer.  He is very loud and is a crawling machine. 

Oliver really liked this toy - Sam did push him around just a smidgen but didn't get too far.

I had noticed a lack of photos of Tim and Oliver, so I forced Tim to smile for the camera.  :-)

The rest of the day was a blur, but the weekend ended too quickly.  Can't wait for next weekend, where we will be staying overnight at a cabin on Camano Island!  Fun stuff!

More cruising

Okay, so, we REALLY need to get baby gates.  Oliver is now cruising along the WALL.  He gets better at walking everyday!

On the move

Little O has really turned up the cruising factor - not to mention that he loves walking (holding onto someones hands for assistance).  The crawling thing has still not taken off, however as recently as last night, he did kinda "crawl" from one place to another.  The only issue is that he just pushes with his feet and lays his head on the carpet!  Talk about major rug burn!  One of these days, maybe...

For now, Oliver loves crusing along furniture, his crib, across your knees - anything that is in arms length for him.  Also walking around the house, however this has given all of us some bad backs.  A friend of my mom's gave us her old walking wings, but it doesn't really seem to do the trick for us.

Here is a quick video of him assisted walking and cruising.

Oliver and Chelsea - the dynamic duo (in the future)

Chelsea, aka C-pants, aka Miss Chels, came over last night while Jim & Ali went to dinner for a date night.  It has been at least a month since I've seen my beautiful niece!!  Too long!!  She was so talkative and loved to kick.  I thought perhaps Oliver would love her like he did last time they got to spend some quality time together, but it seems that Oliver does not like to "share" his mom and Nona to others.  We still all had a WONDERFUL time. 

Oliver showing Chelsea how her toy works (he loves it).

Happy babies!

Oliver actually smiled, then squinted his eyes BEFORE I took the picture.  Silly baby.

Cousins hanging out in the chair.

Juggling two babes is definitely more challenging than dealing with one separately... how people have multiples and not lose their mind... I have no idea. 

A side note - Oliver turns 10 months today!!  What a big boy!  And he can pull himself up in the crib - video to come soon, I'm sure!  :-D