Happy Mother's Day!

It was quite a change for me this year for Mother's Day.  I had always celebrated the other mother figures in my life, and this year, I was the one to be celebrated (along with all the other mothers, of course).  On Sunday, Oliver and I walked down to the Ballard Farmers Market to pick up some fresh cut flowers.  This is now the ONLY place I buy flowers if I can help it.  You can get a huge bouquet of fresh flowers for $5 - $15 depending on how big you want it.  I picked up three bouquets and walked around a bit more before heading back home.

The family was coming over for dinner, so Tim and I cleaned a little and I made dinner.  Miss Chelsea was in top form last night.  Both her and Oliver were wearing tank tops like it was summer!

This one is a little grainy - but still super cute. 

Earlier in the day, Oliver crawled into the bathroom (his new favorite hangout).  I was folding laundry in the next room.  I am learning that if I don't hear anything, he's probably up to no good.  Case in point (and look at his guilty face):

Yes, that is toilet paper!  Oliver unrolled the whole thing.  Luckily it was just about halfway done.  We now have it all sitting in the sink to use.

It's hard to get mad about something like this.  Especially when he smiles up at you and giggles like he knows he did something he wasn't supposed to. 

We had a great but way-to-quick weekend.  Happy Mother's Day!

Per Tim's request...

He cannot view youtube at his work, so I made a little video after Oliver ate dinner last night.  What a cutie pie.

He's showing off his skills.

O and his playtime

So I will apologize in advance that the following video is on youtube and not on vimeo (I find the quality a million times better on vimeo), but after piecing together the clips the file was just slightly over the allotted amount for vimeo - 20 megabites over :-(  So I will need to get another little video together so Tim can view it at work as he cannot view youtube videos there. 

So just an update, Oliver is a crawling machine.  So much so that he would rather crawl now instead of cruise.  He's learned that he is much faster at crawling, so now I think he won't be walking for a little bit. 

He also continues to eat and try new foods.  I am so impressed with the variety of what he eats.  The other day, my mom figured out in one meal he had 7 different fruits and veggies!

The following video is kind of long, but I was too tired to do any editing.  4 different clips put together of Oliver playing and being silly.

3 weeks away to Oliver's first birthday!!  Where did the year go???

Mess with the bull...

... and you're going to get the horns.  A new game that Oliver and Tim play, Tim pretends to be a charging bull, and then Oliver does the same.  TOO CUTE.





Easter weekend recap

Happy Monday, y'all - are you like me and wondered where the weekend went? 

Saturday, Oliver and I went for a nice long walk while Tim was at work.  After that, we drove up to Mount Vernon to see the tulips.  Tim and I went a few years ago, but it must have been on a weekday or something, because it was CRAZY busy.  Gah.  Lots of photos ahead - the weather was wonderful and the tulips were GORGE.

                               

A quick video of the tulips... sorry for the crying baby in the background!

We had a great time while we were there, however we will not be going back for future years unless it is during the week.  WAY too many people and traffic.  Added to this frustration is that the diaper bag was without formula (canister was empty) and Oliver dropped his pacifier in the tulip fields somewhere (without a spare).  Suffice it to say, the long ride back was not a pleasant one.  :-\

Sunday we had a pretty wonderful day, despite the weather.  Oliver was busy crawling and cruising around while Tim and I got ready for family to come over.  No opportunity for Chelsea and Oliver to be bunnies together, but I did get Chelsea to be bunny-fied!

Ali even got in on the action - don't you love Chelsea's glamour-shot hands??



We had a great weekend - can't wait for more of this awesome sunshine!

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!