Oliver the gardener | Yeay for nice weather

I have been a bit under the weather with a cold since Sunday evening.  Who gets a cold in the summertime??  Really?  I'm sure Oliver will be getting sick here soon (Tim said he wasn't feeling too good last night, either).

Before the clouds rolled in, Sunday was a beautiful day.  We went to my Dad and Jana's place for a bit and Oliver loved crawling and playing in the grass.  His favorite was pulling apart the flowers in the barrels. 

We came home, and then my mom came by to swoop Oliver up to take him to a party of a friend of hers.  Oliver charmed a new lady friend there.  :-)



Here's to hoping for more nice weather and healthy persons!

My Pal Scout | Oliver's new buddy

One of Oliver's birthday gifts was a My Pal Scout.  This toy is AWESOME.  You can personalize it so that it says your child's name, along with favorite color, food, and animal!  It is pretty cool.

Sorry for the delay...

You would expect an update after this stretch of beautiful weather, right?  Well my friends, I have been a busy little beaver studying for a test that is coming up in about 12 hours from now.  With my profession, you must take continuing education credits, either by reading materials (boring), or studying and obtaining designations (boring and hard).  This current one is called INS 23, which is all about commercial insurance!  Since my employer doesn't offer anything commercial, this whole thing is greek to me... I have been stressing about it and postponing it until the last moment possible.

So if any of you have a case of insomnia, let me know - you can borrow this book.  It will put you to sleep within 20 minutes!

Since I have been trying to study and read, I have NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS!  Gah!  Luckily, my mom grabbed my camera today while she and her dad (my grandpa, Oliver's G'Gpa) went for a walk in our neighborhood today.

                        

Do not be fooled by Oliver's face as he is easily distracted by the birds (or leaves, or a gust of wind) - he is a big fan of his G'Gpa!  And do you think my mom pulled him in the wagon?

Nope.  Apparently age always wins these battles.

 

G'Gpa says, "Hey Oliver!  I got your hat now!   What are you gonna do about it??"

To which Oliver replies the same way, where he bats his eyelashes, and the person on the other end does whatever Oliver wants.  :-)

Memorial Day weekend | Wagon rides

I was just mentioning to Tim last night that a year ago we were at home with this little tiny baby burrito who slept ALL THE TIME.  And now, he is a crawling, cruising, and a no sleep machine!  And if you then think that a year before that, we were probably having drinkies while BBQing with friends, not having to be accountable for anyone but ourselves... my my my, how times have changed.

A quick recap, then some cute photos of you-know-who.  Saturday, Oliver and I had our first picnic, with barbeque chicken and everything!  We went to a little park by our place, set up a blanket and had lunch.  It was a beautiful afternoon.  That evening Timmy Toes surprised me with having my mom watch Oliver and he took me out for our 7 year wedding anniversary!  We went to Jak's Grill in West Seattle.  It was SO SO SO good.  Dinner was followed up with a Husky's ice cream cone. 

Sunday, we went to a princess party!  I'm sad to report that I forgot my camera.  My friend Kirsten, her daughter Sophie was turning 3, so she had her birthday party which was an explosion of pink!  We also learned a very important thing about Oliver - he does not like feather boas!  Note to self.

We also went to my brother and S-I-L's house and picked up little O's birthday gift - a wagon!  If you recall from his birthday party, he LOVED that wagon that was on loan.  Here is little O in the wagon!

Nevermind the little mark on his forehead - he was busy accidentally scratching his face in the middle of the night!  Gah!

Oliver loves going in the wagon.  LOVES.

1st birthday - part deux

On Oliver's actual birthday, my mom came over and made dinner, and then Oliver had another go around with a cupcake.  This time, he definitely figured out that cupcakes are for EATING and not for nomming on like a vampire. 

He enjoyed that cupcake so much!  Even if it was 3 days old.

              

              

What, does he have something on his face?

12 month check-up!

I do have photos and a little video of "Cupcake part 2" from yesterday that I have yet to upload, so in the mean time, I will share with you his 12 month stats, and some photos from my crappy phone.

Oliver had his well child check today:
Weight - 20 lbs, 15 oz (almost 23rd percentile)
Height - 30" (58th percentile)
Head circumference - 18.31" (54.5th percentile)

Even though he is in the thinner side weight-wise, the doctor said since he is still hitting all milestones and loves to eat, it is not a concern for her, and we are okay to switch to whole milk instead of formula!  Yeay!  We will finish off the container since it cost an arm and a leg, and then it's whole milk all the way.  I gave him some milk last week just to be sure he wasn't going to have any issues with it, and he drank it right up! 

Oliver also had 4 shots today!  Poor guy!  I will skip over that nasty bit of crying and share some photos from Tuesday evening.  O and I took a walk, and stopped at the park.  He enjoyed crawling around.  Apologies in advance for the quality. 

Oliver is picking daisies for his momma!  :-)  

Oliver's 1st birthday party!

Oliver turns the big ONE on Wednesday, but we celebrated his birthday on Sunday (since no one likes mid-week parties, including myself).  We prayed and prayed for good weather, and although it was partly sunny, it was the wind that drove us to a quick party. 

I've heard everyone had a wonderful time - I was very very busy, and felt like I barely spoke with anyone.  So if I didn't say much or anything to anyone, I am sorry in advance.  I also didn't take too many photos.  Some of these are from my mom's camera (click to enlarge). 

I'm pretty sure Oliver's favorite part of his b-day party was my dad pulling him around in the wagon.  He liked it best when he was in a full sprint!  Luckily, no babies were harmed.  Just big smiles.

          

We were all bundled up (except my brother, who never gets cold, apparently). 
 

         

It was cupcake time - my mom made two different kinds.  Oliver enjoyed a yellow cake with chocolate frosting.  

           



Oliver then very delicately ate sucked on the cupcake like a vampire.  He did eventually eat the whole thing, but it did take a while. 

He nommed and nommed on his little hand like that for a long time.  

This was about the dirtiest he got.  Kept it pretty clean, there, Oliver!   We wrapped it up a bit after that, deciding that Oliver was cold enough.  After a warming bath, Oliver opened up his presents!  He loved immediately playing with all the toys as soon as they came out of a bag or were unwrapped.  He got some nice new toys and clothes and money for college. 

Tim and I were just WIPED after all the activities of yesterday, and so was Oliver, so we all called it an early night and went to bed.

I cannot believe this year has flown by already!  More birthday updates as they come about!