All about me, my hubby, my babies, and my puppy.
This is Jasper. Yeah, he's a dog, but he was my first baby.
He's a lab mix - we aren't sure what he's mixed with. We got him at the animal shelter January '05. His birthday is 5/5...maybe he'll get a pinata this year. He's about 60 pounds so he's pretty big, but he's very well behaved most of the time.
Oliver is getting to be more interested in the toys on the exersaucer. He likes the globe and the little wheels (blue, yellow, green at the front of the picture) because they make noise when you move them. Those wheels are actually the one he plays with the most. He also likes to "talk" to the sunshine, which is right behind the globe in this picture. It has a smiley face on it, which is probably why he wants to talk to it.
He's getting to be very active and very talkative. He naps only a few times a day for about 45 minutes each time. The rest of the time he's playing on his quilt, in his saucer, with Mommy or Daddy, or eating his bites. Actually, I put him in his high chair to play for a little while yesterday to let him practice sitting up. He played there for about 15 minutes before he got tired. He's so strong!!
Here's the silly little guy eating up his bites. Actually at this point he had eaten all the bites he could handle and was getting cranky about having to sit up in his chair. I snapped this picture right before I washed off his dirty little face. He does really well eating up the bites. In a week and a half he gets to try some veggies! So exciting!!!
Oliver is learning to use his hands better. He can pick up things that are not soft and aren't easy to grab (like rings and links). We practiced this today with some toys he got for Christmas from Aunt Rachael. Here he is holding a cowboy. He likes when the cowboy says "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaawwwwwwwwwww!!"
Well, this month is almost over. I can't believe it! Oliver is going to be half a year old in a few weeks. I'm amazed at the little guy every day.
He's still eating up all his bites. I've gone to twice a day and started making more each time. He LOVES bites! He still follows each meal with some milk though.
He's got some bumps on his bottom gums. You know what that means...teeth! That'll be good except for two things...he's still breastfeeding and his cute little gummy smile will be all gone.
He rolled over again last night. He waited a good long while to do it since that first time, but last night took a lot less effort than the first time.
He's gotten better at grabbing and manipulating things with his hands. He almost always uses his thumb to grab now, unlike before when he'd just use his fingers. Needless to say he was always dropping things.
In other nonbaby news...we got our mattress! It is so wonderful. It feels so much bigger than the full size one we had before. Softer, too.
