1 year appointment!

Oliver had his 1 year appointment yesterday. He weighs 20 pounds (no ounces) and is 30 inches tall. His head is 18 3/4 inches. Which means he's still in the 10% for weight, 90% for height and somewhere around 75% for head. Soooo...tall skinny boy with big head....hehehe!

He's developing right on schedule. Pincher grasp, feeding himself, using a cup, saying a few words, crawling, cruising, sooo close to walking, etc etc.

Also, he's getting a molar! There is one peeking through on the top left and another swollen one ready to pop on the bottom right. No wonder he's been so cranky!!!

In other news, Bob is still working on getting the back door finished. He had to tear down the wall and rebuild it, then install the door. All that's left now is finishing up the siding and calking the sides of the door. Hopefully he'll be able to finish that tomorrow when we are both home. It's so hard to get anything done when one of us is gone.

what? I like my Tonka!

what's up with Noah's sandals?

This is the toy that Bob made for Oliver...

Bob worked very hard for a few nights building this toy for Oliver. The little circles and squares spin around on that peg and also move back and forth.

Oliver spends a lot of time just spinning those little blocks and having a grand time!

check out this cool toy!

Oliver got this from my grandparents for his birthday. They are stacking cups, which I couldn't find a decent set of anywhere. The little head has a bell in it so it jingles. Not only do they stack like this...

but they also click together (with the next size up or down) to make balls.

You can even put them all together into one ball if you put the smallest two together and then keep putting the next biggest one on the opposite side. Sewe the colors layered there?

They stack this way...

and you can stack a smaller one on any larger one because they have little grooves in them to fit together.
This is a very cool toy. Oliver likes to use them as bowls (even though they have holes in the bottom) and slurp out pretend soup. He laughs and laughs!

nothing of substance...

I went to the eye dr today and they said my contact prescription was too strong. I now have the correct prescription and some new fancy contacts that are ok to sleep in! The guy kind of yelled at me a little about sleeping in my contacts because my eyes can't breathe. I'm hoping to get a pair of glasses this time so I can take my contacts out at night without having to worry about what I'll do if I have to get up in the middle of the night. I can't see a darn thing, especially in the dark, without my contacts.

Bob went, too. He still has perfect vision but still needs prism glasses. This is good I guess since hopefully Oliver will inherit his eyesight and my eye muscles. hehe!

they came two by two

and they were so cute!