At Isabelle's birthday party...

He's sticking his tongue out in this one. That'll teach us to take HIS picture!

what a handsome little fellow!

it's raining!!!

After the severe drought we've been having - with only 125 days left of water last I heard - it is finally raining. It started about 3am and has been raining ever since. Hooray!! We need this water so badly!

I don't know if I mentioned it before but Oliver is picking up some signs. He now does the hand motions to his "sleepy song" Moon Moon Moon. He does moon (hands over head in a circle) and "taking care of me" (rocking arms like you are holding a baby) it is tooooooo cute! He also lifts his arms up to be picked up. He points at everything and talks. We say the correct names for things, but at this point everything seems to be "DAT!" Hmmm, seems like he might be saying "What's THAT?"

He's walking so much more now, but still crawling most of the time. He can walk all the way across the playroom and back. He can squat down and pick up a toy and stand back up without holding onto anything. He dances all the time - bouncing up and down on his chubby little legs and waving his fists all around.

He fills up all my time, that's why I post so seldom now. He's full of energy!

OIiver's new tricks...

Oliver has learned a new word! He says "dah" and points at Jasper, so we are taking that to mean "dog". So now he says kitty, dog, tickle, mim and dad. Wow!

He started using a little bit of sign - including one he made up himself. He pats his chest with both hands for "naked". As in, I'm naked! It must be bathtime! Or I'm naked! Put me in some clothes!