Oliver catch...

We were throwing and catching a little purple bracelet thing.

Oliver was really getting into it!

He's quite theatrical!!

Oliver present...

Oh the excitment! They were both jumping up and down!

He rips open the paper and...

it's a color book!!

Oliver puzzle

Oliver opened the first present of the day and it was....a Spiderman puzzle!!!

He spent about 30 or 45 minutes putting it together and then taking it apart and then putting it together again!!

Side note, these are the jammies that Nanny and Pappy gave Oliver. He LOVES the penguins!!

Oliver Christmas...

Oliver opening his new Spiderman water bottle that also came with a backpack, Spiderman sandwich baggies and a Spiderman snack bowl!

Oliver was the present deliverer!

Before we opened presents Gramma was teaching Oliver to shake them!

Dress up clothes!!

Wyatt got a little hospital gown and bracelet...

He sure was a cute little patient!

and here's Dr. Walkup to fix up the little guy...

with a shot!!

Great job, Gramma!

Wyatt Christmas...

Wyatt wearing the caveman outfit that Gramma made. He's holding a giant dinosaur leg (also made by gramma)

This present is reeeeally heavy!

He got this neat activity box from Uncle Dave and Aunt Rachael.

Here he is reading the robot book with Gramma.

Wyatt likes the tree, too.

Even though he's constantly trying to pull ornaments off he loves looking at it. He can be very gentle after he's reminded about a hundred times.

I had to include this last picture because this is his new improved glee face. It looks a little more natural than the original and, from far away, more like a smile.

How excited is Oliver to have a tree??

THIS EXCITED!!!

We got the tree yesterday and decorated it last night. The boys had fun picking out the ornaments and putting them on the tree. Every one Oliver picked it was - "This ornament is me when I was a penguin" "This ornament was me when I was a snowman"

TA DA! The finished tree...and some Oliver belly.

The Rocket...

Oliver made this rocket out of some of the things in the art and craft kit that Uncle Digits and Anni sent him for Christmas. He absolutely LOVES making things and was thrilled about the giant glue stick! He made this rocket the first day he had it and has been playing with it like crazy ever since.

small update

Wyatt has three new teeth. In the order they came in - bottom left canine, bottom left molor, top left canine. The top right canine is about to come through, too.

Wyatt says truck and star.

Wyatt is a banana fiend! He would eat them all day long if he could. Yesterday we were at Arby's eating lunch and he kept saying and signing banana. Ack! Eat your roast beef, child!

funny things that were said today...

Oliver "I have long legs that go all the way down to my feet!"

Me "Wheeeere's Wyatt?!"
Wyatt, popping out from behind a chair "There he is!"

Oliver "I'm going to make spaghetti for everyone on our planet."

Oliver "You scurby dog!" (yes, scurby...not scurvy)

in other news...

Oliver helped me set the table for dinner. He put a plate and fork at each place. He was really a very good helper all day!

Wyatt finally got his tooth in two days ago. It ended up being two, actually. The bottom left canine and molar. No wonder the poor guy was so miserable!

I couldn't resist...

Doesn't he look like a little man? Check out his muscles!!

more fun with pillows

It amazes me that the boys will still spend an hour playing with these pillows. Oliver builds lots of space shuttles, Wyatt just piles them up and jumps on them.

Pillow fort!!

Wyatt's dr appt

Wyatt had a dr's appointment on Thursday. He is 22 pounds and they didn't say how long. He's in the 75-90th percentile for length though! Still only the 25th for weight. He's growing like crazy! He still hasn't gotten that bottom molar but it's all swollen and ready to pop any minute now. He's ahead for speech and right on schedule for everything else.

new Wyatt words

duck, book, mmm-mmm (like no) and shakes his head, donut, boomana (like an exploding banana?), pee

added 11/7 - purple, pen

added 11/9 - boop, peep (as in peep peep, which is a bird), Gramma, Woody (from Toy Story) and airplane. He also learned the sign for bird.

When he has a poo diaper he points to it and says BOOM!

The mega-slacker update

Oliver had his 3 year dr's appointment on the 22nd of October. He was 37.5 inches tall and 32 or 33 pounds. He can stand on one foot, he can jump really high and really far. He can draw a circle and a plus sign (He CAN!). He passed all the test the doctor gave him. His vision is good, his hearing is good, his blood pressure is good. He's right on schedule for everything, except he's ahead in speech. He uses looooong sentences (10 or more words) and uses big words, too.

He has started making up stories, too. Really simple ones but they are so cute. He tells me a lot of them while we're driving so I don't get to write most of them down. I posted some of them a few days ago. He's got a good imagination.

Oliver can read the words eye, ear, hair, and nose. This is in addition to the words he could already read - woof, biscuit, oliver, mim, daddy, wyatt, jasper, see, bee, and we.



Cute things Oliver has said lately...



Bob: Can you get me the coffee and a spoon?

Oliver: coffee and a spoon, coming right up!



I took a drink to wash it down!

The moon is ROUND - like a smiley face!








Oliver was Spiderman for Halloween (see below for pictures). He thought he was the coolest Spiderman ever. The woman at Target called him "Spidey" and he got upset. I'm SPI-DER-MAN, he said. He ended up with a pumpkin full of candy but only went to two houses for trick-or-treating. I can bribe him to do anything for a candy bar! (the tiny milky way)



Wyatt has started running. He's pretty fast, too. He's a climber, too - he can get just about anywhere as long as there's some kind of foothold.

He has learned a lot of new words. Just today he started saying Spiderman. Yesterday it was Uh-oh! When he says the oh part he makes his mouth into a little O shape. It's so cute! He also says boom!

He learned the sign for airplane, bird, cup, boy (which we use for brother), Spiderman (shooting a web), and gimme. He made up the sign for gimme and it's just like milk but more emphatic.

He helps me put his clothes on, putting his arms in sleeves or legs into pants. He still doesn't like getting his shoes on and barely sits still for it. He knows where his pants are. He also knows socks and shoes. He can find his eyes, ears, nose, hair, belly, feet, hands - although he's been doing that for a while and I think I might have already posted it.

He likes to "read" his book - a big board book with bright pictures. He can recognize most of the pictures in it, too. girl, boy, airplane, jacket, fish, bird, train, cup, ball, car, orange, apple, banana, puppy and kitty.

Wyatt will also do anything for a candy bar. The boy has a sweet tooth, just like me! He didnt' get as much candy as Oliver did (mostly because he can't have nuts or anything chewy like Twizzlers) but he enjoys it. He was Woody (from Toy Story) for Halloween. Everyone kept saying what a cuuuuute cowboy he was - very few people knew he was Woody. (frustrating!!) Anyway, he WAS a super cute Woody. Bob went out and got him a little stuffed Woody to play with and it's been his favorite ever since (sorry kitty kitty!).





Last week the boys and I headed up to Asheville to visit Gramma and Grampa. We also got to see Aunt Rachael, Uncle Dave, Aunt Sarah and Delilah. We were a few days too early to see the new baby, Adriana, but hopefully we'll see her soon. We stayed at Gramma and Grampa's house, ate good food and played A LOT. Gramma took a few days off work so she could hang out with us. Wednesday Gramma watched the boys so me, Rachael and Sarah could go out and do sister stuff - which ended up being donuts for breakfast, shopping, pizza for lunch and then home. It was fun, though, and nice to hang out without the boys. They did great with Gramma and were fine, although really tired, when I got back. The boys took a nap then Rachael helped me start crocheting a lion. Haven't worked on it since because I'm a slacker! In fact, it's still in the suitcase.

That is all I can think of for now. Hopefully I'll be able to make more time to post instead of waiting weeks to cram everything into one post and then forgetting it.