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Here are some shots I took today of Oliver on his playmat


 

3 months!!

I can't believe Oliver is 3 months old already! Let's see, he started out at 19 inches, 5 pounds 8oz. We measured him a few days ago and he's 24 inches long now. His last weight measurment was 13 pounds 8oz. That's 8 pounds and 5 inches of growth in 3 months.

He is starting to do more too. He smiles all the time, and he loves his playmat (thanks Sarah!) He hasn't learned to roll over yet, but he's working on it. He got close a few times today during tummy time. He sleeps better than he used to. He still wakes up every 3 hours or so to eat, but he goes right back to sleep afterwards instead of staying awake for a few hours. He's awake a lot during the day, too. He loves to sit up, and he's always trying to stand any time he's held upright. He has really good head control now. He is almost always looking around trying to see everything. The only time he's floppy is when he's tired. He talks a lot, and squeals when he's happy. If you talk to him, sometimes he'll talk back. We've had quite a few conversations consisting of "agoo" "agoo" "aaaaahg" "aaaaaahg" "uuuuhma" "uuuuuhma" and so on...it's very amusing for me, and I suppose he enjoys it because he keeps doing it. His favorite toy is Spike the Dinosaur (Thanks Brenda!)...he loves those Dino Smooches! Whenever he's on his back playing he's always kicking his legs and waving his arms around. It looks like he's trying to crawl, but he's just upside down. We're working on trying to get some upper body strenght so he can crawl, although he's really good at scooting himself along, propelled by his legs. His nickname now is Mr. Boobah.

Overall I think he's progressing well. Happy 3 month birthday, Oliver!

Yay!

I guess they had a good time while I was at work, this was taken yesterday.
 

back to work

today I went back to work. I had a really hard time leaving the house...I felt so guilty about leaving poor Oliver for 8 hours. I'd never been away from him for that long. (I think the longest amount of time was 3 hours) It was hard!! When I got to work it was a little better because I had lots to do so I wasn't sitting there just missing my boys all day. However, about 4:30 I was suffering! It sucks to not be able to feed your baby when you have been doing it for so long. By the time I got home I was about to burst! Luckily Oliver was hungry so he ate a bit then I pumped the rest.
I guess Bob did ok, Oliver is still in one piece. He wasn't screaming uncontrollably when I got home or either of the times I called. Bob did send me a picture of him crying though. Talk about making me feel bad!

not much...

I don't have much to post about just now, but Oliver is sleeping and I've pretty much cleaned up. Bob's dad is coming over today to do some stuff around the house. They are going to put a light switch in the laundry room to replace the stupid cord that I can never get to work - hooray! Other than that I don't know.

It's cold in the house. It looks sunny outside, I wonder if it's warmer out there than it is in here. It was yesterday.

Oliver is all congested again. I'm almost over the cold I had - I hope I didn't give it to him. I've been very careful about washing my hands and not touching anything that's going in his mouth. Also, not smooching him - TORTURE! I think that I did give my cold to Bob...sorry honey!

Jasper got groomed yesterday and he looks super. They didn't put a bandana on him like they usually do, but he still looked nice. He smells way better, too. We had to get him a new leash since he broke his other one when we were in WV.

I need to go to the craft store and get supplies to make Oliver a stocking. I made one for Jasper last year, and Bob has one that I made from the first year we had Christmas together, I think. I'm not sure where we'll hang them since we don't have a fireplace this year. I'm sure Bob will think of something.

looking back...

I've been sitting here for a while reading all the old posts on my (older) sister's blog. It's kind of fun to look back and see what was going on last year. I might have to find time to look back at my old posts to see how much everything has changed since I started blogging in February '05. That's almost two years ago! Wow, how time flies.

I also figured out how to put links to my favorite places on the side over there. Yay!

Thanksgiving trip...

I started writing a big long detailed post about our trip for Thanksgiving, but I stopped because I couldn't remember some of the details. So here's the short version.

We went to WV. Oliver did great in the car except for a "poopsplosion" on the way up. Jasper did ok, but threw up twice. We had Thanksgiving with about 30 people. We ate by candlelight because the power went out just before we ate. Oliver got overwhelmed and cried for two hours the first night we were there. We spent some time with Chris (uncle hedgehog), eating and shopping and just generally hanging out. Oliver got some new outfits and I got some new pants. We got to spend a little bit of time with Birch and Gretchen when they got back on Sunday. We left Monday and when we got home pretty much just sat around the rest of the day recovering from the trip. Oliver slept most of the trip back, so did Jasper, so did I. I got a cold while we were there, luckily I didn't give it to Oliver (yet, anyway)...I'm almost over it today.

I go back to work on Sunday. I'm not excited about it. I'm only going back part time, and will only be gone when Bob is here. I still hate it. We'll see how it goes though. The Christmas party is on 12-10. I'm not sure I'll be going, but we'll see about that too. Bob doesn't want to go. I don't really want to leave Oliver to go party for 4 hours. Maybe I'll just stop by or something. We'll see. I got invited to another party on the Friday before that. Joey, a salesperson at RTG, is having a party. He and his wife had a baby (Ava)about a month before Oliver and we were comparing notes today. Oliver weighs more than Ava! They are all doing well though, and Whitney (Joey's wife) is quitting her job to stay home with the baby. Hooray for her!

I'm hoping to have some visitors for Christmas or at least in December. My mom said she was probably coming up. I'm having a superbowl party at my house whenever the superbowl is and I'm hoping to have a better turnout this year than last. Last year only 4 people were there, and two of them were me and Bob.

I guess that's all for now because the boy's waking up and I'm trying to make dinner for Bob.

sleepy boy...

 
  

family photo

taken at Birch and Gretchen's farm
 

Just a little smile

I love when he smiles. His fat little cheeks are so cute!
 

More pictures...

Look at that cool toy! Oliver liked it, but I loved it. When you move it any way it makes a very soothing sound...like rain...but it's just beads and bells. Probably not age appropriate yet, but we had fun playing with it anyway.
Daddy and Oliver playing on the swing at Birch and Gretchen's house.
Daddy reading a story to Birch and Indigo. It was Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Oliver and his cousin Eleanor in Apex when they were visiting Nanny and Pappy.
 

Great Aunt Brenda

  

mamaw and pappy

oliver's great grandparents
 

4 generations...

left to rightr: Bob Jr, Bob Sr, Pappy Lucian...and everyone knows Oliver
 

smilin' boy!!

 

neighborly spirit

Since we've moved in here most of the neighbors have come over to say hi and welcome us to the neighborhood. Today though, it was a little different. About 1 in the afternoon the doorbell rang. I answered the door (in my cow spotted pajama top and pink lounging pants with monkeys on them) and there was a little old lady. She said she lived across the street and wanted to welcome us to the neighborhood by bringing by one of her homemade fruitcakes. WOW! She was very nice and she stayed to chat for a few minutes before going back home. It was very old fashioned of her to bring sweet goodies to welcome us - but I liked it.
I'm eating a slice of the cake now, and I must say...fruitcake is disgusting! It's too sweet and kind of soggy. I feel bad saying that because she was so nice to make a cake and bring it over. :( I hope Bob likes it.

the agony!

I was organizing Oliver's dresser when I realized that some of his clothes don't fit him anymore! I was sorting them out, but I got so upset and started to cry because he's getting so big :( I found the shirt they gave him in the hospital and it was so tiny...I put it in his keepsake box so he can have it when he's older. Anyway, it made me sad to put away some of the things he used to wear. His favorite shirt that has a fire truck and says "this is a fire truck, it goes we-ooh we-ooh" is too small for him now.

We went for a visit to Nanny and Pappy's house and got to meet Aunt Angie, Ethan (cousin), Eleanor (cousin), Aunt Cheryl, Tyler (cousin), Kelsie (cousin), and Jordyn (cousin). He was fussy or sleeping most of the time. Most of the rest of the time he was eating. I guess he was nervous in a new place with a bunch of people. By the time we left though he was more relaxed and was awake looking around at everyone. He gave everyone hugs when we left (as much as a baby can hug) and gave Jordyn a kiss (well he opened his mouth and put it against her cheek...that's a baby kiss in my opinion) He did really well on his first long car ride (about an hour and a half) - he slept the whole way except for on the way there he woke up and ate a little bit. Hopefully that's a good sign that he'll do ok next week. Pictures will be posted later.

Howdy, pardner!!

Here are Oliver's Halloween pictures!!!

 

2 month checkup

Oliver had his two month checkup today. He cried practically the whole time...and he hardly ever cries. First the doctor tried to pull a piece of skin off where his circumcision was done a little weird. He definately didn't like that!! The she checked his hips, which he never likes. After she finished her exam he had to get 5 vaccinations! Luckily one was liquid and he got to drink it, but the rest were shots. He got one in his left leg, two in his right, and one in his right arm. He screamed and screamed. I can't understand how the nurse does it! I cried the whole time, too, because when she did the first one he looked up at me like "Mom, why are you letting her hurt me?" It broke my heart and I hated it terribly. When we got home he just slept for a long time. When he woke up he was hungry so I went ahead and gave him a dose of Tylenol (per the dr, to keep down fever if he gets one) and fed him. He fell asleep again immediately after and slept for a few hours before he was hungry again. Pretty much he's slept the whole time since we got home except when he woke up and cried for about 30 minutes. Poor little guy. :(
He hasn't gotten a fever yet, so hopefully he won't.

With baby...

Jason feeding Oliver...

Jason and Jasper with Oliver...

Oliver hitting on Ani
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