The new furniture is here!!

Here's the sofa!!

loveseat...

The loveseat and side view of the end table

end table top...

We also got a cocktail table, but it was broken so we have to get another one. Everything looks VERY nice in our living room. The orange in the accent pillows matches the color on the wall almost exactly. I can't wait to get some accessories to put on the tables!!

third try...

Here are the new outfits we got for Oliver today. Don't worry, we didn't spend that much. He's going to look adorable!! We have to take the dinosaur one back because the zipper doesn't work. The rest of them are in the wash now so that he can wear them soon! I can't wait!!

what a cutie!

Even with a slobbery chin he sure is cute!

Bouncy Chair makes a comeback...

Oliver hasn't really been interested in the bouncy chair for a few months now. He got bored with it, the same music, the same lights...but then the other day I put him in it while I was finishing some housework and this is what he looked like! He loved it! I guess he just needed a break from it.

roly poly boy!!

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what a DOLL!!

Doesn't he look like a doll???

sitting up...

Oliver can sit up all by himself! Ok, so he's leaning against the back of the sofa, but he didn't fall over to the side like he usually does. He sat up and played with different toys for about 15 minutes or so before he got too tired and fell over. He's getting very good at keeping his balance. In this picture you can see his NECK!!! It's amazing!!

He rolled over for the 3rd time today. He worked really hard at it but he finally got over. I think he's getting the hang of it. He also had some more peas. I mixed them with cereal this time so he seemed to like them a little bit better.

mmmmmm...peas!!

He might not have thought so actually. Here's the first bite - he looks a little scared.

This was after the first bite when I was getting the second bite ready. He couldn't really figure it out...
This isn't the same as my usual bites, Mom!!

It was an interesting but messy experience.
He only ate a few bites of the peas, but managed to get them all over his face.

Well, it was a new flavor and texture. What did we really expect?

There is a reason he got to try peas a week before his 6 month birthday even though the dr told us to wait until he's six months old. When I was getting him ready for his dinnertime cereal I snapped the tray on the high chair and his finger somehow got caught. He started crying right away and I unsnapped it really fast, but his little finger swelled up and he wouldn't stop crying. We put some ice on it and gave him a little bit of Tylenol. He went to sleep about 10 minutes later but we felt so bad for the little guy that we got him the peas as a treat. So his second "major" accident was caused by me, just like the first one. :-(

some pics of the boy...

This only happened after MUCH rocking and walking and bouncing. He was so tired, but he doesn't like to just go to sleep anymore. He fights it with all his strength until he finally can't help himself. Poor little guy.













Here he is making an adorable face while playing in the exersaucer. He's really started liking it a lot. Pretty soon that pillow that's under his feet will be gone. He's getting so tall that he'll be able to reach the floor of it. He's such a big boy!!



If this isn't a sweet looking boy then I don't know what is! Check out that grin. What a cute pose, too.

Knitting Mama

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.

hey baby!

I got they keys to the car...wanna go for a ride?

He's got the whole world in his hands...

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!!

But I don't want anymore!!

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!!!

I can do it!!

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!!"

I don't know why...

I thought I had posted some stuff a while back but apparently it was just saved as a draft. So anyway, here are some pictures. This first one is the set of books we got at Sam's. Oliver loves reading them (as you can tell from the previous post). The puppy and kitten are cloth and they rattle. The Elephant is a "touch and feel" book, the duck is vinyl and has a squeaker, and the sheep has shiny stuff in the pictures. It's fun to read these to Oliver and see how he reacts.


This pictures was really cute because he was laughing and covering his mouth up.

Here's one of a BIG smile. He usually stops smiling like this when I get the camera out.
I can't even remember what he was laughing at.

This is a picture of the cloth diapers we got. There are two each of twilight, butternut, and white. They each have a microfiber insert that is very absorbant. We've started using these instead of the disposables and it's working out very well so far.

Learning to love books...

I'm the king of the exersaucerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

growth charts

This is the growth chart for Oliver's weight. Right now according to this he is in the 87th percentile.


This is the growth chart for Oliver's height. Right now according to this he is in the 94th percentile.

You can get this here.