Oliver's tool belt...

Bob put an old belt around Oliver and stuck all his tools in it. Doesn't he look cute?!

Is this the wrench you needed?
He looks like a plumber or something with his little hand stuck into his belt like that.

Send Your Smoochy Wife Flowers Day...

According to Bob last Friday (the 11th) was Send Your Smoochy Wife Flowers Day. When I got to work this beautiful arrangement was waiting for me with a very sweet note! They are so pretty and they smell so nice. It really made my day!!

I love you, hubby bubby cuppy cake!

the funniest thing happened yesterday...

I was at work so I didn't witness this firsthand. There was a pile of dirty clothes in one corner of the playroom. Bob (for some reason) was letting Oliver run around in just a shirt and diaper. Oliver apparently went over to the pile of clothes, pulled down the front of his diaper and peed all over the clothes! I have no idea what possessed him to do this, but when i found out i laughed and laughed and laughed. Oliver has seen Bob using the bathroom a few times and I guess he just figured that's how it's done. It must be time to get a POTTY!

some cute B&W Oliver pictures

a trip to the park in the WARM WARM weather

It was so nice out yesterday that we couldn't resist stopping at this park. It's just a little park in the middle of a neighborhood but it was almost deserted. Oliver really loved that tunnel, he spent most of the time in it. He liked the swings pretty well, too and we got some super nice swinging pictures. We went down a big curvy slide together and Daddy played hide and seek and tunnel peek. The family shot is a pretty good one, but we couldn't get Oliver to look at the camera - he was too excited!

i'm so slack with updates!

Well, it's been a while since the last post. A lot has been going on. First, Oliver updates: He has picked up a couple new words and signs. His new words are eye, good job!, and wow. I can't remember the new signs and I'm sure there are more words than that but my brain is not working well. He's also started doing karate...well...as much as a 1 year old can. Apparently Bob was watching some cartoon with him and the people were in a fight. Oliver started waving his hands around immitating them. It was VERY cute! Bob also got Oliver some tools. He has 2 hammers, 2 wrenches, 2 screwdrivers, a workbench/stool and a work table. He also has an electric drill, which he makes his own sound effects for. He's figured out how to get the nut off the bolt and he's very good at hammering...everything. Knocking is a new favorite. He likes to go to the front door and knock on it, or knock on the wall to see if anyone will knock back from the other side. Luckily the playroom shares a wall with one of the bathrooms so one of us can go in there and knock back and forth. He will do this for a looooooooong time. I have new pictures but I'm so slack that I haven't even gotten them on the computer yet.

In other news, Oliver is getting ready for his new brother or sister - due 8-8-08!! We just got confirmation from the doctor on the 3rd that we are definately having another baby this year. They didn't do anything except get a medical history at this visit but it seems like everything is fine. I've been doing ok with the morning sickness, it's not nearly as bad as when I was pregnant with Oliver. Mostly I'm HUNGRY...although I do get nauseous sometimes. Life Savers seem to help so I always have some on hand. As of today the baby is 9 weeks, 2 days old. I guess I should add another ticker to the top of the blog!

more Christmas pictures...

Here is Oliver with Aunt Rachael on Sunday morning. We stayed at Gramma and Grampa D's house. Gramma made a delicious breakfast of eggs, bacon, hash browns and biscuits. Of course, there was also the DELICIOUS Christmas sweet bread. YUM!

Here's Oliver giving Gramma D some snuggles. He was very generous with the snuggles this weekend - much to everyone's delight.

Here is Gramma D and Oliver playing "YOU!". It mainly consists of Gramma running around a corner and when Oliver comes around where he can see she yells "YOU!" and points. After a while Oliver started to point, too. They both had a lot of fun playing.

What a cute present! I hope it's for me!!!

Christmas in Asheville

We headed up to Asheville late Saturday morning to hang out with the Harriman crowd for the big holiday bash they have there every year. We started out later than expected so we didn't get there until about 2 but we had lots of fun once we got there. Oliver ran around and played with Delilah (his only cousin on my side) and my cousins (Matthew, Jessica, Heather) and my aunts, uncles, granparents and dad.

Here's Oliver opening a present with Aunt Sarah (her face actually was cut off in the picture and I didn't take it!). This is the only good picture we got of him opening a present even though he got A LOT of presents (despite me telling everyone to not buy him anything!!)

Here he is getting a big hug from cousin Delilah.

Here he is playing with his new dump truck with Grampa Steve.

Here he is snuggling Grampa Steve.

I have lots more to post but Oliver just woke up so I'll get them on later!

a little tiny update...

despite my crazy picture taking spree with my new camera, I'm not posting any pictures right now. (I know, I know...try to hold back your disappointment!)

Oliver can now recognize eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, belly and foot.

Oliver can reach doorknobs, although he hasn't figured out how to open a door yet.

He's gotten really attatched to a little stuffed bear in a Carolina sweater. When he gets ready for a nap he'll bring it up on the futon and snuggle it while he goes to sleep. He also gives it smooches.

Oliver is very generous with hugs and smooches.

When Daddy comes home from work Oliver will stop whatever he's doing to go greet him. If he doesn't get picked up immediately he gets VERY upset! He loves his daddy.

Oliver has been very patient with me in the last few days while we've gone shopping. He is very calm and well behaved in the stores. He waves and talks to people a LOT, unless they talk to him first. He loves grabbing things and after a while doesn't like being in the stroller but he is pretty good about staying close to me if I let him walk around...most of the time.

He's gotten very FAST.

He likes putting things in the hamper. I did some laundry and left the hamper in the living room for a few days. Now it's full of toys and papers and socks and anything else he could get ahold of. He likes to lift up the lid and put it in and he ALWAYS puts the lid back down. EVERY TIME.

So that's Oliver lately. He's still not a good sleeper but he's doing better. He stays in his bed for hours at a time at night. he sleeps from about 8 to 7:30 usually, althought lately it's been 9 or 10 until 8.

Anyway, Merry Christmas!!

singing into drumsticks...

uh oh! he can reach doorknobs!

a trip to the park...

The weather was so nice that we had a picnic at the park. No jackets here! It was so warm and pretty. We went down by a little pond and looked around.

There were lots of geese. Once they spotted us they swam over to see if we had any food but we hadn't thought that far ahead so we didn't have any.

We also saw this Heron thing. It was really pretty, but this picture really isn't as good as I thought it was.

Oliver had fun throwing rocks and sticks in the water. We did this for a good while before heading out of there. What a nice day!

in the box...are you sure?

Mim, this box says "Christmas"...is Christmas really in the box? How'd it get in there? How very exciting!
open it open it open it! I want to see Christmas! I'll get in here one way or another! I can't seem to get my little fingers ..under...this...lid!

Waaaaah! Mim won't let me in the box! I want to see Christmas! Waaaaaaaaaah!

hey wait! the box is open! Look, inside, it's Christmas!

Hmmmm, what should I take out first? There's so many choices...Bags, bows, bulbs, all kinds of shiny pretty things. What a hard decision I have to make!

How about this sparkly tree!? It's soft and it's sparkly too. Just the right combination for a little boobah! I think I'll carry it around for a while.

OOOOOOH, there are two trees! Mim told me that Gramma made them. She did a good job! I feel like a giant in a tiny little forest! I like carrying these around and snuggling them.

Hey look, I found my ornament from last year! It has my picture in it and lots of cute animals. I can't wait to hang it on the tree ...when we get one. Can we get a tree, Mim? Pleeeeease?

ok, time to put it all back away until it's time to decorate. I can hardly wait!

Oliver and sticks...

Oliver found this stick and would not put it down! It made me a little nervous with him walking around with it, waving it in the air like a little madman but nothing bad happened and Bob and I were right there the whole time.

He got into Jasper's pile of leaves and just stood there gabbing away like he was making a very important speech. Of course, we paused to listen to what he had to say.

What could be better than one stick? TWO STICKS! One for each hand! Bob gave him the second one and off he went, excited as could be.

One last group shot to test out the timer. It seemed to work pretty well, and at the last second Oliver reached over to hug me. How cute!

More pics...

Jasper spends half the day laying in this pile of leaves. He loves it! I don't know if it's because it insulates him or because he blends in so well or because it makes that crunchy leaf noise, but there he is.

Bob and Oliver (getting tickled) in the back yard.

Trying out the macro setting on the camera.