duck...

duck duck duck duck duck duck duck!
 

Maybe...

If I kiss it, it will turn into a beautiful princess!
 

Waaaaaaaaaaaah!

What did you do with my duck duck duck duck duck? 

It's MINE!

My precious....
 

Sitting up like a big boy!

I propped the boppy up against the arm of the couch and sat him in it. He loves sitting up!
 

me and the hubby

 

Why is that?

Why is it that every time I talk to someone after Christmas their first words are "What did you get?" Seems to me that it's terribly commercial of them. Anyway, here's what I GOT:

I got to spend a day with my husband, my baby, and my puppy
I got a visit from Bob's dad and my mom
I got to decorate a tree with pretty lights
I got to receive the kindness of strangers
I got to help some children by donating to St. Jude's
I got a day off from work
I got to eat the delicious pancakes that Bob always makes on Christmas morning.
I got to take a 2 hour nap cuddled up with my family
And as always, I got to be healthy, have enough to eat, and be warm and dry.

I was also given some presents. They were all very nice but won't be listed here. Christmas this year was wonderful. I'm so glad that I got everything I wanted.

He's talented!

Oliver put the Christmas angel on the tree.
Here's the tree when we were all done.
 

Merry Christmas!

Yay, Christmas! Oliver loved our tree, and all the presents underneath.
This is a picture of our tree that Bob took. It turned out kind of cool.
Oliver and his stocking.
Oliver playing with some of his new toys. The turtle on the left and the frog and duck hanging.

We had a wonderful Christmas at home. Nanny and Pappy came to visit on their way to WV on Saturday, and Gramma and Grampa came on Sunday. Christmas morning we got up early and opened up all our presents. Bob had fun with the treasure hunt I made for him...I did too! After the presents Oliver and I snuggled down on the couch and Daddy made pancakes! They were really yummy...I put strawberries and blueberries and whipped cream on mine. Oliver got a little taste of the fruit and he seemed to like it. He kept licking that strawberry! After breakfast we all took a nap, then we got up and wanted to watch Christmas specials on TV, but there were none!! Bob went out after it stopped raining and played with his new BB/pellet gun while Oliver and I played with his new toys. I spent a good deal of time looking through the photo album that Bob and Oliver made for me. I still have to go through and write descriptions of the pictures...I can't wait! It was a very wonderful present! There were pictures from our wedding, and some from before we were married. There were lots of pictures of Oliver and Jasper. They also had some pictures framed for me. My very favorite picture of Oliver, and a few from our wedding. I can't wait to hang them up!! 

I'm so excited!!

With Christmas just around the corner I can barely contain my excitement! We're putting up the tree today and there's lots of presents to put under it. Mom finished my stocking last night. Nanny and Pappy came by today on their way to WV and Gramma and Grampa are coming tomorrow. What a fun season!

I slept in my bed for 3 hours last night before I woke up. I didn't like it that I was all alone and I'd kicked off my blankie so I started wailing. Mom came in and got me after a minute, then she fed me and I fell back asleep. I guess she was too tired to put me back in my own room because when I woke up I was snuggled up in Mom and Daddy's bed. 

trying

I'm trying to post some pictures but Picasa isn't cooperating. Oh well.

I've almost finished my Christmas shopping. I am going to have to go out tomorrow to get it all done. I'm excited about my mom visiting on Sunday. I have no idea what I'm going to cook. Any suggestions? Maybe we can go eat somewhere, but I don't know what will be open. Probably everything. We'll see.

My boss scheduled me to work until midnight on Dec 26th. The store is having a special sale so we're staying open that long. I guess we'll have to see if that happens. Also, I didn't get my bonus like everyone else because I'm still showing as being on LOA even though I've been back for 2 and a half weeks. That means I'll have less money to finish up my shopping. I'm hoping we can buy a mattress for ourselves. The store is having a special employee sale on them and they are about 300-400 dollars less than the normal employee prices. We'll see about that, too.

updates

I tried to put Oliver in his crib to sleep for the first time last night. I rocked him until he fell asleep, then very carefully put him in the crib. I crept into bed and turned up the monitor nice and loud so I could hear every noise (not that I couldn't anyway, his door is directly across from mine and both beds are right inside the door). I laid there for a few minutes, then I really got upset. I felt like I had abandoned him. What if he woke up and was scared because he was all alone? What if he kicked his blankie off and got cold? what if he needed me and I was WAY OVER HERE?!?!?!?! Of course, he only slept there for about 15 minutes, then he started wailing and I ran in to get him and appologized about a zillion time for leaving him all alone. Needless to say he spent the rest of the night sleeping right where he could see me.
Then again, he slept for ***8 hours*** That's a first. It was so nice. From midnight to 8 in the morning. Then he ate and slept for another hour and a half. Hopefully this will be a trend. For the past few nights before that he had been sleeping for 5 hours, getting up to eat, and then sleeping another 4 hours. That was pretty nice, too.
Tomorrow we have to finish our Christmas shopping and send everything off. I don't think I'll be doing the secret Santa thing with my dad's family next year. I have such a hard time trying to find something to get for people that I see MAYBE twice a year. Oh well, they are all getting the same thing this year. I hope they like it.

easy recipe

I didn't have much time to make dinner yesterday because Bob was late and I had to go to work. I found this (very easy) recipe in Bob's cookbook, A Man, A Can & A Plan. I think it'd be good with chicken too, but it turned out so yummy that Bob ate almost the whole thing. Then again, he hadn't eaten all day so maybe that had something to do with it.

Tuna Pot Pie

2 cans of tuna, drained
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 10oz package of mixed veggies
1 tube of Grands biscuits

mix teh tuna, cream of chicken soup, and veggies in a bowl. Put them into a casserole dish once they are mixed. Tear up 4 or 5 biscuits and put the pieces over the top. Bake at 375 for 40 minutes.

what's he lookin' at?

 

BIG smile!

 

Oliver's new favorite song...

On the twelfth day of Boobah, my boobah sent to me

Twelve boobahs drumming,

Eleven boobahs piping,

Ten boobahs leaping,

Nine boobahs dancing,

Eight boobahs milking,

Seven boobahs swimming,

Six boobahs laying,

Five golden boobah,

Four boobah birds,

Three French boobah,

Two boobah doves,

And a little boobah up in a tree!

Yeah, I know I just changed everything to boobah...so what? He likes it!

do you remember...?

Mr. Men and Little Miss books?
Rose Petal?
Where's Waldo?
The American Girls?
Nancy Drew?
Liza, Bill, and Jed?
Curious George before the movie?
Anne of Green Gables?
Little House on the Prarie?
The Mouse and the Motorcycle?
The Indian in the Cupboard?

I was having a very nostalgic conversation with my sister and these are some of the things we came up with. Fun fun!

peace and quiet...

that's what it is now in the house, but the last two nights starting at about 10:30 or so it's been havoc. Oliver has decided that from that time until about 1 that it's time for screaming! I've tried everything...rocking, walking, bouncing, feeding, burping, singing, talking, leaving him alone, cuddling, swaddling, putting more clothes, putting less clothes, blankets, toys...everything! Nothing works. At 1am though, he turns off and falls right to sleep.

Right now he's sleeping and I'm having some lunch. He's been asleep for about 2 hours, ever since we got back from the grocery store. I've been working on the hat I'm making for him. It looks really weird right now so I'm not sure I'm doing it right.

Anyway, i guess that's all for now

playtime is fun!

 

he moved!

He turned his head as I was taking the picture...it turned out kinda creepy