A Little About Oliver

Oliver is 2 years old now.  We wondered for a long time when he would start talking.  And now he talks all the time.  He loves playing with Madeline.  He loves Cars, the toys and the movie.  He makes the cutest sounds when he makes them go, "booden booden booden" and stop, "eeerr ch".  

 He likes to talk in a growly voice.  He loves to make us laugh.  He will do something over and over if he finds out it makes us laugh.  This might include running into walls, banging his head on the table or making funny noises.  

He loves his blankie and baba.  He has to have the taggies on his blankie to go to sleep.  If he is sad or tired, his blankie will make it much better.  If he gets hurt, a kiss from mommy will make it all better.  

He does great somersaults and likes jumping on the trampoline with Madeline.  He loves to drive his little red cozy coupe in the driveway.  He is usually very polite and says "please" and "oh thank you, mommy".  He prays for our food at dinner time now, "Thank you for aaaaaahhh (all) our food, AAAAAAmen"

He takes his shoes and socks off every time we get in the car.  He likes to torture his sister by doing stuff to her that she doesn't like.  Like spitting at her or knocking down her towers.  But, he also loves to give her hugs and kisses before bed at night.  And for the majority of the time, they get along great.    

He loves Lucy.  He loves to make her laugh and smile by playing peek a boo or tickling her.  He is constantly telling her to not eat things and will take all of her toys out of her mouth.

 He still sleeps in his crib with a crib tent.  But, we are probably going to move to a big boy bed in the next few months.  We will see how that goes.  He is a great sleeper and still takes 3 hour naps most afternoons and sleeps for 11-12 hours at night.  

He is all boy. And we love him to pieces.  

Oliver

My little man!   Mom and I spent the morning taking pictures of the kiddos.  I took the ones of Oliver.  She took the ones of Lucy and Madeline.  

Upside Down

I think I am going for a new strategy.  Instead of trying to catch up with all the posts I missed over the past 6 months, I am going to try to post at least 1 photo a day.  I have no guarantees for how long this will last.  But, here is today's photo.  The big kids were having fun hanging upside down in Oliver's pack-n-play this morning at Gigi and Pawpaw's house.  

Little Boys

I love having a little boy around the house.  You never know what you are going to find when you open the fridge.  

The Little Gym

Nana and Papa got Madeline dance and gymnastic classes for her 4th birthday.  She loves it!  Today, she told me that she likes it even better than school.  I can see why.

Today they worked on forward rolls on the giant cheese.  

 And they worked on the high bar.  

Oliver played nicely in the lobby and Lucy just hung out and smiled at people.  

After gymnastics, she worked on tapping and ballet.  

So far, we love the little gym.  Her teachers are so nice.  And all the kids are so cute in their little leotards and tutus.  And she is getting to try lots of new things.  Thanks for her birthday present, Nana and Papa!

January?

I have been in such a non-picture taking funk.  But, this beautiful day sucked me right out of my funk.  We threw caution to the wind, skipped naps and went on a walk this afternoon.  Lucy and Oliver snuggled up in the double stroller while Madeline rode her new bike.  We headed over to the elementary school.  

This baby girl is the happiest baby.  Just look at her and you get a smile.  Not much better than that.    

A few other kids came to the playground and Oliver kept saying, "Hey guys!!," as if they were already good friends.  He's not usually that outgoing.  But, he really liked these kids for some reason.  

I know you probably don't care, but the lighting was really fun.  The sun was behind Oliver, but it bounced off the school windows and created this beautiful glow on their faces.  perfect! And all the long shadows were super fun.  

Madeline always has some crazy trick she wants to show us.  

 It's hard to believe that she will be at this school in another year and a half.  Unless we homeschool or something crazy like that :)

Lucy didn't like being left out of all the action.  But, a little attention from Oliver got some quick smiles.  

She finally got to play on the playground too.

Oliver squeezed himself right up next to her.  

Madeline told me tonight that she didn't want Lucy to grow up because she is just so cute.

This is Oliver's frustrated or mad look.  I'm not sure why he is giving me this look here.  I don't think he was frustrated or mad.  Maybe he was just concerned about how to get down after getting up that high.  

After we walked home, we hung out in the yard for a while while Lucy slept in the stroller.  So, one baby got a nap today, even though it was pretty short.

We played on the trampoline until Lucy woke up.  What?  You didn't know we got a trampoline?  Oh, that's because I haven't blogged about Christmas yet.  It's coming.  Don't you fret.  

Roomtime

Madeline no longer takes a nap.  But, she does usually have some rest time or room time in the afternoon.  (She and mommy both need a little down time.)  I'm not sure what she did during her roomtime this day.  But, Andrew took pictures of it before it was all cleaned up.  It looks like a pretty elaborate party with all her animal friends.