Oliver's Baby Quilt

While I was pregnant with Oliver, I had these great intentions of making a quilt to use when we brought this baby home from the hospital. I had a pattern picked out and bought by the time I was about 4 months along, fabric picked out and bought by about 5 months along. Starting cutting fabric by about 8 months along and then Oliver was born. I worked a few times on the quilt in the first few months (at one point I thought we would give it to him for his first Christmas- that thought went away quickly). I would work on it for a bit and then it would get put back into a box and not touched for a few months. I had made a fair bit of progress prior to his first birthday and seriously thought we would be able to give it to him as a birthday present. Another fail :( His second Christmas passed and no quilt yet. After Christmas, I spent 3 nights working on the quilt and I finally had everything I needed to do on the sewing machine done. We went back to Iowa the following weekend and I worked on the binding on the trip there, along with 2 times working on it in Iowa and it was finally finished!! So Oliver got his baby quilt as a second Valentine's Day present. He smiled at the quilt and ran to it so I will take that as him liking it. He has been sleeping with it every night too. So without further ado, here are a few pictures of Oliver's baby quilt.






I have to say thank you to a few people who helped tremendously with Oliver's quilt. My sister Kathy let me use her sewing machine the whole time while I was working on Oliver's quilt. My friend Teresa Bartholomew helped a ton with the appliqué parts. She sewed the fish and starfish on for me. So thanks a bunch to both of you!

Saturday!

Oliver and I spent the day at home today. Eric spent the day on campus working on a paper. While we were at home, we did some cleaning and a lot of playing. I pulled some different toys from the basement to put out for daycare and so Oliver enjoyed all the different toys.
I have a video I took one night last week that I figure I will post since I didn't take any pictures today. Here is Oliver showing off some of his skills :)

Friday Dance Off

It is finally Friday! To celebrate we had a dance party :) We are all three ready to enjoy the weekend. We went out for pizza and then to Menards tonight. Not much else exciting to report, one thing about posting everyday is that I run out of things to write about. So I guess tonight will be a short one!

Trains!

After Oliver's afternoon nap, we got the trains and tracks out. Oliver had fun playing with them. He was somewhat amazed by the magnets on them. He does get a little frustrated when the tracks come apart and he can't get them back together. We are working on the frustration thing- he has started to get upset when he gets frustrated or doesn't get his way. I think when he starts talking, some of that will go away. He is still doing some sign language- he can do: all done, more, please, milk, thank you, and tonight he did up. As far as actual words, they all sound pretty similar. He is making a lot of the beginning sounds of works, but it makes it so milk, moo, mama and anything else that starts with m sound the same. But he is definitely trying and I'm sure he'll get it before long. We are excited for the weekend. We are going shoe shopping for Oliver, his are getting a little snug. Eric is still busy with lots of homework and projects for work so he plans to spend all day on Saturday getting somewhat caught up. Oliver and I don't have much planned for Saturday while Eric is working, but we may try to work on organizing some pictures. I am hoping to finally start Oliver's scrapbook, but my first step is ordering some pictures. :) Happy Friday Eve!

Wednesday!

Oliver and I ventured out in the cold to go to the mall for a bit. He got a haircut while we were there, it was getting pretty shaggy around the edges. Not much else to report about today. Oliver has been drinking out of a straw every once in awhile, but today we got out a straw cup we had previously bought for him. He was a big fan. He drank water in it even! When we give him a sippy cup filled with water, let's just say he is less than thrilled, so when he drank a cup-full of water, I was pretty happy.

Dentist Visit

Showing off his clean pearly whites.

Holding his 2 toothbrushes and flossers he got at the dentist. (Plus he is wearing a James sticker he got there too)

A very cheesy and funny looking picture, but it makes me laugh so I figure it might do that for someone else looking at it. :)

Oliver's first trip to the dentist went very well. The dentist did say there was some plaque build-up mainly between his bottom, middle teeth. She said that typically plaque doesn't form at this young of an age, but that it wasn't anything to be too concerned about. The dental assistant cleaned the plaque off and polished his teeth. They want us to start bringing him in every 6 - 12 months or if we notice any build-up again. Oliver let both the dental assistant and the dentist look at his teeth and clean them. He liked to point to the light they used and they gave him two toothbrushes to hold on to during the appointment. The appointment went smoother than I expected it to so I was pleased.

Later in the day, we went for a walk outside. It was only a few blocks, but it was nice to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Our snow is definitely doing a lot of melting and we can see quite a bit of grass. Hopefully the trend continues and we'll get to spend more and more time outside.

Have a great night!

Pizza Night

We made a pizza for supper tonight. Oliver enjoyed eating it. He wasn't eating very well and kept pointing to the table and making the sound he makes when he wants something. Finally we figured out he wanted a big piece of pizza instead of cut-up pieces. Once we gave him a slice of pizza, he ate 2 of them. A fair bit of pizza sauce made it into Oliver's hair, so much so that he had to get a bath on his off-bath night.
During his bath, I did my best to give him a mohawk. His hair is a little too long to do mohawks, it kept falling down.

Today Oliver and I met a friend of mine and her two kids for lunch at Burger King. Oliver ate chicken nuggets and french fries. He got a car that makes noise in his happy meal. After lunch, we went to an area church that has a large indoor play area. It is like a full-size outdoor playground, only indoor. It is open to the public and free! Oliver had fun running around the area, driving the cars, and climbing on the slides. It was a fun thing to do on a cold, rainy day. Tomorrow we are taking Oliver to the dentist to check a few things on his teeth. Hopefully he cooperates and lets the dentist take a look.