Sunday Fun Day

Oliver had fun hanging out in the rocking chair he got for his birthday from Grandma & Grandpa Shook.

We went to church this morning then came home to play. After a little while, we went and picked up groceries. Then we did a little spring cleaning and we took a bunch of recycling items to local places to clear out our garage a bit. I started painting upstairs- painting an angled ceiling, white on white, with a lot of texture is proving to be a little less than fun. I'm sure it will pay off in the end thought I look much fresher upstairs. Well I think I am going to go do a little more painting before calling it a night tonight. I had visions of getting the whole ceiling painted today and being able to do walls tomorrow night- now I'm thinking if I get the ceiling done this week, I will be doing good :)
Have a great week everyone!

Wagon Ride

I was another warm day today so we went for a short walk. Oliver rode in the wagon. He was pretty excited to go out of the backyard, usually during the week, I take him and the little boy I watch around the backyard. We worked on a few household projects today.

Friday Night!

Lounging out before bed

We went for a walk today. It was close to 50 I believe today. I was amazed by the geese at the park. They were out on the frozen lake. I thought it was cool so I took a picture.

We had Oliver's 15 month appointment. He is doing very well. He weighs 22 lbs, 11 oz, and was 30.75 inches long. The pediatrician said he is right on track with everything. He had to get two shots today. He does very well with them. He is all smiles and telling the nurse hi when she comes into the room to give the shots, cries while he is getting the shots, and then is blowing the nurse kisses as we leave the room.


44 degree weather meant we spent some time in the backyard. We still have some snow, but the backyard is mostly snow free. We are supposed to have temperatures in the 50s this weekend!

I made chocolate chip cookies tonight and after supper (he really did eat some real food despite the pile of uneaten food on his tray), he got a warm chocolate chip cookie. He was pretty happy about it and pretty protective of it. Apparently he really was full though because he only ate about 1/2 of it.


Happy Friday Eve!

A day in the life of Oliver

I was much better with pictures today. This morning after our morning snack, we painted a pretty picture. Apparently I cut Oliver off on the graham crackers too early as he decided to eat some paint- blue paint to be specific.

After getting cleaned up from painting, Oliver played with the kitchen stuff. He likes to get all of the food out. The ice cream cones seem to be his favorite- can you blame him?

Eric left for school for the day and Oliver watches him walk down the street to the bus stop. Oliver does a lot of waving and blowing kisses to Eric. If Eric isn't home and I tell Oliver to go look for Daddy, he runs to the window and starts looking for him.

After lunch, we were settling down for nap time. Oliver was reading his farm book in his chair. He was pretty excited to rock the chair. In his farm book, he has started to point out the cow when asked with some regularity. He also sometimes says what sounds like "moo" when he points to the cow.

Here is Oliver after his nap. He woke up happy :)

Oliver was doing some posing for the camera and in the next two pictures, he is blowing everyone a kiss :)


We are very ready for some spring weather so that we don't have to bundle so much to go for walks. It was a little bit warmer today than it was yesterday.

Oliver and Eric before bath time.

Oliver playing in the bathtub. He continues to love his baths. He likes to put toys into the basket. He is starting to figure out the squirter toys and he LOVES to splash.

Finally, here he is sleeping for the night. He hasn't quite figured out that it is warmer to sleep under the blanket.

Have a good night everyone! Tomorrow is Oliver's 15 month appointment so I will post his updates tomorrow night.

Quick Post

Oliver and I went to the store tonight. We picked up supplies for venting our dryer outside. Hopefully we'll get this done in the next few weeks. Earlier in the day, we went outside for a walk. It was chilly, but the fresh air felt nice. Not much else to report and I didn't pull the camera out at all today so no pictures either. I will do better tomorrow :) Have a good night everyone!

Crayons, Cars, and 15 months old

Oliver colored today. He is so happy when he gets to sit at the "big" table. Lately, he has been trying to sit in the chairs on his own. He is able to get one leg onto the chair, but then either him or the chair usually fall over.


Oliver was driving cars this morning. He was even making a car sound to go along with it. He loves cars, trucks, boats, and airplanes. Really, he loves pretty much anything.

I forgot to make note yesterday that Oliver was officially 15 months old. Here is a list of some of the exciting things going on in his life.

-He is trying to talk. Some of the words he uses are: mama, dada, duck, bye-bye, milk, juice, and night-night. He makes a lot of the beginning sounds of words when he tries to say them.

-He uses some sign language to communicate with us. He regularly uses the signs for: please, thank you, more, and all done. (He does not quite understand that saying please doesn't automatically mean you get whatever you want and gets a little upset when he is saying please and we tell him no.)

-He is doing a lot of climbing. He isn't able to get up on our couches yet, but he is trying.

-He is using a spoon and fork and is able to get some food into his mouth. :)

-He can stack blocks and make towers.

-He gives hugs and kisses.

-He helps set the table and picks up toys (some of the time)

-He loves watching out the window for Eric to come home. He gets so excited when he sees Eric that he can't even watch out the window anymore, he goes to the door and tries to open it.

-He can reach door knobs and tries to make them do something. One time he was able to unlock the door.

-He is slowly transitioning from 2 naps to 1 nap.

-He loves bathtime.

Well I think that is enough of a list for tonight. We don't have any big plans for the week other than Oliver's 15 month appointment on Thursday.