Oliver is 10 Months Old!

Weight: somewhere in the neighborhood of 23 lbs.

Height: somewhere around 30 inches

What he's wearing: Size 3 diaper, 12-18 month clothes, size 6 shoes

Special tricks: Oliver crawls everywhere and pulls himself up on everything. He also waves at everything now and can climb up steps. He is definitely into exploring his world!

Eating: Oliver now has 7 teeth, with a few more to come soon. He has actually started chewing food, although he still prefers to be spoon-fed baby food. He will try most foods, but doesn't have much of an interest in them yet. We've just started giving him very small amounts of whole milk and will soon be transitioning from a bottle to a sippy cup...so many changes!

Sleeping: 8:00 pm - 6:00 am

Activities: Oliver's favorite activity recently has been playing with doors. He loves to open and close them...he thinks they're fascinating! He also likes his walker and, of course, anything he shouldn't have (i.e. the toilet, Hoosier's food, etc.).

Random Pictures-January

One of Oliver's favorite things to do...looking out the window!



Practicing his somersault pose...

This is how I found Oliver, after waking up from a nap...first time he's ever pulled himself up!

Trying to get a nice picture in our Colts gear...unfortunately, Oliver had other plans...

A visit to great-grandma's in Muncie...

Oliver's favorite toy, Sophie the Giraffe...

Oliver is 9 Months Old!

Weight: 22 lbs. 2 oz. (guess we were way off last month...oops!)

Height: 29 1/2 inches

What he's wearing: Size 3 diaper, 12-18 month clothes, size 4 shoes

Special tricks: Oliver is crawling EVERYWHERE and is pulling himself up on EVERYTHING! We basically just chase him around and tell him no these days...lol! It is so much fun watching him explore his world, but man oh man, is it exhausting!

Eating: He now has 5 teeth (with a few more in the works) and is eating all kinds of food. We pretty much just give him small pieces of whatever we're having for dinner. He had spaghetti the other night and really seemed to like it! He goes back and forth on whether or not he's interested in baby food. These days he's really into toast (or any kind of bread, for that matter!).

Sleeping: 8:00 pm - 6:00 am

Activities: He still loves all his toys, but these days he really just wants to crawl around and explore things. His favorite things are, of course, the things he's not supposed to have!

Although this stage is exhausting, I am loving watching him get so big and mobile. He seems like such a big boy to me all of a sudden! He brings so much joy into our lives on a daily basis!

Oliver is 8 Months Old!

Weight: somewhere in the neighborhood of 24 lbs.

Height: 29 1/2 inches

What he's wearing: Size 3 diaper, 12-18 month clothes, size 4 shoes

Special tricks: Oliver still only crawls backwards. He has crawled forward but then usually flops onto the floor like it was the hardest thing he's ever done! Lately, he has begun fake coughing all the time and likes to shriek, just for the heck of it. He is a constant ball of motion and noise!

Eating: Dude still loves to eat! He is now feeding himself puffs and other little finger foods and has mastered the sippy cup. He also recently started eating yogurt which he loves!

Sleeping: 8:00 pm - 6:00 am and longer on the weekends!

Activities: He is getting very into toys lately...probably because he just got 27 new toys for Christmas...ha! He loves to manipulate things, watch his toys that light up and rock 'n roll to the music they play. He is getting really good at standing to play with his new activity table.

Oliver's 6 Month Photo Shoot

A few of my favorites from Oliver's 6 month photo shoot, done by our fantastic photographer, Ashley Ernstberger...

Thanksgiving at Pokagon

This past weekend, Oliver spent his first of many Thanksgivings at Pokagon State Park. We had a terrific time swimming, hiking, hanging out by the bonfire, eating delicious food and spending time with family.



Oliver was spoiled by his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins...everyone wanted to hold him! Here he is hanging out with his cousin, Elizabeth...

and his grandma and grandpa...

and his daddy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oliver is 7 Months Old!

Weight: 21 lbs. 5 oz.

Height: 29 inches

What he's wearing: Size 3 diaper, 9-12 month clothes

Special tricks: Oliver is rolling all over the place and trying so hard to crawl. He gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth, but so far, he can only go backwards! He also started clapping not too long ago, and we're working on waving :)

Eating: He eats 3 good meals of solids a day. We recently introduced proteins (beef and chicken), and he's still not sure what to think of those. We also started giving him a sippy cup and puffs. He does great with the sippy cup, but the puffs end up stuck to his face or on the floor for Hoosier to eat!

Sleeping: 8:00 pm - 6:00 am and longer on the weekends!

Activities: Oliver likes to hang out on the floor, playing with toys. He also likes to watch baby sign language videos or anything else with lots of music. Of course, rocking himself back and forth is still his pastime of choice!