C-H-U-B-B-Y

More pictures of our chubby little guy. We've had a rough morning--he spit up all over himself and I spilled my bowl of cereal on him. Then I knocked the baby shampoo bottle over and it hit his eye. Oh well, a nice walk calmed him down.

It's been over a month!

You heard us right--we haven't had to cook our own meal since Tuesday, March 27th! We have been extremely blessed to have Joel's family here for week, followed by 3 weeks of meals from friends in our small group and church! So tonight, we grilled pork chops. Wow...31 days. And to top it off, Oliver actually slept through our meal IN HIS CRIB, so it really felt like old times.

And My New Weight Is...

9 pounds 7 ounces! Can you believe that I am gaining 1 1/2 ounces every day!!! I'll be huge before you know it.

More of My Favorite Things...by Ollie

Here are four more of my favorite things:
1. Grandma and Grandpa














2. Aunt Courtney














3. Swinging














4. Crying

The Many Faces...

Here are a few random poses of our little Ollie.



He was in the middle of a funny dream here--it's
a little blurry--but you get the picture! He has started smiling when his eyes are open now--we don't think it's intentional yet--but it sure is cute!









Here is Ollie with cousin Abi. She came down to visit from Indiana with Joel's family and was a big help!!! They clicked, as you can see.












"Cousins don't shake hands...cousins gotta hug!" Well, at least stare at each other! Addy and
Ollie played together for the first time Easter Sunday. Here they are in their cute little outfits.










Like father, like son...can you see the resemblance(s)? Joel's way with
Ollie is something else--in the middle of a cry, Oliver will quiet down when he hears Dad's voice. And those two can sit for quite some time doing nothing (quite happily, too!)








Two of his favorite things...
1. Cubs
2. Milk. We weighed him today--he has gained 10 ounces in 6 days...what a porker!!! He now weighs 8lb 11oz.

Are You Kidding Me?????

Hi. This is me, Oliver. This is my first post on the blog, so bear with me. I've watched mommy and daddy do this alot--so hopefully I'll be able to figure it out.

As you can tell by the expression on my face, I am a little annoyed lately. Here's why: I was born at the end of March (which I hear is supposed to be spring) and all I've seen is cold weather! Last week we got several inches of snow on Thursday, and then again today we got tons of snow! It is very pretty and white, but I thought we were supposed to have sun and warm weather so I could go on lots of walks with mommy and daddy! Maybe I'll move to Florida...

Here is a picture of our yard in the snow. Jay Prater (my favorite meteorologist on channel 10) says we're supposed to get more tonight!!!!

Joel's Projects

Ollie is sleeping peacefully. He's probably making up for last night. It wasn't a bad night by any means--but just when we are getting used to waking up twice (at 2 and 6) he changes things on us. Last night he woke at 12, 3 and 6. Silly little boy.


Anyway--Joel has been starting a few projects with his extra time. Yesterday we went to Lowe's and bought laminate flooring for our back mud room, and tile for that back bathroom. He started the laminate project yesterday when we got back. He's made great progress! It helps that the flooring underneath was good and ready for the next layer--unlike our kitchen 3 years ago--Joel and a friend had to flood the whole kitchen to scrape off the layers of ancient glue that held down the...ahem...green, orange, yellow and red carpet (yes, that's right!). But this should make that back room look really nice--and be much easier to clean than green carpet. Seriously--let's stop using carpet for these high-traffic, dirt-prone areas!!!!!