9 Months

Oliver was 9 months old yesterday! He weighs 22 lbs. and 11.4 oz. and is 29 1/4 inches long. He cried through most of his appointment besides the time I was holding him. He did not want anyone else holding him! He is starting to strange some. Most of the time he does good in the nursery on Sunday mornings or during MOPS, but lately I have had to go and get him and it's usually because he is tired. I have a feeling things will get worse before they get better :)

Here are some things he has been doing:

• he has been able to pull himself up for a couple of weeks but lately has been doing it a lot!
• smacking his lips... more like his tongue
• army crawling... he can crawl for a little bit but then drops to his tummy
• he will wave once in a while
• holds his arm up to things he likes
• he can copy quite a few things we do
• lays his head to the side
• plays peekaboo... he holds the cloth up :)
• loves pictures (especially kids)
• loves watching kids
• loves being outside
• plays around with letters/ toys in his mouth (see pic below)
• practicing stairs
• loves listening to the Veggie Tales CD we have
• not liking food with chunks :(
• being ornery :)
• taking 2 long naps a day and sleeping 11-12 hrs at night
• nursing 4 times a day and eating baby food 3 times
• saying da da da
• likes reading/ looking at books
• not liking to get his diapers/ clothes changed

We are enjoying him more than ever! Love you Buddy!

Disc Golfing

On Friday, we went to the park across from our house to play disc golf. Ollie brought his mini he got for Christmas from Uncle Zach. He did a good job just playing in his stroller. Andrew can't wait until Ollie is old enough to teach and play with him :)

This is the hole that Andrew got a hole-in-one on! It was his second shot but it was awesome! Good job Babe!


We are so excited for this spring weather... Ollie loves being outside!

Chicago

Last weekend we headed to Zach (Andrew's brother) and Annika's for a weekend of fun. On the way, we stopped at Dad and Mom Wiese's. We had so much fun showing them Ollie's new tricks and just hanging out and catching up.

After a delicious lunch we were on our way to Wheaton. The reason we were really going up was for the kids resale that my sister-in-law, Annika, introduced me to last fall. This was their spring one and I was so excited to get Ollie some summer outfits! We arrived around dinner time and headed out to a yummy Mexican restaurant and headed back to Zach and Annika's to put the kids down and hang out. Nancy did such a good job playing with Ollie and we had to snap a picture before bed.

Saturday morning us ladies woke nice and early and headed to the resale. We met Annika's friend and our sister-in-law Melissa there and had a full fun day of shopping. We all found really good deals and had a blast! The men did a great job taking care of the kids so we could get some deals :) Thanks so much guys!

After, shopping we headed over to Kevin and Melissa's for pizza and to celebrate Kathryn's 2nd birthday. Dad and Mom came up in the afternoon and we had a fun evening to celebrating and showing off the loot we had made out with at the resale.

Sunday we got to go to church, out to eat, and a stop at Goodwill before we headed home. It was such an enjoyable weekend and I can't wait to head back up for the fall resale! Yay for amazing deals! Thanks so much family for everything... we love you!

Long Lost Post...

So here I am posting about the Super Bowl. My mom sent me these pictures and I wanted to have them here in my little journal :) Enjoy!

Thanks for having us Dad and Mom!

Wonderful Weekend

Last weekend was a good one! Dustin and Leah flew in from Idaho for a wedding in Des Moines and we drove up to spend some time with them. It was so great to see them for a little bit, shop, and we even got to spend time with our great friends Joel and Tori . It was good to catch up with them again! We also got to see Dan and Anna over dinner and catch up with our friend, Kathleen, at the mall. The only bummer part was that Ollie had a bad cold and wasn't feeling well... but he was a little trooper! Also, these are the only pics of the weekend and they aren't even mine (thanks Mom!)...

We are thankful for such wonderful family and friends! We love you all!

Our 1st Date...

in over 8 months was had a couple of weekends ago! We met my mom at Target and handed him off for the evening. I have to admit I did miss him the first 10 minutes at Target but quickly got over it because I knew he was in good hands. We enjoyed a little shopping and then dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. It was so delightful to enjoy my husband over an uninterrupted meal. We could focus on each other and talk about anything. Meanwhile, our little man was hanging out with Papa and Grandma and one of his two favorite things about their house- the snowman! (his other favorite is the digital picture frame... so funny)

Thanks so much Dad and Mom for giving us a much needed date night! We love you!

Kate's 3rd Birthday

So Wednesday I watched Kate and Jake for my sister while she was working... the boys (especially Ollie) loved watching Veggie Tales with Kate.

Can you tell that Ollie is just fascinated with the movie? This is why I don't let him watch movies ;)
So Kate decided that she wanted to stay and spend the night with us. She has always wanted to and it has just never worked out. She could spend Thursday day having fun with Ollie and I, and since we would be going to her birthday party on Thursday night, we could just take her back for it. She did such a good job and we had so much fun. All she wanted to do was watch movies. Here is the birthday girl, in all her glory, just watching movies... we did do other things but an aunt can spoil her right!?

So when Andrew go off of work we headed up to Aaron and Nichole's for Kate's party. Her dad brought her home some birthday balloons...
she is 3!
and she got her Strawberry Shortcake cake :)

Ollie and Papa.
Such a cute family. We ate delicious pizza, sang Happy Birthday...
and opened gifts...
a picnic table!
and a new bike!
Such a fun birthday for a sweet little girl! We love you Kate!