Dancing Baby

Just about everyday, Bob comes home for lunch. It is the highlight of Oliver's day. He loves his daddy! On Monday, Bob was singing to Ollie and dancing him around. Ollie was cackling! It was so cute. Here are a few pics:

New Friends

Lately, there have been a lot of babies born into our church. Since July, we have had 6. First it was Gideon on July 3. Then Oliver on August 27 and Cade on the 28th. On September 22, we welcomed Conor. Now this week, we got to welcome two new babies! Hunter was born on February 11 and Lily on the 13th. Both babies are wonderful. Hunter has an especially heartwarming story. After 3 years of trying, Keith and Constance decided to adopt. Within a few hours of posting their information, they were contacted by a birth mother who had only a few months before delivering. What an awesome answer to prayer! Well, those months flew by and he's here. Here are a few pics of both babies.

Here is Ollie & Hunter

Here is Ollie & I, Constance & Hunter
Welcome to motherhood Constance!!

Ollie & Lily

We had fun visits. The exciting thing is there are two more babies yet to come!

Working Hard

Many of you wonder and some have asked, "Just what does Ollie do at work all day?" I work part-time at my church as the children's director.  I am very fortunate to have an understanding boss who allows me to bring Ollie to work with me. It's a blessing. Our day starts pretty early; we usually arrive at church sometime between 8 and 9 am. We always have a lot to do but spend the first 15 minutes catching up with Auntie Veronica, the lovely secretary, and Grandpa Ken, the Pastor. Then the real work begins. Here is a series of pictures to show poor Oliver being completely overworked and underpaid:

He has to work on his tummy time.

and then of course he has to read the Bible awhile,

and make copies.

Then, there is all that typing,

and jumping. 

What I didn't get pictures of was nap time and the best of all: LUNCH WITH DADDY!

Shopping Trip

On Thursday, February 11, Ollie and I went out on a shopping excursion with my friend, Julianne. She has two boys, Brady, 4, and Landon, 14 months. It is always exciting when we go out. We first went to Old Navy. Ollie decided he wasn't happy and screamed while I was trying on jeans in the dressing room. I was very disappointed because I am in desperate need of jeans; most of mine are too big (yay!). Ollie did get a bunch of new things, however.  Landon decided to try to run around the store. Needless to say, I was very frazzled by the time I left. 

We went to Red Robin for lunch. Yum!  We had the best server and the food was excellent. Ollie had avocado. He really loved it. We were rejuvenated before our final stop at Costco.

When we got there, I remembered why I hate places like Sams and Costco.  It's just too much for my ADHD. Ollie spent the time in the front pouch while I walked walleyed around the store. I was so thankful when we were done!

Ollie & Lyle

Here's a video I took a few days ago.  Ollie has learned to drag the exersaucer behind him as he moves about. You can also see him going for Lyle. He loves Lyle so much. It's adorable!

Laughing

Here's a bit of that beautiful sound: baby laughter. Sorry the footage is so jiggly, I was trying to tape and tickle at the same time!

Eating!

Here is a video of Ollie eating. As you can see, much like his mom and dad, Ollie thoroughly enjoys eating. He gets very excited. He currently is only eating rice cereal although I think he'd like to be eating more. I tried veggies and he seemed to have an even more sensitive stomach so I decided to wait until he is six months old. That's only a few more weeks! Can you believe it?