learning to play

Oliver has a new love for Brandon's guitar! The guitar has been left on the floor a couple of times and each time Oliver makes his way over to it and starts "playing" a tune! From watching Brandon play guitar, Oliver knows just how to do it...his little fingers go right to the strings and starts making noise! He is just so proud of himself!

He likes to make sure that the guitar is "in tune" by testing it!!

so yummy

so many new things to learn...

too big too fast

This morning, after his morning nap, i found Oliver in his crib (thankfully!)...sitting up trying to chew on the side of his crib rail!! Oh, my goodness!! Of course it looked so cute at that moment because he looked up at me with those cute eyes and smiled!! But a few times he has pulled himself up onto things...so we were very worried that before we know it he will be standing in his crib...and falling over the edge! So tonight Brandon lowered the crib mattress! We had Oliver stand in the crib, just to show how low it is now!! But he was doing so well with standing there...and he has learned how to walk along things too!! He walks along his learning playground...with one of us sitting very close by! He thinks he's a hot shot while he's standing and walking! He is still fairly wobbly on his legs...but he's getting it!! Silly little guy! Just growing up way too fast!!

the grand adventures of little ollie

So, this evening Oliver has learning something new. Brandon was watching Oliver and he yelled for me to come into the bedroom. So i come in the room and where do i see little Oliver...but under the changing table!! Brandon and Oliver had been playing on the floor with a little train and Ollie's basket of socks and shoes...when Oliver decided whatever he saw on the bottom shelf of the changing table looked way too interesting to pass up! So away he went...army-crawling his way to the shelf...and then continued to climb and wound up on the shelf! Just enjoying himself! i am completely amazed at how fast little guy has learned to move! It all started a few days ago when he just took off and began moving forward! Won't be long and he'll be getting into absolutely everything!! (it's just pretty much everything right now!)

he thought about coming to play with the train again...

but then decided that the furnace vent looked way too interesting!

and then proceeded to pull it off the wall! (it wasn't up too good...for some reason!)

and i'm afraid this is only the beginning to a "very" long time of things in the house being torn apart and analyzed!! Oliver is his father's son...that is for certain!

3rd tooth and talk about silly faces!

Last night Oliver was being just so silly...so we took a couple photos of his "new" smile and silly faces! i don't know where on earth he comes up with these faces!! And his new smile...it might be in part of getting new teeth up on top. He has been into grinding his 2 bottom teeth and one upper tooth! Here you can kind of see his new tooth up top! i think the second one might be coming in too!

bath time for one dirty little boy

One evening this little man had food all over himself! He had managed to smear it all over his face, in his hair and you should have seen his clothes!! So we decided to just give him a bath! It was much easier to clean him up this way...and he is starting to really enjoy his play time in the bath! He has a few bath toys that stay in the bathroom now!

He is just growing up too fast!! We're loving it so much!