mommy, daddy and ollie

Last week Jenny took a few photos of Brandon, Oliver and myself.
i absolutely **love** these photos! i am going to order some prints and hang them up in the house! i have the frames ordered already...imagine that!! now, i just have to get my butt in gear and order some prints!

**enjoy**

having fun with his little boy

Brandon, giving little Ollie a ride on his shoulders! i think Ollie liked it too! Brandon is really enjoying his little boy...now that Ollie is starting to get a little older he is more fun to "play" with!

all smiles...

Brandon took these photos the other night while Ollie was in his swing. He loves to be in his swing...looking up at the lights and fish that go around in a circle.

i love his big smile and you can almost hear his little chatter to the fish!

hmmm...

Brandon's attempt at putting Ollie down for bed??
Not quite sure what Brandon was doing...but he was sitting in the crib with Oliver!! So cute...

i love how Ollie is looking up at his daddy listening to him talk

i think Oliver put Brandon to bed!!
(yes, it was all staged!)

a cute shot of Ollie while he was laying in his crib!

This photo is my favourite...for the time being...

i was attempting to take a photo of little Ollie's hand while he was laying down...but this is the best one i got! He constantly has his little arms and legs moving!! i guess that is a good thing though!!

His cute little leggies in his adorable striped pajamas...
Last night Oliver slept in his crib the entire night...and the first length of time was 7 hours!! Yippee!! Lets see how long it will be tonight!! i have my fingers crossed!!

More landscaping...

More landscaping...
Memorial Day Weekend we spent outside working on our yard...Bruce and Bonnie came over on Sunday and helped out too! (thank you guys!!)
We accomplished quite a bit that day...we finished up the planting, laying of the landscape plastic, laying the pavers and hauling the purple rock and raking the front yard and burning the sticks from the backyard and tidying up the garage (thanks Bonnie!) and taking Oliver for a couple walks!!

Bonnie...hanging out with Oliver!

the front of our house...and Bruce hauling a wheelbarrow load of purple rock. Brandon and Bruce were taking turns shoveling the rock from the pile in the back of the house and bringing it over to where it needed to be placed!

Bruce and Bonnie bringing a load of leaves and branches to the burn site.

This is the small trench for the pavers i was digging...pretty fun!

Here is the finished side of the house!

And here is the finished product of all of our hard work!!
and brandon watering the new plants...a task that we (mainly Brandon!) must do about twice a day!
a little more landscaping needs to be done still...hopefully in the next week or so!

Landscaping our yard

This summer Brandon and i decided we needed to landscape our yard!! We had the landscaper come over and sketch out some plans for us...we thought about having him do all the work for us...but then thought it might be fun (and challenging) to try it ourselves! So we bought several plants/bushes from the landscaper here in town and started planting!

This particular evening was super hot outside...around 90!! So while Brandon was digging holes for the plants, Oliver laid on a couple blankets and his boppy and i attempted to grill dinner! Well, Brandon did an awesome job with his plants...Oliver had a great time laying out under the trees...i however, did not do so well with grilling!! i think i burnt everything!! In defense...i had to go inside and nurse Ollie...so i left everything unattended for quite some time!

his little arms were just going...reaching toward the leaves!

oh, so happy...just blowing bubbles!

my hubby...working so hard with the landscaping!

my little guy

Little Oliver...growing so much! i cannot believe how much he has grown in the past couple of weeks. A couple of days ago i went through his clothes and had to pack away a very large pile of clothes that no longer fit him!! it made me sad...not only were those clothes cute, but that means he is growing up waaay too fast!!

But, Brandon and i are enjoying every minute of him! He has started to smile at us...and a couple of times he has given us a little giggle!! In the middle of the night while feeding him...he will stop nursing, look up at me and give me a grin!! That must be his way of saying "thanks for getting up with me again!!" It just melts my heart!!

i've been able to capture a couple of smiling photos...

now, that's a serious face!

oh, so happy!

adorable little profile...

he scratched the side of his little face with his his fingernails...ouch!

our little family of three

While up north, i asked mom to take a few photos of brandon, ollie and i. i packed clothes for this day that would look good in a family photo...yes, i packed brandon's clothes for him!!
i rather like how they turned out...thank you mom for taking photos of us!!
now i just have to print some of these off and hang them up!

Great-Grandparents

Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Ostrowski came over to mom and dad's house while we were there to see little Oliver. Oliver is great-grandchild number 11 for them!!

great-grandma Betty holding little Ollie

and great-grandpa Roger with Ollie...only that one didn't last too long...Ollie wasn't too happy at that point in being pasted around!!

Ceara's Confirmation

Last weekend Brandon, Oliver and i made our way up north to mom and dad's house for Ceara's Confirmation. We left on Friday late afternoon (Oliver slept almost the entire time!!) and when we arrived we were ignored! Well, Brandon and i were...everyone's eyes were for Oliver!! I thought that was so cute...everyone says once you have a baby they are the most important thing and nobody pays too much attention to the parents anymore!! Hahaha!!
Ceara's confirmation was on Saturday...a very nice service.
She has put a lot of time and dedication into her preparation for confirmation...and i was very proud of her!

She asked me to be her sponsor...which i gladly agreed to!

beautiful miss ceara rose...
(note...the curls took a very long time to accomplish!!)

Brandon took this photo of the both of us...

all clean...

Oliver's bath time! He loves his baths...he can be crying and then you put him in his little bath tub and he stopps! He likes to arch his back and slide down...so i have to keep a hand on his tummy so he won't slide under the water! And he had his first drink of water the other day in the bathtub too! While i was rinsing him off a little bit of water went too far up onto his chin and a little bit went into his mouth!! He made a confused face as his little tongue went in and out from "drinking" the water!! At least he hadn't peed in the bath that morning!! Yesterday and today were his only 2 times of peeing in the bathtub...the water must have been nice and warm!!

(there is no doubt in my mind that this little fellow is not getting enough to eat...just look at that big tummy!!)

random photos

Random photos of little Oliver that is...like really...who else do i take photos of??

love this little outfit he was wearing...

Ollie was napping on the couch one evening and brandon thought his little hand was in the perfect position to hold a guitar pick!! So Brandon slid a pick between his fingers and thumb and thought that was pretty cool!! silly daddy...

sleeping oliver

Little Oliver sleeping in his crib...i finally have proof that he does sleep in there...
sometimes at least!

precious sleeping babe

One afternoon, i looked over to the couch where Oliver was napping and saw how cute he looked with his little hand up on his face. He had his hand propped up onto his face and it looked just so cute! So i had to snap a few photos...