Camera Bag?

i cannot help but click on links on others' blogs...sometimes they turn out to be boring links and i don't spend much time on them...other times they are quite interesting and i find myself reading their little stories and fascinated with their photos. This time i clicked on a link and completely fell in LOVE!! i can't stop thinking about it. i keep trying to justify how i could purchase it. it would be "business" after-all! It just might work out that way! You never know...

My future camera "purse"


Completely adorable and i can't wait to get my hands on one...
i just have to decide on which one now!!

Birthday Party (Part2)

Birthday Boy needs a couple more photos taken of him...here are my favs!

Opening gifts...i think he likes the rubber duckie!

He was super tired for his birthday party...but he hung in there! He really enjoyed opening gifts with daddy! And was super happy to find a few new books!

Tea and her sister and mom joined us for his party...and she was helping Ollie feel the new "touch-n-feel" books!

a cool new guitar from uncle brent and aunt chrissy and cousin makayla!

daddy and ollie with the birthday cake!

ollie didn't want to blow out his candle...we had been practicing too! so daddy helped out!

i gave Oliver a cupcake of his own, but the poor little guy was just too tired...he took one bite and then he was all done!

he had a great birthday! thanks to everyone that joined us!

Birthday Party (Part1)

Happy Birthday Oliver!
Our little guy turned 1 on Thursday.
So big!

i had to take a few photos of oliver for his big day...dressed in his adorable new yellow shirt and blue plaid tie! we decorated the coffee shoppe for his birthday...with colourful balloons and a "happy birthday" banner!

a gift from the coffee shoppe gals..."happy birthday" balloons!

he had enough photos for awhile!

his felt "happy birthday oliver!" banner!

little "frog" cupcakes to share with all the coffee "regulars" that love Oliver!

and here is the monkey cake for the birthday celebration later in the evening!

Oliver...1

My little boy is turning 1...i cannot believe how fast the time has flown by!
Here are a couple photos of my official "toddler"...just before his birthday!

Saint Patty's Day

A couple photos from Saint Patty's Day! A little behind schedule with posting, but at least they are making their way up! We found Ollie a cute little shirt from The Children's Place for the Irish holiday...and he rocked it out!

At the end of the day we went for a walk with Jenny, Fletcher and Lola...super nice day out! Oliver is loving his walks in the stroller!

my mornings

Most mornings this is what i see when i look down...a little boy crying and whining because he wants to be held!! i just had to take a photo of it...priceless! love how he wrinkles his nose when he whines...drives me crazy in the mornings while we're trying to get ready and get a lunch packed to bring to work...but i suppose someday i'll look back and miss it...just a little!!

(i know, kind of a bad photo...the camera focused on his shirt...oops! and i wasn't about to take the time to take another one!!)

first haircut

a week and a half ago we brought oliver in for his first haircut!! he did super good...he sat in the big chair all by himself for the first half of the haircut. and then he sat on my lap for the second half! he was growing too much of a "mullet" so we had to get that clipped off!! such a big boy!

things i've done today...

Today:

* i got to sleep in!! brandon got up with ollie and i slept in...and i got up with ollie and brandon went back to bed!

* exercised...tried out some new stretches that i found in a Health magazine.

* made lunch for my family

* washed cloth diapers

* finally scrubbed the kitchen floor! no more sticky spots from oatmeal!!

* played with oliver...he's loving little matchbox cars!

* ate a huge amount of peanut butter/chocolate frosting/granola! yummers!

* watched the closing of the olympics...until my husband decided it was too boring!!

* found a new blog i am going to follow... http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/

* found my future camera bag... http://www.etsy.com/shop/bankgrrl . she doesn't have any available right now...but perhaps in the future!!

* figured out a menu for this coming week! and a grocery list!

* i am going to try to blog more often...this is something i need to try to do more often...but we'll see!

* now i'm going to go sit with my hubby and cuddle on the couch!!

goodnight!

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!