Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Ollie Meets His Aunties!


Aunties Ali and Kelly (aka Dodo - a name bestowed on her by our nephews Ben and Pete) came for a visit and met Oliver for the first time! These two girls were the sweetest, most thoughtful guests a sister could have. They brought a lovely hostess gift (I'm burning that Anthro candle every day!), played and cuddled with Ollie like old pros, and loaded and unloaded the dishwasher more times than I can count. Ali was also on beverage duty and provided us with tasty cocktails every evening and Kel kept us entertained with her hilarious made up songs. There were also trips to Ikea, the mountains, fro yo runs and some boutique shopping all with Ollie in tow, who I must admit, was a true champ and took it all in stride by mostly napping while we were out. Good job little fella. You done your mama proud.

Ollie is starting to give little smiles when he feels so inclined and Dodo was really good at making him comfy and getting a tiny grin here and there. 


Ali walked away from tv during the South Carolina baseball game at the College World Series to entertain Ollie during a fussy period when I was making dinner. A true sacrifice indeed! 




I love you both sisters. Thank you for traveling long and far to get here and for serving and loving us and being such fun playmates for both Ollie and me. You are the best. Do come again!


Thursday, June 14, 2012

Getting Ready for Bath Time


I know I'm biased as his mom and all but gosh I want to eat him up! His tummy cracks me up. 

Here he looks like he knows he's heading for the water and is just stretching out before he does some laps in the pool. 

Speaking of water, I'm happy to report that he is taking bath time in stride these days. Yesterday, while I was bathing him, he actually yawned. That's quite an improvement from the squeaking and whining and all out crying we were getting when we first started giving baths. Way to go Ollie. I like to think that my singing of "Baby Beluga" also helps. Not sure it does but what kid doesn't love a little Raffi at bath time? 

Sleepy Head





One-eyed Willie, just taking a snooze in his giant striped pants. Love those.
And I'm happy to say that the little man slept a good 6 hours last night. Hallelujah. That's two nights in a row! Perhaps a pattern is developing? Don't want to get the hopes up too high though...