Almost 8 Months Old Already

Loves his baths!

Crazy how time starts flying by once you have a child. The first few months dragged on and on but now we can't get them to slow down. Baby boy is quite active these days. Crawling like a champ and pulling himself up to stand on everything. He even stands up on his own sometimes if he's watching his baby channel on TV. He goes 50 MPH through the house in his walker, and even the dog knows to stay out of his way. His "ahhhhhhhhhhh's" are turning into more babbling sounds now. We try to pick out a "mama" or "dada", but it will be beter once he says them intentionally.

Jonny finally has a few weekends off from his race schedule and Ollie and I are taking full advantage of him being home. This week we finally started putting him in his crib in his own room. Went cold turkey from him sleeping with me every night. I dont know who's more sad, him or me. I loved cuddling him every night and put off making the switch for way too long. His separation anxiety was getting worse by the day. He'd cry every time I walked in the room just for attention. Yes, after years of saying I'd be the stickler, he labeled me the softy. It was clear it was time to make the big change. Plus, you never sleep well having a squirmy baby next to you all night. Let's just say Jonny is thrilled to be getting his bed back. We started the process Monday night and each day gets consecutively better. He's no where near as cranky during the day, he's finally getting a good rest. He's only been waking up twice a night now rather than 5 times. He's eating less and less overnight also. I felt like such a bad mom for letting him sleep with me so long, especially seeing how well he's accepting this change. I think it was harder for me to realize it was time than it was for him to adjust. We got him a crib soother from Babies R Us. A whopping $50 bucks for lights and lullabies. But hey, if it helps (which it has), it's priceless. We got one that has a remote so we can shut it off or turn it on without him seeing us enter his room. When turned on, it gets quieter and dimmer every ten minutes until it eases it's self off. We were originally just going to go with a light up mobile, I'm so glad we went this route instead.

Mr.Purple Lip 7/14

Two weeks ago we had a little scare while Jonny was out of town. I stayed with my mom for the weekend since she's so much closer by now. Ollie woke up from a very late nap one afternoon and we noticed his lips were turning blue. We took him down to John C. Lincoln's children's ER, Mendy's Place. I'm not usually so fast to go to the ER, but since we were 30 minutes away and didn't know what was going on (in fear it might be respiratory related), and didn't want it to get worse, we made the call to take him. Initially they thought he might have had a mucus plug or GERD situation where he might have lost his breath for a while. I've seen him also suck on his bottom lip, but they said a baby couldn't bruise his lip from sucking/chewing (without teeth). His lips were back to normal once we got there, of course! So they didn't have much to go off of. They took his sats and kept him on a pulse ox for a while and everything was completely normal. They discharged us to go home within an hour. I felt so bad for wasting their time, but I'd rather be safe than sorry since we live so far away from hospitals. Of course, the doctors were wonderful and tried to tell me he was fine. I barely slept that night and kept checking to see if he was breathing and if his lips were turning any bit blue again. His lips only turned blue when he'd wake up for bottles.... so strange. The next day we caught him chomping and sucking on his lip A LOT! The little dude bruised his bottom lip (basically gave himself a hickey). Even his pediatrician had never seen anything happen like this, so we took in pictures and had him checked just to be safe. Ollie hasn't taken a pacifier since he was a newborn, but he seems to like his lip just fine. Things turned back to normal after a few days. The bruise progressively turned all shades of purple before disappearing. That's going to be a lovely hospital bill for a hickey...  ***Sigh***

Desert Ridge splash pad with Daddy 7/21

Cool guys with their shades

Over pictures and ready to play!

All in all, things are great and we are doing wonderful. Each week gets easier and harder in new ways, but we're loving every minute of it! In my spare time I've been training for a 10K race in October and am getting ready for my goal half marathon in Dec/Jan. I'm dying to have a pink 13.1 sticker on my back windshield. I used to run every morning before I got prego, so making the jump back in was pretty easy. The first few weeks were a bit tough, since my cardio endurance is shot. However, I'm using a training app called Couch to 10k (then 10k to Half Marathon), and it really helps get back into the swing of things. I'm in no way as fast or fit as I used to be yet, but I feel better everyday and have really started to enjoy my runs again. Pants are getting looser and I'm a happier me again. Combine that with more sleep at night and I'm a lucky girl. Woot woot!

Happy half birthday, Ollie!

My little man is 6 months old! 

• Everyone warned us how fast he'd grow up and I still wasn't prepared.
• He's eating all kinds of baby food and oatmeal.
• His sippy cup is one of his new favorite things.
• Any time he's on his back, he immediately flips to his tummy.
• Changing diapers is now quite challenging. Especially wrestling him while there's a poopy one.
• He'll be crawling in no time! He's trying soo soo hard.
• He loves his walker and is good at navigating it around the kitchen to find the dog (his BFF missy).
• He's already in size 3 diapers.

Yesterday we did a Father's Day photo shoot. We got ome great family shots too!

I can't wait to see them all done and get them blown up for Jonny's shop.

It's been a while....... (the 5th month)

Every time I plan an evening to blog, life happens! Things have been so busy around here. We've been helping my mom move back to Phoenix ( she's literally 9 minutes away from us now :).  We also took a trip to Vegas for 4 days and Jonny has started traveling again for work. Now that Ollie is getting more active, we've been taking him to the park and splash pads whenever we have down time. He's really starting to get around in his walker too. He sits up by himself with out falling for quite a while in between. 

My first Mother's Day was wonderful! Jonny & Ollie had a mommy ring made for me that says "Oliver". It's beautiful! We usually celebrate at my grandma's every year. This year, everyone decided to take her to Talking Stick casino. We made a quick appearance and headed off to brunch with momma. We went to Z'Tejas which is my favorite place! We had mimosas and bloody mary's and great food! We got home early and spent the rest of the day relaxing. 

Ollie is enjoying all his pool time now that its heating up. He loves splashing is the waterfalls and fountains. He moves his legs like a little froggy, he's going to be a natural! We swam all weekend and went back to my moms last night for a dip before bed. It tuckers him out fast and he sleeps well :)

Father's day is coming up soon too! Jonny was nosey and found out what I'm planning. A friend of ours is going to do Ollie's pictures on his dirtbike rocker, in a pile of dirtbike tires, etc. The good news is now Jonny can be in the pictures. I'm going to have them blown up and put in his new workshop in some masculine frames. Can't wait for our first family photo though! 

4 month check up & shots

Practicing his Michael Jackson moves while we waited for Dr.Jackson

Ollie had his 4 month check up today! I had a love hate relationship with our pediatricians office until now. We loved the staff but didn't feel the pediatrician was our style. Now Ollie see's Dr.Jackson. He's animated, funny and makes Ollie smile. My favorite thing about him is that he explains what he's doing during the exam and what his findings are. I was dead set on Ollie only getting one shot today, how quickly that changed. After the last round of shots I was not wanting another overly fussy baby for 2 weeks. I started Ollie on Tylenol before our appointment and so far so good. Every four hours he gets another dose. Dr.Jackson said since he was only getting two shots today, he should do better. Even though they tricked me into the third vaccine being a drink.... 

Little boys growing fast!

26.5 inches tall -  91st percentile

17.1 lbs- 75th percentile

17 inch head- 85th percentile

He's so tall! I'm not sure where he gets it from! Jonny and I are so short/average! So glad we don't have to go back until his 6 month visit in June :)

Happy boy!

Ollie's first Easter (18 weeks)

First picture with the Ester Bunny! (4-7-12)

Even though Jonny and I aren't very religious, the plan is for Ollie to grow up with traditions. I think they are the most important. We decided we will each teach him a little about our family's religions and let him make the decision from there. In a few years it will be much easier for Jonny to teach him about passover. For now, we're having fun with the Easter Bunny!

Meeting a furry friend

Saturday we had a nice walk around Kierland. We grabbed some coffee and let Ollie play in the fountains. He loved splashing in the water! Now that he's getting older, the plan is to do at least one family outing a weekend when Jonny is home. We also got Ollie's first picture with the Easter Bunny! Wow, those bunny's must make a fortune! $30 bucks for a few pictures? I convinced Jonny that it was worth the memory alone :) We also met some people who were walking around their real bunnies on leashes.... kinda cute. The lady told me she's gotten little gifts here and there from Juicy Couture and Coach from just taking her bunnies by. I need to get me a bunny STAT!

Playing in the Kierland fountians

Rocking his first mohawk on Easter

If he can't put it in his mouth, he's not interested!

Hip Hop

4 months old :)

Yesterday (April 2nd) was a great day! I turned 25, a quater of a century...my baby boy turned 4 months old, quarter of a year. I got the best birthday present ever! My little guy belly laughed for the first time! Such a sweet sound... I play the video over and over. He's pretty stingy with his giggles though. He makes us really work for them!

Last weekend Ollie went to grandma's by himself. I missed him sooo much! It was so weird sleeping without cuddling him. I'm so happy to have him home. I feel like he changed so much in just 2 days! I snuggled him all night on Sunday to make up for our time appart. So good to have him home! I love going to work and having a break. Even leaving him to work out in the afternoon is easier now. But I LOVE having him to come home too.

These last two weeks he's become way more coordinated. He holds his teething ring in his mouth... even though he sometimes gets too excited and gags himself. He's even been sitting up all on his own too! Still a bit wobbly but I'll take it! Rolling from side to side on his play mat is also a new favorite thing! This whole mommy thing just keeps getting better :)

We go to Ollie's 4 month check up on the 12th. We're thinking they'll let us start him on some baby food. I can't wait to start making it and to try out our baby bullett! I'm just dreading the shots again! Yuck!

Chillen with daddy!

GQ Baby!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (3/17)

Happy Baby! 3/24

Loving his new Ergo Carrier!

Lynx Lake w/ momma

17 Weeks!  (4/2)

3 Months Old.... Has it been that long since i've been sleep deprived?

Dear Ollie,

You are a whole 3 months old!! You're learning so much and doing new things each day. Everyone still can't believe you're already teething. In fact, you have about 4 coming in right now. Baby Orajel and frozen washcloths are our best friends. Last week you slept 6-7 hours in a row each night. I was one happy momma! This week didn't start off that way though. Last night you were up 4 times before 1am. I'm hoping your little teeth give you a break tonight so we can both catch up on sleep. Even though you're napping now :) Lucky boy!

You're always smiling and almost giggling at us (you giggle lots in you're sleep though). You have the biggest smile ever :) When we talky to you, you try to coo back to us. I swear you're already wanting to talk to us!

Here's a few videos of you from last night. You love when we make you dance! Even though it looks like I'm rough with you, you love it! We made up a new saying- "play hard or go put on your tu-tu". Gotta get you a onesie that says that. The other video is you doing you're new feet trick. I don't know when you started doing it, but you love to put your feet together and pull them into your tummy. It a cute mixture of yoga and reverse crunches :)