So, it's March already. Last year at this time things were moving much more slowly as we were waiting for our little person to show up. I can't believe he'll be one next month. And I'll be 30. I'm not sure which one breaks my heart more ;)
We have a lot going on around here these days. We will be moving into our new house (hopefully) in May or early summer. I'm trying to get our condo organized and ready because we need to sell it soon. The hockey season is winding down. Pete will be at work everyday until March 15th... the last home game of the regular season. The Giants didn't make the playoffs- but that's ok, it'll be nice to have him working normal M-F 9-5 hours until August/September when it starts all over again.
Ollie is a busy little bee these days. The only time he stops moving is when he's sleeping. He will hardly drink a bottle without simultaneously doing something else as well. He's more of a swig and go kind of guy. He does a pretty good job sitting in his high chair and eating along side us... usually watching 'Gangnam Style' or a video of Disney's Tiki Room on YouTube. He'll be working those iPads better than us before we know it. Everything else with the little guy is pretty much status quo- in a good way. My favorite new thing is that he is so affectionate lately. Ollie has always loved to be held and carried around, but now he is actually snuggling up to us and hugging and kissing us on purpose. It's so cute. He loves exploring and taking in new things. He still knows what he wants and is extremely stubborn/vocal/determined to get his way.
Oliver has the 8 teeth he's had since he was 8 months. He has been a bit grouchy lately and his gums look quite puffy and red in the back but nothing new has popped through yet. Sleeping has seemed to reach a new level of greatness (knock on wood). It was pretty good since about 6 months, but I feel like now I can usually count on sleeping through the night about 90-95% of the time even when his schedule gets thrown off. When he wakes up at night, it's generally a quick fix with a bottle then he's back out again. He pretty much sleeps from 7:30pm to 7:00am. Even his naps have improved, but I think the days of his morning nap are almost behind us. Waaaaaaaa! :(
Otherwise we are just looking forward to warmer weather, our new house and April birthdays. Things are good and I certainly can't complain!
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
10 Months
OOOPS! I had his 10 month blog post sitting in here for about a month now and I guess I forgot to hit publish. I found it as a saved draft. I'm also currently working on his 11 month post which I will put up in the next few days along with the 10 month pictures I can't seem to find. Anyway... here's what Ollie was like just a month ago. Not much has changed :)
Ollie is 10 months of pure little boy madness (in a good way of course!). There isn't much he doesn't do these days besides walk and talk. He's changing so quickly all the time that I can't even tell you what he does new or different than before. Basically he is mastering all the skills he's been working on since about 5/6 months and building on them. He can also do things when you ask him (like wave and give kisses) and he always seems to know what you are asking of him. He is an old pro at pulling up and he's starting to let go more and more. I think we are still a ways away from walking, but he could surprise me. It was like this with rolling over and crawling too- I kept thinking he was just days away, but then it would take him several weeks to a month to actually do it. And that is just fine. He is pretty much moving at an average baby pace as far as developmental milestones go.
Ollie is 10 months of pure little boy madness (in a good way of course!). There isn't much he doesn't do these days besides walk and talk. He's changing so quickly all the time that I can't even tell you what he does new or different than before. Basically he is mastering all the skills he's been working on since about 5/6 months and building on them. He can also do things when you ask him (like wave and give kisses) and he always seems to know what you are asking of him. He is an old pro at pulling up and he's starting to let go more and more. I think we are still a ways away from walking, but he could surprise me. It was like this with rolling over and crawling too- I kept thinking he was just days away, but then it would take him several weeks to a month to actually do it. And that is just fine. He is pretty much moving at an average baby pace as far as developmental milestones go.
He is still very chatty. His favorite thing to say these days is 'dada'. Still. It has been that way for quite a few months now. He even picks up random objects or toys and holds them to his ear like it's a phone and says 'dada, dada'! He also points and says 'dat' or what sounds to me like 'looooook' or maybe it's 'booook'- he does LOVE his books. So much so he even tries to read them to me :) He is also figuring out how to match objects with their correct shapes. For so long he just chewed on those toys but now he is actually matching up circles with circles (and square with squares etc.) and trying to push them through the holes.
We manage to keep busy from day to day and music class is still very much the highlight of Ollie's week. I'll probably pick back up with swim once he turns 1. And he'll be 1 in just two short months. Unbelievable.
I weighed him in early January and both Ollie and Ernie were 24 pounds. I'm guessing he'll be just under 30 by his first birthday. His gain has slowed down quite considerably and he is slimming out and growing taller more than anything. He is amazingly beautiful both inside and out, and it is so fun to see his personality shining through every day. He has always been strong willed and opinionated and it just becomes more evident with each passing day.
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