Silly Sick

What a crazy month its been. I've been really lazy about posting. Sorry. Ollie's been sick sick sick. He ran a high fever for about a week then developed a terrible head cold and ear infection! Ugh!! He had antiobiotics that did not agree with his digestive system which in turn caused us to go through a tube of Desitin in a few days. Ick and ouch! On a happier note. Ollie will be 9 months old tomorrow!! He's growing so fast. He is starting to stand on his own, but still needs some courage and practice. He is also dancing now. I have a video on youtube, then link is below. I love it. He has 3 teeth now, too. Two bottom front teeth and one upper right eye tooth. He's gotta be working on some more becuase he is constantly chew chew chewing! On a not so happier note. He sees what he wants and he wants it right now. Usually his wants are the tv remote, the radio remote, or my cell phone. The other day he had my cell phone for work and he called a few people. He actually tried to leave a message for Debi, sorry, Debi. When he sees what he wants and doesn't get it he cries and fights. He also thinks, "NO" is funny. He's learning though. Well, I think that's about it for the Ollie updates. We've got a lot coming up so I don't expect to post much, but I'll try. Enjoy the pictures below and check out the video link. Thanks for checking in. Ollie and Daddy watching fireworks from our house. This is the view from our house. NICE!!

SORRY...BAD MOMMY!

Sorry, all. I haven't blogged since Mother's Day. Ouch! I will try to do better.

Now for all my excuses! Ollie has been growing soooo much. I have some pictures to post to show his progress. He is crawling so fast these days. He is pulling up on everything higher than the floor. He is opening all the drawers (don't worry they have safe things in them). He has his first tooth (bottom front right). He is mimicking me. He grunts when he wants more food. He's proficient with the spoon and is even eating some table food. He'll be walking any day now. Not really, more like a month, but very soon anyway.

He's not been feeling well and therefore not sleeping well. When I get home from work we play for just a bit and then he starts getting tired and fussy. He's fighting sleep more now, but I think only because he is in pain with his teeth. He doesn't have his next appointment until July.

He'll be 8 months old on Monday! 8 months came sooo fast. Right now he's on the floor crawling over Josh's legs to get to me and figure out what this clickety click click noise is that I have going on in my lap. He's also getting tired so he's moving around like he has ants in his pants. He just can't sit still or he'll fall asleep.

He is such a good baby though. So relaxed and laid back. He sits in the floor and play by himself. He's so independent. We have the bestest baby ever.

Well, enough of my jibber jabber. Here are a few pictures.
Crawling and sitting up on his own at 6 months.

Standing up and enjoying his new swimming pool at 7 months.

Enjoying a day outside with Pappaw.

And this is what you get when you let a 7 month old feed himself.

Such a big big boy! He'll be walking any day now.

Being His Mother

When he smiles as I walk into the room.
When he laughs at my funny noises.
When he reaches for me to pick him up.
When he quiets as I soothe him.
When he grins as we make eye contact.
When he lies his head on my shoulder as I sing him to sleep.
When he looks at me as I feed him.
When he cries for me.
When he breathes.

This is when I love being his mother.

Ollie's Laugh

This video is long, but you have to hear him laugh. It took forever to capture this sound. When he sees the camera he stops what he's doing and looks at it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUC8fX-VJVo

Here are a few pictures of us spending time outside while Josh mowed. Ollie didn't enjoy the noise from the lawn mower.

Happy 1/2 Birthday, Ollie

Yesterday was Ollie's 1/2 birthday! 6 months already. It has gone by so quickly. Let's take a long look at the first 6 months:

Zero to One: Josh and I are exhausted. Ollie is eating every 1.5 - 2 hours and will only sleep if we are holding him. He was admitted to the hospital for jaundice treatments. It was as rough month, but we fell in love with this tiny, needy, adorable little baby!

One to Two: Josh and I are exhausted. Ollie is eating every 2 hours. He had his first cluster feeding and that was difficult. He's beginning to pay attention to the things around him. He's started to get really fussy and inconsolable every night around 10pm. We can't figure it out. We're tired. Ollie saw Santa for the first time. He didn't even cry. We also got a couple of his first smiles this month.

Two to Three: Josh and I are exhausted. Ollie is eating every 2 - 3 hours. He sleeps in his carseat now and the first night he did this he slept a solid 6 hours. Astonishing!! Ollie had his first outing this month. He went to the Louisville Science Center. First time I had to feed him and change a poopy diaper in public...fun! At his pediatrician visit this month she told us he's short and fat! HA! Ollie's first Christmas. He also found his hands!! We started bedtime routine and it works!

Three to Four: Josh is exhausted. I went to back to work this month. Ollie eats every 2 - 3 hours, but is sleeping more through the night. He smiles so much more now, but still we really have to work those smiles out of him. He actually loves to get a bath now. We're slowly moving into 3-6 month clothes. No more newborn stuff :-( Ollie rolled from his belly to his back. He loves his new mobile above his bed, first toy he ever smiled at. Ollie started to really spit up and drool a lot this month. He's learned to laugh out loud. That's fun. We started cereal at the end of this month, he loves it. He eats it from a spoon! He's also batting at toys above his head now. He loves the TV, too.

Four to Five: Ollie is sleeping longer stretches at night. He's doing great. He's cooing and "talking" a lot these days. Usually, he likes to talk over me. He grew three inches in two months. We found out he has eczema. He needs lots of lotion. He got an exersaucer and he loves it!! He's sleeping from about 6:30pm - 5:00am. WOW! When I go in his room in the mornings because I hear him stirring around he is sitting in his seat smiling up and me! So cute. He laughs so hard when Josh tickles him, or really when Josh looks at him. He had some sweet peas for the first time. His first taste of flavored food. YUM! He had a tooth pop through, but then go back into his gum. Weird.

Five to Six: Ollie is sleeping in his crib now on his belly. If you put him on his back he just rolls right on over to his belly. He is absolutely adorable! He is rolling around on the floor, army crawling and scooting around the room, "talking" so much, smiling constantly, teething, wearing 6-9 month clothes, wearing size 3 diapers, feeding himself from a sippy cup, drinking not only formula but water and juice, putting EVERYTHING in his mouth, grabbing and watching the dogs and SO MUCH MORE! I just can't get over it. He's the life of the party and such a little flirt. He's starting stage 2 foods as soon as we run out of the stage 1 we have left. He's such a joy. I'm looking forward to the next 6 months, but I'm a little sad he's not going to be "baby" much longer!

Doctor, Doctor!!

Ollie had his 6 month checkup today. At 4 months he weighted 15lbs and 13oz. Now he weighs 18lbs and 5oz. At 4 months he was 26.5" long and now he's 27.25" long. He's a growing boy. He's in the 75th percentile for both so he's doing very well. No baby diet for Ollie!!

His pediatrician told us to expect him to start crawling and cruising and saying "Momma and Dadda" before his 9 month appointment. It just doesn't seem like that'll be happening so soon.

He's trying so hard to crawl right now though that I think he'll be crawling before he's 7 months old. She thinks 9 months so we'll see who wins!!

I put a video on YouTube, but don't want to load it on here because it takes too long. You can view the link though if you'd like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIPpTr-VeZo

I'll let you know if he takes off and crawls one of these days!!
We took this picture before Gran left for Texas. Ollie was looking through his Easter goodies from Gran and Pappaw and we decided he'd be cute in the basket. We were right!!

Such a Big Boy!!!

Here he is only discovering he has feet. I don't have a picture of his foot in his mouth just yet.
He's chilling in his excersaucer watching Daddy play with the dogs.
This is how you'll usually find him, with both his hands in his mouth. His poor little hands are so red and chapped. He's eating a lot of lotion because we have to keep his hands coated to keep them from bleeding...ouch!

And some smiles!!


A few new notes about Ollie. He has now taken to eating his feet. That's right, he'll grunt and groan until he has managed to shove a foot, or at least a few toes, into his mouth. His smiles have grown much more frequent. Now, to get him to smile I must only walk into the room. I love that.

He's still sleeping really well at night, but sometimes getting him to sleep is torture. He cries and cries. He'll sleep on my shoulder, but then when I lay him down he ain't having it!!

He's eating veges and fruits now, too. Actually, tonight we gave him peaches and he gagged a few times and the peaches ended up all over him. We switched to sweet peas which he gobbled up in no time. I just can't seem to feed him fast enough! I think the peaches are a little too tart for his taste right now. He loves bananas, applesauce, pears, sweet peas, green beans, sweet potatos and even squash, but peaches he can do without! We'll try again later.