Hungry Hungry Ollie

Ollie has become an avid eater, though not perfect. He recognizes when bottles are coming, when jars of food are being opened and when we aren't feeding him fast enough. He makes all kinds of noises, raspberries (with food coming back at you), squeals and a few grunts. He also tries to help you feed him. He lunges for the bowls, spoons and jars. He usually ends up a giant mess. I can't wait until he feeds himself. He'll be an even bigger mess.


YUM!

Shiny Happy Baby

Oh how I wish he would sleep through the night! Oh how I wish he would be able to soothe himself back to sleep! Oh how I wish he wouldn't be so crabby all the time. No matter what, you just can't help but love the little booger when he's like this.

That's Entertainment!

There are many things that entertain Ollie. The usually things like his toys, mirrors, balls, shiny things and recently his own feet! His feet entertain him so much so he always has had them in the air quite a bit to get a good look at them. He also loves to play with balls. These frustrate him to no end. Since his fine motor skills aren't the best yet, he usually ends up batting them away. When he does get a hold of them, or anything else for that matter, in the mouth it goes. Luckily, they are all too big to fit in his strained squash hole! We also bought one of those giant bouncy balls in the store for him. The thing is bigger than him! Of course he has to use his arms AND his legs to deal with it. Just like everything else, in the mouth it goes. Which means he sticks his tongue out and licks it!

As his parental units, we must also entertain the little wonder-boy. We make the strangest sounds, funny faces and do silly things. We also have the photographic evidence to prove it!


Now if we only could stop doing the same thing with the cats!

Weekend Update

What a crabby boy we had this weekend. He didn't nap well at all on Sunday. His feeding schedule was a bit wacky this weekend as well. We are guessing it was another growth spurt! Unfortunately for his momma, she got to deal with him on Sunday while I put in the screen door. He did sleep fairly well last night and put himself back to sleep at around 1am. That's a new one. No parental intervention necessary. Too bad it didn't work at 4am. We are attributing all of these changes to the appearance of this little fellow.



DuckBoy to the Rescue!

Weekend

This weekend is going to be the great Ollie experiment. We are going to try and get him out of his old car seat and into his new one. He has gotten too long for his old one. We tried it earlier this week, without great results. So we will try againt his weekend when we have more time to do it. We are also going to try and get him out of his carrier to sleep in. We kind of got him back in the habit when we went out of town. We tried putting him back in his bed when we got back to bad results. So we are going to start all over this weekend. Hopefully it'll be better. Here's what Ollie looked like dressed for the wedding.


It won't be too much longer and Ollie will crawl. He's picking up his butt, getting his knees underneath him and pushing forward. Of course he didn't use his arms, so he looked a little funny. He's doing better sitting up, but no dice yet.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Ollie did it last night. He rolled front to back. Back to Front, Front to Back over and over and over until he covered about 5 feet! We had to move our footstools out of the way so he could keep going and wouldn't bump into them. We are going to have to keep a better eye on him from now on. Next up - sitting up!

Ppfffffhhhhtt!

This is Ollie's newest favorite activity. Ppfffffhhhhtt! He does this all the time. Ppfffffhhhhtt! When he's playing. Ppfffffhhhhtt! When he's rolling. Ppfffffhhhhtt! Especially when he's eating. Ppfffffhhhhtt! Last night Tresa was feeding him carrots for dinner. Ppfffffhhhhtt! Before, during and after the spoon went in the mouth, we got a Ppfffffhhhhtt! Ollie's chair got a Ppfffffhhhhtt! Mom and Dad got a Ppfffffhhhhtt!

By the end of the feeding Ollie's white bib, white chair, clothes and skin were a nice orange. Ppfffffhhhhtt! He had previously done this with his green beans last week. Ppfffffhhhhtt! Tresa was laughing so hard at him she couldn't feed him. Ppfffffhhhhtt! We are not going to be good at discouraging bad but funny behavior, he's just too darn cute! Ppfffffhhhhtt!

Big Boy

Ollie has gotten long. Too long, in fact, for his current car seat. He's a bit ahead of the growth curve. So this week he gets to start riding in his upright car seat. We had a stationary test run in our bedroom last night and he seemed to enjoy sitting up rather than laying down. It's still a bit big for him, but he'll grow into it. Probably faster than he is supposed to, but that's not a bad thing.

Pictures are coming later this week, maybe next Monday. We won't get them back until Thursday.

P.S. You can print the pictures on this site! Email Ollie if you need help.

Travel travails

Traveling in a car with a almost 5-month-old. What's there to say? Lot's of sleep for Ollie IN the car, not a lot out of it. Ollie set a few records this weekend. He slept probably 3-4 hrs of the travel time both ways, but he also set records for staying awake, Sat and Sun when we got home he had 4 hr. awake spells because of all the sleep he had gotten. Basically he was all out of whack! Running around, getting to rehearsal Friday, and Wedding and reception Saturday. What a mess. He wouldn't fall asleep when he as tired, so we had to carry him around and entertain him. He entertained himself for awhile during the rehearsal dinner. He played with a coke can and seemed to be the center of attention for awhile. He just wouldn't sleep.

The wedding Saturday was ok for Ollie. We got seated and just as the wedding was to begin he got fussy and crabby and hungry. Since his mom was in the wedding, I took him out and fed him, burped him and then the fun began. By the time we came back into the wedding they were already down the aisle. So in case Ollie got fussy we stood in the back. Ollie sucked his fingers since he didn't want his binky. Then he grabbed my finger, as babies do, and shoved it in his mouth! So for most of the ceremony Ollie had a dadda finger snack! My finger was wrinkly from being so wet for so long. Luckily they had pictures to take before the reception, so I took Ollie out to the parking lot and put him in his stroller and strolled him to sleep.

He woke up when we went to put him in the car to go to the reception. Then his 4 hrs marathon started. He was up until about 8pm when he got REALLY crabby so we took him back to the house and got him his bath and food. Eventually he went to sleep, but woke up a bit later and dozed off again for the night.

The ride home was horrid. He slept for at least 3 hrs. on the way home, but we were all exhausted physically. At one point, we stopped at a rest stop and no one wanted to get back in the car. Luckily we made it back in one piece and tired. Then Ollie started his 2nd 4 hr stretch. He eventually went to bed. I hope he gets back to his normal schedule. I didn't realize how much I missed peace and quiet for an hour every 3 hrs.

On the plus side, he's gotten over his cold, so it's back to training Ollie to sleep in his crib. FUN!

I'm not looking forward to Christmas, it's going to be very exhausting, just with the travel by itself. Plus Ollie will probably be sitting by then, so more work for his momma and dadda. Not ready for that at all.

Going on a Trip

Ollie is going on a trip this weekend. His first long car ride - 5 hrs each way! His uncle Travis is getting married and his momma is a candle lighter, so Ollie gets to sit with his dadda and maybe his uncle Frankie and Aunt Annie. He'll update this blog with information on the weekend and if his dadda gets on the stick, maybe some pics of the event.

P.S. He slept ALL night long! Shh, I don't want to jinx it!