He walks!!!

First Teeth & Steps

Finally - Oliver's two front, bottom teeth came in while I was a girls camp on June 2-4 .  We haven't been able to get a good picture, but they are finally out enough that you can see them when he opens his mouth. He is starting to look like a little boy.

Oliver has been walking with help around the house and at school and has taken a couple of steps between Shawn and I, but on Thursday June 16th, he took several steps away from the bed towards Uncle John all on his own! And then on Saturday June 18th, he took 10 successful steps and face planted right onto the tile floor...its obviously a work in progress.

11 Months

Height: 28 1/2 inches

Weight: 19.6 lbs

Eating Habits: Size 2/3 baby foods w/4-5 oz bottle every 4-5 hours.
Diapers: Size 3
Sleeping: Bed time 8 pm, wake up at 6 am...O wakes up happy every morning.

Accomplishments:
Climbing on everything.
Crawling on your hands and knees all the time, no more army crawling.
Several steps on his own and standing by himself for a couple of seconds.
More baby babble, both Mom and Dad are called A-da - Bottle called baaaaaa.
Playing games like chase, hide-n-seek, "karate" and blowing kisses make you laugh.



Thing to remember:
Thrush, and an ear infection - boo!


First time wearing a swimsuit at San Tan Splash Pad - SOOOO Cute.

10 Months

Height 28 1/4 inches (50th percentile)

Weight 19 lbs (25th percentile)

Eating Habits: Size 2 baby foods w/5 oz bottle every 4-5 hours
Diapers: Size 3

Accomplishments
You've mastered pulling yourself up on things including the couch, stair railings, your crib, chairs, the ottomans, and human legs.  And you're fast!

One of your favorite things is for us to help you walk around by holding your hands.

You started daycare this month at Kids Inc and your teachers are Ms. Kendra, Ms. Katie, Ms. Jessie and Ms. Amanda.  You are doing really well, in spite of the fact that you won't  take naps.

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You love bath time.

You are can do an Indian war cry with your hand over your mouth.

You can wave  hi and bye-bye and give high 5's!

You are starting to "talk" a little and we think you are calling us A-ma for Mommy and A-da for Daddy.

Peek-a-boo, Chase Lincoln are 2 of your favorite games; and you seem to love a little mischief.

You are definitely a social butterfly.

Blue-eyed boys

First Cold

Oliver developed his first cold over Easter weekend. It started with his right eye being swollen, progressed into a runny nose, and a cough and then he barfed out of his nose, right after family pictures. He has been running a low grade fever for the last 2 days, hopefully this means some teeth are on the way.

This incident, was NOTHING compared to the throw up on the way home. We were still on the road trip from Page; 30 minutes from our house, in the ghetto's of Phoenix, when O decided to upchuck the entire contents of his stomach. We had to throw away his "My First Easter" bib he was wearing....it was unsalvageable. Luckily we were close to a freeway exit and were able to get him all cleaned up at the QT gas station...
Happy Easter.

9 Months

Height 27.5 inches

Weight 18.6 lbs

Eating Habits: Size 2 baby foods w/5 oz bottle every 4-5 hours
You have tried pretty much everything out there, except veal and chitlins. You tried flavored baby puffs and dried fruit bites, crackers, bananas, jelly beans, chocolate, french fries (always fries), and pancakes.

Diapers: Size 3

Accomplishments
You've gotten to be a very quick belly scooter.  Your big accomplishment this month is that you've started pulling yourself up on things, as seen below:

You really started to babble a lot this month, particularly just before and while you are eating.  You say "babababababababababa" or "myum myum myum"

1st Cracker!