So Much Fun

We've had a fun few days. My oldest friend in the world Rebecca came into town from Utah last week with her little one Cameron. We went to meet Cameron on Thursday and visit with them. Oliver LOVES Cameron. He's so cute. He smiles and laughs at him and tries to touch him it's so adorable!

On Friday we headed down to Anaheim. Our friends were running in a 5k at Disneyland and we went to babysit their daughter during the race. They treated us to a night out and everything. We had fun.

The pictures are of Oliver and Cameron, and us outside the Disneyland Hotel Convention Center.

Day at the park

Today we decided to go to our favorite little park for a picnic. It was actually a VERY nice day! It was about 90 degrees which seems like it would be hot but there was a cool breeze blowing. Oliver and Berto went and played in the water feature for a little while and we just lounged on our picnic blanket and relaxed! Oliver decided to attack the Dorrito bag.... not the dorritos just the bag! Kids... And we actually took a picture of all three of us... and even a picture of just Berto and me.. we realized we hadn't done that in a long time... 9 months maybe?! Anyway, it was a nice relazing Saturday! Tonight we're going to our friends Randy and Rachel for dinner! Yay!

Homemade Baby Food

So a while ago I decided to start trying to make baby food myself. I've discovered that it's not as hard as it sounds AND it really is CHEAPER!! Here are pictures from this morning. I made squash and sweet potatoes. Oliver is eating a lot more lumpy foods and foods he has to chew but these are a staple he LOVES them!

The ice cube trays make freezing so easy. I freeze the food into cubes and then once frozen pop them out and store in freezer bags. Each cube is one ounce so it's easy to figure out portion sizes!

Oliver's First Haircut...

This post is probably only going to be interesting to grandparents that live far away, but Oliver got his first haircut last Saturday! We cut off the little locks of curls. I was very sad but his hair was just looking too scraggly so I bit the bullet and we took him to get it cut. It's very cute but he looks like a little boy now and not a baby. Here is a little video of his first haircut experience. He did really well. No tears! He was VERY curious. Thanks Kim for doing such a great job... and for being willing to let Berto record you... he was a little obsessive with the video camera last weekend! :)

9 Month Statistics

Oliver had his 9 month check up this week. He is continuing to be a healthy boy! The doctor was VERY impressed that he's walking already. Here are his stats:

Weight: 28 lbs 5 ounce - Above the 95th Percentile
Height: 30 Inches - In the 90th Percentile
Head Circumference: 46 1\2 Inches - Above the 95th Percentile

He just continues to be a big boy!

And it's finally happened... he's WALKING....

My little (okay well he's not so little) 9 month old is WALKING... look out world! He is too cute when he does it though! Please enjoy the clip!

All the words I say....A photo show of all of my words!

MAMA
DADA and PAPA
UH-OH WHICH HE SAYS EVERY TIME HE THROWS DOWN A WATER BOTTLE!
ABBY. ABBY IS OUR DOGS NAME. HE PRONOUNCES IT ABBA. HE THINKS ALL DOGS ARE CALLED ABBA. WHEN HE SEES ANOTHER DOG HE SAYS ABBA AND WAVES AT THEM. IT'S SO CUTE!
BYE, WITH A LITTLE WAVE!

Oliver is getting quite the little vocabulary. He says six words already. We of course think he's just so smart! This is such a fun stage. I'm loving every minute of it!

Aunt Lianna's Birthday

Today is my sister Lianna's Birthday! Happy Birthday Smoosh!! Here are a couple of pictures of my little sis!

ALWAYS
UNDERSTANDING
NATURALLY
TERRIFIC

LOVING
INDEPENDENT
ADORABLE
NUTTY
NOBLE
ATTENTIVE

We love you Lianna!!!

Any day now!

Oliver will be running any day now! Here is a cute video of Oliver walking with the little push car our friend loaned us! (thanks Heather) Too fun!

The Joy of Oliver

Today my baby boy is 9 months old. I can't even believe how quickly the time has flown right by. I enjoy each day I am able to spend watching the miracle that he is in our home. I love watching Oliver grow and learn new things each and everyday. I feel so blessed to be his mother and even more blessed to be able to stay home and experience this time with him.

Oliver has such a sweet personality. He lights up the room with his smile and giggles. He's the life of the party all the time at our house. It's so amazing to see the different sides of Oliver. He can be shy also.

I never dreamed I could love someone as much as I love Roberto, but now that I'm a mom I know that I can. It's amazing to see how your heart opens up to make room for your little ones.

I love this little guy!!!

So many new things...

I feel like this whole weekend was one of milestones for Oliver! As I mentioned a few posts ago he has been saying mama for a couple of weeks now! This past Saturday he started saying Dada! That was very exciting for Berto! Then yesterday morning before church when I was feeding him his breakfast he started kissing. It was so darn cute. And the other thing he did yesterday was started saying "Uh Oh." It sounds more like "uhhhohh" but we get what he's saying. Oliver LOVES to play with water bottles so he started throwing one on the ground and saying "uhhohh." TOO CUTE!!

Also on the walking front I think it's going to be any day now. Last week he started every now and then letting go and taking a few steps... I know my life is over! :)

Enjoy the video clips!! Oliver felt like performing his new tricks this morning so I took advangage!

Some Summer Fun

Last week Oliver and I went to the beach with my friend Heather and her two kids Paige and Nash! It was a nice day and we had a blast! The weather was just right and Oliver loved digging his hands in the sand. As hard as I tried he did eat a little but it was a good day!

On Saturday we went out to Upland and visited our friends Greg, Carol Ann and Ethan. We always love hanging out with them! They have been house sitting for Greg's parents and had a TON of YUMMY plums and peaches. Oliver went to town when I let him have some plum. In fact every time I tried to pull the plum away so that I could take more of the skin off he'd cry. I think he figured out what those teeth are for! :) He was loving it!

The Oxi Clean Guy

So Oliver is obsessed with Billy Mays (the voice of Oxiclean). I guess he must just like the sound of his voice or something but any time he hears his voice he stops and turns to the T.V. He can be walking around, playing with his toys, nursing, eating it doesn't matter he stops and stares at the T.V. Even just now I was trying to figure out how to post the commercial on my blog and played a clip from You Tube... his head went straight to the t.v. and he looked so confused when he wasn't seeing Billy Mays. It is the funniest thing!

The joy of first words...

Oliver said his first word this week... it was MAMA!!!! It's so cute. He'll repeat it after me and he just walk around saying "mama, mama!" It made my year!

Oliver's First Girlfriend

So our friends Mike & Jera had a little girl just a couple of weeks after Oliver was born. Jera and I have been planning their wedding ever since! :) I got a couple of cute pictures of them playing at the park this past week at our weekly playgroup! They really don't even interact hardly but it's still so cute to see them sitting there together!

Almost Walking

So Oliver is getting around quite well these days! He makes his rounds around the coffee table and anywhere else he can manage! It's pretty darn cute! He's also starting to get brave... for about a week now he's been reaching for the ottoman from the coffee table and figured out he could grab my shirt and easily get from the coffee table to something else that was just out of his reach... well the fun has begun ... today he let go of the coffee table with both hands and just stood there for a minute until he fell on his butt! Too cute... and a little scary. It looks like I'm going to have an early walker on my hands... he's only 8 months old! Enjoy these cute little video clips!

Hair

So Oliver needs a hair cut! His hair is growing so long! It's so cute though! We have been playing with his hair from time to time.... the spikes won't stay for long but they sure do make cute pictures! :)

4th of July

For the most part we had a pretty laid back day. We just hung out at home and rested! It was nice having Berto home with us on a Friday to just bum around! In the afternoon we went over to Berto's cousin Ceci's house for a BBQ and swimming! It was fun! The food was yummy (Thanks Ceci and Conchi) and the swimming was fun! Oliver had a blast floating around in his little wave runner floaty... and then when we took him out he had a blast splashing the water like he does in the bathtub! All in all it was a good day. We didn't see the fireworks... well a few on our drive home. Oliver was extra tired and just wasn't going to make it for another minute. In fact he conked out the minute I set him in his carseat (that never happens without a little crying) and he didn't even stir when we took him out and laid him in bed! Oliver likes to watch everything that's going on and can't miss a minute if there are people around (aside from us) so he won't nap or anything if he can fight it and he was! But it was still a fun day!....

A Fun Day with Family at the Park

Today we went to a park in Huntington Beach to meet some family. My cousin Sarah graduated from UCLA and is joining the Peace Corps and heading off to Africa for two years, so we got together for a picnic in her honor. It was a fun park and Oliver had fun on the swings and sliding down the slide with daddy! It was nice seeing family. It was very breezy... almost cold in Orange County today so it was nice to get away from the blazing heat of Moreno Valley!

My Baby Boy is growing up....

So for a few weeks now Oliver has been pulling himself up and walking along the coffee table. He hasn't shown much of an interest in crawling... finally he has started crawling. He will only crawl if we lure him with a remote control. I don't know why but he is SO fascinated with remotes and will only crawl if one is in his path! So we keep putting the remote on the floor to get him moving! It's the cutest thing to watch!