28 Weeks

Oliver's first Christmas was spent at his Gram and Grandpa's house in St. Albert. There was just a sprinkle of snow, and balmy near zero temperatures. On Christmas Eve he opened one present (a Keroack family tradition) which was a recordable book of The Night Before Christmas from his Aunt. He has taken over his Dads role of the first one to wake on Christmas morning, at the strike of 6am. His family and friends all spoiled him with loads of clothes, toys and books. At dinner time he ate cereal and sweet potatoes with the family and stayed at the table for some after dinner games (banging a Tupperware lid and spatula on his tray.)

This week was full of "mamamas", and a few "yums" while he was eating peas and carrots... coincidental? We'll see. The little guy is still a major mover and shaker, always on the go. He won't sit still unless he's being read to, and still likes to roll around then too.

24 Weeks

 

Oliver has now moved up to size 9-12 month pajamas, and all of his 6 month pants are too short. Its good to see he got the height gene from Ben and not me. He's rolling like a log lately, and has found himself neatly tucked under his crib and other peices of furniture many times this week. He's still jabbering away, and loves to make any kind of noise. This morning he said Mama clear as day....to Ben. But that's ok, he's said Dada to me lots all week, haha.

The other bit of great news, for me just as much as Oliver, is that he is finally taking his second nap in his crib! Which gives me more time to blog about every tiny little amazing thing he does. Now we just have to get the third nap straightened out and I might finally have enough time in the day to think about doing something else!

16 Weeks - 4 Months!

I guess we start saying 4 months now? This week Oliver is still all about his tummy. Even at night when he is supposed to be sleeping. We're trying to work on the rolling back again part, but for now he's a surfer out of water. Pretty cute actually! He also likes reaching out to touch our faces. He loves beeping Ben's nose and grabbing at my mouth. We have some great vidoes, I'll try to post one soon. 

14 Weeks

Oliver rolled over! And over, and over. He rolled three times in a row! It was a very exciting moment! Just when I was starting to feel like I could put him down on his own for more than 5 minutes without me in his face entertaining him...now he's on the move...well soon enough. We were hoping this is part of why he is not sleeping so well anymore, but discovered last night that he also has a cold. Poor kid, he starts to fall asleep and wakes up snuffling half an hour later. Poor us!

He also hosted his first party, a reunion with six of his friends from prenatal class. It was a nice casual event, lots of laying around, boys drooling at girls from across the room, someone even drank a little too much and got sick allover his shirt...I wont name any names. It was a great time!

13 Weeks

Oliver is continuing to learn new things everyday. He is grabbing on to everything in sight, and not letting go easily. Getting him dressed is a new experience, especially when he grabs onto part of himself that is difficult to pull away. Ouch!

He started waking up often in the night again, just when I was starting to get used to this 5, 6, 7, even 8 hours a night...now it is 2. We started a new sleep routine the last few days of putting him down at 7:00 instead of 9:00. He is still rolling around like crazy in his crib and wakes up now that his feet hit the end. "This too shall pass!"

He has found his laugh more than ever, and LOVES to smile and squeal in delight as he looks at himself on the mirror. He's also starting to like games and nursery rhymes.