ollie's first year

3 days
7 pounds 10 oz 19 inches long

1 month

2 months
14 pounds 23.5 inches

3 months

4 months

18 pounds 26.5 inches

5 months

6 months

20 pounds 28 1/4 inches

7 months

8 months

9 months

~22 pounds 30 inches
10 months

11 months

1 year!!!

~22.5 pounds 30.5 inches

classic ollie

some ollie snapshots for your viewing pleasure:)

ollie's "i dunno" face

all smiles

ollie plays hard and crashes on the couch- his favorite nap spot.

ouch!!

poor ollie has bumped his head 3 times on the exact same spot! why do kids do that?! unfortunately the last one was a doozy! he pulled away from me and started running and fell outside of our apartment. immediately, he had a giant goose egg- imagine a golf ball cut in half and stuck it to his head! he cried pretty hard for a little while, but recovered and was laughing again in no time. he's a pretty tough little man!

he looks a little better today. we had fun at breakfast where he tried to eat most of it himself and did surprisingly well! i tried to get some good photos if the injury. it actually looks better in the photos. his forehead is still a little puffy, but at least it doesn't look like he has a golf ball coming out of his head anymore.

8 things

ok steph! thanks for tagging me...here goes

Eight things I look forward to...

1. my next trip...wonder where/when it will be
2. having our own house...or at least a 2 bedroom apartment
3. getting a dog
4. ollie saying, "mama"
5. dessert:)
6. seeing friends
7. christmas...i know it's a long ways off, but i love the holidays. i would say summer, but it's already here:)
8. being done with changing poopy diapers

Eight things I did yesterday...
1. took a walk with ollie
2. got laundry detergent at the store, because i forgot it on my last trip, even though i made a list and checked it.
3. swam in the pool with ollie
4. fixed chicken fajitas for dinner

5. watched national treasure 2- one of the movies on our free movie channel preview

6. made banana chocolate chip muffins
7. followed up on a job i applied for- still no word:(
8. "window shopped" online and daydreamed of a house with a big closet...

Eight things I wish I could do...
1. clean more often
2. see friends more often
3. take a family vacation
4. be a rockette...if i only had long legs and some rhythm.
5. be a professional student
6. have time for hobbies
7. sleep through the night- my insomnia is to blame, not ollie:)
8. get a job, or better yet, find a way to get paid for doing something i love

8 Shows I Watch:

only 8! i watch way too much tv for only 8!
1. lost
2. so you think you can dance
3. the office
4. project runway
5. amazing race
6. how i met your mother
7. big bang theory
8. sesame street:)

i won't tag anyone specific, but if you have a blog, feel free to do your own:)

5 years!!!

cheers!! jonthan & i have been married for 5 years!

it's been a great and challenging 5 years, in which we've both learned a lot and grown together. i find it funny when people talk about breaking up or getting a divorce because "it's not working out, we just weren't on the same page" or "it's not the same as when we first met." sometimes i feel like jonathan and i aren't even in the same book, let alone on the same page! and of course things aren't going to be like when we first met- things change, people change, circumstances change. but at the end of the day we are best friends, we love each other and enjoy being around each other...most of the time:)

so for our anniversary, j's parents offered to watch ollie for us. friday morning we dropped ollie off and headed up to santa monica to celebrate. we stayed at the viceroy hotel santan monica, located a couple blocks from the peir. the hotel was pretty cool; i love decor and we got complimentary champagne upon arrival, which is always nice:) check out more of our photos on flickr ( i am still working on uploading more photos there)

the pool scene- they offered $2 drinks @2pm, $3 @ 3pm and so on, so it was pretty crowded. our room was right above the pool, so the only bad part of our stay was loud music late into the evening, but we did get to sleep in!

j relaxing watching some tennis

cool yellow chairs:)

i love the plates on the wall

the library

even our hotel keys were cool.

we walked down to the peir and then to the 3rd street prommenade, where we had a fancy burger dinner at johnny rockets:) yum!

i love santa monica, because it is always good for people watching.

us on the beach...
the pier:

independence day

we celebrated the 4th of july with family on the beach:) it was a perfect sunny summer day!

ollie declaring his independence and walking, no running from daddy.

looking out at the beach

ollie loved playing in the water!

ollie seemed fascinated by the fireworkssami & trey painting with the light of some glow sticks

father's day- part 2

hi! ollie here, filling in for mom. since we were in texas for father's day, me & mommy gave daddy his gifts a little later, on friday night following father's day.
i got daddy a griddle to fix me pancake breakfasts (thanks for the idea ivs!) and of course the token father's day tie! i also made him a card with my handprint, a tradition my mom hopes to carry on. and a case of IBC root beer, which stands for, "Incredible BeCause" and we put tags on each bottle with reasons why daddy is "incredible" i can't take credit for this idea...i saw it on another blog.


we then spent the weekend with my aunti v and my grandparents and had a great time playing i think i began to master this walking walking thing. i have been able to take a few steps here and there, but it was really the first day where i was able to walk across a room:) i am getting better and better with each day.

my daddy watching the soccer match

i like to look out the window.


thanks for helping me walk, auntie v!