PPD#004

Here is the actual picture of the day.. But the video is more fun! :)

Oliver loves his pandas!!

PPD#003 updated

We came to Oklahoma for Poppy's birthday.






3 dogs and a 3 month old in the backseat! Haha

The card we got Poppy..












Perfect since he raised cows ;)

Edit// Ok.. I had to repost this blog with a few extras..



Sweet little man just hanging out waiting to watch The Amazing Race (most addicting show!!!)



This was from after his bath this morning before we went to OK. Happy baby!!

Oliver tried green beans tonight and pretty much inhaled them!! So far he likes apples and green beans. A few more days with these and then we will try something else.. Maybe carrots?

PPD#002

We both woke up 10 times through the night. At around 4 am he decided to get up. He ate and now we are cuddling until he falls asleep.


...and he's out! Haha

We went to Rick's for breakfast, then my Moms bank, Signature Bank, did a bowling fundraiser event for Big Brother Big Sister. Then we went to the mall in search of something for my grandpa for his birthday (tomorrow) and to Sam's for formula and dog food. Needless to say Oliver is worn out!!




Time to watch the Texas/Kansas game and try to get rid of my headache and congestion.

PPD#001/Picture Per Day

Since I post so many pictures all of the time I have been asked by several to do a picture each day. I have been warned that it is quite the challenge but I think I can do it. :)

Today Oliver and I mailed Jeff groceries and some candy- difficult while carrying an infant!!







Oliver was tuckered out!!

Test

This is just a test. I repeat, this is only a test. ;)



Oliver napping at work after a busy errand and doctor day.

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Valentines Day

So for Valentines Day Jeff and I got each other iPhone4s. boring, I know BUT the actual iPhone is exciting. My poor little iPhone3 just doesn't cut it anymore. There isn't anything wrong with it.. in fact it's actually in really good condition. Anyway, so since Jeff won't get his phone in Egypt until after Valentines day I decided to put together a little gift for him anyway. It included...

inside the care package for valentines day

candy.. in baggies in case of melting

small bedazzle to label it as the v-day box.

Jeff sent me some pretty flowers on top of the iPhone. Turns out the ones he sent me are not as nice as the ones he ordered and he also ordered a teddy bear and chocolates that were not delivered. SOOOO tomorrow I'm going to give them a piece of my mind.

2 months old!

So this is a little late but Oliver is now 2 months old! Time is seriously flying by. Everyone told me it would and I expected it but geez! Next thing I know he's going to be taller than me!

Oliver...

Is 11.5 pounds and 25 inches. (weight: 43rd%  height: 99th%) aka long and skinny!
Eats 4-5 ounces every 2.5-3 hours during the day. (about 30-35 ounces/day!!!)
Sleeps from 9 or 10pm until 8am every night (wakes up 1 or 2 times)
Wears size 0-3 month in clothes but is too tall/long for most of them so some is 3-6 month
Wears size 1 diapers (finally! skinny boy is finally chunking up a little)
Wears size 1-2 shoes
Has my exact toes.. poor kid.

Has Daddy's good looks and style

Can hold his head up for long periods of time- I'm slowly putting him in his Bumbo seat so he can sit up a little bit on his own.

The sun was too bright so neither would look at the camera. This was from the blizzard we had this week. 24" of snow!!!

Loves watching tv with Mom and Grammy at night. When it's on he stares at it. I'm going to look into getting him some Little Einstein DVDs for a little later on.
Is being spoiled by Grammy Tammie. She thinks he is going to be an OSU fan.

...but Dad won't have it since he will definitely be a Longhorn fan (and Dallas Cowboy)

Loves getting baths and Avenno Lavender lotion- yum!
Is a major cuddle bug.

Still falls asleep almost instantly in the car but stays awake occasionally if he's already had a nap. If I sing he coo's and smiles.
Stares at himself in the mirror in the car (and in the house too) and talks to himself while we're driving.

He loves his new bird toy too.

Doesn't need his paci all of the time- mostly just when he's tired (like exhausted but fighting it) or if he's getting hungry.

Enjoying a nice day in the middle of January- windows down, sunglasses on.. crazy!

Smiles when you tickle under his chin or play with his cheeks.
Loves his Lamb Swing and Lamb Seat.  Both are very much so recommended!!! The swing goes front to back and side to side. He likes side to side and hates front to back (like most swings do) He watches the lambs on the mobile and talks to the baby in the mirror on the mobile.

Doesn't seem to be super ticklish on his feet or tummy (yet)
Started sleeping on his tummy and loves it- I knew he would but waited until he could move his head from side to side easily.

Loves his Gloworm Seahorse that Daddy got him for Christmas.
Does really well going to work with me every day. Lately he sleeps most of the time I'm at work and wakes up just in time to eat, get changed, get in the car seat and take one of the kids to practice and then come home. Hopefully this nap schedule stays at this time!!!

Helping me put up laundry at work. (I can't carry him and the basket upstairs so I compromised)

Laying with Brooke's "Lammy" at work while I put up laundry.

7 weeks post pregnancy

So I took the picture at 6 weeks after but I'm just now getting around to post it.

The 6 week photo. Clearly I have a way to go tone wise.. but I'm down to my original weight. woo!

progression from 6.5 month until now.

6 weeks.. ALREADY??

So Monday Oliver went to the doctor for his 6 week check-up and got his shots. It worked out that he got hungry right as we got to the waiting room so I was hoping that he would be able to eat right after his shots and that would soothe him but then they took FOREVER to get us back for the appointment so he started getting grumpy about 1/2 way through our appointments. Luckily my nurse is awesome and she rushed our shots paperwork to the nurse that does them and we got to skip ahead in the line (a lot of people were getting flu shots.) He was angry for about 30 seconds and then I pulled out his bottle and he was happy as could be. He was more angry that he was hungry than he was about the pinch of the needles!! :)


So, the news from the appointment:
I'm perfectly healed up and healthy. I've lost all of the pregnancy weight plus some. Now I just need to keep losing and toning up and we will be good to go. I'm starting my diet and work out on Sunday so this should be good! I've got to look good for my hubby when he comes home in September/October!!!!

Oliver now weighs 10lb 6oz (4.71kg) and is 23 inches (58.42cm) long. He's super healthy and all checked out to be a tall, healthy boy. 
weight for age: 32nd%
length for age: 97th%
weight for length: 10th%


I'm majorly slacking on blogging but I will try to do better.. 2 more weeks until he is 2 months old.. OMG

Wait? It's New Years Eve!?

I was going to slowly write this and actually post it on New Years Eve but I finished it early so I'm posting it on the 30th instead..

So this year has flown by and it's been majorly crazy but I definitely wouldn't trade it. Let's recap..
Jeff moved from Tulsa.
I moved from Fayetteville.
We got our first apartment together in Rogers.
We put down the payment for our wedding--
1 week later found out we were going to have a baby.
Got married in June and went to the Bahamas for a week.
Moved back in with my Mom in September for a year.
Jeff gets deployed to Egypt in October.
Oliver is born December 4th.
Jeff comes home December 10th-26th.
Now he is back in Egypt until at least September.

Good news is starting Saturday I can say "Jeff will be home this year."
Bad news is it's still another 250+ days (8 months just sounds better though.) 

So on to the New Years Resolutions..
Normally I don't really set any that are serious. I know most people set ridiculous expectations and then don't achieve them so I tend to make funny resolutions. This year I'm setting realistic resolutions with high hopes. With my pregnancy with Oliver I managed to only gain 19 lbs and now at 4 weeks postpartum I have lost all but 2lbs. Sadly I don't look anything like what I did before Oliver. I know that the skin on my stomach still has to shrink back up and that will take 6 months to a year but I would really like to lose the extra weight I have gained over the last 3 or 4 years and get back to my comfortable weight. I'm not going to post the actual but I'm planning on keeping track of the weight loss along the side of the blog. So anyway..

My New Years Resolutions are:
lose weight (goal: 45 lbs by September 1st)
remember to take meds every day to help with the anemia
get a good job before Jeff gets home (40 hr/week entry level desk job.. do you know of anything for me??)

Well.. that's that! An update on Oliver. He's still eating a ton and plumping up a little more so I'm sure he's gained weight again. We don't have another appointment for 2 more weeks but there's no doubt that he has. He's sleeping pretty good once he gets to sleep but the last couple of days he has been fighting it and getting cranky. Hopefully this isn't something that sticks.. I know you don't want to read anymore so here's the fun stuff. 

Oliver has this terrible rash right now. The doctor thinks its just a combination of newborn rash/acne and a reaction to detergent, soap or lotion. I have tried everything and he still has it though.. Hopefully it's just newborn rash and it goes away asap.

He got a bath, a fresh diaper and then ooh'd and ahh'd in his lamb seat while I got a shower. He's just too dang cute!

My mom and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with Oliver to watch OSU play in the Alamo Bowl. Oliver was even dressed up. (picture below)

The shirt is huge on him (it's a 6-9 month and he's barely in 0-3 month), the paci is too big and he spits it out quickly, and the sunglasses probably wont fit until this summer at the earliest BUT he was a trooper and let me take a picture of him in his OSU gear.

My mom with Oliver in front of his crib with the new dots I put up that match his bedding exactly! :)