Impressions 5

The boys were feeling better and a little stir crazy, so we headed off to Impressions 5 for some good toddler fun!

The boys had a great time! Oliver loved the toddler room...especially the water table! We'll definitely be going back there in the future!

Fishing at the water table!

The light table was pretty neat as well!

Lovin' that digger!

ooohhhh...

Making slime...well, Mom and Aunt Saundra making slime...they made it about 5 minutes...

Some Christmas Illness

Shortly after Christmas, the majority of the family became quite ill. Jason took me to the ER overnight to make sure everything was okay with Spencer...thanks to Aunt Julie for coming over to watch Oliver. The day after that, Jason and Oliver came down with it...as well as Evan. Once the worst was over, we decided to go back down to Leslie and spend time with the Honeysetts since we were all contaminated anyways.

We had lots of baths and low-key playing...but everyone still had a great time.

Triple bath time!

Ready for bed Grandma....NOT!

Playing with our diggers

Happy early Birthday to Daddy!

Christmas Day at Grandma and Grandpa Garrett's

After our sledding excursion, we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Garrett's house for some great food and great family!

Oliver absolutely loves playing with Evan and he even took quite a liking to Seth...which makes me hopeful that he will enjoy Spencer as well.

Opening Presents

Playing with Seth

Buffing up with Evan :)

Grandpa enthusiastically purchased a little Christmas train set for Evan and Oliver...which they thoroughly enjoyed...but it was missing several parts come the end of the week... :)

WOOT WOOT! Here comes the train!!!

A Christmas Sledding!

It was a nice morning, so Daddy decided to take Oliver for a quick sledding expedition at Grandma and Grandpa Feazel's...all while Mom stayed inside and took pictures :)

Christmas Eve

Oliver had a great time on Christmas Eve! He enjoyed all of his presents and expertly assisted others in unwrapping theirs.

Sitting with Mom while enjoying Grandma's Christmas light necklace

Froggie was a prize present! Everyone wanted to take him home!

Pretending to have nap time with his Pillow Pet from Aunt Shelly and Uncle Bill

Rolling his new Mickey Mouse suitcase around the room

All the good presents got the cowbell!

Assisting Grandpa with his present opening techniques

GO BLACKHAWKS!

His First Christmas Gift Opened!!

Thanks Sami! Oliver just loves his new easel and coloring books! We colored all night last night!

As I left this morning, he was coloring Rex the dinosaur...Odie was roaring while coloring him green :)

Turning into a Big Boy!!

Oliver has been learning more and more every day. Just this week he counted to 6 while taking care of his cars. I've never heard him go higher than 3!

He is also very concerned with possession. It's either Momma's coat, Daddy's coat, or MY coat!

He loves to have his own items, such as blankets and a spot on the couch. He also finds it very funny to "steal" mommy and daddy's blankies as well...

Oliver spends at least an hour a day coloring. He loves to pick out colors and trade them in for different ones. For some reason he always crumples up the paper to give it to you...a form of artistic expression perhaps??

Hooray for Odie-sized bananas! He loves to sit and eat an entire banana all by himself! It takes some effort to keep him sitting for the entire thing, but it's a work in progress :)

We're very excited for Christmas! He's just going to love all of his wonderful gifts from family, friends and Santa!!

Santa!

Oliver had a nice visit with Santa. He doesn't really know that Santa brings presents, but if there is a Santa figurine within 1 mile he'll see it :)

Oliver's 2 Year Check-up

Oliver's two year check-up went well. His weight gain has slowed a bit, but the Dr agrees that it is because of his recent refusal to eat...which he doesn't have a problem with at day care...go figure!

Other than that, he seems to be doing well! I'm going to start trying a few different techniques at meal times to see if they work...wish me luck!