Where does the time go?

I was looking through some pictures and I just can't believe how quick Ben has grown up!!  Three years ago, he was this teeny tiny little 3 year old Slippery When Wet sign (totally cleaned up at the Halloween Costume Contest) and the next thing you know, he's six , almost seven, sittin in the bathtub with his goggles on.  

Where does the time go?

Funny story:  Today at lunch, out of the blue, he says to me, "Ya know those people that eat fire at the circus?  Do you know how they do that?  They're really fire-proof robots."  And he was serious.  I guess he's not too grown up, yet.  Whew!!

carrots and green beans

You had to know that once we started baby food that there would be messy face pictures, right?  Here you go:

Carrots (big yum!):

Green Beans (not a fan):

Mommy:

squash

Brittney's appearance in a previous blog was so popular that I have invited her back to blog on Ollie for a sec:  "This kid is hungry, y'all."

Well put, Brit.

So, we cracked open a jar of baby food tonight.  Squash.  He isn't quite four months old yet and that is when you are technically supposed to give them their first taste, BUT...bottles only hold 8 oz and that just ain't cuttin it!!  

Let me walk you through the baby food experience tonight.

"What's this? Ok, I'll try it."

"Huh.  Not bad."

"WHERE'S THE REST OF IT?!!!!!!"

  We couldn't get it to him fast enough.  He LOVED it!  LOVED IT!

Let's see...what else to tell.  

Well, Ben's got the Parvo.  Don't worry, we don't have him quarantined at the vet under close observation.  Apparently, there is a human strain of Parvovirus that is very common for kids over 4 years old to get.  He got splotchy all of a sudden last Sunday....it's not contagious by the time you get the rash.  Crazy, huh?  The Vet, I mean Pediatrician, said it's no big deal.

I guess the last bit of info is that Wade's brother Justin and family are moving to Kansas City this week.  We are looking forward to having them closer to us and wish them luck in their move.

Here's a couple more baby pics:

There's a mirror above him...he likes to look at himself in the mirror.

Tummy time!

Have a good weekend!

Yankee Doodle Dandee

I am sooooo sorry that I have taken such a long break on the blog.  Two whole weeks have passed. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July.  

We did!

We spent the long weekend in Hot Springs....and it was HOT!  It may have been the hottest place on earth.  We went downtown so that Ben could see the bathhouses and hot water coming out of the springs and we had a little picnic in the shade (where it was still hot).    

Ahhh, the healing (and cooling) effects of spring water.  :)

AND we saw one of Al Capone's cars in the lobby of the Arlington hotel.  So Neat!  

Ben really enjoyed the giant bathtub at the condo.

Oliver is doing great!!  Weighing in at 15.6 lbs, he is definitely a chunky monkey.  He will drink an 8 ounce bottle and cry for more....no kidding.  We've started adding a little rice cereal to a bottle a day and even tried giving him some with a spoon.  

He pushed most of it out of his mouth,

and then looked at us like we were crazy.

It was pretty funny.  He smiles all the time and has started to laugh a little.  That has got to be one of the funniest things to hear.  I've tried to capture both on film (a smile and a laugh), but when you break out the camera, this is what you get:

That picture is actually a still shot from video of about 3 minutes of him looking at the camera with that same frozen look.  I guess it's stage fright?  Maybe it's the light on the camera.  Anyway, he may not show off for the camera, but he lights up every time he looks at his big brother.  It's the sweetest!!

He has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks now.  He usually gets kinda fussy around 7:30pm b/c he wants a bath.  He LOVES his bath!  Then he has a bottle, goes to bed and sleeps until about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning.  Can't beat that, huh?

Ben is being a little inventor this week at Camp Invention.  He loves it.  He is taking apart a DVD player and turning it into something else...we'll see exactly what on Friday....and everyday has a different theme.  Yesterday was wacky hair day.

First was cooky hat day, then hair, and today was crazy outfit day.  He wore boxers on the outside of his shorts, a shirt on backwards and two different socks.   Basically, we go straight home from Camp Invention.  It reminds me of when you see a little kid out in public with his parents and he is wearing a Batman costume or a tutu or ruby slippers or something?  You KNOW that his parents just couldn't fight him any longer and they let him wear it.  I don't want to look like that person, so we get home!  

I will take some more pics this week.  Hope all is well with everyone.

OH!!!!  Congrats to my friend Katy McDermott and her hubby, Matthew, who just had a beautiful bouncing baby boy.  Edward Gordon Eggleton, born Tuesday, July 15th at 9:30am.  He was 8 lbs and 12 ounces.  Can't wait to see him!!!

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Due to the Fourth of July holiday weekend (and the fact that my mommy did not do so good with the picture taking this week), the blog will return next week.  See ya when I get back from vaca....I need the rest!