Four month check up

Ollie had his 4 month appointment this past week.  It went great!

The pediatrician, Dr. Mayhan, said that we better start childproofing the house b/c this youngster is going to be "on the move" pretty soon.

She said that he was pulling his knees under him and lifting his belly off of the floor and that she sees 6 month olds that aren't doing that yet (Ben).

He's up to 17 lbs and is in the 85% percentile for his height...just like brother!

We're not going to know what to do with a crawling baby. 

Ben never crawled, he just started walking (on his first birthday) and then running that same afternoon.

Back to School!

SECOND GRADE!!!  I can't believe it!

He has been very excited to start school and has been counting down to the first day.  VERY excited....until about 6:02 am this morning.  

I shouldn't say that he wasn't excited anymore, he got out of bed without much hassle, but when it came time to eat his breakfast:

"But I'm so tired!"

And maybe a little annoyed that I was snapping pics!

Once we started packing up his backpack, though, the excitement came back.  

Then, when I picked him up from school, I saw a little Kindergartner run out to his mommy's car.  He was SO tiny. 

Kinda like this:

Juice?

So, my super cuties were sitting together in the big checkered chair.

Just two brothers.

So sweet!!!  

Ollie was fresh from a nap!

Ben asked for some juice.  Ollie was VERY interested in it!!!

And wondered why he didn't get any!

So funny!

GO APRIL STEINER-BENNETT!!!!!!  WE'RE CHEERING FOR YOU!

Peach Fuzz

Squash is soooo last week!  Our new fave is PEACHES!! 

Ice, Ice Baby

Ben and I went ice skating last Thursday.  I was a little worried that Ben would get frustrated and the whole thing would last about 2.2 seconds, BUT....we had SO MUCH FUN!  

He did GREAT!  

At first, he was attached to the wall.  Then, he held on to me with one hand and the wall with the other.  Slowly, but surely, we were able to move away from the wall completely and skate in the middle.  He fell about 600 times, but laughed (almost) every time.  I went down with him once, which wasn't bad except that we were both laughing so hard that we couldn't get up....no sound coming out can't breath kind of laughing.   

All was well until:

...they told us the skating session was over.  

He didn't want to stop skating.  I didn't either, to be honest.

So much fun! 

 

Happy Birthday, Auntie Erin!

Happy 37th Birthday, Erin!

We love you, love you, love you!

You always add flavor (and entertainment) to the party, you make the best corn casserole (have we moved on from the spinach dip, yet?) and.......

You're the only one who'll get in the pool with the kids!!!!

Love:

Your Boyfriend (Wade) and his wife, Ben and Oliver

Uh Oh...Number 2 in the pool!

Not THAT kind of number two....ew. 

The baby pool has come a long way.  Remember those small, round plastic "pools" that were about six inches deep?  All you could do was sit.  You could make small little splashes, but every time you kicked your feet, your heels would hit the hard bottom and if you had a friend in with you (if you had the deluxe size pool), you had to sit facing each other and your legs were touching.  

You certainly couldn't do this:

Or this:

It was awfully hot, so Ben made sure to keep those of us out of the pool pretty cool:

Oliver watched Ben pretty closely (maybe he's going to be a lifeguard). 

He thought those big splashes were pretty funny!

He even put on his sun hat and dipped his baby toes in the pool.

That's the number three that he is munching on.  

It was a great way to beat the heat!

Ollie was a little shocked to learn  that it was a 100+ degree day!

I know, Ollie, I don't like it either.  Fall will be here soon!

Once we went inside, Oliver watched a little bit of his Baby Einstein video....Baby Mozart.  

It was a nail biter!

See you soon!!