"You can stop giving him fertilizer"

Oliver had his 4 month check up this morning. He impressed Dr. Alice by rolling all over the exam table, shredding the paper on the exam table, trying to shove the torn paper in his mouth, smiling, and chomping on her with his two teeth (that's right, a second tooth poked through this past weekend). Dr. Alice was also very impressed with how big he has gotten and joked that we should stop giving him fertilizer. Oliver weighed 16 pounds today and was 26 and 1/2 inches long -- he has grown 5 inches in the past 4 months and has gained 8 pounds!

Unfortunately Oliver's visit with Dr. Alice ended with several vaccinations which he was very upset about. The poor little guy is now taking a nap and hoping that his afternoon will be less painful than his morning.

Little Lamb

Oliver received the finger puppet book "Little Lamb" from Melissa, John and Molly when he was born. On the back cover of the book is a quote from Parenting magazine, "Give your baby his (or her) first taste of story time magic with this finger puppet board book." I'm not sure if this is what Parenting had in mind -

Oliver is certainly enjoying his first taste of story time magic - although I have to admit, it is difficult to read the story while Oliver is trying to eat the little lamb.

Break through!

Oliver's first tooth poked through today! I realize that we've had plenty of warning - weeks of slime, gnawing on everything (including a good chomp on the dining room table last night), and the pediatrician telling us that Oliver has been teething. Despite these obvious indicators I was shocked when I felt, and then saw his little tooth this morning. I guess I really am going to have to say good bye to his gummy smile.

I tried to take a picture, but he seems to not want to show it off yet.

Never turn your back

This morning Oliver was playing on the dining room floor while I made coffee. Sophie was on the blanket as well as a couple other toys. Oliver was happily playing and I saw no potential disasters so I turned my back for one second so I could get milk out of the fridge. When I turned around, literally a second later, I discovered that Oliver had stopped playing with Sophie and his toys and instead was drooling all over the new issue of Parachutist. I thought I had at least a few years before this happened. Well, I've learned my lesson - I need to always keep both eyes on Oliver - you never know what happen.

Halloween Part II

We came downstairs this morning and this is what we found...


Looks like Anna wanted to be a dragon, and not a domestic diva -- we should have known.