Oliver 8-10 Months

Oliver's just been growing like a weed, here are some pictures to prove it!

 

 He can now see over the top of his crib, which is so cute. I love waking up to those big blue eyes!

 

These two videos are from when he was learning to stand and crawl on his hands and knees, not just scoot around. Now he can buzz around so fast, and gets up and down with help from just about anything!

He loves his sippy and walker.

 Just checking out the pots and pans cupboard. Now I come in to find all the pots and pans out and Little O inside sometimes.

 First time eating celery, I think it's one of his favorites. He likes to munch on the stalk until the juice is gone, then he's done.

Played so hard he fell asleep...

 The video is when he learned to clap.

This one is his new big boy car seat, since he got too tall for his old one. I can't believe my boy is that big! When we were in the Dr.'s office today, she asked how old he is and I said, "10 months." She couldn't believe it, she asked me if I was sure, because she was sure he was at least 15 months!

 This boy LOVES to swim! This is him in his cute reusable swim diaper I found. We love it!

 Mom and Little O swimming. He's starting to kick and loves just moving around in the water. If I put him sitting on the side, then he "jumps" in to me. He also doesn't mind dunking with Dad too much! If I put him on his back with the back of his head on my shoulder then he relaxes and almost floats. He must have a little Fisher blood in him!

I've been teaching several of the kids in our ward to swim, so Little Man and I get the chance to go swimming pretty frequently. It's pretty much the only activity you can stand to do outside in the afternoon because of the heat.

 The video is his way of pushing the button on his walker to make it sing. He likes it when I sing along, so sorry about the horrible vocals!

 Just woke up in this picture, and playing with one of his favorite toys, a golf ball. He must take after his Dad a little, too. :)

 He's such a smiley boy, I love it! He has a couple more teeth now, too. He now has 2 on top with 2 more coming in, and 3 on bottom with 2 more coming in.

 I opened the fridge to get something out and turned around to find this! He's so quick sometimes! He mostly just checked everything out and got out a jar of baby food. Silly boy!

This is from the 4th of July. We had fun at a pancake breakfast our Ward put on that morning, and then Mike had to go to work. Oliver and I just had fun and went swimming in the afternoon. That evening we jumped in the car as soon as Mike got home from work so we could try to catch the firework show, but it ended while we were on our way, so Oliver missed it. Oh well, he'll probably enjoy it a lot more next year anyway. He fell asleep when we got stuck in traffic on our way home and this is him when we got out of the car. He's such a sweet boy!

 The first video is Oliver at the park. We are now frequenters of the park on days when Dad is working in the evening. I love that he can check everything out without getting into trouble and get all worn out and ready for bed, it's the greatest! He's really starting to get better at walking with help, like you can see with the little cozy coup!

The second video is his first cookie, and one of his new signs. He now asks for more with his hand, yay!

 After he finished the cookie, I noticed that around his mouth was really red, a little swollen, and had hives. This has happened several other times, and we've been trying to figure out what's causing it. We pretty much have it pin-pointed to eggs we think, so we've been more wary about what we give him to try. We also took him in to the Dr. today to ask her about it. She suggested we take him in to get allergy tested since it's pretty genetic with all the things Mike was allergic to when he was young and the allergies in my family. They weren't able to get any blood today, so we're hoping to pump him full of liquids and take him back in Friday morning. Hopefully it goes better then.

His new trick is crawling around with something in his mouth, he thinks it's so cool!

Some clapping, what a silly baby!

Grandma Fisher and Aunt Lindsay's Visit

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything!

In June Mom and Lindsay came to visit and we had so much fun with them while they were here! Most of the time we took pictures on our phones, so I don't have many pictures to share here, but I'll show the ones we got.

 We picked them up from the airport in New Orleans and headed to the New Orleans Art Museum. It's such a neat museum, and I think they enjoyed it. Lindsay really loved the sculpture garden outside, even though it was so hot! Here she is by a sculpture called "Karma."

On one of the sculptures she found a lizard, and chased him around it for awhile until he ran away.

 Oliver loved having them here and spending time with them. He and Lindsay played so much, it was awesome. He loved cuddling with Grandma Fisher and having storytime with her.

 We made a little trip down to Avery Island and toured the Tobasco Factory, which was really neat. They taught us all about how to make Tobasco. Then, we headed down to the coast and swam in the Gulf of Mexico. We took some pictures with our phones down there. It was fun to get in the warm water, and Oliver enjoyed the sand.

Then next day, after we took our towels out to wash them, we found this huge cockroach in the bathroom. We think he must have come home from the beach with us, since we haven't had any before or since! He was so fast, Mom and Mike caught him in a tupperware let him out in the parking lot.

 Oliver and Aunt Lindsay all ready for church. Thanks for the new cute outfit Great-Grandma Lindsay. I know you can't see it very well in this picture, I'll try to get a better one next time he wears it. Everyone at church thought Lindsay was so cute!

 Lindsay got a picture of Mom and Mike cooking us some dinner.

 Sunday night we took a drive around town and stopped so Lindsay could meet Mike the Tiger, LSU's mascot. He was really active, which was so neat!

 We'd never seen him in the water before, and he got in several times while we were there.

 I think Mike the Tiger was Lindsay's favorite part of the whole trip!

 On Monday we took a walk along the levee to see what was there.

 We got to see a steamboat and Lindsay is positive she saw an alligator. :)

 The tall building is the Capitol Building. We walked around it a bit, and next time they come we'll have to go take a tour.

 We went back to see Mike again Monday night so Lindsay could say goodbye, but he wasn't out. She was a little sad, but did get to take some pictures on his statue.

It was so fun to have them here for almost a week and spend so much time with them! I'm so glad they could come and see Little Man. Hopefully it won't be too long before we'll make it to Idaho to see them, Oliver's been missing everyone!

Life in Baton Rouge

Quite a bit has been going on, so here's an update.

Mike finished his first semester of grad school with all A's, woohoo!

He also found a summer job, which is a great blessing. He'll start in the next week or so, so we're enjoying our time with Dad home.

Oliver has been getting faster and faster at scooting and has now started crawling in small spurts. I haven't been able to catch it on camera yet, but as soon as I can I'll let you know!

This little move makes mom and dad nervous...

 Almost caught the crawling...

 

 

I know it looks like he never actually plays IN the walker, but he does. He's getting very good at getting around in the walker now, too! He can get into the kitchen without hitting any walls, and he can get over the threshold into the bedroom and check out the closet on the other side of the room.

I've been excited about my workout routine I started several weeks ago. It includes workouts and mixes in cardio days. On the cardio days I decided to start running, and have a great running friend I meet with once a week. She's so sweet and we have fun running together. She inspires me to try to push myself further, which is great. I also have a friend I'm doing the workouts with online. We check-in with each other every day and see how our workouts are going, since she's in the West. It's been so helpful to have her by my side, too! What a great way to stay motivated!

I had a request for some pictures of our apartment and the complex and such, so here is where we live...

 

Our Apartment

The living room... Please excuse the box, it was Oliver's pretend car for a couple days. :)

The rest of the living room. We love our couch, we found it at a garage sale when we got here, yay!

Oliver's Space

 Even though space is tight in our apartment, we wanted Oliver to have his own little area where he could play and where his things would go. He loves playing here, although he also loves to be wherever mom and dad are.

The desk. One half is Mike's, one half is mine.

Our Kitchen

The dining area, and a cutie scooting through...

The bedroom. I haven't really decorated in here, but I do have a plan for it sometime soon.

This is the front of our complex.

The pool. We haven't gone swimming in it yet, but Oliver is getting so he really loves water. I think he's going to like swimming this summer.

Hopefully, this gives you a feel for where we live. I'll try to get some pictures of the city and such, so you can see some more. Enjoy your week!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

One of Oliver's Christmas gifts was a container of puffy, banana stars. The kind that melt when you put them in your mouth, so baby's can eat them. Mike and I have been trying to get Oliver to eat them for about a month, but the kid has a thing against new textures. Any new textures make him gag, until he gets used to them. So, today I pulled out the banana stars again, just in case... and he likes them! Sort of...

This morning I got Oliver ready and sat down for a minute to look something up on the computer. When I turned around a minute later, this is the position I found him in. I think I might have a climber on my hands...

He's so ticklish, and his little giggle and laugh are so cute!

Mike has a friend going through cancer right now. His friend's hair is gone due to his treatments, so Mike wanted to show his support. We of course had to take a before and after.

BEFORE

AFTER

Mighty handsome, if you ask me! :)