Thanksgiving!

Yesterday morning we woke up early, of course, and ate a big breakfast as a family.   Oliver played and then went down for his morning nap so we decided it would be a good time to get the Christmas tree out.  I put a bunch of decorations on and by the time we were finished Oliver was waking up.  This shots directly above are of him when he woke up.  He went directly to the tree saying "ball, ball" which is the word that comes out of his mouth about 90% of the time and he proceeded take all of the ornaments within his reach off of the tree and pulled the Christmas tree skirt out.  I guess our tree this year will  be decorated starting from about two fee of the ground and up:)  

  We then went to Marsha and Bill's (Nana and Grandpa's) for Thanksgiving dinner.  We got a chance to go out as a family on the golf course and had Steph snap some shots.  Oh how nice to be able to have her "snap some shots" and have them look as ridiculously good as they do.  Oliver is wearing his big boy sweater and jeans.  I am not sure it gets any cuter than this!  Thanks Steph for taking the pictures.  We love you! 

Thanksgiving Photos

Oliver is on the Move

I realized the other day that I really haven't posted any videos of Oliver walking.  About 3 or 4 weeks ago I took Oliver to the mall to play in the play area.   Up until that point he had taken 5 or 6 steps on his own but just in between objects and was hesitant to do any more.  But at the mall he decided it was time and took more like 10 or 15 steps all by himself.  I was so excited I looked around expectantly to see if anyone else was as overjoyed as I was and then I remembered I was in the middle of the mall in the middle of a whole bunch of strangers who had no idea he just take 15 steps for the first time.   

  No one can prepare you for motherhood and the challenges and triumphs that come with it. And no one can prepare you for what it feels like to watch your child WALK for the FIRST time.   You never thought anything could make you more proud! 

Now Oliver walks around and goes wherever he wants.  In this video he is exploring at Mima's house.    Watching him walk cracks Michael and I up.  He really looks like such a little man.  Hope you enjoy watching him as we do!