11 Months of Oliver

Our baby love will be ONE next month!

Nicknames: Ollie, Oddles, Ollivander (HP reference, for you muggles)

Stats: I truthfully have no idea…enough to make my arm hurt after holding him? 

Favorite Food: I literally have not found one food he does not like. We usually do scrambled eggs made with cottage cheese instead of milk, toast with real butter, stonyfield yobaby, or plum organics blueberry banana oatmeal for breakfast. And the rest of the day he eats whatever I eat.
Also, our breastfeeding journey has come to an end! (But that's a whole post itself)

Favorite Toys: His busy board, (thank you, Pinterest) blocks, my makeup brushes, balls, duplo legos.

He is OBSESSED with the book "Vroom" and just books in general. Every night, when he knows it's story time, he points at the bookshelf. 

Enjoys: Crawling around getting into everything he shouldn't, screaming (in a happy way) when we are in public, growling at people, (yes, he really does this) throwing everything that winds up in his hands, being outside (his absolute favorite) and anything Tim Burton. Seriously. We have watched Coraline, Nightmare, and Corpse Bride approximately 5,000 times this past month. 

Sleeping: I don't even want to discuss this subject. That's how awful it is. I'm not sure how I've survived this past year...Wahhhh! 

Milestones: Crawling like crazy, points to things he wants, claps, stands for a few seconds by himself but refuses to walk! (Not mad because he is WILD and I know I'll be going nuts when he can run away from me)

Teeth: 4 on the top, 3 on the bottom. And using them to bite all the dang time. 

Big Events: His first Halloween is coming up, AND HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!! We're doing a family costume theme that I'm super excited for! And I really wanted to have a "Where the Wild Things Are" theme for his birthday party, but it will probably wind up being Mickey Mouse. But I'm not 100% sure YET!
Oh, and his first "haircut"
AKA I decided to attempt this at home. We're getting it fixed this week. LOL

Dislikes: Anytime he doesn't have alllllll the attention, hats, socks, when he has to get out of the bathtub, the carseat, (a HUGE struggle, and we have tried everything to try to make this better for him) and being told "no"

Zoo Trips and... Life is Changing

This past weekend we finally took Oliver to the zoo for the first time. He is a very observant little boy, so things like this are perfect for him. The weather was beautiful, we spent time as a family, and it was just a great day!

Just keeping' it real with the daily meltdown

Also, life is changing for us! 

We have officially put our home on the market! This is such a bittersweet thing. It is Ollie's first home. It is where we learned how to be parents, and where he crawled for the first time. It has the most spectacular backyard and view, (nothing but trees and fields that look amazing in any season) and Mitchell made me my dream kitchen (all white) here. I truly love this place. But, after talking it over, we decided it was time for a bigger house.  It is incredibly difficult to choose a place to live! We find ourselves worrying most about the school district obviously, and the fact that our moms will be watching Oliver when I go back to work full-time.  

We've had some good times in our old house! I never got around to sharing Oliver's nursery, so here are a few pictures I found in my phone!

 I sent this to my best friend/ Ollie's fairy godmother...

And she made this: 

Isn't it crazy that some people are THAT talented!?

(Also, I am dying over my "drawing")

Ollie's collection of vintage children's books from my grandmother, a few of my old HP books, and handcrafted wooden animals Mitchell got while deployed to Africa

Wish us luck with selling our old house and building the new one!