Mr. Fun

In his deep sleep, in his new stroller


Looking at Mama in the laundry room-
How do you think he got up there?


A super cute close-up of Mr. Fun- I love my new
camera


Daddy and Oliver always make messes-
But can you tell what all this was for?
Hint: Do you see the stairs? (Mama is
glad she wasn't there!)

Today Oliver had a great day, even though he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He was a bit fussy in the morning, but Mama helped him put his energies into the right outlet....We did chores and then went for a long run. Mama made it even longer when Oliver fell into a deep sleep, so that Oliver could sleep for a long time.





When we came home we ate lunch with Daddy and then Oliver and Daddy played, while Mama went and spent some time alone. When Mama came home she saw Grandma vaccuming down the hall, and Oliver was using his own vaccum, helping Grandma! (We wish it really sucked stuff up, he is such a good, efficient, helper!)





In the evening, Oliver went to Grammie's house, while Mama and Daddy went on a date- a long night hike at Daley Ranch with some friends. We had fun and saw a beautiful bright moon, heard and saw a great horned owl, a poorwill, and a beautiful view. Oliver had tons of fun with Grammie and Aunt Allison when she came by! Oliver loves playing with his special toys at Grammie's and snuggling with Grammie. He is sleeping well now, after a long day of play.

Oliver loves Olives

Baby Face- Oliver watching Mama,
Daddy, and Grandpa picking up leaves
last October (2007)


Grandma took lots of pictures of little man
watching and taking it all in- He loves to be outside,
and he loves to watch everything!

Today Oliver went to Stephanie's again. He was happy to go there and play all day with his friends! He didn't mind me leaving at all! When we walked up her walkway we smelled her beautiful roses, Oliver likes to smell flowers!

In the afternoon we went to pick up dinner at Ricos. He has been there a few times with Mama and once with Uncle Joey. He knows his way around Ricos! Today he ate a whole little container of olives while we were waiting and then in the car on the way home. He says olives too! He also likes to eat his Bhuta's favorite jalapeno stuffed olives. He points to them and says hot, and wants to eat them! I am amazed that he likes hot and spicy foods at such a young age!
He came home and ate a fish taco and is now sleepy well, I hope he sleeps in tomorrow!

Good Day

Drinking from his new sippy cup


Eating at Stephanie's- Sky is cleaning Oliver's face

In the morning we drive into the sun- Oliver knows

how to block it out, so cute. Check out what is in

his hands.

Oliver had another nice day. He got to go to Stephanie's and play with his friends. When we got home, Mama and Oliver went for a run, we saw a woman riding her horse and walking another horse. Oliver was completley amazed. He loves horses. He ate dinner with Daddy and ate very well. He is sleeping like a baby now. Cutie Patooty!

Jiffy Lube

My new camera takes awesome closeps.

Littke sleeper tonite!

Oliver got to go to Stephanie’s today after a long break with Mama. He had a great time and easily fell back into his routine there. He loves his friends! After Mama picked him up they went to get the oil changed in Mama’s car. Oliver watched everything from the waiting room window. He was a little concerned when they drove my car out of the shop, he said, “Mama’s Car!!!” as few times as if they were taking it away. He got a balloon from one of the shop workers and helped Mama pay at the cashiers. He is so cute!

He had a good evening with his Daddy. They rough housed and played sneak up on Grandma! He ate a good dinner, was a but crabby, but fell asleep beautifully

Oliver and Play

Holding his balloon in the car- we went to Marie
Callendar's to pick up a special treat for Oliver's
Special Bhuta

Oliver loves to play. He wakes up and is ready to investigate things, put together things, interact with people and animals, and eat! He has always been able to entertain himself since he could move on his own. He has been bringing in toys to the kitchen and playing with them while I cook or clean. He always stays in my sight, he is so cute!



We went for a long run this morning and then spent the rest of the day playing and getting things done. He had fun playing with Bhuta in the afternoon and tinkering with Nurse Liz's shoe. He is very comfortable with most of the people that come over to help Oliver's Bhuta. Oliver is such a friendly little man!



We went to swim tonite and he was awesome. He saw his friend Jackson that he hasn't seen for a month and they gave each other high fives when they got in the pool! They both have red hair too! He was ready to go ni-ni after swim and now he is sleeping peacefully.

Daddy's Little Boy

Oliver helping Daddy

Boys...so cute

Oh, boy a major development has occurred between Daddy and Oliver. Since Daddy played with Oliver yesterday, building forts, talking about monster trucks, eating chocolate, etc... Oliver has come to the age where he is becoming very attached to his Daddy. This evening while Mama was cooking with Grandma, Oliver played with Daddy or just stayed near Daddy. He didn't want anything to do with Mama! He even ran to Daddy when Mama came to get him to eat, hugging on to Daddy's leg! I'm glad they are having so much fun together! Oliver still loves his Mama, he helped her with the laundry before going to bed, (he transfered all the clothes from the washer to the dryer) and she got to put him to bed and read to him!

We ran early this morning and also went to swim this morning and did some errands afterwards. He was super cute at swim and was happy to be back in the pool after a break! He was talking a lot in the pool, surprising Mrs. Megan his teacher who has not seen him in a month. We had a nice day!

Tents and Running

Mama and Sleeping Oliver


Oliver is "EXCITED" too!

Playing in his tent

The entrance to his tent..I forsee many more to come!

Today was a nice Sunday. We didn't do very much in the morning, Daddy and Oliver played like crazy while Mama cleaned. They were building tents and having so much fun! Afterwards, Mama and Oliver went to test their new running stroller. It is wonderful! We ran pretty far and stopped by Grammie and Grandpa's to say hello, Oliver was asleep. He likes the new stroller because it is so smooth and comfy. When we got home Uncle Joey and Kalyn were over. So Oliver got to play rough with his Uncle Joey too!

Oliver and I went grocery shopping and then helped Grandma make dinner. Oliver hung out with Bhuta and Daddy for awhile, Oliver loves to go through Bhuta and Grandma's closet! He is sleeping now, snoring a bit, but content.

Vacuum With Grandma

Oliver watching Grandma vacuum
(He helped Uncle Joey do the same thing the other day.)


Mr. Clean

Oliver and his Grandma (Check out her cute shoes,

she is pretty cute too!)

This morning we woke up early to the sound of Patches scratching at the balcony door. We fed her, and then Mama got back in bed while Oliver played with his Legos. Mama got up soon after and then we were off to say goodbye to Daddy who went on a bird watching hike with some friends.

Oliver and Mama ate a couple of Kodiak cakes for breakfast and then were off for a rainy run. It wasn't super rainy, but Mama is enjoying the weather. Oliver took a long nap in the stroller because Mama put the "bubble" or rain cover over him! We stopped by to get some things from Grammie and Grandpa's house (Oliver was still sleeping!) and then we ran home.

When we got home, we saw 2 red shouldered hawks in a tree and Daddy in the driveway. Maybe the hawks followed Daddy home! Oliver played with Daddy and ate lunch with Daddy while Mama got cleaned up. Later Oliver helped Grandma vacuum the kitchen, they were so cute, doing chores together, while Bhuta watched.

Later Oliver ran some errands with Mama and Aunt Allison. Oliver and Mama are so lucky they found a used Bob Running stroller at the REI Garage sale. We are so EXCITED! Mama was bouncing off the walls at the deal and the awesome quality of her new running stoller (literally- Ask Aunt Allison and Amy)! Oliver tested it out in the store and loved it! His current running stroller has been through training for 5, almost 6 1/2 marathons, that is a lot of running and sitting! We are both ready for something different! (Pictures to follow soon...)

Oliver is sleeping super well now after such a full and exciting day!

Batiquitos Lagoon

Happy on the trail

Looking at a Hummingbird with a splash of red on

its chest

The Hummingbird

Little Hiker

Today we had a nice day. Daddy played with Oliver in the morning while Mama slept in for an eensy bit. Oliver and I did some chores and stayed in our jammies until about 10:30. It was fun! Then we left to go for a walk at the lagoon. It was fun we saw a lot of birds, it was overcast, and we also saw a lot of doggies. We got to go into the little intepretative trailer and see displays of animals that live at the lagoon. They had a stuffed bobcat, some bats, and other birds. It was fun! Oliver hiked the last quarter mile of the trail on his own. He is such a cute little hiker!

Afterwards we did a few more errands and then he fell asleep on the way home.

After Oliver's nap he got to see his Bhuta for a little bit. Then we ate dinner (he had a whole fish taco from Ricos!), and afterwards Oliver played with his Daddy. He is sleeping well now.

New Year's Day at Balboa Park

Downtown San Diego from the 5


Shark in the sky

Oliver looking at the shark

He loves Mountain Lions

Cool horse display


Oliver and Daddy looking at Mama across the building

Gently petting the dinosaur (We are working on gentle...)


Cool fossil found in Carlsbad

Daddy and Oliver creeping through the forest


Beautiful tower in the Park

We had a great day! Daddy started the new year off great by watching Oliver in the morning! Mama went for a long run at the San Elijo Lagoon by herself (its to hard to push the stroller on the soft sandy trail!), while Oliver played with Daddy, Bhuta, and Grandma.

After we got ready we made our way to Balboa Park to visit the Natural History Museum (Daddy is a member!). We had fun looking at the new fossil exhibit, a lot of fossils were found in Carlsbad. We also went for a nice walk and saw a lot of families and dogs out on a nice day! Afterwards we ate at a pizza place in Hillcrest, Oliver liked the olives in the calzone that we all shared.

We spent a nice evening with Bhuta and Grandma, Daddy bbq'd Bhuta's favorite ground round and Oliver loved Grandma's yummy beans. We had a nice start to 2009!