A week ago, on not such a warm sunny Sunday afternoon (it was sunny when we left the house) we hiked out to Lake Michigan with our friends Olga and Christopher Conens. A very chilly hike but the lake was beautiful as we saw the last bit of the sunset. Oliver was last at Lake Michigan to see a sunset Labor Day weekend. What very different conditions this time! Oliver seemed to like the hike and fell asleep on the hike back. We had him bundled up nice and warm and was snuggled up with papa!Below I took a few pictures as Oliver played in his cradle filled with toys. He still wonders what the camera is all about and smiles are hard to capture...though there are plenty of them!
Everything goes into his mouth! Everything from your finger, his fingers & toes, dog, mail, his toys & books, clothes...everything that he can get to his mouth goes in if we don't stop him. He loves to explore this world, mainly through his mouth! Just the normal mouthing stage.
It can be difficult to read to Oliver because he wants to eat the book! Even giving him another book...yah that doesn't work. He wants the one in the reader's hands.
Oliver is talking up a storm. I joke that he babbles in sentences. At times is sure sounds like he has quite a lot to say. In this picture I caught him mid word. "Bla, ba, ba, ma" or something of that sort. I would love a direct translation, but I will have to wait for months for that.
Our days are full of activity! This little boy is all boy! He loves to be in motion. He loves his Johnny Jump Up, jumping on laps and can even pull himself to a standing position if given an anchor to hold. And with motion comes the need for naps! Too bad they aren't long naps or you might see more blog postings from me. What a big yawn! If you look carefully you can see two very sharp bottom teeth have come in.
