Aunt Sandy - A very special lady!

As I mentioned in the previous post, Matt's Aunt Sandy is very sick right now. Sandy is an incredible quilter and over the years she has made us many gifts that we will cherish, a quilt for our wedding, a skirt for our Christmas tree and a Christmas pillow, but Oliver's blanket might just take the cake for the best Aunt Sandy gift ever. It hangs over Oliver's changing table and he loves to look at all of the colors and animals.

Sandy, you are so loved!

We love you Aunt Sandy!

This video is from a very fun night at the Outer Banks. A couple of weeks after returning home from the trip, Matt's Aunt Sandy discovered she has a very aggressive form of cancer. She is very sick right now and we are all holding her in our thoughts and prayers. Sandy is so much fun and full of energy. We love you Sandy!

A Visit From Aunt Sarah and Kyle

Lucky Oliver has spent the last couple of days with his Aunt Sarah and her boyfriend Kyle who are visiting from Little Rock. He has been playing hookie from daycare and having a great time. Oliver has been showing them around the Twin Cities. Today they went to the farmers market on Nicollet Mall and then to Target Field. I think we may need to convince Sarah and Kyle to move into our basement permanently and be Oliver's full time nannies... As you can tell from the last photo, all of this activity has been pretty exhausting for the little man.

Loving His Exersaucer

We decided last weekend that it was time for Oliver to take it to the next level in the toy department, since he is now a whopping four months old :) So we picked up an exersaucer and he seems to really like it. We have the height on the lowest setting and his feet barely reach the ground, just his little toesies can touch. Even though he is still a little small for it, he is reaching out and grabbing for the toys and has start to twirl himself around. As you can see from the smile on his face in the pictures below - he is having a good time!

New Trick

Oliver has discovered his feet and he can't get enough of them. This last week he has started to suck his big toe, which will make his Grandma Sue very happy!

Splish Splash Oliver Is Taking A Bath

Oliver absolutely loves bath time. When he takes a bath he splashes like crazy and looks so intense about it while he does it - he always cracks us up. I finally caught a little bit of his crazy splashing antics on video. His splashing went on for about 10 minutes tonight, until I finally took him out of the tub because I thought the water was probably getting a bit cold. He really doesn't like getting out of the tub, and as usual tonight he immediately started to cry. I think we may have a future Michael Phelps, minus the height...

Bumbo Chair

When Oliver turned three months we celebrated by getting him a Bumbo chair. He still slouches in it quite a bit, but we think he looks pretty hilarious when he sits in it.

Giggles and Rolling Over

We are having so much fun with Oliver. It is great to watch his personality emerge.

In the last few days we have heard more giggles from Oliver - Matt and I get so excited every time we hear it. At this point we are having a hard time pinpointing what it is he will find funny and it seems that he always is demanding new material because it is rare that same old bit will make him laugh twice. If anyone has tips for some sure fire baby laughing material, please send it our way! Last night in the bathtub he found his squirting whale toy to be hilarious.

Also, Oliver has consistently hated "tummy time" and just this week he has discovered how to remedy the situation. As soon as we put him on his tummy he now rolls to his back and gets a big smile on his face because he knows he has averted the dreaded "tummy time". It is so cute and he looks so proud of himself that I usually don't have the heart to put him back on his tummy...