Cousin Jackson..and blocks

We have been waiting all day for Shanell and Jackson to get here from NC. Since Ollie is kind of sick he would play and sleep intermittently. As a result, Aunt Tiffer and Daddy had a block building contest during nap time. (Daddy won!) You wouldn't even know that Ollie isn't feeling well when Jackson got here. He was so excited to see him and wouldn't leave him alone! It was so cute.

Christmas with the Gildners

We had Christmas at my mom's yesterday, on Christmas Eve. Ollie was spoiled, as usual. Grandma Sally got him pjs, books, and a steering wheel for the car. Uncle Jason and Melody gave him all kinds of toys: an Elmo firestation, books, Mega blocks, and to be honest I can't even remember all of the stuff without going through it! We had a great time. We got the kids little laptops which they loved. Unfortunately, Ollie threw up that morning, which led to more throwing up this morning. Hopefully tomorrow will be better!

Big Boy Haircut!

Oliver has had a head full of hair since the day he was born. Luckily, we had Aunt Tiffer here to help us "manage" it. I even had to trim it a few times myself. Alas, the time has come to get a big boy hair cut. As you can see in the progression of pictures, he was not at all happy about it and William had to sit with him. He wouldn't even wear the cape so he was covered in hair afterwards. It is so short! It makes him look like such a little man! We went to Buffalo for a family Christmas party so once my mom sends me those I will post the new do!

Practice makes perfect!

Well practice makes perfect, right? Ollie has been practicing how to open presents. I had my friends from work over last week and Mrs. Hoover brought Ollie some magnetic trucks. He loved them! The bottom pic is just one of his presents from us that I gave him early. Daddy wasn't home so he couldn't stop us :)

4 Wheeling Fun!

Avery came over this afternoon to play for a little bit. They had a blast riding on his little four wheeler (Aunt Jamie would be so proud!). Luckily, you can't see the back of Avery's neck where my little bully was grabbing the whole time! It was hard to get a picture that wasn't too blurry because they wanted to be moving all the time!

A Busy Week!

My husband has been scolding me for not posting since Monday, (has it really been that long?) but this week has been so busy! I had a class after work one day, trying to get the tree and decorations up,went to the Ides for playtime and cookie making, and we had doctor appointments too, so to quote my mom, "we've been ramming." Plus, when we moved the computer to make room for the Xmas tree, I must have done something to the Internet because it wouldn't work. (I did try to post on Thurs, I swear, but Will was at poker) Anyways, here are a couple of pics from the kids playing earlier this week. I managed to get a good shot of them fighting over a toy (which they love to do!) and of them hugging!

Let there be light...

Well, it's official..... the Christmas Spirit has hit Robineau Rd. Of course by spirit, I mean a spectacular( or ridiculous, depending on who you ask...) light show that flashes to loud Christmas music. Yep, Clark Griswald checked every bulb! Our poor neighbors tell us how much they "enjoy" the carols, but not so much the freak show that flashes into their living room for five hours! It's awesome though because all of the kids in our neighborhood love it. Sometimes we see the same kids/parents every night. My favorite comment is "how did you get a tree on the roof?" Ollie loves to watch the lights, he wouldn't even turn around for the picture! He loves the moving reindeer, which are of course, dogs ( in the eyes of a 1 year old I would say that is correct). Pretend I am still in my work clothes and not my pjs :)

Cheese!

OK, so I am pretty sure that even if this weren't my flesh and blood, I would think he is the cutest freakin' thing I've ever seen! Even when he is being a little sticker, all I have to do is look at his little face and my heart just melts! Aunt Tiffer is moving to Ithaca at the end of the month so we got some pics taken of her and Ollie together. These are suppose to be his 1 year old pictures, but they are a smidge late since he is actually 14 months!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

I don't want to spoil your upcoming Xmas card, but here are some of the pics we had done at Sears over the break. They are too cute! I had a few regular ones done too so I will post those at a later date!

Holiday Pic

Grandma Kamery found this collar for Hogan James (even though daddy says it makes him look like a girl!) so I bought these hats to take a pic for the holiday card. We also went to Sears today to get some updated pics of Ollie...so look for those soon!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grandma & Grandpa Kamery came up for Thanksgiving again this year. It was so much fun! We went to Zebb's again the night before and then went to see the Lights on the Lake. Ollie loved seeing all of the lights. It was so amazing to think about how much has changed since we went last year. Grandma, Aunt Tiffer, and I went shopping early this morning while Ollie stayed home with Grandpa and Daddy. We are so thankful that we could all be together!

Sunday Fun!

We had a great weekend. Aunt Lynne, Uncle Shawn, and Drew stopped by for visit. Ollie wanted to play with Drew but he wasn't quite feeling it! Plus, since Ollie is really into giving out hugs these days, he couldn't quite get why he couldn't hug Drew like he does us. As most of you New Yorkers know, the Bills lost, AGAIN! Oliver got to wear his new Bills outfit from Grandpa Gildner though, which is too cute. Daddy says he was practicing his disappointed face..since they lost again!

Dancing Kings...

OK, he is going to kill me, but William loves to watch the hip hop dances on SYTYCD. When I say loves, I mean LOVES! We have watched the one dance form last week at least 20X since last Tuesday. Ollie also likes it and the two of them have a grand ol' time dancing away as they watch.

A Visit from Uncle Kevin!

Uncle Kevvy came to visit tonight! He brought Oliver his birthday present since he couldn't make it to his party. One was a sweater vest and the other was a 1/2 zip sweater. So Cute, however, Ollie loved the box a little more! He kept putting Hogan's toy in it. I think I may wrap up some empty boxes for Christmas since he'll be as happy as can be! We had a great visit with Uncle Kevin. he got to hear Ollie say all of his words and watch him "walk" and stand on his own. He was so tuckered out that he didn't make one peep when I laid him in the crib :)

Hugs

Oliver is starting to give hugs and kisses. Here is a pic of him giving a hug to a stuffed animal. It looks so cute...one would never know that he got in trouble at Patti's today for hitting one of his friends! He is SOOO stubborn ( I have NO idea where that came from!) and when he wants something he will certainly let you know, right down to the scream, flailing arms, and arched back. Dear Lord...is this leading us into those terrible twos?

Surprise Party for Daddy!

Yesterday was a busy day. Ollie and I went to Summer's shower in the afternoon. He didn't really have his afternoon nap, so considering that he was great! He was so tired though and kept laying down on the floor, as you can see. Then later that night, Patti came over so we could go to "dinner". Unfortunately, Mr. Slick went to the bathroom and saw his partner, Garry in the bar, where everyone was meeting to surprise him. It was great fun and lots of people came to wish him a Happy 30th! The downside is that the three of us are a little under the weather..so hopefully a day of snuggling on the couch will do us wonders. :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is William's 30th birthday. Mrs. Hoover brought over Abby & Emma to play with Ollie. He wasn't too sure at first what to think, but eventually he loved it. Ollie helped Daddy with his birthday pie..and managed to get it all over! Good thing it was a tubby night! He loved Mimi's card because it played music and lit up, so Daddy let him have it. Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Bye!

We managed to get a short video of Ollie saying bye ( or biyee, rather). So far, it hasn't gotten old :) Look for great pics tomorrow since it is Daddy's birthday!

Ollie Loves Grandpa!

We went home this weekend. We celebrated William's bday with Grandma and Grandpa Kamery. We also got to see Grandma Sally. Grandma Kamery was mad because Ollie would crawl right over to the Big Guy whenever he walked in the room and put his hands up to be picked up! Here is a pick of the two of them playing with the leapfrog that Aunt Nelly and Jackson sent up! He also started saying bye (which comes out biiiyyeee) so hopefully I can get that on video this week sometime...soo cute!