Letting Hogan out!

We had the day off today for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. I had planned to take Ollie sledding for the first time since I finally found him some snow pants and boots, but it was too rainy and most of our snow was slushy. It was disappointing, but we do live in CNY so I am sure we will be able to get out there another day this week! I thought you all might enjoy seeing how fast the little man can move these days. The tin man effect is pretty much gone, although he does still fall sometimes (he fell into the coffee table this afternoon and his little lip even bled a bit!) Usually the first thing we do when we get home from school is let Hogan out. It is so funny to watch how fast he can move!

Little People!

Aunt Shanell saved all of Jackson's Little People and the farm set. Ollie loves it and plays with it everyday! I think that is why he picks up so many animal sounds! His new one is an elephant and he almost has it! His favorite activity is usually lining all of the animals up on the window sill. He is very particular about them. He only likes them to be standing up (the floor included) when he is playing with them. It is so funny! He will look for them in the window on the way in after school too! Thank goodness for Aunt Shanell and Jackson! In other news..Ollie had his 15 month appointment today. He weighs 23.2 pounds and is 32 inches long! He is getting so smart to associate the doctor's office with shots...so he cried almost the whole time we were there. :( But, only one more shot at the 18 month checkup and then he is done until age 5! yippee!

Videos!

I know I promised to post these in a couple of days but....time just got away from me! Well that and the little stinker is on the go all the time now. Here is a short video of him walking from last week (he moves even faster now!) and him saying his animal sounds.

Random Vacay Pics!

Once we made it home again, we tried to relax this week and spend time together since Daddy didn't have to go to work. We had such a great time, I never blogged! Plus, Santa brought me a new camera, which I have yet to completely figure out. But I did catch you up on all of the happenings! This first post has random pics from this week. We have a walker now, which is exciting! I will definitely get some video in the next day or two of him movin'! Happy 2010!

Riding on my new car from Aunt Jamie

New big boy chair!

Feeding myself yogurt...not too bad!

Ollie's new friend: Aidan Jacob Freeman
It seems like yesterday we had a little munchkin wrapped in a duck blanket sleeping in a refrigerator drawer! Ollie kept wanting to grab him (and the aspirators!)

Avery

We went to visit Avery this week, too. We got her Baby Alive (it is amazing what dolls can do these days) that has a stroller, high chair, and pack and play. She loved it! Avery got Oliver one of the toys that are at the doctor's office. I am not even sure what they are called! He loves playing with them there and he has been playing with this one non-stop! It was great to get them together again, especially since Ollie walks more now and can chase Avery! I will have to get some video of it next time :)

Hobart friends

We had friends over early on this week for a little reunion. In case you don't know the story, the boys were all born within 10 days from each other and it just so happens we all attended the same New Years wedding a couple of years ago...We got together last year, but they were only a couple of months old so this year was so fun! Ollie woke up to his two favorite things in the world...kids and dogs! Ollie tends to play a little rough these days and as you can see in the pics, scared poor William to tears! He finally gave up and played with Nittany who was more than happy to oblige if it meant getting away from Hogan! She didn't even mind being Ollie's personal chair! We took a few group shots, but Ollie wanted Daddy that day and screamed during our pic and William wanted his mommy so he was upset during the boys' pic. We got to spend a couple of days with Uncle Matt & Aunt Lauren which was so fun! I can't even imagine what next year will look like!

Christmas at the Kamerys

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas at the Kamerys. Grandma got all of us girls matching pjs so of course we needed a picture for the blog! You can tell how excited they are! Ollie opened a couple of gifts, but was more interested in the boxes. He loves climbing in things these days. We hope everyone had a great holiday!