Oliver's Big Day

Oliver learned 2 new exciting things today! 1-He can throw things, which we aren't too terribly thrilled about. 2-He can walk! He had taken his first few steps at their birthday party on Jan. 21, but today he finally understood it. =) He spent at least a half an hour after I got home from work walking back and forth between me and John. It was so amazingly adorable! He's obviously still very wobbly and falls a lot, but he is walking! We are so excited, although I think Owynn was a little upset by all the attention Oliver was getting. They both could tell something exciting was going on though and were both happy and giggling a lot. As soon as I pulled out the camera to get video, the boys both decided that the camera would be lots of fun to try and play with. Hopefully we'll get some video of Oliver walking tomorrow.

Tomorrow is another big day for Oliver too, we are taking him to get his very first haircut. I am both sad and happy about this. His hair is getting really long, it's constantly in his face over his eyes, and people are starting to ask me if he's a girl. My little baby is getting so big, it makes me a little sad. He is really almost a toddler now and is getting to be such a big boy. The other night I managed to wake him up while checking on them before I went to bed. I snuggled with him on the couch in hopes of getting him back to sleep, and I realized just how big he has gotten. He used to fit snugly on my shoulder, now his head is on my shoulder and his feet dangle off the opposite side of my lap =( .

Owynn is doing very well. I think he is finally over his constipation, but we plan on keeping his diet pretty high in fiber. He has 3 teeth now, two on the bottom and one on the top! He calls me Mama now, but really only when he's upset. He is 18 & 1/2lbs now, I can't believe how big he is getting. He is also getting into absolutely everything. We went grocery shopping the other night and we picked up a couple of 12-packs of Crush and I left them sitting in front of the baby gate separating the living room and kitchen. While I was making dinner he stood on top of the soda, leaned over the baby gate and started trying to eat cucumber peels out of the trash. Luckily they weren't sitting on top of anything yucky. He is still putting everything he finds into his mouth. I think Owynn will starting walking soon too. He walks pretty well while you are holding onto his hands, and he goes really fast with his push toy. He is such a happy baby too =) .

Things here are going well with us, John and I spent last weekend celebrating our anniversary in Omaha. John's parents took the boys over night and we were able to spend a fun weekend on our own. We did a lot of shopping, went to dinner, and stayed at a more fancy than we are used to hotel in midtown.

Well it's already Saturday now and I suppose it's bed time, we have lots to do tomorrow!