Oliver these days is a whole new game. Now that he's mobile the world has changed. It coincidentally coincided with my starting a job. Therefore I've had little to no time for updates. I spend every possible minute I have with my son and husband, and while these things are falling through the cracks, I wouldn't change my priorities for a second. I'm having a hard time adjusting to being away from my son, but I'll admit that it is getting a little less painful, not necessarily easier but less painful.
So...I thought I'd share some Oliver-isms. Capture some of the quirks of my son at nine months before ten months hits in da da da daaaaa...only seven days--so scary!
Every one asks "what do you call him?" To which we always pause and say "Oliver." Lately as his silliness, personality, etc, have increased a plethora of nicknames have come about and as evolution takes over they become a nickname where people stop and ask "how did you get that nickname?" Thus the evolution of the Oliver:
Oliver became...Oli
Oli Boli
Oli Boli Boo Boo
Boli Boli Boo
Boli
So now he is called "Boli" on a regular basis. Of course, Oliver, Os, O, and others still apply :)
He now sings, hums, bas, and wiggles to music :)
He claps when he sees me
Loves The itsy bitsy spider and pat-a-cake
His favorite toy is a small ball that he tucks under his arm and crawls around the house with. It's one of those 2 or 3 dollar inflated balls you buy out of the big pit at Walmart. I have no idea where it came from because we didn't buy it and of course--it is his favorite.
He gobbles up Cherrios, and will eat just about anything. He doesn't seem to like Strawberries but will continually put them in his mouth and then spit them back out again.
Taking a bath is a soak fest. Water in the eyes is NOT a deter-ant...he loves to slap his hands on top of the water.
He pinches, he bites...he also gives kisses (mostly to me) open mouthed and with tongue. His eyes glaze over when he does it, like he's in deep concentration but doesn't quite understand the point. (It is also mostly me who gets pinched and bit--hence the socks on his hands when he sleeps).
It seems like yesterday that I saw him standing up in his bed holding the rails for the first time. It was two weeks ago...
He now can push his lion toy all over the house. Standing up in his crib has become commonplace.
He's growing so fast...how do you enjoy it all without missing it? How do you remember the milestones without taking a step-back to document it without risking missing something else? What a balance.
So far...
rolling at three months
sitting at six
rocking on his knees at seven
crawling at eight
pulling up at nine....................
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