Watching the jellyfish - 7 months

Be nice to kitty - 7 months

Giggling before bedtime - 7 months

First Food

Hello there. As promised, here is Oliver's first food!

almost 6 months old

Hello! Oliver will be 6 months old on December 3. He's developing his expertise in rolling over (tummy to back only for now) and sitting. He's finally really noticing and reaching for other babies, and had his first "play date" with his friend Cooper from PEPS. Here's our attempts at a mom & baby self portrait. You can see Oliver lost interest before we perfected the framing. Next: first food!

Five Month Baby Feat!

Hello! Oliver is steadily progressing into a delightful little guy! He's now able to withstand several minutes without bouncing, rocking, etc. And he just learned to roll over! Check out the video of the third time he did it!

We also just started a GET (Guaranteed Education Tuition) account for him. It allows us to buy a "unit" of college education at today's prices that will be worth a unit of education when he's ready to go. Its value is tied to Washington's more expensive universities (UW & WSU), but he'll be able to use it wherever he wants to go. We started with a modest account, but hope to be able to provide him the first couple years of college so he can avoid some of his mom's crushing student loan debt. And yes, other people can also contribute.

Perry went back to work this month, and we're trying to settle into a routine. If Oliver gets up at 6, he can have his first nap at home from 7 until about 8:30, eat, and get on the road with me by a little after 9. I drop him off at Green Tree and then usually go over to feed him once or twice a day. Then I pick him up at 5, get him loaded up in the car, and we go pick up Perry and head home to immediately start the bedtime routine. It works well except when I have to be at work early or traffic is bad or god forbid both of those things are true.

Four Months

Hi there,

Oliver's about 4.5 months old now and the fussiness is easing quite a bit. Perry's been staying home with him since September, and has him on a schedule/routine that really helps. Oliver will start at Green Tree in a couple weeks, and has been there a couple times so far to check it out. I fear they're not going to be able to get him to sleep as much as he should, but maybe it will just take some time for Oliver to get used to sleeping in that environment.

Anyway, Oliver is enjoying himself a lot more lately. If it ever finishes loading, you can see a video of him laughing about getting kissed! It will probably take forever to load on your computer, too. Sorry about that.