What, What, What!!

So, I will first apologize for the tone of my voice in this video. It is crazy to hear how excited I got over this milestone. Give me a week, I won't be this excited about this new found freedom. Also, this video again is quite terrible quality. Picture this: Ollie taking some steps and me seeing it out of the corner of my eye. Me, rushing to the diaper bag and literally ripping all the contents out, not finding the flip. Then, I rush to the piano and see it under the flap of the SLR bag. I tip-toe to the kitchen to capture more of the OFFICIAL first steps! AH!!!

ENJOY!

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So, certain shirts for kids, I'm not a fan of. I don't need anything for Ollie that says, "Troublemaker" or "I'm in charge," etc. I don't need to curse my child's behavior!! But, I do appreciate funny shirts. "Mommy's alarm clock," "I can't read," "I'm not a girl," etc. So, when I saw this, I needed to purchase it. Because, once Oliver gets to the age where he is actually a fan of people his own age, the novelty of this shirt will wear off. I find it hilarious to put this on, since he doesn't have the warmest reception to kids his own age these days.

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Dads out there: Especially lock up your daughters when my son puts on this charming face. Lady killer!!

Pumpkin Patch Craziness!

Today we ventured to Tim's Pumpkin Patch. Actually, we were talking about going to a pumpkin patch and we got invited to go to Tim's with the Wilfkoskey family (Julie, Jordy, and Ian too). The story of Tim's is that 20 years ago, Tim planted some pumpkin seeds and sold his crop for a dollar a pumpkin. Each year he planted more pumpkins and kept selling them for $1 until 2006 when they got raised to $2 each. It was crazy to see the huge fields full of pumpkins. There was a little hobby farm, a great selection of specialty pumpkins (picture green and white ones straight out of Martha Stewart Living), a food stand (yummy pumpkin funnel cake), and much more. It was a chilly day out there, so we didn't stick around too long to take in the extra activities. We did find 3 pumpkins that called our name. I also bought a large pumpkin that went to our friends Judith and Phins' house. It is going to be hallowed out to stuff kiddies in at our Halloween playdate. Another cute photo op waiting to happen! Happy Fall, y'all! (Even if my midwest friends and family seemed to have lost out on this season and went straight to winter!)

This is how I roll now

It is funny to look back at what I thought my life was going to be like... in high school. Never did I think I would be married, let alone have a kid! I was going to be a professional with no thoughts of ever staying home. So, today just made me chuckle a little about how much my life has changed from my original plan.

This afternoon was the epitome of a great fall day for me these days. Oliver has made some more new friends from My Gym. All the mommies, except for our friends Shakira and Scott, met up at the zoo today. So instead of being a labcoat like I always thought I would be, I am knee deep in nuk retrieval and puffs. This is how I roll now...

Here is the crew from top to bottom: Lauren, Phin, Ollie, Jordy, Emma and Seth

All the kids from My Gym are basically the same age. Ollie is the oldest and the youngest is his girlfriend Jordyn. All the other boys and girls are in the middle. So, it is great that at about the same time they had a huge meltdown. It was like clockwork... around 2:30 they all started crying. We all scrammed said a quick good bye and off to nap time.

Having a bad day?

So, I have these videos that I watch if I'm having a bad afternoon. I hope it has the same effect on you. My camera skills got a little out of control once Ollie busted out that sweet move. Please forgive... Oh, and weims play with their mouths. No, Porter is not trying to eat Oliver!

Sorry for the delay!

So, it has been too long since I've updated this. To catch everyone up, here we go: Oliver and I took our first flights alone. It went fine and everyone has sympathy for a gal with a baby and arms full of carry-ons. He did well with Grandma Sherrie and Uncle Efrem for the long weekend. He loved playing with Emma and Ava. This weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Schulz watched him while Bill and I went to NYC for our 6th anniversary. They took him to an apple orchard and they did a lot of fun things. Ollie is now walking around with the help of the walker and the dining room chairs... actually any furniture that slides easily now gets rearranged on a daily basis. He also stands up and claps, but I haven't gotten that on tape yet. So, here are a bunch of videos and some pics to keep everyone at bay!

Apples and a Parade

In the past two weeks Oliver got to experience more firsts in his life. Last weekend, we went apple picking. I, myself, have never been apple picking, so it was exciting for me too. After we took a fun wagon/tractor ride, we got dropped off to pick to our hearts' content. I have to admit, I was slightly nervous when Bill started climbing up the ladders with Oliver strapped to his back. But, all involved were safe. There might have been some apples that plummeted to the earth before they were ready. I think my eyes were bigger than I realized. But, we did make some delicious apple sauce and some wontons stuffed with apples. Quite tasty if I do say so myself!

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Today, there was a cultural fair up the block from our house. If anyone has talked to us, we probably tell you that our neighborhood is pretty hip and happenin'. And, today just showed us, aside from the annoying college kids across the road, how cool it really was. As I type this, I can hear the bands playing. The city closes down the "main drag" in our neighborhood and there is basically a festival all day. I also have seen about 40 kids racing past our house as part of today's festivities. Ollie got to witness his very first parade today. He is a puzzling guy to me. He will cry when his girlfriend Jordy laughs or makes noises. But, put a 15 person drum corp in front of him and he is quite. What? What was that? He is going to be a drummer like his mommy. That is what I think too. :) He really wanted the drummers to come back.

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And, lastly, if you are a mom, I probably asked you about Oliver's "condition" last week. Yep, my son now has five chompers! Again, I will say this, teething... a necessary EVIL! Here is a glimpse of his "ugly face" that shows some of them off well.

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Okay, I must go. Oliver and I are leaving on a jet plane on Tuesday to go to MN for a week. I will have four days without Oliver. I think that is the longest I've been alone since I've had Oliver. It should be interesting to say the least.