Catching Up!

Well a busy holiday season entertaining family and friends has created dead spot for updates, one I hope to fix now!

First up, here are a whole bunch of pre-X-mas photos that I've been meaning to post;

Jennifer came down for a visit!


We recently started Oliver on solid foods - which has lead to a few giggles...




And of course...


Say Hello! to Mom's new device for carrying Oliver - The Moby! It's a wrap that creates a surprisingly comfortable harness for carrying him in a variety of positions. The best news is that it spreads his weight around - which means less lower back pain as he puts on weight. Dad says that it mysteriously fails to interfere with how Atomically Hot Oliver's Mom is. But nobody listens to Dad.



Even Dad likes Moby....this is from our walk to the Ugly Mug coffee shop.



Oliver continues to rock the Bumbo!


He also sat still long enough for us to take his picture on our couch - note the precisely folded hands!

That is so long as nobody interferes with his concentration...


And obviously, Oliver hates having his picture taken...

Lazy Saturday Morning

Who you calling lazy?

Oliver and his New Shoes

The shoes were a gift from Uncle Jason and were acquired in our trip to Vancouver. Here's Oliver testing them out at home with Grandma!

Oliver and Crew go Swimming

Mom recently started taking Oliver for afternoon swimming!

Here is Oliver discovering that his flotation device tastes like plastic!

Here's Avery, Simon and Oliver enjoying a float together

Here's Simon and his Mom Lisa (with Avery off in the background to the right)

Here's Avery and her Mom Nicole - Avery is apparently following Oliver's lead and attempting to consume the flotation device.

Thanksgiving week Lunch with Oma and Opa

During our trip to the coast we had the opportunity to walk to Grandville Island for lunch.
Here we are prepping for a stroll along the seawall.



Opa and Dad got an opportunity to talk to Oliver before the ladies arrived from their shopping trip.


When the ladies arrived, Oliver got a chance to play with his new Toy!

One of the reasons this toy was so excellent is that it has a mirror on it that Oliver couldn't stop staring at!

Thanksgiving Trip!

We got a chance to visit with Oma and Opa in Vancouver over the Thanksgiving week. Lots of fun for the whole family, but it sure looked like Oma and Opa enjoyed the event!



Even Uncle Jason got in on the action...

One of Oliver's favourite things about the trip, was how Oma and Opa prepared for his arrival by picking up a new truck! The truck came complete with bells, whistles, music (really, really, really annoying music) and a flashing disco ball. Oma and Opa obviously enjoyed the purchase as the batteries were worn out with the first uses!

All in all, a fabulous time was had by all!

Oliver passes out while blogging

Oliver and the new Couch!

Oliver's Audience

Friends from afar

Karen and Mike and Jack, Oh My!

Dad hangs with Oliver

Oliver and Dad were watching the Canadian Juniors thrash the living snot out of the Russian kids the other day, and Mom used the opportunity to take some pics!

Note the golf tan, and slightly greasy-unwashed look Dad is rocking. This telecommuting from home thing is clearly not working for Dad at all.

The above is Oliver's disbelieving reaction to Dad's whispered suggestion on where babies come from. Crazy Dad!

Airborne Oliver! (and check out that hair colour!)

Oliver attends the Lethbridge Airshow!!

These are from a few weeks back

We arrived at the airstrip just as it was getting started.
Mom took this pic of Oliver and dad on our way to the Hercules transport!

Here's Mom and some too interested for his own good fighter pilot.

We saw lots of different planes

We even got a chance to take our picture in the nose of one!

We saw that Miss Mitchell still looks pretty hot..

And then we noticed Oliver's name!

Eventually the airshow started in earnest, and along with looking at the planes we were treated to watching them swoop down on us at high speeds! Jets roared by, pulling their noses up to tail walk past us. Planes whipped by in tight formations, pulling loops, spins and other high speed tricks.

One thing we didn't count on ... the noise.
Pretty soon, the booms and pows that accompany super fast jet flybys started to upset Oliver.

So Mom, Dad and Oliver called it a day, and wrapped our first airshow!

Oliver Loves Oma!