What We've Been Up To

Kirby was gone training for about three weeks and when he came home Oliver was very happy. I'd never seen him smile so big or be so obviously excited. I tried to capture a picture of them, this was the best one.


I've been getting all the baby stuff ready. All this baby stuff takes up a lot of space. Here's Oliver in his old car seat.

Since Kirby's return, Oliver has been obsessed with all things Daddy and has perfected his salute.

He put these boots and hat on himself.

We went to a birthday party at the bowling alley. Oliver bowled a great game as always and ate 3 pieces of pizza. We were astounded.

Oliver and Kirby in their Seahawks gear

He's not actually "going" in this picture, he has yet to really give it a shot, but he likes to sit on it every now and then. Potty training in full is right around the corner!

Oliver's new bike or bikle as he is now saying.

A live Sesame Street show came to post, and it was a big hit with the kids!

Here's Oliver when they first came out, notice how hard he is squeezing Kirby's finger. It has turned purple. He had a great time.

Before the show.

Me and the Belly

Pumpkin patch. It was so hard to get him to look at the camera!

I love the expression on his face here.

Oliver wants to be a big boy and drink from a regular cup. Here he went into the kitchen and poured himself a cup.

....with just a minor amount of spillage...

...but he cleaned it up!



Thats all for now folks!

Florence

This past weekend we jumped on the train to Florence. We are getting pretty good at navigating the Italian train system and even helped an American tourist buy her tickets on our way home. When we were in Rome with Kirby's parents we popped into this hotel called the Minerva to change Oliver's diaper. It was a very nice hotel and Kirby said he wanted to come back and stay there sometime. I looked it up and saw that there was also one in Florence and since we hadn't been there yet we decided to stay at that one instead. It was walking distance from the train station and overlooked a great courtyard.









That night we found a Mexican restaurant to our surprise and ate there, cause frankly we are sick of Italian food. The next day we went to the Ufizzi Gallery and did a lot of walking and exploring the city.






The next day we shopped at the local market that was going on and I got a few nice things, we ate more gelato then headed home. It was a great trip and the last big outing I think we will make before the baby comes. All that walking nearly did me in!