Hungry and Tired

Ollie is quite demanding if he is both hungry and tired. Fortunately, this is not my son's normal temperment! We keep videoing him, but there aren't any good shots of him scooting around yet. He gets better by the day, so stay posted!
Love,
The Spauldings

Ollie Noises

Swaying

Video from this afternoon

Ollie Eating Kix

Here's a slightly better video. The trouble with You Tube is that the videos have to be short.
Enjoy!

Testing YouTube

Thanks Kim for doing this first! I give you all of the credit. Hope everyone is doing well and please enjoy the video clip of Ollie man!
Love,
Tim, Dori, and Ollie

Rasberries for all my friends!

Grrr
Originally uploaded by spauldingtj.

Ollie gave me a rasberry for the first time today. All those sleepless nights were worth it! He also pulled up for the first time on Thursday while he was in the bathtub. It happens so quickly! Ollie thinks about crawling, but he's not always super motivated. I'll keep you posted!

Monkey Music

Ollie and I joined Monkey Music today with our good friends Kim and Adam. I wasn't sure if he would like the class, but he was very vocal and there was a huge grin on his face for much of the class. Here's hoping that he learns to shake the maraca insted of eat it!

A Day in London

Hey Kids...
Originally uploaded by spauldingtj.

We hit the London Aquarium after a tasty lunch at Eat. Ollie man had a great time riding the tube, people watching, and catching his first glimpse of a shark. I am very pleased to say that he wasn't scared in the least. He tried his best to touch the rays in the touching pool, but his arms just weren't long enough. Mom enjoyed petting the spongy fish that behaved oddly like dogs. Who knew that fish enjoyed petting?!? Seriously, they swam towards you and stuck their noses out of the water hoping for a friendly stroke.

As usual, Ollie was a superstar sleeping in the car, in his stroller (until a street vender played one of those bird whistles), and in the car again. We're so blessed to have such a cute kid!

Seven Months

New Face
Originally uploaded by spauldingtj.

Ollie man is doing very well these days. He sits up like a champ and the crawl is on its way. In the mean time, his preferred means of transportation is scooting on his back along the floor. You can see the problem when he hits a door, sofa, or anything else that he can't see.

Solids are going well...everything but strawberries. He pukes after eating gerber's strawberry apple mix, so we're holding off on those for the time being.

Hope everyone is doing well! Keep the e-mails coming...we love to hear your updates!

Cheers,
Dori