F o o t b a l l ! I have to admit, I highly enjoy watching football, and its something I can do with the hubby! Now Patrick is a die hard Broncos fan, and has been trying to convert me over to the orange for the 6 years we have been together. So I play the good wife and buy him cool Denver stuff for his birthday and holidays, and I celebrate the wins and stay out of his way after the losses. But I grew up in a Packers house, and have to say that green looks better on me (orange just clashes with my hair!). So I stay nicely in the middle :o) But Oliver will not get away with that so easily! All season he has been wearing his Broncos jersey every Sunday and his Daddy smiles so big! But now Denver is out (sorry hun) and Green Bay is going to the Super Bowl! Yay! So now i have been able to dress Oliver in his Packers shirt (that i got scolded at for buying), and he looks so dang cute! But my little monkey will not allow me to take a good picture of him in it so i will have to try again later! But here are some good ones I have gotten through the last year, so enjoy!

This is how it is at Papa Lynn's House

Seamus, Papa Lynn, and Oliver

And this is how it is at home

Oliver celebrating a Touchdown

Oliver and Daddy

Oliver's First Birthday!!

I watched a movie once where the Mom had taken pictures of her kids the day before their Birthdays and made a book of their 'Last Day of Being...' and i thought it was a way cute idea! So everybody, this is Oliver's Last Day of Being a Baby!!!

Because.....

Out of the tub and all dressed for bed!

Our Little Monkey is now 1! He is now a Big Boy! Holy Cow! His birthday was so much fun! his Daddy took the day off work so we got him all Stylin and gave him his presents! He got a Big Boy denim arm chair, a cute soft crown that has a 1 on it, and some awesome shirts that he gets to grow into for spring, then we took Mr. Oliver to the park! he loved the swings and was only so so on the slide.

After the park we visited my parents house, then just spent the rest of the day playing at home. And then came the cupcake! We had a party planned at my parents house to do all the October Birthdays two days later, so his Daddy bought him his very own cupcake for his Birthday dessert! And he LOVED it!

Beginning Middle End - Clean tray!! He even cleaned his face!

and then it was bath and bedtime! look at how cute he is in his big boy jammies!

Then we had his Toy Story 1st Birthday Party! I am determined to make the Toy Story movies his favorite, i think its such a cute story for little boys! wearing his Birthday crown with Grandma Sherri
Olivers 1st Birthday cake made by Auntie Lisa! he ate one of the heads and was so excited for more cake!
playing with his new blocks!

He is so big, and learning more and more every day, he is so smart! and he is a Walking Fool! he just walks from room to room and in circles all day long! and he talks, just jabbers the whole day! he can say some words, like Bubba, and he says Ba for both ball and baby. His newest favorite thing to say is Da Do, so he just walks around all day saying Da do da do, its so fun to watch him! He waves bye bye with both hands, claps when you say Yay and holds both arms over his head when you say Touchdown! he likes to give kisses and loves to be tickled. sleeps about 12 hours overnight and takes around 2 naps. he Loves to eat! he should have been named Bottomless Pit! he is a beggar boy and will be at your side getting your attention whenever you have food! so far he has only showed a dislike for spaghettios, which i think is odd. he weighs 23 pounds, even though he eats and eats he just runs and runs all day, so his size is about average. and he has soooo many teeth! he even has his front molars! he has one more about to break through and he is done teething until his 2 year molars! i cant believe how big he is and how much he grows and learns everyday! i am so happy to have such a smart child! he is my world!