We have a roller!

Sunday we had a little party at Chuck and Shirley's to celebrate Oliver's 6 month milestone. We had both sets of grandparents, Great Grandma Mary and Great Aunt Lisa and Uncle Lisa Jim to help celebrate.
Oliver put his hands straight in the cake when no one was even looking and of course got it in his hair.

Grandma Shirley made Oliver a Caterpillar construction quilt that is just his size!

All the people, presents and cake tired Oliver out so he took a little nap.

Then Sunday night when we got home I asked Shawn if he had done any tummy-time with Oliver yet since I had slept all day and he said no. So to our surprise we put him on the floor and he rolled on to his side. Soon after he rolled then onto his back. We tried it again putting him on his stomach and then he rolled off again onto his back! We tried one more time and the same thing. Guess he really did not like being on his stomach and now that he's figured out how to get off of his stomach he doesn't want to be on it at all.

This is how it started with him twisted not being able to lift his leg over and now he is a pro at rolling completly over. This is also one of his favorite ways to lay now.

My sister also gave us my nephew and niece's jumperoo and Oliver loved it although his feet don't quite touch the floor. He's so smart, I would show him how the toys work and then he would play with it for each toy.

Tummy time with his ball

Oliver doesn't mind his tummy time now as long as he can watch his V-tech ball he got for Christmas from his cousins Ian and Annaliese.

40 degree weather in February

It was so nice today that we decided to get out of the house for a bit and go take some pictures of Oliver outside. It was in the mid 40's and also a little breezy but he didn't seem to mind. You can see the mess of our driveway this warm weather has made. I'm so glad that some of this snow is melting though, I hope it stays warm!

Before coming in the house Shawn wanted some pictures of Oliver on his motorcycles since the warm weather had Shawn wanting to get them ready for the riding season.

Oliver has also discovered his feet and toes. He's close to putting them in his mouth but for now he just likes grabbing on to them and rolling on to his side.

We also got Oliver's labs done on Wednesday and his hemaglobin came back lower at 9.1 down from 10.6 3 weeks previously. We don't know why it is going down. Our hematologist didn't know if it would keep going up or what would happen. We go back down to Iowa City to see him in less than 2 weeks so it will be interesting to see what he says. Oliver is fighting off another cold again so we're back to a runny nose and cough. Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Talking to his mobile

Oliver is really vocal lately, here's a video of him talking to his mobile in his crib.