Vacation

We started our vacation, well if you could call it that, (it was more so a vacation from work for me) on this past Saturday.

Don't forget me mom!

We went down to Davenport for my cousin's wedding. It was a hot day for a wedding but it turned out to be a beautiful day and ceremony. Oliver didn't even mind sitting outside. He had fun playing with the program and ripping it apart. Good thing I remembered his hat!

The reception was inside and so elegant. We had a wonderful dinner and then the dancing started. Oliver wasn't much for the dancing/music part, he was just plain tired by that time so he was fussy.

Here's Oliver and his cousins Ian and Annaliese with Grandpa Dave.

Here's Great Billie's 10 Great Grandkids!

After the wedding we spent the night and Grandpa and Grandma Doerscher's and had a tasty breakfast in the morning before heading for Omaha. Dad and Shawn went back to St. Olaf and Mom, Oliver and I followed my sister and her family back to Omaha to watch her kids for a few days. Since Colleen has the summers off of work, she needed someone to watch Ian and Annaliese for a few days so she could go to a conference.

It was great to see Oliver interact with his cousins. He had a chance to play with new and interesting toys and learn new things. He started scooting backwards on his tummy while out there and took more risks with getting from a seated position to leaning forward to get on all 4's to reach for things. Tummy time also went better, I think because he had better distractions in his cousins than at home with me jumping around and doing crazy things so he won't fuss.

They had fun playing with the ball popper toy. Oliver would cry each time it would turn off so Annaliese would keep hitting it to turn it back on. Oliver caught on soon and then tried taking it away from Annaliese so he could turn it on.



They also had fun playing out in the pool.




Oliver liked playing with the doctors kit but more so enjoyed playing with the Caterpillar tool set we had given Ian a couple years earlier. I think the pictures say it all as to which were his favorite toys. I wonder if this will be an indication of what he will be when he grows up?