Oliver's First Christmas

Oliver had his first Christmas this past week! He got to spend time with many relatives and friends...Brooke's Uncle Darryl and his sons, Justin and Jon, Brooke's Uncle Brian and Aunt Debbie, David, Sharon, Sharon's family, Mike, Grandma Terri, Grandpa Kevin, Rick, Lynne, Priscilla, Josh, Gabe and Grace.

Oliver got a glimpse of his first snowfall in Illinois through the window, and he thought it was quite interesting. For the most part, it wasn't too chilly while we were here, with the exception of New Years Day. It was freezing. My dad's car said it was 11 degrees, but the windchill was freezing! Meanwhile, it was 50 degrees in Austin.

Once again, Oliver got spoiled with loads of toys, clothes and books. He had a great time playing with his new cars...which are his favorite toys. He loves pushing them across the floor and crawling after them. He also got a bag of 100 plastic balls. My dad put them in a big cardboard box and he thought it was a blast. Oliver kept kicking his feet to move the balls and he loved it when we tossed lots of balls on him.

Oliver has changed his method of crawling. Now he crawls the correct way with one leg and then puts the other leg foot down (like he is going to try to stand up)...and continues on this way. It is so adorable.

We had many new adventures with Louie this trip. Most consisted of Louie letting out a vicious growl, showing his tiny little pointy teeth and Oliver squealing with delight. Oliver chased Louie many times, but never got the gold...Thank Goodness. Louie broke Adam's skin only once this time and attacked my mom's leg when she tried to walk through the bedroom he was staying in.

We had a great New Years. We went out with friends while Oliver partied hard with Grandma Terri, Grandpa Kevin and Uncle Mike.

Oliver did well on the trip to Peoria, even though we were delayed on the runway in Dallas for over an hour...We are nervous for our flights tomorrow, because we fly through O'Hare, and we all know what happens there.....

Wish us luck!!