Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Oliver's FIRST Birthday.

Oliver had a very Happy FIRST Birthday indeed. It was such a bitter sweet day for me. My little guy is growing up all too fast. But it sure is fun to watch them learn new things every day and develop more of a personality. ;)

The things that Oliver is really into right now:
Watching movies, especially Monsters Inc. and Stuart Little.
Walking around and bumping his head on things.
Playing dad's drums.
Playing and cuddling with Ozzie.
Eating anything sweet and BEANS!
Loves going outside, whenever the weather permits.
BUTTONS! Anything that has buttons, remotes, phones, tv's, computers, the microwave!
He loves it when I let him push the buttons on the microwave to heat up his milk.
Making messes.
Unraveling the toilet paper.
Climbing in the kitchen cabinets and up the stairs.
Watching the washer and dryer.
Playing in the water.
Hide'n'Go Seek.
And being with family and friends of course!

I love how he is reaching for his present. So cute!
Reading some bday cards.
Cairi helped Oli open his presents. :)
This is a picture Cai drew for Oli. :)
The ball pit tent my parents got Oliver.
LOVED it!
Such a happy camper. I love this pic.
Cairi loved it too!
Oli and Cai in the tent. :)

Gma and Oli!
For his birthday dinner I made Pizza Pasta.
He pretty much loved it. Can you tell?
The VERY happy birthday boy in his birthday boy chair.
Savoring his delicious cake my mom made for him.
Mmmm I can still taste it. Sooo good.

This is how the lid was for the ice cream.
A smiley face :)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVER!







Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Oliver's Story Time


Brett here, typing up a story that Oliver is recounting to me. Here we go:
"Every night daddy gives me a bath. I love it! Once I get out and daddy dries me off, he takes me to my room where he attempts to put on my diaper. Needless to say, I like to be in the nude. Who doesn't? Am I right or am I right? As usual I sprinted off to the side of the crib where I hide and daddy makes me laugh by acting like a goof ball. It's actually a bit embarassing. So this time I decided to play a nice trick on him. I picked up a little gift for him and handed it to him. He took it gratefully and curiously. I tried not to laugh when his eyes got wider than I've ever seen them. I HANDED HIM MY POOP!! HAHAHAHAHA! I crawled off and heard him shout when he found the other two cupcakes I left for him next to the crib. Classic. He caught me, slapped a diaper on me and let me go play for a bit. He finally came to get me and to his surprise he found another solid -excuse my french- terd in my diaper. I never went to bed so happy. Ok dad, I'm done. I'm going to bed." Thanks again Oliver. It was a night I'll never forget. Did I wash my hands?

Saturday, January 16, 2010

New photo blog.

I have moved my photo blog to a new site. I like it a lot more because I can modify it more to my liking so it better represents me! My old blog will still be up for now to view my previous work. But everything will now be posted on the new blog. :) Check it out and leave some loves. Thanks!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Happy Birthday Chris!

January 7th was Chris' birthday! In Lauren's words he turn the big 2-6. LOL. I love birthday's because then the whole family gets together and eats good food and cake! And I love cake and good food, and family. :) We ended up celebrating his birthday on Sunday, the 10th, because he celebrated with his side of the family on his actual bday. So the 10th we celebrated Chris' bday and then the day after everyone headed over to our home to celebrate Oliver's FIRST bday! So much celebrating!!!! :)
Chris with his ICE CREAM cake! mmmm!
The happy Swenson family!
This is one of Cairi and Oliver's new favorite toys.
Here is another photo of Oliver watching a movie.
This photo reminds me of Brett and I when we watch TV. Brett is tuned into the show and I keep talking to him.
That box was so comfortable to sit in, surprisingly. :)

Danielle's Baby Shower.

Brandi and I threw Danielle her first Baby Shower on Saturday. It was so much fun and we had such a great turn out. I ended up having to have Brett bring in our other couch into the living room so there were enough seats! My favorite part of it was seeing all my friends again since we don't ever get everyone together with our crazy schedules.

the gang!
Danielle showing one of her cute little outfits she got.
best buds

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

New Year!


video


For New Year's Eve we went up to my mom's house and Morg pulled out Dance Dance. Cairi and Oliver brought their best moves to the dance floor. Cai will definitely need to give Oli some lessons. Little ones are so funny.

Really I couldn't recap on the night too well seeing that I ended up fallen asleep with Oliver on my mom's bed. But from the photos I stole from my mom's camera, it looked like the rest of the family had a blast!




Oliver's Adventure's.

We heart ELMO
Brett hearts Oliver's little chair.


As I mentioned in our Christmas post, Oliver is LOVING T.V. I have so many photos of him like this. This is just one I took while I was cleaning the home.