Sleep

It's incredible how much we take sleep for granted until we don't get it consistently! These past four months have been full of so much joy and excitement as we've watched Oliver growing! But it's also been draining as we patiently wait for the little guy to develop the skill of sleeping 12 hours straight. Nearly a month ago, he had three nights in a row where he went between eight or nine hours of solid sleep. We thought for sure it was the start of something wonderful, but it was short lived. We have since invested in a soothing seahorse that has honestly made a world of difference for Mom and Dad when we put Oliver down to sleep. His name is Webster and here is Ollie enjoying his new friend :)

Time

Goodness, time flies. I'll tell you what - it's much more difficult to take pictures of a second child when there is an older sibling requiring so much attention! But seriously, I'm trying. And actually, there are several pictures just waiting to be blogged about, but then getting around to it is difficult also...


But here's a picture from several weeks ago when Mormor (Swedish for Grandma) was visiting from California. I love it how babies can pretty much just sleep anywhere in any position with incredible amounts of noise!

Follow

Oliver is over seven weeks old now. Time has gone so quickly. He's been doing this a while, but he's gotten really good at following things with his eyes. He's got a little bit of a delay, but he can eventually find what he's following. This ability is what produced the latter picture below. He followed my camera all over and then gazed up with those big blue eyes.

Awake Time

Since it's been a while between blog posts, Ollie has had some new changes. One of those is being awake a while longer. He's getting a little better with night and day, but still keeping us up through the night. But during the day, it gives him a chance to look around and see what's going on. Like in the second picture where he discovered his nose!

Break

It was a rough past couple weeks... Big Brother Henry got sick and he gave it to Dad. Fever for about five days and a bunch of other symptoms that kept persisting. So here we are in a healthy house again. Back to the blogging!

This was a picture from just before the sickness hit. Just chilling on the couch stretching out. Because Dad was sick, he didn't get to hold Ollie very much for an entire week. I swear he doubled his weight in that one week alone! He's really started to put on some winter insulation :)

More of the Same

So we're still plugging along day by day. Ollie's still doing a lot of the same - sleeping, eating, dirtying his diaper... But he's still super cute and still growing each and every day. When he's awake, he does a lot of grunting (more than I remember Henry doing). Pictures can't really capture the fun sounds he makes, so these will have to do. Also, it's Ollie's one-month birthday today!

Hat

It's different having a winter baby. Henry was born in the middle of summer so at least we didn't have to worry about bundling him up. Since we're in the chilly midwest, we need to keep Ollie warm enough all the time. Here he is bundled in blankets and wearing one of Mom's favorite hats.