6 months old!!

Our little birthday boy has had a pretty fantastic first 6 months. Some of the highlights:

- traveling to Mexico

- composing songs on the piano
- singing his first sonata

- learning to read

- texting his peeps

Ok, so the list is a bit of an exaggeration. But Ollie's growth is truly amazing us and we are very proud of his new tricks. He is rolling over, sitting up unassisted, getting his butt up in the air ready for the crawl, ever so slowly sprouting hair, eating solid food, and drooling soooo much we are sure his teeth are coming soon. He melts our hearts daily with his smiles and laughter. We are unbelievably in love with our little Mack and are enjoying him immensely.

We are off to celebrate Ollie's birthday weekend with his first camping trip on the American River, where he will be learning to whitewater kayak .... or maybe just to sleep (we hope) in a tent!

2 months old!

In Ollie's second month he got to meet his Aunt Bree and Uncle Joah, take a road trip to SB and see his first snow in Tahoe (he still seems more interested in shadows on the walls than in what's going on outside!). The most exciting milestones for us this month:

1) he started really smiling!!

2) he is sleeping much more at night- hooray!

Obviously we have a LONG way to go with this cute kid, but I'm already amazed at how fast he is growing and changing.

One month in the world!

Today is Ollie's 1 month birthday! The birthday boy is amazing to me in every way ... his tiny little flower petal fingers, funny faces, the squeaks, snorts and other strange sounds he makes, the amazing array of expressions that cross his face in a matter of minutes, the indescribable feeling I have staring into his blue (for the moment) eyes. I am completely and totally in love.

For the past month, Sean and I have been climbing the steep learning curve of parenthood and discovering something new on a daily basis. We are adjusting to the sleep schedule (not very much of it) along with all sorts of other new tasks. Still trying to figure out how to manage the old tasks and routines ... thus the month it took me to post some pictures!

We are so grateful for the family and friends who have come around to share their love, support, advice and baby hand-me-downs with us! We hope the rest of you can meet Ollie soon!