Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Ollie has been helping me get the house all ready for Christmas.  He has seemed to enjoy hanging the lights and the garlands.  I think what he liked best was going hiking in the yard to find the greenery and the pine cones.

Helping me with the lights

 



 

 Hey look, a pine cone

 

 Of course we had to stop and swing while looking for our festive decorations

 

Yea! Christmas Tree!



Into Everything

Ollie is into everything these days. It is fun to watch him explore and figure things out. He really has grown up so fast. He went from crawling to pulling up in a matter of weeks it seems. Now we are practicing climbing and walking along anything and everything he can get his hands on. His new absolute favorite thing is to climb the stairs. Super dangerous, but he loves it.

Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we went to visit our cousins, Wells and Caroline and our Aunt Katy and Uncle Matt. They hosted the entire Harvey sibling crew plus significant others. Ollie had so much fun celebrating his birthday and thanksgiving with his cousins. Caroline and Ollie bonded over O's birthday gift and over breakfast thanksgiving morning. We have so much to be thankful for!!!

1Year Check Up

So our computer has completely died and I've got some catching up to do with the blog. Ollie went for his 1 year check up on Nov 20th. He weighed in at 24lbs 9oz and 30.5" long. He's in perfect health and growing right along schedule for his age. Poor guy got 4 shots and a finger prick...

Happy Birthday Round Two

Saturday we had another birthday party for Ollie with some friends and family at one of our favorite local restaurants in Banner Elk.

Owly cupcakes for our Ollie

Birthday Boy

Birthday bunch singing happy birthday

Kacky gives Ollie his birthday cupcake

And now the cupcake eating montage pictures....

Happy Birthday Ollie!  We love you!!!
 



Happy Birthday Round One

Ollie turned 1 last Thursday and he had a big day celebrating.  First with Mommy and Daddy that morning over blueberry pancakes and a few rounds of presents.

First Birthday Present

Ollie, "How old are you today?"

Yeah a truck!

Set of blocks and a coveted baby einstein dvd.



Enjoying his blocks

Later that afternoon we had a party with his cousins, Penley and Adali at Grammy's house

Happy Birthday Ollie!

the monkey, the lion and the elephant...aka adali, ollie and penley.  Ollie was a little overwhelmed at this point.  Hope to get a better pic of all three at Thanksgiving

 

Checking out his presents, stacking cups

 

Got a new tool box and tools, the hammer is his favorite

 

Daddy pushing him in his new wagon/walker, he loves it!

 

The next morning he's already pulling himself up to standing.  I see walking in our future, maybe sooner than later.  Go Ollie!

 



Happy Halloween

Ollie's first Halloween was so much fun!  He enjoyed all the costumes, candy and decorations.  On the actual day of Halloween we had to spend it at home due to a 3 day snow storm.  The county postponed all Halloween activites until Friday because of the weather.  So Wednesday we did a little Halloween at home and Thursday went our to a friends house.

Lobster costume that was his cousin Wells when he was only 5 months old. 

He wasn't really loving the head piece, just wanted to take it off and eat it



Ollie's First Halloween!

Wednesday we went trick or treating at Aunt Marsha's house

Not a great picture...But he looked so cute in his owl costume

Friday night at Trunk or Treat in Banner Elk.  Some of Ollie's girlfriends!

Banner Elk Trunk or Treat

Halloween was a Whoot!

 

Park Time

Ollie is one lucky kid!  He gets to go to the park all the time! Sometimes we meet up with friends and other times is just a family outing.  Either way, Ollie loves going to the park!

Banner Elk Park

Ollie's girlfriend, Campbell, came out to play

Campbell pushing Ollie on the swing

How sweet! Hugs and Kisses to Cam for pushing Ollie on the swing!

Valle Crucis Park with Daddy.  O getting pretty high on the swing.

Silly Face

"I love the Park!!"