Oliver's little secret...

The word is out; Oliver is ready to share his big news!

GO COLTS!

The Colts are going to the Super Bowl! And we are so very excited. We have been watching the playoff games with Chrissi and Matt and Jenny and Joe, and intend to watch the Super Bowl with them too so we continue the winning streak! This past weekend we went to the Fult's house where we were joined by Jayme and the Injays and cheered the Colts on to victory over the Jets. Can't wait for the 7th!

The boy's room: Matt, Joe, Jon and Spiff.

Luke and Oliver, all over each other as usual...

The boys terrorizing, I mean playing with, Spiff. What a patient dog!

The girls: Jayme, Trish, me, Jen and Chrissi.

Our little fam decked out in our jerseys!

Clean-up crew!

Oliver LOVES cleaning products! Give him the Swiffer sweeper or duster, and he is entertained for a good 20 minutes! He has also become quite good at mopping milk off of the floor. I'm sure it's because I am constantly wiping up spills after him. Hey, I'll take all the help I can get!



>

The nursing school babies!

I'm still very close to 3 of my friends from nursing school, Stephanie, Holly and Sarah. Steph has 3-year old Emma, who is very sweet, and Oliver was added to the bunch last October. Sarah had little Miles this September, and Holly had Addison in October. Steph is having another baby girl in February. It is so much fun now that we all have babies! Steph and Holly are in town, and we have lunch once a month. This month we were so lucky to have Sarah in from New Jersey. I hosted a brunch at the house, and we had such a great time catching up and watching the babies play together!

Emma is very patient and good with Ollie. I was a little worried about Oliver around the babies. The last time we had lunch, I was holding Addison, which was OK for about a minute, but then he got jealous and tried to push her out of my arms! He was very sweet this time though. He initially tried to steal Addi's pacifier, but once I gave him his own, he tried to put it back in her mouth. He patted the babies on the head and was a very good boy! Maybe he will be a good big brother after all!

Emma sharing her video game with Oliver.

Oliver, Emma and Addison

Miles and Addi

Ollie doting on Addi.

Helping Miles with his binkie.

Snow much fun!

On Thursday the 7th, we had a huge snowstorm! I think we ended up getting about 6 inches. The only problem was that it has been freezing out. Finally, about a week later, it hit 40. I knew we had to get outside to play fast before it all melted!

Oliver wasn't super thrilled about putting all of his snow garb on, but had a great time when we got outside! I was down on my hands and knees trying to make a snowball, but it wasn't great packing snow. After he saw me do that, Ollie decided that he was going to crawl around in the snow. I'm just glad that his mittens stayed on! It all melted the next day, so I'm glad we got a chance to play in the snow at least once...

Getting all bundled up!

Out in the yard.

Hey, this is kinda fun!

Waiting for Mom on the steps. I lost a mitten!

Christmas #5?

Erin and Ben came down at the beginning of January to go to a Pacer's game with Jon and me. Along with them came a car full of Christmas presents, almost all for Oliver, of course. He was so excited, and is really a pro at unwrapping gifts! Grandma and Papa bought him his absolute favorite Christmas present: his very own chair. We haven't been able to get him out of it since Uncle Ben put it together for him. We had a great time at the Pacer's game. Since the team is so bad right now, we were able to get great seats. Erin and I were four rows behind Larry Bird!

Yea, more presents, all for me! Awesome, my very own chair!
The box is pretty fun to play in too! Just chillin'.

Wrestling already??

After having a wonderful New Year's Eve with our neighbors, the Injays, we drove down to Greenwood on New Year's Day to visit with the Richeys who were in town. Jon went to college with Cary, and he and Syndy and their kiddos, Abbie and Andy live in Iowa. Oliver had a great time running around with them. The favorite thing to do was to sit in Andy's booster seat which was sitting on the floor. After taking turns for a little bit, it turned into a shoving match, which then turned in to Oliver taking poor Andy down to the floor. Seriously, Andy is a whole year older than him! It was pretty funny to watch though...

The kiddos playing nicely and sharing the seat. Oliver trying to remove Andy.

And Andy gives him the strong arm!

But then Oliver takes him down! (and Abbie smiles sweetly...)
And this is what happens when you have little boys!