Baby Proofing with Help from the Baby

The baby is becoming quite the little explorer.  His favorite drawer is the bottom drawer in the kitchen.  He loves to dig out the paper plates, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and baggies.  I caught him running his fingers against the sharp blade edge of the plastic wrap box and that was that -- time to do some baby proofing.

My handy husband went to work with assistance from the baby, of course.

 

 

 

Ollie was sure to help him adjust his glasses so he could see perfectly.

 

 

 

 Ollie was quite proud of his handy work.

 

Our baby proofing didn't go as well as planned....

The drawers open up a bit, which is enough for a certain somebody to stick his cute little hands in and pull out paper plates.  He will then proceed to eat the paper plates until he gets caught at which time he crawls away laughing.

We also haven't been able to figure out a way to baby proof the drawer under the stove.  He loves to open it, usually over the top of his mommy's toes and when I scream in pain he just looks up at me and smiles.  Sitting in the drawer and falling out of the drawer head first are things that he currently enjoys doing as well.

Ten Months Old

Ollie is now 10 months old.  He is in 6-9 month clothing, babbles, waves, and claps.  He has become a master crawler.  He loves to crawl into the hallway and play with the nightlight.  When we tell him no and go to get him, he thinks it's a game.  He squeals with laughter, puts his head down and crawls as fast as he can away from us.  

 He loves to give kisses -- he comes at you with an open mouth straight for your mouth -- they are usually quite slobbery kisses, but we love them.

Lately, he loves to scrunch up his nose.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Good News:  Ollie and I got to spend the day together at home due to a snow day because of ice.

Bad News:  We started the day without electricity.

More Good News:  We spent the morning putting the Christmas tree together.  (We started in the dark, but the power came on shortly after we began.)

Even More Good News:  Ollie doesn't mess with the Christmas tree.  He will touch a low branch every now and then, but other than that he has left it alone.  Yay!

Ollie followed Riley around the tree as he strung the lights.

 He really wanted to help.

 Cute little stink.

Santa Visit

Ollie had his first visit with Santa.  Horton had its annual Night of Lights so we took Ollie to see the big guy in the red suit.

 He wasn't sure what to think.  He didn't cry or smile.  He just sat there looking at us waiting for it to be over.  It could have been worse, so I'm calling it a win.

Prizes were given for all age groups.  Kaylee was a big winner and got just what she wanted -- an Elsa doll.  Don't mind my mom's face... she was crying tears of joy for Kaylee.  Yes, that is right, crying over Kaylee winning a doll.  She has also cried while watching The Price is Right, so her crying is just par for the course.  

Ollie was also a big winner too.  His name was drawn for a musical lion walker toy.

Riley got his first of many toy assembly jobs.  There were no extra pieces, so I'd say it was successful.

Ollie loves it and is pretty good at walking behind it.

He doesn't walk behind it for too long as he is more interested in playing with all the toys on the front.

Oliver's First Thanksgiving

I didn't do a very good job of taking photos on Thanksgiving.  I guess I was too busy being thankful... or perhaps I was too busy eating.  Either way, my photos are pretty limited.  Oh well, here's what I took...

Ollie is "Bear-y Cute"