Has it really been 19 days since our last post? Wow, where does the time go. Well...where to start...work has been really crazy...so has Amanda...and Hayden...oh Hayden. The little man has definitely been finding his voice lately. It is amazing how much he is trying to communicate. It all started with him pointing at things and grunting. His vocabulary consists of mama, dada, nanana (banana), buh buh (bye bye), daga (dog), izzy (kitty), num num (any food), nigh nigh (nite nite), blah blah blah and other sounds he decides to make at any given time. The other night he actually told me "nigh nigh-dada". I just said goodnight and walked out. Didn't hit me till I left the room that he made a pseudo-sentence.
He knows that if he reclines the recliner and pulls down on the back, he can get at the cat. Hayden also figured out that he can push his ottoman around to climb up on things. Now we really have to watch out for him crawling up on the recliner and rocking it. Also have to watch out for him jumping from his ottoman to anything near him. Still hasn't tried climbing out of the crib yet though; which is good.
Today for Amanda's birthday we let him have some ice cream cake. Lets just say he did laps around the living room, into the kitchen while shaking his head and saying dadadada..blah blah...etc. I tried to get it on video but as soon as I took the camera out he stopped.
Amanda and I did the skiing thing 2 weeks ago. She told us last year when we tried snowboarding that she would be tearing up the mountain if she was on ski's. So we rented skis and drove to the mountains. We got all dressed up and went to put on our ski's. Two seconds later Amanda was on the ground. OK, figured maybe she was a little rusty, so I helped her get up and a second later...she was on the ground again. Seriously this was without even actually moving anywhere. She forgot to mention that it has been over 10 years since she went skiing. We took it slow and eventually she had enough courage to try a little more challenging hill. Bad idea. Some poor guy standing on the hill was unfortunate enough to get taken out by my beautiful wife. Man I wish I had the camera on her. I was standing towards the top of the hill watching the entire thing happen. I laughed. Hard.
This past weekend we drove down to Portland and checked out some boutiques...bought nothing. Seriously..120 for a guys dress shirt you can see through?
OK, well hopefully life slows down a bit and we have a chance to blog a little more often. If not please forgive us. Hope everyone enjoyed Fat Tuesday!!!
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Guess when Hayden will arrive!!
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Hey, don't feel bad Amanda. If I would go skiing, I would take out more than one man. I give you credit for your determination. Keep up the great posting. I love it!
Hello Ollmann's,
Thanks for the fun update. Sorry I was such a putz and forgot to send you a card Amanda, Happy Belated Birthday. Sounds like you had a fun weekend, maybe not so much for the man on the hill, oh well..he will learn to watch out for cute women on ski's. Your little man sure is going fast on the learning curve. I bet he is just a stitch to be with. Wanted to let you know we are thinking of you all, miss you and hope to see you all soon. Have to sign off now, going to see "CATS" at the PAC tonight. I better get ready.
Love and Hugs to all...
Aunt Pat and Uncle Brian
Have been thinking about you all day Jonathan -- did you feel it???? I was cleaning in the basement and trying to find places to put all that STUFF you left here. Dad put up some more shelving and it's dedicated to you. Most of the boxes needed to be repacked because Hailee loved "shopping" in them. She thinks you left the coolest stuff -- high school yearbooks, your letter jacket (by the way she thinks it's much too heavy to wear), trophies, shirts from every team you ever played on along with the matching socks (really Jonathan are you ever going to wear them again?), legos and she's been fascinated with all those foreign coins you've collected ........ someday we'll be moving it all to your HOUSE!!! (sorry Amanda!!!)
Just had to let you know I was thinking of you ..... love you guys and miss you so much!!
Happy Belated Birthday Amanda!
Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun skiing a few weeks ago, hope Amanda has recovered as well as the guy she took out -- always entertaining! :) I'm sure it's amazing how much Hayden is saying or trying to say...what a fun and exciting age!
We've had an eventful weekend here in WI as Mitch is now officially an uncle as of Friday at 11:19 am. Mason Matthew was finally born after waiting ALL week for the phone call to get me out of class for just ONE day, but he came yesterday instead! Now the fun begins...
Hope you all are having a great weekend and that all is going well for everyone! Take care and I'll check in soon.
Love,
Ashley
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