2 Month Statistics Update

So for all you inquiring minds....Oliver had his 2 month pediatrician check-up on Monday and he is progressing beautifully. When Oliver was born he was only 5lbs 3oz and 19 inches long. He is now a whopping 10 lbs 11 oz and 22-1/4" long! Considering his early arrival he has made great progress, don't you think?

2 Months Old Already!

We can't believe that Oliver is already 2 months old. So much has happened since the birth of our little one. The Red Sox didn't win the World Series :-( and we had one of the most momentous presidential elections ever. Along with all of us, Oliver was a witness to history and we just couldn't let this time go by without commemorating it with some t-shirts. He has a onesie of his own but it's still a little big for him to wear just yet.


Oliver's Aunt Stacey came over and showed us how to do some infant massage. Supposidly the massage will help Oliver develop into a big strong and healthy man. Oliver enjoyed the foot portion of the massage very much and will eventually learn to love a full body massage just like his Mommy.

Even the Simon and Stella were relaxed enough to just chill out together on the couch.

Oliver also got to venture out in the increasingly cold weather this week. Fortunately he had this awesome hat that was gifted to him by cousins Liana, David, Hailey and Rachel.


* Bonus picture of Oliver enjoying time in his bouncy chair.

A Little Oliver Cutness

Oliver taking a little siesta.

Oliver, Stella and Mommy hanging out on a Sunday afternoon.

Oliver looking as if he were at the barber shop.

What you looking at?

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Today being Oliver's first Halloween, we thought it would be important to start his life off in an anti-phobia way. So here he is in his spider Halloween outfit...that's right spiders. For all of you that don't know, Jennifer has as phobia about spiders but we are going to try our hardest not to pass that along to Oliver.

Here's Oliver looking all sweet and kind.


Here's Oliver doing his best zombie impression. Yet another one of Jennifer's favorite things...not.
Here's Oliver doing a Frankenstein impression. Thank god he didn't have these shoulders when he was born.

Please, Don't Vote

Watch this, Oliver said so.

Spitting Image?

The top picture is of me (Marina) at 5 days old on April 7, 1978. I weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and was 18 inches long. By the way, the nurses thought it would be funny to style my hair in a fauxhawk...little did they know how stylish it would be one day. The bottom picture is of Oliver at 1 month and 1 day old on October 25, 2008 and he weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and was almost 21 inches long. Unfortunately, Oliver does not have enough hair to style yet.

See any resemblance?

Oh How a Month Flys By

On Friday Oct. 24th Oliver turned one month old...only a day after his due date! As part of newborn ritual we celebrated Oliver's one month birthday with a visit to the pediatrician. Oliver weighed a whopping 7lbs 7oz...only one more ounce than Marina weighed when she was born. He was almost 21 inches long and got a perfect bill of health. He's eating between 2oz and 4oz at each feeding and has more good nights than bad. His Mom's are doing well and can't believe how big he's gotten already .

As part of Oliver's birthday weekend we visited with lots of friends. On Friday night, Auntie Q came over to play and brought us such a yummy homemade soup. On Saturday Tami, Emily and Joey came to visit and then we went to Katie and Angie's house for some delicious homemade pizza. Oliver also got to see his Aunts Kris, Tamar and Q (again) which made him more than happy. He felt so at home in all of their arms...he better get used to it since they are all going to be in his life for a long time and will be baby sitting many, many times.

On Sunday we initiated Oliver to the world of woman's flag football...and all the yelling and screaming that accompanies it. He did so well and hardly batted an eye...except to flirt with some of the girls taking peeks at him...too bad most of them were lesbians.

Later that day Shawn, Jeff and Zoe came over for a visit. Zoe oogled at her future boyfriend and started making wedding plans in her little notepad.

Oliver really enjoyed his weekend and all the awesome festivities in which he got to partake. Time is flying by so quickly and each day we look at each other and shake our heads in disbelief that we are actually parents.