There's Mister Bright Eyes! He's 24 weeks old today. The Fall is settling in here in Portland and out come all the cozy snuggly clothes, like this velour one-piece. Oliver's grabbing, gripping, and manipulating skills continue to improve although he still drops things a lot. He has started doing the happy baby pose now - grabbing his toes while on his back.
Oliver still does not easily roll from front to back, I don't know why, but meanwhile he is working on his sitting skills. He enjoys the bebePOD and even more so just sitting in a tripod. He is holding a tripod sit for longer and longer periods of time. I wonder if he will get sitting down before rolling front to back? I'm not really worried about the rolling thing.
Oliver seems to really like the view that sitting provides. Including his favorite entertainment: watching his sister. Here's a video and the password is Oliver2015.
Oliver has started to assume a particular position when he's falling asleep in someone's arms lately. It's the thumb suck combined with an arm slung over his eyes. It's the cutest.
An exciting first this week was Oliver's first visit to the pumpkin patch. It was all of our first visit to this particular patch, Roloff Farms. There was so much for kids to do! A petting zoo, panning for "gold," an obstacle course, slingshots with wood targets, a "horse" race through a hay bale track (bouncing on balls with handles), pony rides, and more. Oliver enjoyed it all from the front carrier. We got four pumpkins - one representing each of us - and then after putting them in the car came back in to enjoy the other attractions and have corn dogs for lunch. I tried to get some photos of the kids but none were very good.
Roloff Farms is where the TV show, Little People Big World, is filmed and we happened to be there on a day of filming. It was interesting to see all the cameras around capturing the day at the pumpkin patch. Eloise walked right into one of the little people sons! On the way out I snapped a picture of the mom in the craft area. It's kind of a neat story of Oliver's first trip to the pumpkin patch.
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