Uly and I decided to combine our Christmas presents this year and splurge on a Nikon DSLR for us. We bought it last Tuesday and went up to L.A. to take it for a spin. I was planning on doing a post about our day, but the pictures of Oliver we got were just too cute, so instead I’m going to post an obscene amount of pictures of him and give you all a long overdue update! :)
Oliver is just over 2 1/2 years old now. He is always talking up a storm and has a pretty decent Spanish vocabulary as well as a lack of accent that his grandparents are proud of! He can say buenas días (good morning), buenas noches (good night), adios, hola, hasta luego (see you later), grande, pequeño (little), agua, and he knows some numbers and all of his colors in Spanish! He knows his colors in English, too, and can say his numbers up to ten in English but hasn’t quite got them in order yet. He knows lots of animal sounds including bird, puppy, kitty, pig, horse, chicken, goat/sheep, cow, and every once in a while you can get a hilarious attempt at an elephant out of him.
He loves anything with wheels, particularly cars and has a knack of finding cars that Mom and Dad had no idea where they were hiding. He loves the movie Cars and McQueen is his favorite character, of course. He still loves Dora the Explorer but his number one favorite these days is Little Einsteins. After watching it only a few days he can sing pretty much the whole song! I got it on video and will post it up here.
Oliver is fiercely independent and loves to do things himself. He loves to pick out what shirt he wants to wear that day and also loves to pick out his own shoes. We haven’t had to use Nemo safety harness for at least a month and we’re hoping that we will be able to be stroller free in a few months! Monday is the day we’re going to start our first serious attempt at potty training, so I’m sure there will be lots of updates in the next week or so!
Oliver is a whopping 39 inches and weighs about 40 pounds…I think. He looks like a 3 or 4 year old instead of a 2 1/2 year old, as always! He is such a happy, good, sweet, friendly kiddo and we are so blessed and lucky to have him in our lives!
His unruly hair. He got a haircut just a few days ago, you’ll see pictures soon!
These pictures are from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, such a cool place!
You can’t quite see it but that statue says “Mejor Hijo”which means Best Son in Spanish. :)
Excited for his hot dog (that he didn’t eat) at the famous Pink’s Hot Dogs!
