Swimming!

Ollie's first swim at the cottage was so amazing!

He took a few minutes to get used to the water with Mama.

Then quickly relaxed and enjoyed it as much as we did.

We even dunked his nose and mouth under!

He'll be water skiing soon!

He took a little while longer to adjust to his second swim.

In slowly...

in a little more...

not liking that so much.

A cuddle from Papa...

then right back to it.

And loving it again!

Then on to his stomach for some serious work.

He's a natural water baby.

He didn't even mind the dunking!

In fact...

he kept trying to lick the water after that.

Our little man in a big lake.

What an amazing day!

A Quick Intro to the Cottage

It's time for pictures from the cottage! Today's post will introduce you to the eating and sleeping habits of most cottage visitors. We eat a lot of junk food (4 packages of double stuff oreos) and take lots of naps. What a life! Ollie got right into the swing of things with a little coaching from Grampa.

Hypnotized

Ollie met Papa's cousin Wendy, he was quite mesmerized and couldn't keep his eyes off of her.

She was almost hypnotic. Even Great Aunt Sandie couldn't gather his attention

Until Ollie met Papa's cousin Jack, must have been the hat.

fine number five

happy birthday to me! i'm five months old today.

What's So Funny, Ollie?

We're In Trouble Now!

While we sort through all the cottage pictures and videos to post, we wanted to leave you with this video of Ollie's brand new skill. He loves to do it all the time and everywhere now that he's figured it out. On the floor, on my lap, on the changing table, and most fun for us, in his sleep, waking himself up every hour in the process. Seriously. Every. Hour.

i'm baaaaaaaack!

i'm back from my trip to the cottage!
i have plenty to share with you but for now here are a few pix of me and mama and papa getting all cheesy.

Happy 14 Yr Anniversary!!!....& Olle's First Swim (sorta)

Today is Onkel Heimi and Tante Sujata's Anniversary. 14 years! Inspiration to us all. Happy Anniversary! Can't wait for you to meet Ollie in person.

Speaking of Swissland. This picture above was taken during our vacation last year, approximately 1 hr after Mama and Papa found out Mama was prego. Ollie do you see the twinkle in your Mama's eyes? Little Man we were ecstatic!

This is Mama taking Ollie on his first swim! She is floating down the Aare an awesome deep fast river that runs through Bern.

Little Man do you see Papa? He is floating hands and feet free.

Come back soon for pictures of Ollie's second swim.

Live from the cottage

sophie and me  resting in clayton while mama gets a massage. i dig the cottage life.

Cottage, Here We Come!

Today we're leaving for the cottage and Ollie is SO excited! He has two bathing suits—one from Nana and Poppy and one from Uncle Matt and Aunt Nikki—and last week Mama bought him the smallest, brightest life jacket she could find. So now he's ready for the boat and the lake and drinking lots of beer. See you in a week!

happy 60th birthday grandma ruthie!

and one more very important post today. grandma ruthie turns 60 today and i'm sending a big drooly, slobbery internet kiss to her!

grandma ruthie, don't look so stunned! 60 is a great number. when i turn 1, you'll turn 61, when i turn 10, you'll turn 70. when i turn 40, you'll turn 100! we can ring in the new decades together.

i love you!

lou'vlle part 7: cousins!

these are my adorable cousins!


anna

lilly

matias

sofia

i miss you all and love you and can't wait to see you again!

lou'vlle part 6: grandma jane

this is me with my grandma jane. i still really love to sleep on her. and i mostly love it when i get her all to myself.

cause sometimes i have to share her with all my cousins! which actually isn't so bad either cause they're lots of fun and are showing me all sorts of new ways to get into trouble.

i love you grandma jane!

lou'vlle part 5: uncle sean and aunt natalia

this is me with my uncle sean and aunt natalia


uncle sean promised he'd take me to exotic places like belize and cuba, but only if i give him all the money in my piggy bank first.

aunt natalia is teaching me spanish. i looooove when she talks to me. i smile up a storm.

i love you uncle sean and tía natalia!

lou'vlle part 4: uncle matt and aunt nikki

this is me with my uncle matt and aunt nikki (i like to call her aunt nikki even though uncle matt hasn't manned up yet and married her.)

uncle matt promised he's going to teach me to play poker and golf, learn to fart and burp real loud, and give me my first beer.

aunt nikki has got me figured out. a little love and a pretty lady to drool on and i'm in heaven.

i love you uncle matt and aunt nikki!

lou'vlle part 3: aunt kristen

this is me with my aunt kristen. she's an amazing mom and a wonderful aunt to me. she taught me and my cousin lilly how to high five

she also made mama her favorite kind of cake for her birthday: carrot cake! i can't wait until i can eat cake. i love you aunt kristen!

lou'vlle part 2: uncle joe

this is me with my uncle joe. he's a pediatrician, if you can believe it.

i love you uncle joe!

lou'vlle continued...

well it seems oh so long ago now, but i never got around to telling you all about my trip to louisville to hang out with all my cousins and aunts and uncles and grandma jane. this is all of us together at the track. aunt kristen is schooling us early on how to gamble, cause she's cool like that.

i've got so many pictures from the trip, i'm going to give you seven more posts today! that should get you through the next week while we're away at the cottage with no internet service for blogging!

booty and the hand

this guy holding me is known as booty

i'm not sure why, maybe its because of the tshirt

i'll have to ask papa for more details...i think it has something to do with some monkhood playgroup papa and booty were linked to back in the day

speaking of back in the day...

question for all my readers what color is the chair we are sitting on?

papa keeps telling me its yellow but everyone else says it green.