first birthday present

a few days before ollie's first birthday, he got his first present in the mail! it was from emme and gramps, and they said it was ok if oliver opened it early. he was very excited!


of course half the fun was just opening the box!




playing in the wrapping


tada! the present.








oh my gosh...


it's a bike!!!


jamie and i put it together that night and it was ready to go in the morning.


he figured out how to "ding" the bell within minutes!

4th of july

since we don't have any family nearby, our friends mike and maureen were kind enough to invite us to maureen's parents' for a swim party the saturday before the 4th. her parents live in long island, and it was awesome! their house, pool, neighborhood, EVERYTHING, was beautiful! we had a great time. ollie and their son, pj, are great friends and had so much fun together (they didn't even nap it was so fun!) the only bad thing was that the weather was (for once) not that hot, so swimming was a little chilly. it didn't stop us though :)












is this not the cutest dog? his name is oliver, so the whole day everyone was yelling "ollie no!"


this was our delicious dessert

the rest of the weekend we didn't do too much, we got lunch with uncle joe. and on the 4th, after putting ollie to bed, jamie and i ventured up onto our roof to see fireworks. we were a little scared going up there because it's not made for that but it was gorgeous once we got there. we couldn't really see any fireworks though, unfortunately.


ollie in his 4th of july pj's from granna


rooftop


gorgeous sunset




hope you had a great 4th!

11 months

ollie is 11 months! he will be 1 year in a month. it's insane. in some ways it seems like he was just born. he is moving SO much now, that it is harder and harder to photograph him. these pictures aren't that great, but they show his personality, and how he is growing, and that's the real point anyway :)

father's day 2011

for father's day, jamie said he wanted to ride his bike from our house (in brooklyn) over to manhattan and all the way up and around it, then home. that is 32 miles!!! he is insane. since the high line just opened, i thought it would be fun to meet jamie there and have lunch, then he could ride home and ollie and i could take the train.
we met up at the chelsea market to get some food, and when jamie arrived, he was BEAT! not that i blame him, it was really hot, and he had already ridden more than half-way. he was too tired and hungry to take the food to the high line, so we just ate in the market then walked around the high line a little. it was VERY crowded since it had just opened, but really cool. it's such an awesome idea. if you don't know about it, you should check out the website.
i wasn't sure if jamie would still be able to ride home, but he did! i think (and hope) he had a good father's day. he deserved it. he is a great father. we love you jamie!













p.s. for his gift, we got him tickets to the US Open. we go this thursday, so i'll let you know how it is!

10 months

while we were in charleston, ollie turned 10 months. i decided to go ahead and take his 10 month pictures at the beach (because what's better than being at the beach on your birthday???). so these aren't the same style as the others, but here they are:

family vacation

at the end of may we took our first family vacation! our good friends, david and julie were getting married in athens, georgia, so we decided to drive to that, then drive to charleston, south carolina for a few days. jamie and i went to charleston a few years ago and really liked it. we didn't bring sophia that time, but we wished we had because it's really dog friendly. so this year, she had to come!
we had such a great time at the wedding and got to see a lot of our old friends from columbus, including our dear dear friends cass and maggie. the entire trip went really well, except for all the driving. oliver was NOT a fan of the car. he also cut 2 molars on the first leg of the trip. we were hoping that was a lot of the problem, but it didn't seem to be the case. poor ollie.

oklahoma - part 2

while we had all the babies together we wanted to get some pictures. this is easier said than done. it is sooo hard to get 3 babies on the same schedule! not to mention all smiling. oliver decided not to nap the day we did it, so he was fairly grumpy. i think one of the girls was sleeping when we got there. but, it all worked out and we got a few decent shots. it's amazing how much they have changed since the last time they were together!


























i even managed to get a shot of everybody using the timer on my camera! (just pretend the babies are looking)