Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

So things have definitely become exciting around here. Little O is rolling all over the place. No matter where we lay him in his crib, he wakes up the complete opposite of where we left him. He is constantly moving his legs. Oliver also discovered his feet earlier this week. Sara and i both have already caught him with his toes in his mouth. (gross)

Day care has been a good so far. He did end up catching a cold that we are finally getting over. He brings home fun projects that someday he will be able to create on his own. Silly hats and fun cutouts of his hands and feet.

Our newest excitement yesterday was the introduction of the high chair and you guessed it folks.......Cereal!!!!

Getting bigger everyday. The stats are in from the 4 month doctor appointment.

26 3/4 inches

98%

16.14 lbs

85%

Sorry it been a while, but here are some smiles....

Oliver is getting big so fast. His first full day of daycare is tomorrow. He has had two short test trials the last couple weeks. The most recent of which he did not sleep the entire 5 hours he was there. Our newest activities include giggling with mom and eating his duck.

Beanstalks......!!!!!!

I yelled as i got the second of my two shots, at Oliver's two month appointment. Turns out not only did he have to get 3 shots but Sara and I also got to join in the fun. I getting two (flu and H1N1) Sara getting the h1N1. We voted and because its now two to one in our household Sara had to go first, but by now getting poked with a needle is second nature for her. Oliver did pretty good when we first arrived. He started very chatty coooing and smiling. Then they weighed and measured him. Again still doing reasonably well. Then, there are 3 shots and one oral. We started with the oral shot which he did not like at all. Started fussing as soon as it hit the back of his throat. Then the shots, the screams, oh the screams as the nurse poked him three times. (Funny that the doctors always have the nurses do those kinds of things. "Hi, i'm the nice doctor, everything looks good. My nurse will be in to do the dirty work.") Actually after it was all said and done Oliver setteled pretty easily in his mom's arms ate a bottle and fell asleep for the car ride to Target then Home.

Height : 24 1/2 in

Weight : 14.6 lbs

Our first bath

Our first bath went way smoother than expected. There was not even a squeak out of Oliver as we put him into his cute little whale tub. Seemed to like the water on his belly. We both figured he would pee when we put him in but instead he waited until we got him out of the tub and into his little duck towel. So we had no choice but to re dip him in the tub and put him in the vikings towel. I tried to find a different towel, but Sara insisted it was the only other one we had.

Halloween was a fun day. We took a trip out to the farm where Oliver got to meet his Grandpa Fischer, and more uncles and aunts. I just love this costume the stem on the top makes me smile every time. He actually didn't mind wearing it after he got used to it. Oliver and Sara are both doing very well. Oliver is gaining weight non stop when we were at the farm I stepped on the scale it read 175. I picked up Oliver held him on the scale with me it read 189. Apparently he is having no problems eating. If we could just get him to sleep longer than 2 hrs. He has had a couple nights that he slept for 3 or 4 hrs, but lately its been no more than 2 hrs. We think he just likes to be cuddled.

Oliver Russell Grogg

"What a big boy", said the doctor as Oliver Russell Grogg was born into our family. Getting into this world proved to be a challenge filled with laughter, excitement, strength, love and will no doubt fill all our lives with many memories to come.

"My water broke" those are words I thought I'd never hear considering only something like 35 % of all women actually have their water break as a sign of labor. Right Then, an alarm went off in my brain. Game Time!! So, I called the on call doctor to hear him say that the hospital in Burnsville where we had been planning to have him was full. That we would have to go to a different hospital. A hospital almost more than an hour away. So our Journey began to United Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Mn. The drive there was not to bad besides getting lost because of a detour for some road construction. Hitting the biggest raccoon I've ever seen and that guy on I-35 N in the fast lane next to a semi doing 65 in a 70. Now a days when you flash your lights at some one to have them get out of the way for an emergency they slow down and keep chatting on their cell phones. Anyways, the doc had told us we had plenty of time even though her water had broke. But i kept remembering Grandma Fischer saying her water broke with one of her kids and ten minutes later they were born. By this part of our drive I was still pretty wound up. The whole water breaking, doc telling us to go somewhere else, and the raccoon killing really had me on edge. That's when Sara miss always calm and cool turns to me and says.. "Do you want me to drive?" We both chuckled and continued on our way. We did Find the hospital pretty easily. When we got to the hospital we were lost. This isn't the place we had a tour. Where do we park? What floor is the delivery on? Who will the doctor be? So I would have to say we started out a little nervous but by the time we met our nurse and started going into labor we were at ease with the whole deal. Maybe the epidural helped Sara. Which in turn seeing her a little more relaxed helped me stay a little more calm. So at 2:02 in the afternoon after 8 1/2 hrs of contractions and 8 hrs of labor. Little dude was born.

We got to leave the hospital on Monday, spending our first night at home. Felt great!! He eats, he poops he peas he eats he poops and then sleeps some more. Mom and I are glad that hes eating so well. We just our excited for the day he sleeps for more than an hour at a time. So here begins the adventure..............