WOW! 8 Months

Wow, where has the time gone?!? Oliver is 8 months already and our days are super busy and fun! Mondays we are at home relaxing, doing chores and running errands. Tuesdays and Thursdays we are at Sugar-N-Spice. I teach 1 of the 4 classes of toddlers and have 7 kids in my class. They are a lot of fun and keep me on my toes! we have a lot of fun painting and playing lol. Oliver loves being in the infants class. He has several little friends that he likes to interact and talk to and his cousin Jordan is also over there with him. His teacher is Mrs. Ellen who also is in our bible class on Sundays and Daniel and I went to school with both her and her husband. Oliver really enjoys Mrs. Ellen and the other teachers that are over there as well. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays are always random depending on my spa schedule so some days we hang out with either Aunt NaNa (Deanna) or Grandma (Denise). Sundays are busy with church and small group and we love bible class! Wednesdays we will sometimes attend Ladies Bible Class at the church and the older ladies love to give Oliver cuddles and Kisses and he in return loves hanging out with them and showing off, this next class I think we may be too busy and have to go to the children's class but he will for sure love watching the kids and playing. Oliver is eating more solids now and absolutely loves food. He loves bananas, strawberries, avocados, apples (basically anything fruit) lol. He does not like refried beans, black beans, or green peas (he will actually throw up after eating peas) His sleep schedule is still pretty close to the same, goes to sleep between 10-11 wakes up either at 2 or 4 to eat and again around 6. he still comes to our bed early in the morning to get the last few hours. We usually get up between 7-8:30 depending on the day and activities planned. A few weeks ago the school was hit hard with a stomach bug and sadly Oliver got it as well. He had the 5 day one and it really took its toll on him and us but mostly him. We had it coming out on both ends and when we took him to the doctor he had lost 2 lbs in a few days and because it was almost over (took him on the 4th/5th day and the bus were 3/5 days) the doctor decided against putting him in the hospital because she didn't want him to catch anything else while up there at this time of the year and at so young so we were told to monitor his weight very closely and push pedialyte and thankfully we were good and he has gained what he lost plus some haha. This happened right before thanksgiving and sadly we were not the only ones in the family to get hit so we ended up having to postpone Thanksgiving by a few days but it all worked out really well. We are very excited for Christmas and to watch Oliver open and play with his presents! We have had some great news lately in our family, Jordan (our foster niece) is improving and learning so many new and exciting things. They had the trial for parental rights and it was a week long jury trial, very stressful and exhausting all around for those involved but thankfully the parents rights were terminated and they will never have contact with any of their children ever again!! They have 21 days to appeal and then it will go to federal and their criminal trial is in January so hopefully we will get even better news then and the adoption process can begin! Oliver is getting big, he has another check up in about a month (no shots this time) so we will know better his weight and height then. He is pulling up on anything he can, loves to play "chase" and peekaboo, he loves to play on our bed, he loves to bounce and jump and fly and wrestle and hang upside down haha your overall boy. He now has 2 bottom teeth that he likes to use quite a bit he will also rub them with his tongue and thinks its funny. His hair getting thicker and a little longer and he drools all over the place. He met Santa twice so far, the 1st he would stare at him and thought he was pretty neat and the 2nd one he screamed for the first 5 minutes and then realized he was an okay guy lol our lives our crazy but oh so fun and we are so excited to watch him grow and develop such a cute personality!!