from this blog i love to check in on...

polaroids matts taken

me pregnant, whoa!

cute diaper my mom wrote on at a baby shower.

front yard venture! a while back before it got too hot outside!

brother and sister

Howard the duck! double fisting it!

matt's uncle Bob and johnnie jo came to visit

along with the rest of their family!

walk time! oliver and i go on a walk almost every morning. about 30 mins and he does his tummy time! he sleeps the whole way!

daddy came out having dressed oliver and roller his long sleeves up cause it's too hot and had these sock monkey slippers on just for fun!

giggles and grins

love this so so much

daddy can sure make oliver smile!

too cute!

love him so much, i went to the dr this am and matt babysat and i actually missed my little boy for the couple hours i was away. it's finally getting to that point where it's becoming a little less difficult and more enjoyable being mommy! just required a little patience and time!

more OLIVER ...

oliver wilks hawthorne... my baby!

well, almost 3 weeks later, im finally getting pics up on the blog. the little one is letting me...i should probably be napping, but he is about to want to be fed, so i'll just write a quick bit and get back to tending to his needs! i made a smoothie today! that was surprisingly difficult to accomplish when the baby wants to be held all the time. but my patiences are growing as i remind myself, though this is a very hard, exhausting and trying time, he will only be this small and cuddly once and i have to enjoy as much of it as i possibly can! i love you so much oliver! thank you for coming into our lives!

in labor at the mall, trying to stay distracted and walk around some!

dr. shimer!

proud daddy!

dr shimer coming to check in on us!

skin to skin!

mason and ellie. oliver was born ON Ellie's first bday, so the cousins will share the same bday. june 23rd.

party time. even oliver wore a hat! thanks mason and kelly for bringing the party!

adoration! granny time! thanks mom for ALL you did to help out around the house! oliver loves you.

i love him too! i love kissing him!

perfect feet!

fussy little man

when grandad got to meet you for the first time!

we're trying to give parker the attention she needs too, but it's hard, getting easier as time passes!

look at that face!

i love it!

right before our first official outing! greek food for lunch! a couple days after he was born!

look at this!

our doula, julie, coming for a post partum visit! she was great!