friday night, oliver nearly slept through the night! he went down at 7pm, as normal. he woke up at 8, but i just tucked him back in and he was fine. then he didn't get up until 4:30! that was pretty awesome.
saturday morning, oliver and i got up early so i could try to complete bryan's father's day gift. friday after we went out to dinner we stopped by home depot (what day wouldn't be complete without 2 trips there!), and i ducked into the craft store next door (under false pretenses of course) to pick up some craft letters. saturday morning, i took pictures of oliver holding the letters D and A. i managed to get them uploaded and ordered via target for later pick up (i sent bryan over to the starbucks counter to get us some drinks while i snuck over to the photo counter to get the pictures). once we picked them up later, i put them in a frame (while bryan ran to home depot yet again) for 3 pictures to spell DAD:
bryan liked it. :) i put the DAD letters in his office as well. i also found a holographic space father's day card. like it was made for him!
that afternoon, we went to lunch at singha thai with shannon and her boyfriend david, who was in town visiting for the weekend. so we got to chat with him and get to know him. he's a pretty cool dude. he gets the approved stamp. ;)
oliver was pretty randomly fussy, but we decided to brave going to target after lunch to get some needed supplies (like the pictures for bryan's gift!!). he fell asleep on the way home, and after that, pretty much figured that 2 minute nap was all he needed that day. he refused to take an afternoon nap and around 4pm, i gave up trying to make him go down. he went to bed at 6:30pm, and woke up at 9:30pm SCREAMING and wanting nothing other than food, which was weird. i fed him and he went back to sleep until 2:30, then up for the day at 6:30, both of which were pretty normal wake ups.
the next morning, though, i found the cause for his beastliness. he bit me, and instead of just getting sliced by bottom teeth, i was also getting nibbled on by upper teeth! so those are poking through. sunday he vacillated between being raging monster baby and quiet sweet darling baby. he nearly didn't take a nap that afternoon, but he did pass out eventually, thank goodness. i'm sure the motrin and teething tablets helped!!
after his nap, bryan, shannon, david, ollie and i trekked out to family picnics. first, we hit my uncle frank and aunt linda's house to see my mom's side of the family. oliver got to go swimming for the first time, and he *LOVED* it!! he got to splash, splash, splash, and watch the big kids swimming around. i can't wait to start taking him to the pool at the park! he also had a lot of fun visiting with my cousin's baby, who is older but about the same size as him. i think he really liked that - someone his size!! :) however, since we 
were outdoors, and my uncle's house is in a new development with lots of brush out back, oliver's allergies were going nuts. he had some serious red blotches all over his face, which didn't seem to bother him too much (or he was too distracted by all the fun wooden blocks to chew on and people to see), but he looked just awful. he immediately started clearing up once we got in the car, though. needless to say, he got benedryl last night!!
we then drove over to my cousin's house for another father's day / birthday party (their little girl turned 4), on my dad's side of the family. they also have a boy 2 weeks older than oliver (also teething!) so they had fun staring at each other. oliver also liked getting to see new toys, including a totally cool jumperoo where the seat spins around and there are multiple toys. he also started making forward progress with the crawling!! mom and dad made it, after their flight in from vegas was delayed, so i got to see my pop on father's day after all and hear all about their fun trip. after some food, cake, and presents, we zipped home (it was already past oliver's bed time).oliver did well last night, up at 12:30 and 5 to eat, and 6:30 for the day. those little teeth are still coming through, so hopefully he won't be a total monster at day care, naps well, and isn't a beast tonight either. not sure what we're doing for dinner tonight buuuuuuut david made fruit pirogi saturday night, so i know what we're having for dessert!! he is polish and his grandmother taught him. um, perfect?
our kitchen will look more like a kitchen tonight!!! our cabinets are getting installed today, WOOHOO! the contractor is there right now.
bryan and i got the whole room primed, and the ceiling painted (a lovely color called "evocative sunlight" which looked rather yellow against the white primer but has since toned down against the paint) friday night. saturday we painted. we chose a color called perennial gold, and while we couldn't get it in the brand we wanted, as they didn't have the finish we wanted AND their color was copyrighted, we found a near exact match in another brand. the color came out a little more orange than the paint chip (they're never the same). i'm not 100% sure how i feel about it, but bryan is happy. it looks good against the floor, so we'll see tonight how it ends up looking with the cabinets (the paint chip looked great with them, but again, it's not quite the same). 
now here's hoping our countertop choice is still in stock (they measure wednesday so we will find out soon) and we don't have to choose another color... and re-paint the walls to match!!
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