Who IS this kid?

August 2013

8/3/13:

Tonight we asked Ollie if he wanted to go for a walk after dinner.  He was really excited so we hurried to get it together (meaning dogs, leashes, shoes, clean up bags, water, ect...) as he was jumping up and down by the back door (along with two very excited dogs).  

When I got the stroller out he said, "Ollie not go in dare, mama go in dare".  Obviously that was not going to work, but I was able to get him to push the stroller, empty.  Tay and I figured that would last until the end of the drive way and he would want to be pushed.  Not so much. We turned out of the driveway and headed out of the court, down the main road.  We got three houses down (pretty big lots, so it was a decent chunk) when he started chasing the dogs who were on their leashes out ahead of us. "I catch 'em!....  Look at me! Look at me! I run-nin!" 

Mind you, it was after 8 pm.  Light as the middle of the day, but I know some of our neighbors had little ones trying to settle down.  Here is our public apology:)  SORRY!!   But, Oliver was so excited and so were we, to see him so active and free!  It was awesome!  We continued to walk around the entire neighborhood while he shouted and jumped and ran.  He would stop for sips of water and then spit them out (ahem, like the real runners).  When home was in sight, he developed yet another skill...he began to hurdle the little lines of grass that were growing into the street from some of the lawns. 

Even when we got to the top of the driveway, he just didn't stop!  Ollie launched into the lawn to run through the sprinklers.  He finally went to bed after 10pm!

I just don't know where he gets it.  I've NEVER been a fan of running....but it was such a great reminder of how far Oliver has come in such a short time.  Less than 4 months ago he was unable to sit, stand, walk, run or even hold his head up.  God is SO GOOD!

A link to a video of Ollie on his run:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201096301383575&l=1721497037785920969

(FYI, as mentioned, we didn't expect that he would be running.....hence the crocs.)