Hate to Eat and Run!

Since he has learned to crawl, Oliver does not sit still. He wants to be into and playing with absolutely everything! Who can blame him? The wood stove has pretty colors in it this time of year, and dad's mud and grease covered work boots are so very enticing, at least to Oliver... He gets so busy exploring his house that he doesn't even like to stop and eat. He WANTS to eat, trust me he does, but he doesn't want to have to stop to do it. So, occasionally, I give in and we come to a mutual agreement:

Yes, he is eating and crawling at the same time. He's hungry (and grumpy from hunger) but he is like his father and rather stubborn and won't stop what he's doing, and if I make him... it just isn't pretty. We don't do this very often, but he sure loves it when I let him get away with it! I think he must have been a cow in an earlier life, if we believed in that stuff.... But he sure would make the cutest little calf!

Here Comes A Drought

Terry calls Oliver a little fish because of how much he LOVES the water. So, at the end of his bath as the water was draining, Terry says to Oliver, "Oh no! A drought is coming! The water is out, the little fish better evolve!" It was too funny and I just had to share.

Oliver the Tractor

As I'm sure you could guess... we really love our little guy! We love him so much... we named him after a tractor. Every farm boy's dream, right?? Okay, well, mostly Terry named him after a tractor. I fell in love with the name Oliver BEFORE Terry told me it was also a tractor brand. So, not only did we name him after a tractor (in a-round-about away) we got him that tractor! 

That's right here is our newest addition. Oliver the Tractor. Spoiled kid.

The previous owners had repainted it and covered up the "Oliver" on the sides, so here's proof it's really an Oliver!

Terry says we really needed this particular size of tractor, and the price was right, it just happened to be a fun coincidence that it was an Oliver! 

Now we have to name all of our children after tractors for all fairness... Mac Don, Allis, Holland.... we'll keep looking....

Oliver and his perfect sized rocking tractor.