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A message from mommy

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Dear Oliver,

99% of the time you are one amazing, sweet, loving little boy! You make me laugh with your silly giggle when you find something is funny. You know that O is for Oliver and always point it out when you see it. You can put a puzzle together in no time. You can be super outgoing or really shy, just depends on your mood. You tell me that you love me and always give kisses at night, even to your baby sister. You are truly the best big brother ever! You are very affectionate towards your sister. You tell her stories, “Ruby, one day…”. She loves to watch you being silly and is always captivated by you. You dance and sing like no one is watching, if only we could all do that! You share, sometimes you don’t like to do it, but in the end you always do. You love talking on the phone and when you do you point out everything that is going on and expect the other person to see it as well. You know your whole name, Oliver Robert Mattson, and that is how you introduce yourself to people. You can point out a spider web anywhere in the house. You like to say “I know” when mommy or daddy tell you something. You use the word “darn it” in the right context. You tell me all the time “you’re driving me crazy!”. You tell on me when I do something I’m not supposed to do. Sometimes I hurt your feelings and you are smart enough to tell me that I did just that (mind you it’s normally when I won’t give you a cupcake). You are always asking “why” because you are just so curious. When you say “girl”, you pronounce it “gwirl”, its adorable!

 

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Dear Ruby,

You are 5 months and 2 days old, you are growing fast almost too fast! Sometimes I wish I could push a pause button to keep you and your brother the same. You have held your head up for some time now. You can roll over and then roll back again. You smile all the time. You are always looking around and observing the world. You droll like mad! You are a chatter box, last night you kept us up for an hour just talking and playing, daddy and I were both laughing at you. You went to Miss Julia’s today and did awesome. You love to give open mouth kisses and chew on my face. You love hair, so much that I’m thinking of cutting mine off. You have quiet the bald spot on the back of your head. You respond to me saying your name. You love to pet Blu and watch her. You put everything in your mouth. You are the best little sister to Oliver, the look in your eyes says “I love you!”.

 

To both of you – You will never understand how much your daddy and I love you. I hope as you grow, you will always know we love and support you in everything that you do.

Last day of California

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On our last day we needed something to do after shopping for everyone so we decided to check out the aquarium in Long Beach, I’m glad we did too because it was super cool!IMG_5079

They have a shark exhibit and you can actually touch the sharks and rays…mommy helped me, we had a good time trying to reach them

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Horseshoe Crabs

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This guy felt like sandpaper

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These were the big boys

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This guy, he was scary, I ran away when he came to the window because he could eat me quick!

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Hiding in a giant shell…mommy and daddy will never find me in here

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It’s me, Oliver Robert Mattson

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We had a good time at the aquarium even though Ruby wasn’t feeling so hot. Afterwards we went to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co and I ate a ton of shrimp with daddy. I have a feeling that the shrimp didn’t play well in my tummy but it was so good I had to eat it.

 

Once we were done with our early dinner daddy dropped us off at the airport. Our flight was hectic…here is the story about our evening that mommy posted on her facebook page.

 

As many of you already know, Ruby is sick, finally had a fever today, lost her little crying voice, tries to scream each time she coughs, blows snot bubbles from mass congestion and is pretty much hating life today – I was supposed to fly home with Dave but his work trip was extended so he had to stay, go to check in for my flight and the lady gives me an awful look then proceeds to tell me she’s …going to try to put me on stand by because my flight is 2 hours late ( I got an RX standby, which is only for emergencies because R was sick), was put on an early flight, all was going swimmingly until Oliver passed out. 2 sleeping kids and a heavy backpack to get of the plane, what’s a single mom to do! Strapped on kid to me, carried the other on one hip and threw the bag over the other shoulder. Get down to were my savoir Eric is waiting to help me to my car and we finally arrive…only 40 minutes from home…oh wait, Ruby needs to eat and she has a poopy diaper, ok, I can do this…changing diaper…oh S*#%!, Oliver just threw up all over himself and his car seat…I need a vacation!

 

It was a crummy end to a great vacation, but in the end, all mommy did was laugh and push through. She carried me up to my bedroom once we got home, grabbed a giant bowl and slept next to Ruby and I the whole night.