Oliver and Emily Jozwiak: Brrrr......

The Minnesotans reading this will think me crazy but it's turned very chilly here!! The Brits will just hate me cos the temperature is like a British summer :) But to put it in perspective the temperature has gone down about 20 degrees in the space of 2 days. On Tuesday it was very humid in the morning whereas today Oliver and I both had to wear long sleeves for Scoop's walk. A sign of things to come me thinks :) It was funny yesterday because I put Oliver in a long sleeved top for the first time in weeks only to find it was more a 3/4 length sleeve! I later found out that most of his long sleeved tops are 9-12 months and therefore too small - oops!! No worries though - we do have some as well as some jumpers and jackets.

Oliver's 12 month check at the docs last week went well. He weighs 24lbs 1oz (75th centile) and is 31 inches long (90th centile!). He got 3 vaccinations and had to have a blood test for a couple more things which meant having a finger pricked with a needle. Apparently he bleeds well - not too sure I'm happy about that one but oh well!!

It was Labour Day here on Monday so Jon had the day off work. We took it upon ourselves to decorate the cloakroom on the main level because it had a gold ceiling and red and gold wallpaper and really was the worst decorated room in the house! It is now a more neutral shade and much more pleasant. We did have time to take Oliver on his first picnic though - just to a local park but it was nice. He didn't eat much as he was more interested in pushing the buggy around :)

As you will see from the video he still loves pushing his toys around but is yet to take independent steps. He gets really angry if one of us doesn't turn the toy around for him as he hasn't worked out how to go round a corner!! The walls and skirting boards are taking a beating but that's par for the course I think.

Well, that's it for now. Enjoy the pics - sorry there aren't too many this time. But I did think it was time for a look at then and now.....