The Youngest Bain EVER!

Have no fear: O-Zone PI is on the case, and he’s the only gumshoe willing to work for milk and rubber giraffes.

Oliver’s instructional pamphlet on how to roll from stomach-to-back.

In a span of 3 days, he’s gone from being afraid (and too weak) to try, to expert status. He can roll to his left or to his right comfortably, and he’s super proud of himself when the roll is finished, and usually in a hurry to try again.

Additionally, last night we put him to bed on his back (as usual), but found him on his stomach this morning.

The only part that’s still sorta tricky about this for him is the throwing the hand up over his head part to get the roll going. If he’s tired, or not sure that he’s got enough space to work with, he gives a half hearted arm toss, and doesn’t finish his roll. He did this four times in a row at the Easons’ last night, then cried in embarrassment :-)

This is a little dated now, but Oliver started day care last month, and he gets a “report card” every day. Their grading is a little different from what you may have seen in high school or college: Where stellar work in the more traditional system is considered an “A,” here it’s considered “BM.”

I’m posting his first card here, for posterity’s sake. He didn’t rack up any BMs on his first day, but he’s quickly made the “dean’s list” in that category since then :-)

Oliver goes through a range of emotions while his buddy Sam remains stoic.

Oliver’s new trick is waiting until the moment between when I’ve decided to take a picture and when the shutter’s snapped, and bringing up some of his last meal in that sliver of time.

Posted 64 miscellaneous “good camera” pics from the last few weeks to a Flickr set. With the move, I got a little behind in taking and uploading pics from the T2i, but looked last night and realized we had some gems.

I’ll get better about taking more of these and getting them up on the site.

One thing that’s becoming clear: for someone who only has a vague sense of what his hands are, Oliver does really funny things with them when the camera’s on.

1st Pats game. The O-Zone was so pumped about Welker’s 2nd TD that he spat up.

The O-Zone at the employee store. If he looks upset, it’s because of a misunderstanding around what an iPad is. He’d thought it would help with his poop issues.

This shot’s a week old, but it’s a good representation of what home looks like when you have a baby and family comes to visit to check him out. You can really only adore a baby one at a time, so the rest of the gang eats, makes funny faces, and waits their turn.