Hide and Seek

Oliver runs away and hides until his mommy says, "Where's Oliver?" enough times. Then he runs in so that she can see him, which makes her very happy, and THAT makes Oliver very very happy. (Someday, I'm going to post a video that's nice and bright -- but this is not that day.)

Oliver stops to smell the flowers

...and doesn't particularly care for the scent. :)

Getting ready to take over here

Oliver is learning to type so that he can take control of the blog...
Okay, so... not really. Oliver's communication skills have improved dramatically in the past month or two, though. He's been watching baby sign language DVDs, and he's learned a few signs. When he wants something, he points at it says, "Dah?" That seems to mean Can I have that? If you don't give it to him, he makes the sign for 'more' -- which he seems to use to mean, "Oh please because I'm serious -- I really want it." It's ridiculously cute and therefore dangerously effective -- Oliver managed, with one word and one sign, to talk Tim into letting him use his laptop...

Oliver's second Fourth of July