Ollie's Birthday Slumber Party

One Saturday in February we celebrated the 2 birthday boys with a birthday slumber party. It was pretty low key, we ordered pizza, Ollie & Charlie each had their own cake and everyone spent the night to celebrate the boys.

Ollie loves his MawMaw SO MUCH!

This sweet boy was going through a faze of sticking his tongue out for every picture. 

That's better. :)

The funny thing about these two having birthdays one day apart is they have a very unique friendship, one minute they are buddies and the next Ollie is whining that Charlie touched him. 

The birthday boys!

Ollie got so many new toys, Batman costume, PJ Masks, Gumby, new guys. He had a fun time opening everything up and playing. 

Of course my boy needed a Toy Story cake!

After pizza, presents and cake we settled in for a movie and popcorn.

The kids stayed up late and were up again early in the morning for breakfast and more playing. A fun little way to celebrate Ollie and Charlie!

Ollie Russ is 3

Somehow time just keeps going by faster and my sweet little baby is already 3 years old.

I always joke that Ollie is something straight out of a movie, like Andy in Toy Story. He is so content playing with his toys all by himself. And as much as he LOVES playing with his Sissy if things get too crazy he goes to his room and starts playing with his "guys".

He insists on chocolate milk in the morning, don't even try to give him regular. On mornings where there is no work or school I love waking up to him whispering "chocy?" to me. :)

I have no idea how long these curls are going to stay blonde so I'm enjoying them now! I don't think he would look like himself without his long crazy curls. Although in the pic below he looks more Doc Brown than Oliver Russell. :)

He is still a little cuddle bug (thank the Lord!) he can wrap his whole body around my arm or leg for the best cuddles.

We said bye bye to his binkie a few weeks before turning 3. 

This boy loves to jump, have someone swing him around and fly like Buzz.

He completely OWNS me! I'm a sucker for this sweet little smile. 

He is daddy's best buddy.

and I think Uncy is his hero. He LOVES to play with Will. 

He loves his guitar and acting out movies. His favorites are Toy Story (1, 2, 3 and all holiday specials), Rock Dog and Book of Life.

He loves puzzles and is great at putting them together by himself but gets SO frustrated if he gets stuck on a piece.

He loves his Sissy and copies everything she does.

We haven't hit the point of tantrums yet. I mean he gets mad and throws a fit but when he's in trouble he will sit in his timeout and be done. No fighting, kicking, screaming.

He is our picky eater. If it were up to Ollie he would eat pizza and mac n cheese every night. 

He is so polite, he does such a great job using his manners.

When PawPaw asks him whose boy he is he always starts with PawPaw's boy, but if  others (me and my mom) start saying "Hey! Whose boy are you?" he always changes his answer to "Ollie's boy".

Every time we drive by the trampoline park he asks to go, it is his favorite place.

He doesn't have an item he sleeps with every night. It's always something random. Buzz Lightyear, a lego guy (ouch), his fishing pole...all over the place. 

When he knows he can't have anymore dessert he will wave his little finger and say "no more candy"

There is no word big enough to describe my love for this boy. He owns a piece of my heart that I didn't even know was up for grabs. He just completes our family in the best way. I thank God every night for this sweet boy and the fact that I get to be his mom.

He is truey the Best. Kid. Ever.

Bye Bye Binkie

At the very beginning of February we told Oliver that the binkie fairy was on her way to collect all his binkies because he was such a big boy now. We had talked about it for weeks, we would sing (hearing him sing it was just about the cutest thing ever).

"Bye bye binkie, binkie bye bye. Ollie won't even cry. He doesn't need you, cause he's a big boy so bye bye binkie...binkie bye bye"

Saturday night we collected all the binkies we could find and put them on the kitchen table for the binkie fairy to take away.

He was even giving them kisses goodbye. Breaking my heart! Ollie's binkie was his only comfort item, it wasn't as hard to take Elle's pacifiers away because she still had (and still has) her lovey. But these binkies meant the world to my Ollie.

He was really excited to see the big boy toy the binkie fairy brought him the next morning and loved playing with his new Buzz Lightyear but honestly he was asking for his binkies back pretty quickly. 

He had a really hard time those first few days. Actually day time wasn't that bad and he would even fall asleep fine without it but he would wake up in the middle of the night crying for a binkie. His second night without one I was up holding him for HOURS in the living room in the middle of the night while he cried. And as hard as that was it wasn't even a week before he was sleeping normally again.

I definitely don't miss turning the house upside down to find a binkie for him but I do miss this sweet little binkie smile. :)