Scott and chessmicky, I was talking about h6 at the beginning of this post, but when I got a chance to respond today my friend and I had already played another game where he switched it up and played Nf6. hence why my I got off beat from the original topic (which is now obsolete because I think he has realized that h6 is horrible) thanks everyone for the help it has been greatly appreciated as anything else mentioned will be
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4. o-o can be answered with Nxe4 at which point the most common move is Nc3 gambitting a pawn. It's the Boden-Kiereritsky Gambit. Bd5 instead seems to save all pawns, but gives up the Bishop pair and Black seems better. Re1 doesn't actually work. Black will get a pawn in that case and have a better position. 4. d4 may be a more acccurate way to get the kind of play you want.
Yes, that's the idea. 4.b4 and then following up with c3 on the next move winning the tempo against either the bishop or knight if one of them captures, then d4 with a strong supported center.