She changes everyday...

It's only been two weeks since I last posted, and Olivia has already gone through a world of change. She is now sitting up completely on her own, and it has made her so much more independent. I've been looking forward to this time for a while. Crawling is next, and as exciting as it is going to be, THAT will make my life harder :)


Olivia has discovered bubbles, and she approves. We bought her Gymboree brand bubbles, and they are really cool because the "formula" is thicker, so the bubbles don't pop very easily. Our entire living room floor will actually end up covered in bubbles, and you can catch them without popping them either.

At daycare, they keep all the toys in little baskets, and at home, that is the only way she will take them. So we have to pile her toys in a container for her to take out one by one and play with.

Of course, her favorite "toy" at the moment is her wipes. When changing her diaper, we now have to keep them out of her sight, or she will scream until she gets them. The bigger problem is, once she gets them, she invariably starts screaming a few minutes after playing with them. I think she gets frustrated because she can't figure them out.

Can you tell where she gets her haircut from?

I love her little laugh!

I finally posted!

I haven't posted in a while, and I'm not quite sure where to start! Olivia is 7-months-old now, and she has changed so much in just one month.

She is now sitting up all by herself (although we still surround her with pillows in case of the occasional tip-over). She is a total babbler, and is constantly stringing together syllables.


Olivia still loves bathtime. She can be as fussy as can be, and the second we bring her upstairs and she hears the bath water running, she calms down immediately gets very smiley.


We've had a lot of fun introducing Olivia to new foods. So far she has had rice cereal, oatmeal, apples, pears, peaches, avocados, peas, zuchini, squash, sweet potatoes, and carrots.

Jeremy and I have had a lot of fun watching the Olympics. Olivia has vegged out watching them, too.

Olivia loves doggies. She has spent some time with my parents' two dogs, and my in-laws' two dogs, and she loves them. She gets so excited when she sees them, that she shakes and pants. She'll squeal at them and "pat" them and grab their hair. All four of them are so good with her, too.

**I've been holding off on posting this because I wanted to put a picture in RIGHT HERE of Olivia with the dogs, but my mom won't send them to me. :)**

Olivia and I took a short weekend trip to California to visit my parents while Jeremy was in Atlanta for a water gardening conference. While we were there, we got some professional pictures taken of Olivia. Here are some of our favorites...