Aunt Laney

We were lucky enough to hang out with Aunt Laney some while we were there. I was so glad the rest of Olivia's family (on my side) got to meet her. Aunt Laney came with us to the "Instrument Park" and she's already beaten me to the punch by posting great pictures from our day on her blog. Olivia and Carter both enjoy the amazing things that Aunt Laney has sewed for them.

Hanging out with Grandpa

I know I am a little late in getting to posting more pictures from our trip to Louisiana. I'm sorry. I don't really have an excuse other than we have been pretty busy on account of some nice weather and I am trying to stay off the computer more (only because I get sucked into the vortex of the world wide web and can easily spend an hour or two surfing the net while my kids want some attention. But I digress...)

While we were in LA, my dad was able to drive up which was great and we had lunch with him at Chick-fil-a one Saturday afternoon. I wish we could have spent more time with him but hopefully if we drive to LA over the summer, we can make a trip down south. I know Carter would love to get back in grandpa's swimming pool!

Every Girls Dream

Today, I took Olivia in for her six month check-up. Over the past month, I have been obsessing over concerned about her weight. She is still nursing well, happy in between feeds, enough wet/dirty diapers, etc etc. But I could tell she was starting to slim down. So when we weighed her today, my thoughts were right. She has only gained one pound in two months. She's at the 10 percentile for weight. But...she is a whopping 27.5 inches long, which is at the 96 percentile for height! I guess she is going to be tall and thin...every girls dream! She sure didn't get that from me :) Dr. Lisa isn't concerned about her weight since Olivia still has fat rolls and doesn't like skinny by any means. I am thankful I won't have to start her on formula (which was my fear). I really want to nurse her for a year without giving her anything else. But if I have to, I will. I just don't have to right now! Once she gets a better hang of eating baby food, I think she'll chunk back up a little.

Six months old!

Half of Olivia's first year is already gone.....but oh what a great first half it was! I am looking forward to her next six months and all of the things she'll grow to do. She is such a sweet baby. I remember this being such a great age with Carter too. She is content to lay on a blanket on the floor and watch Carter play. She loves when I sing to her and when Carter tickles her. At six months she also:

-weighs about 14 pounds as best as I can guess (her weight gain has slowed down but she is healthy and is meeting her milestones so I'm trying not to worry about it. Her six month check-up is Monday)

-has been sleeping 12 hour stretches at night this past week! Woohooooooo!!

-nurses about 5 times a day and only nurses for about 10-15 minutes total. She is becoming pretty efficient and just likes to get the job done!

-can roll over both ways but hasn't done it too often

-babbles all the time and says things like dadadadada, something that resembles papaw :), and buhbuhbuh, and I promised yesterday, it sounded like she said I love you (Ah yuh yew)!

-takes two naps a day and is on a schedule for the most part when we aren't running around like crazy doing stuff

-can sit alone for a couple of seconds at a time

-has not had a pacifier in forever since she prefers to suck on her fingers, or anyone else's fingers for that matter

-has had her first airplane ride and did amazing!

-has tried oatmeal baby cereal, bananas, banana mango, and sweet potato. I think the oatmeal is her favorite so far.

-laughs loudly, especially at Carter

-does really well in church despite the concert-loud music

-still has a headful of gorgeous curly brown blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes

-loves seeing her daddy's face when he comes home from work

Olivia, Daddy and I love you more and more everyday. You are truly a joy and bring so much happiness into our lives. We can't get enough of you!

Great grandmother

Olivia finally got to meet her great grandmother while we were in Louisiana. Olivia has been enjoying the fruits of grandmother's labor though because we have an abundance of handmade blankets and quilts that grandmother has made. I often spread one out on the living room floor and Olivia likes to lay on it while she plays. And Carter and I thoroughly enjoyed the two loaves of banana bread grandmother brought us while we were there.

Olivia's first meal

You know, besides breastmilk! She is 9 days away from six months old so food is in order. I mixed some cereal with breastmilk and Theo and I fed it to her this morning. I'm not sure if she liked it 100% but she loved shoving the spoon in her mouth. I couldn't find the baby spoons so she had to settle for one of Carter's hand-me-downs. What a fun once-in-her-lifetime moment!





Well, maybe she liked it afterall!!

Meetin' the Family

We had a great time visiting family in Louisiana. The kids did so great on both the flight down there and the flights back home. Several people commented on how good my kids are. I of course, smiled politely and said "Yes, they are most of the time!" Two ladies even told me what a good mother I was. And I wanted to say "Yes, most of the time!" I prayed for patience on this trip and God delivered.

I will be posting several pictures from our trip down south over the next several days. But here are pictures from our first day at Omaw and Papaw's house. Olivia got to meet Papaw, her Uncle Jackson, Aunt Kayla, and cousins Bradley and Leslie. Leslie was quite fascinated with Olivia....which is great because she will be having a baby brother or sister of her own this year!!