Relaxing Saturday

Mommy was so happy that I slept until 8:00 a.m.! I slept almost 12 hours!! Mommy was so tired from working this week. I can't wait until next week when she comes home in the afternoon. I sleep through the night when I feel like it. I like to surprise mommy and daddy when I do it.

I woke up today with mommy. I was on my tummy in the crib in a completely different spot from where mommy put me to sleep at. I was good at eating my cereal today. I really like oatmeal- I ate 1 Tablespoon tonight. That rice cereal is for the birds. Mommy and me had lots of fun today. I have missed her all week. We played lots. The only thing I don't like are my stretches! We have to do them 3 times a day and they are no fun!!

XOXO
Olivia

Reading the newspaper.

I like to look at the pictures.

Playing in my bouncy seat. I like to smile. Smiling is my favorite.

Busy Busy Busy

Sorry no blog post yesterday it was a busy day...Brendon took Olivia to the doctor for her neck/head. She has a mild case of Torticollis. Right now we have some exercises to do with her. If it doesn't improve in 4 weeks we will have to do PT. She also had a blocked tear duct and we have drops to give and we have to massage around her duct.

Today she was busy with daddy shopping and lots of rolling. Brendon said she was putting everything in her mouth today and wasn't the greatest eater. She ate great for me tonight though! Here are some snap shots from tummy time tonight...well it was roll over and play time!

I just love this sweet face!!

Grabbing her ball and pulling it towards her and putting it in her mouth!

olivia complete rollover

Feeding Frenzy

Olivia Rolling over

Wednesday...

The work week has been very busy and I feel like I am so behind but it will all get done. Working full time and being a mom is really hard. Here are some snapshots Brendon got today. If you notice her head is a little crooked it is and we are a little concerned about it. Brendon is taking her to the doctor tomorrow. She is really starting to favor keeping it to that side. Also we discovered Olivia sleeping on her tummy today. Brendon found her that way this morning and she ended up napping that way twice today. When I just checked on her again she was on her tummy again. It makes me one worried mama!! But we are always putting her on her back to sleep and she is just rolling in that position! YIKES!

Thankful

Tonight I realized how thankful and grateful I am to my husband for allowing me to work part time this year. I am also very thankful to my principal for allowing me the opportunity to work part time with a great partner. I say this because today was my first time to work as a full time mom and doing the evening all by myself. I left work at 4:00 and picked Olivia up at 4:30 from our daycare person. Olivia had a great time! She was good and only cried once but that was because she was tired. But it was nice to get a text and a picture from our babysitter! That about brought me to tears because I know Olivia is in such good hands. By the time I got home it was around 5:00. I quickly got Olivia out of the car and took Jake out. It was time for Olivia to eat so I fed her, and then fed myself quickly. By that time it was almost 5:45. Olivia played for a bit in her bouncy seat while I ate and did some exercise time on the mat. Then it was cereal time at 6:15 and she did a little better with the oatmeal. Then we played upstairs some more and then it was bath and bottle time. She was down for bed at 8:15. Then it was time to clean up the bathroom, empty the dishwasher, make bottles, and make a lunch, it went by so fast. I give major credit to all the mommies working full time! You are amazing!! I am exhausted....and I don't know how you all do it. I know eventually I will be back to full time but right now I am thankful to have the time to watch Olivia grow and the snuggles and smiles are too bad either.

Here are the only 2 pictures I got today =(

Summer Vacation is over

Dad Made some speedies for dinner. Chicken soaked in a marinade for three days then grilled.


Well the vacation is over for mom and dad. Mom had to back to work this week and it's Dad's turn to be full time parent in the mornings now. I'll be going to daycare this week for a few days when dad goes to work. Today I rolled over three times for Dad. He couldn't catch me from start to finish with the video camera. I woke Dad up around 7 and ate at 8 after I played in the crib till 7:30. Dad helped me stand up for a bit and I showed him some rollovers on my mat.
I took two naps of 2 hours each while Dad did some cleaning and set up my carseat in his truck.

Olivia start your engine nascar

Holy Roller!

Well today started out with Olivia being vertical in her crib. She has been moving a lot in her crib lately. So it is funny to see her wake in a whole different location.

We made it to church this morning and Olivia was mostly good (a little crying) but needed a quick diaper change in the middle of the service. While at church I always say a prayer and thank God for blessing us with Olivia and to keep her healthy and strong. I also prayed today for a roll over. Well we know that Olivia is always going to be stubborn- it started when she was born- hello- she was sunny side up! Well of course she is going to be stubborn and not want to roll from her tummy to back which is much easier, so today she decided to start rolling from back to tummy. It all happened when I was talking to Grandma Debbie (my mom) on the phone and Brendon was vacuuming the pool. Olivia was playing on her mat like usual and I kept seeing her try to roll, well all of a sudden she rolled over! I was like of course... I was not prepared with the camera! So the rest of the day was spent with more roll over attempts and a few roll overs. We got her to roll over in her crib which was followed by lots of cheering! We have lots of video of rolling attempts but none of actual roll overs!

So today was a BIG day! We can't believe how much and how fast she is changing!

After the roll over!!

Today I tried oatmeal...I did a little better.

I love my spoon!