Olivia's 1st 5K

I did my first 5K- the Create 5K in Grayson with mommy and daddy today.  I slept for almost the first 2 miles. Mommy walked pretty fast with me.  I was all bundled up because it was chilly.  I even got to wear my winter hat today! Daddy did great on the bike!

After the race family photo

All bundled up!

Talking to Kim

Chillin with my sunglasses

Daddy on his bike

Daddy and Dean chatting

Olivia spoon and bowl band

Bad Mommy of the Year Award

Definitely giving myself that award today.  This morning we got up super early to help our friends with the Create 5k. In all the hustle and bustle of getting 3 people ready and Jake- I FORGOT THE CAMERA!! AHHHH!! Who does that?? Anywho some other friends- Joan- got some pictures!! So when I get them I will post them.  Brendon did a great job on his bike leading the runners.  I on the other hand walked it with Olivia.  I have found it quite difficult to run with the stroller.  When you are used to running and pumping your arms it is hard to run and hold onto the stroller.  For walking it, I didn't do too bad.  I walked it in 42:30.  I guess I got my mom's fast walking skills! I was determined not to be last!!! The rest of the day was all off routine.  We also had Gymboree and had a good time.  This afternoon was kind of disaster being off our routine.  Eating times were thrown off, napping times were thrown off.  I was so exhausted this afternoon.  It is not fun getting up at 5:30 a.m. 6 days in a row but today was for a good cause.  Finally got Olivia to nap at 4:00 and Jake and I crashed too.  But even after that we had fussiness and not wanting to eat.  I am expecting her to wake tonight and want to eat.  We shall see what the night brings.......well not even finished with this and she is crying....

The bowl and spoon band

7 Months Old

We still can't believe that Olivia is 7 months old.  It seems just like yesterday we were waking up 3-4 times a night and so exhausted we couldn't function.  Olivia has gone from this teeny tiny baby to such a big girl already.  Here are some things she can do at 7 months old.

1. Sit by herself.
2. Go from sitting to her tummy (today she almost went from tummy to sitting)
3. Bang on things.  She likes to bang things together.
4. Sit in her bathtub and sit while having her hair dried.
5. Eating- some days are really good and some days are not.  If it is a good day she will take almost 24 oz of formula plus oatmeal/fruit in the morning, yogurt for lunch, and oatmeal/veggie for dinner. 
She also finally likes to eat puffs.
6. Drink water from a sippy cup.  She finally figured it out and likes to have water with her meals.
7. Scoot/Leap Frog- She finally can propel herself forward towards objects she wants.  Tonight I got her to go almost to the hallway across the living room.
8. Sing/talk in the car.  She sometimes sings/talks in the car.  Other times she sleeps or looks out the window and once in awhile she will cry in the car.
9. Napping- still is taking 2 naps- one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  They are seeming to change in length though...and getting shorter.
10. Touching/Pulling things- she is very curious about things- touching the placemats at the table, touching our faces, and exploring whatever she can get her hands on.
11. Crying- when she is lonely or just plain unhappy about something. We are not sure if it is the whole stranger anxiety or teething or what...
12. Still NO TEETH though! I have given up on when they will appear. 


Can't wait to see what she does in the next month!!

Before bed

I am tired!

Well maybe not too tired!

A Bad Case of Stripes

This is what daddy dressed me in today... a bad case of stripes.  Mommy needs to dig that book out and read it to me!

Chilly Willy

Today was a chilly day.  Nothing like a huge swing in temperatures this week! It went from 80 to now the high tomorrow is in the upper 50s.  Yikes! Today we did lots of playing and scooting around.  We are still leap frogging around but at least we are starting to go forward.  Since Olivia really doesn't have a mohawk anymore I decided to get a picture of her hair that has grown in since it fell out in July.  It is growing in nicely and we can't wait to see the actual color it is going to be.  Sometimes it looks reddish, sometimes brownish with blonde in it.  Time will only tell on what the hair color will be. 

So happy to come home to this today!

My hair after my blow dry

I love the blow dryer!

Before the blow dryer

Looking right outside in my swing

I am going to get that camera

Playing in my saucer

Almost flat feet

I love to play!

I am really trying to move mama!

No Good, Very Bad Day...

Well this was a no good, very bad day for us.  It started with rain and lots of it.  Then me standing in the rain with Olivia.  Not going to give a lot of details about that... but it was not fun.  Then Brendon had training outside in the cold and was sent home early and was told he had to come back at 8:00 p.m.- boo.  No good.  But then it all got changed and he didn't have to go back.  So yay.  I guess Olivia cried a lot at our daycare person which is just not like her.  So that was bad.  But she is a baby and babies cry.  She cries with us too.  And yes crying is exhausting.  Then my work email wouldn't work at home... that is just frustrating.  So overall today just not a good day.  Tomorrow is a new day and it can only get better. 

Fun bath time!

Testing the Boundaries

Well Olivia is starting to test her boundaries and the word, "No," is starting to come from us.  I had to tell Olivia no several times during her dinner tonight because she thought it was funny to spit her green beans everywhere and also touch in her mouth and smear the green beans all over her face.  I did not enjoy being covered in green beans either... no fun.  But you can definitely tell that she is testing the waters about things.  Another thing she has discovered how to do is take things apart...see below....

Happy Birthday Jake!

Today was Jake's 7th birthday! We usually take him to Petsmart for his birthday but today Brendon had jury duty and didn't get home until really late.  So we will have to take him another day.  I did get the chance yesterday to make him some homemade dog biscuits though so he had 2 of those tonight and we sang Happy Birthday.  Too bad Jake had to go to the vet today.  He has had a boo boo on his leg and keeps licking it.  Well the vet didn't see anything..weird...because something bleeds when he licks it.  So he ended up getting his yearly check up while we were there.  It was hard to handle him and Olivia at the same time but I managed and earned my gold star for today.

We are so happy to have Jake in our lives.  He is a good protector and big brother.  He truly was our first baby and we love him so much.  Jake has brought us so much happiness and we are so happy to share our love and life with him!

Hope you had a great birthday Jake!!

Happy Birthday Jake! Hope you enjoyed your treats!

What happens when you don't nap....

Today was a no nap in the morning day.  We went to church this morning and Olivia fell asleep during the mass and slept for about 15-20 minutes.  She was awakened by applause again and was startled but did not cry.  After church we went and picked out pumpkins from the farmer on Main Street in Loganville.  We got an itty bitty one for Olivia.  She did not want to nap after church so she played a lot this morning.  While feeding her yogurt it finally caught up with her and she literally took a bite and then just fell asleep.  It was so funny. I guess that is what happens when you don't want to nap! She took a pretty long nap this afternoon and then played some more.  Brendon took her on a walk in the woods since it was nice out and hung out in the hammock for a bit.  She really is inch worming a long and this crawling thing may happen sooner than we like.  She is growing way too fast!!

Wearing daddy's Bills hat... they lost though =(

This is what happens when you don't take a morning nap!

Jake enjoying an early birthday treat.

Checking out my pumpkin

YAY for pumpkins!

What is this?

On my walk with daddy

I was not a happy girl in the bath tonight at all but I at least stopped crying for this picture!