Different Saturday Routine

We are not doing Gymboree on Saturdays anymore so we had a different routine and I could tell Olivia knew.  She woke up very happy but as soon as Brendon woke up she was a hot mess.  She was fussy and crying.  I did notice she sounded a little stuffed up so I hope she is not getting sick!! I put some Baby Vick's on tonight and hope that does the trick- even though she is upstairs crying right now- which she normally doesn't do before bed.  I am just going to let her cry it out.... Olivia and I went to Hallmark today and stopped by Tractor Supply.  I was a little crafty this afternoon and worked on Olivia's Valentines.  She needs 2 sets of Valentines- one for daycare and one for our Valentine party on Friday.  I found an idea and pinned it to Pinterest and it went haywire on there and got repinned lots of times.  Who knew that it would go a little viral?  Kinda crazy. Anyways I worked on those while she napped this afternoon.  Then we played and ate like usual.  We can't wait for the Super Bowl tomorrow! And she finally stopped crying... thank you Ferber method...cry it out!

Time to go shopping momma!

I'm ready- excuse the blurrines...

Let me think...

The start of one of Olivia's Valentines- goes with Goldfish crackers

The 2nd Valentine- goes with Teddy Grahams.

Finished product #1

Finished product #2

The position I just wish she would push up to stand on her own!! Maybe a few more weeks??

Olivia Talking at 10 months old

Better Mood!

Olivia was in a much better mood today except at lunch.  She is not liking the stage 3 types of food.  I think we may just skip some of them and start doing more table food. It is not worth all the fuss and crying.  She did well with the stage 3 squash the other night but I think the texture of the turkey and rice is what she didn't like today.  Daddy took Olivia grocery shopping and he had to take one toy away from her cause she kept dropping it on the floor.  Overall a much better day and I got some of her talking on camera.  She likes to talk now.  Lots of different letter and sound combinations.  I guess we will have to see if she is going to be chatty when she grows up!

Talking with Jake

Crabby Day

Olivia was on the crabby side today.  Mostly just this afternoon.  She only took about an hour nap and then woke up screaming! It took a good 20 minutes to get her settled down.  I could not find anything wrong with her.  I was afraid that we weren't going to make it to Kindermusik today.  I learned today- when all else fails- rocking, singing, swinging...take the girl outside! She immediately stopped crying once I took her outside.  I just walked her on the back porch and then she was fine.  She was not her happy self the rest of the night though.  She was super clingy at Kindermusik and a little whiny.  She cried a little through her dinner too! I think it is the other tooth coming in.  Tomorrow is another day...we hope for a happier day!

After Kindermusik drinking some water

Trying to play with Jake

Playing with my nesting boxes

This little guy just loves Olivia!

Beautiful Day

It was another beautiful day today.  I don't know where winter is but this weather is just fine for me.  I even wore Capri pants today and some shoes with no socks! I took Olivia and we went outside and she went in her swing for a bit.  She loves to look around and babble.  We also think tooth number 2 is coming in- finally! It looks a tad raised next to her other tooth on the bottom and a little white.  Maybe we will see it pop soon! She was chewing on everything- tables, chairs, toys and more drool then usual.  Also today is Uncle Ken's birthday! Hope you have a great 30th birthday!

Paisley and ruffles!

Trying to get a shot of the tooth- ended up getting chewing on the chair!

Another attempt at the tooth shot... no go!

Olivia playing with her ball popper

Olivia flushing the toilet

Kinda takes awhile but watch Olivia flush the toilet!

Bad Hair Day

I had a bad hair day today.  It was just a mess! It got even worse after my afternoon nap.  Kristy was babysitting and even she tried to brush it and fix it.  Mommy tried to get some pictures of it...

I also learned how to flush the toilet today all by myself.  I followed mommy into the potty and went over to the flusher and flushed it...several times.  It was funny! See the video!

XOXO 

Olivia

Bad hair

Mommy tried to get a close up...

Gymboree Make-up class

Mommy and Daddy took me to Gymboree to make up the class that we missed 2 weeks ago because of the bad storms.  I had fun! I even met some new friends.  I met Eliza whose mommy is friends with my mommy.  We did slides again today and it was more fun with mommy and daddy.  After Gymboree we went to Target my favorite place. Mommy says that I am so expensive.  All she bought was diapers, formula, and some baby food.  Geez! I just thought I was cute. But I loved riding in the cart and looking at the people and things at the store.  Mommy is glad that I am a super shopper!

Tummy surfing

Sliding backwards

Dancing wtih daddy

Hola  Nikki!

Bubbles

Bubbles on my nose

Monkey

We have a monkey...her name is Olivia.  We went to church this morning and it was literally like trying to control and contain a monkey.  She is not the biggest fan of being held in a sitting position for a long time.  She is am monkey and was crawling all over us at church.  Sometimes it is hard to contain- you are using your entire body to keep her in check.  I only had to step out one time though because she got a little rowdy.  We don't expect her to sit still the whole time we are there- she is a baby and can't help but be curious and want to look around.  We bring toys to entertain her but that only lasts so long.  As we were leaving church today the family that sat behind us made a comment to Brendon, "It only gets better as they get older. You are doing a great job!" At least we didn't get any negative comments!

Loves to look at the newspaper!

I'm coming with the paper!

What does this say?

Look at all the people in the picture!