Broken Camera =(

Grrr... Our camera is breaking! I guess because we take so many pictures.  I wish it could be something that could be fixed but there are little plastic pieces breaking off the camera itself by the battery compartment.  So that may be one reason why the pictures have been a little blurry- not enough contact from the batteries.  So I didn't even bother to take the camera to Gymboree today.  Plus at Gymboree it was a sliding day so it would have been hard to get pictures.  But we had fun.  It is funny to see Olivia's personality developing and see her interacting with other children.  After Gymboree we came home and had lunch, played, and Olivia napped. 

Here is the only good picture I got today that wasn't blurry.

Olivia moving her toys around

Boring day

Today was kind of a boring day.  Nothing too exciting except Olivia is starting to move other things around by pushing them.  See the video coming shortly... We went to Emory today to have some tests done.  I don't just want to jump into all the details yet until we know more information.  Just know that we are ok and everything is fine.  But Olivia did good on the long car rides there and back and was pretty good during the appointment.  It is hard to contain a baby is a small space though. 

Playing with my favorite book!

Love to get close to the camera.

Kindermusik

Olivia and I had our first Kindermusik class. Our friend Michelle, her husband and Nikki from Gymboree are also in the class.  It was a lot of fun.  When we first got to the class Olivia was all over... playing with books, blocks, and cars.  She was not afraid of the other children or to wander a little bit away from me.  I guess she isn't as shy as I thought.  The class was great.  We are learning about beats and rhythm.  I know that for children to be successful readers that learning how to keep a steady beat is crucial.  So it was great today to explore instruments, beats, and rhythms.  Kindermusik is not as busy as Gymboree.  We even got a take home bag that has drums, books, and cds to play at home! It was nice to relax, sing, and play with Olivia.  It was also nice to Michelle and Nikki.  We miss them! Also Olivia did pretty good in the car on the way home- I sang some songs and she only cried a tiny bit! I consider that to be a minor success!

Playing with the blocks and meeting a new friend!

I crawled in the center of the circle while Ms. Dana was talking.  I was not afraid to be there all by myself!

Playing with mommy!

Scarf time!

Nikki, her daddy and Michelle's hand!

yummy- tambourine time!

New Foods

Today I tried some new food! I tried some toast and mommy made some sweet potatoes.  The sweet potatoes were SOOOO yummy.  I am doing a much better job at feeding myself.  My pincher grasp is starting to kick in and I am getting the food to my mouth. 

XOXO

Olivia

I decided to much on the whole piece of toast.

Chasing Jake

Zooming by with the stroller

My favorite book

Bambi book

My small basket of books that I like to pull all the books out

This was me right before bed...you can't tell it is dark in the room but this is what I do when mommy turns the lights off!

Olivia pushing her stroller in the driveway!

Olivia swinging 1/24/2012