Saturday with Daddy

Olivia figured out how to put the colored rings on the yellow cone/stick today. She was quite proud of herself and loved the attention she was getting from Aunt K, Uncle M, and Mommy. She spent a lot of quality time with Daddy today doing leg exercises, which seem to be paying off already, as she is already showing motivation to move around more. Collin's day was spent helping Daddy prune the flower bushes out front and riding his tricycle. :) http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/auth_dvd?work_id=15539700

Nine Months for Olivia!

My baby girl has been an outside person just as long as she was an inside person. That's another whole pregnancy gone by already! I tried not to blink, but it's hard not to when you need sleep. :) She's starting to wave (hello more than bye-bye), knows what a nose is (she grabs mine when I ask here where it is), and can identify Daddy and Collin by name (but not Mommy!). Still fascinated by the cat and obsessed with beach balls and water bottles, Olivia continues to be an observer but a communicative, smiley one. She loves her people! Even at the nine-month well check she wasn't the least bit afraid of anyone, including our dark-haired, dark-eyed, facial-hair-wearing male pediatrician. All smiles for every poke and prod....well, except for the shot part. She did cry when the needle went in as usual but stopped as soon as it was out. What a trooper! Olivia is not crawling yet, but the pedi says it's because she has low muscle tone in her legs and needs to be doing some exercises to strengthen them. She weighs 18lbs. 15oz., which puts her between the 25th and 50th percentile, a pretty significant drop from 95th at six months. She continues to be on the tall side at 29" (90th percentile) with a large head (90th percentile). A third tooth on the bottom is showing its head, and judging by the way she's been napping and the fingers constantly at her mouth, more are on the way. We love our sweet baby Olivia!!

Live Free or Die Vacation

July 24 - July 31

We packed the kiddos up and drove through the night (10 hours) to beautiful Enfield, NH, to visit my parents, grandpa, aunts, uncle, and cousin for a week. A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say, so I'm guessing a video is worth at least two thousand. Hmm, while I'd love to write a memoir about our vacation, I made a video instead. Too many pictures and video clips to choose from for the purpose of this blog, you know? Here's a link to the video! Enjoy. http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/auth_dvd?work_id=15501468