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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
St. Patricks Day & 6 month check up
Today is St. Patrick's Day and Olivia's 6 month check up at the pediatricians. She wore her green and her shirt that said Mommy's Lucky Charm. She weighed 16 lbs and 9 oz and was 26 inches long. Still in the 50-75th percentile for height and weight like she has been at all appointments. This is her getting weighed on the same scale at 3 days old for the first time at Dr. Horowitz's office and again, 10 lbs later, today. She sure has beefed up!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Got this idea from another mom's blog
50 Random/Wonderful/Interesting Things About my Olivia!
1. She has never stayed up longer than an hour from 10 pm - 6 am in her life.
2. She is exclusively breastfed.
3. Her middle name is Lucrezia after my mother's mother who was Italian.
4. I have loved the name Olivia for years and knew I would name my daughter that.
5. I didn't convince Justin to love the name til about 2 months before her birth.
6. Olivia was born exactly 2 weeks early on September 13th.
7. I was exactly 38 weeks pregnant the day she was born.
8. I went to the hospital twice that day, getting sent home the first time.
9. I woke up at 2 am with contractions and she was born at 9:15 pm.
10. I think the new full moon that night sent me into labor early.
11. When I saw the moon, I knew it was the real thing. We could see the moon out the window of the delivery room the night she was born.
12. She was born on a Saturday the 13th and we were married on Saturday the 13th.
13. Right after she was born, her daddy cried, "She's not ugly!"
14. I was so embarrassed, but he was right, she was beautiful from day 1.
15. She took to breastfeeding within minutes of her birth.
16. She was totally planned and we got pregnant our first try! (Maybe TMI)
17. I swaddled her for sleep every night for 5 months.
18. She slept in our room in her co-sleeper until about a week ago.
19. She has taken to sleeping in her crib very well.
20. She still wakes 3-4 times a night to nurse, but always falls right back to sleep.
21. She is the first grandchild on my side.
22. She is the 8th grandchild on Justin's side, and the 3rd girl.
23. I prayed to get pregnant when we were trying, and then I prayed for a girl.
24. She will not be baptized, until he's old enough to understand why it's important.
25. She has big beautiful eyes like me.
26. So far they are dark gray blue, but Justin hopes they will still turn brown like his.
27. I don't care what color her eyes are.
28. I like that she has brown hair like Justin and I.
29. She has the most beautiful full pink lips like her dad.
30. She still spends almost all her naps in her swing with "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys playing loudly.
31. She has done this since about a month old.
32. She loves watching the dogs and she reaches out to them when they come near her.
33. Since we started solid foods, her favorite is avocados.
34. She is the happiest, sweetest and friendliest baby, everyone tells us this.
35. She usually cries about 5 minutes a day, if at all.
36. She only cries when really tired, or if she has a poopy diaper or is really hungry.
37. I learned to read her cries early on, and she is very easy to make happy again.
38. She gets excited when she sees us come to her. She flaps her arms and makes noises.
39. She giggles like crazy when Justin and I act silly for her.
40. She smiles at every person she meets. Sometimes she smiles when someone walks by her, even if they don't look at her.
41. Our dog, Lily loves to kiss her face, even though I tell her not to every day.
42. She never really took to a paci.
43. She loves her baths and kicks out all the water of the baby tub in minutes.
44. She has mastered rolling to her belly, but hasn't really figured out how to get back over.
45. She has had great head control since almost day 1.
46. If I don't do something with her hair every day, it will stick up like crazy.
47. Her security blanket is her Link-a-doo's plastic rings, she holds them while sleeping and likes to chew them.
48. While I work part time, she spends her days with her Daddy or with my mom.
49. She is going to learn to swim soon.
50. I love her more than I ever thought was possible and wish she wouldn't grow up so fast!
1. She has never stayed up longer than an hour from 10 pm - 6 am in her life.
2. She is exclusively breastfed.
3. Her middle name is Lucrezia after my mother's mother who was Italian.
4. I have loved the name Olivia for years and knew I would name my daughter that.
5. I didn't convince Justin to love the name til about 2 months before her birth.
6. Olivia was born exactly 2 weeks early on September 13th.
7. I was exactly 38 weeks pregnant the day she was born.
8. I went to the hospital twice that day, getting sent home the first time.
9. I woke up at 2 am with contractions and she was born at 9:15 pm.
10. I think the new full moon that night sent me into labor early.
11. When I saw the moon, I knew it was the real thing. We could see the moon out the window of the delivery room the night she was born.
12. She was born on a Saturday the 13th and we were married on Saturday the 13th.
13. Right after she was born, her daddy cried, "She's not ugly!"
14. I was so embarrassed, but he was right, she was beautiful from day 1.
15. She took to breastfeeding within minutes of her birth.
16. She was totally planned and we got pregnant our first try! (Maybe TMI)
17. I swaddled her for sleep every night for 5 months.
18. She slept in our room in her co-sleeper until about a week ago.
19. She has taken to sleeping in her crib very well.
20. She still wakes 3-4 times a night to nurse, but always falls right back to sleep.
21. She is the first grandchild on my side.
22. She is the 8th grandchild on Justin's side, and the 3rd girl.
23. I prayed to get pregnant when we were trying, and then I prayed for a girl.
24. She will not be baptized, until he's old enough to understand why it's important.
25. She has big beautiful eyes like me.
26. So far they are dark gray blue, but Justin hopes they will still turn brown like his.
27. I don't care what color her eyes are.
28. I like that she has brown hair like Justin and I.
29. She has the most beautiful full pink lips like her dad.
30. She still spends almost all her naps in her swing with "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys playing loudly.
31. She has done this since about a month old.
32. She loves watching the dogs and she reaches out to them when they come near her.
33. Since we started solid foods, her favorite is avocados.
34. She is the happiest, sweetest and friendliest baby, everyone tells us this.
35. She usually cries about 5 minutes a day, if at all.
36. She only cries when really tired, or if she has a poopy diaper or is really hungry.
37. I learned to read her cries early on, and she is very easy to make happy again.
38. She gets excited when she sees us come to her. She flaps her arms and makes noises.
39. She giggles like crazy when Justin and I act silly for her.
40. She smiles at every person she meets. Sometimes she smiles when someone walks by her, even if they don't look at her.
41. Our dog, Lily loves to kiss her face, even though I tell her not to every day.
42. She never really took to a paci.
43. She loves her baths and kicks out all the water of the baby tub in minutes.
44. She has mastered rolling to her belly, but hasn't really figured out how to get back over.
45. She has had great head control since almost day 1.
46. If I don't do something with her hair every day, it will stick up like crazy.
47. Her security blanket is her Link-a-doo's plastic rings, she holds them while sleeping and likes to chew them.
48. While I work part time, she spends her days with her Daddy or with my mom.
49. She is going to learn to swim soon.
50. I love her more than I ever thought was possible and wish she wouldn't grow up so fast!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
6 months old
I don't know what happened to the past 6 months, but it has quickly passed us. I am trying to remember each and every little milestone Olivia has had these past 6 months, but things are getting blurry. Life really does pass too fast if we don't stop to enjoy every moment. She is eating food now, rolling over, babbling like crazy, giggling for no reason, smiling at every person she meets, grabbing everything, and holding her sippy cup. I don't know who this big girl is and what happened to that little helpless baby I gave birth to went? She is so much fun though. I love all the time I have with her and even enjoy doing every day things with her. Life is just so much brighter now that she has entered our lives. Having a baby really does change your life, but only for the better!
Monday, March 2, 2009
1st snow in March
We got our first real snow of the year last night! And it's March 2nd. We have probably 6 inches or more on the ground and it came down heavy all night. We haven't had snow like this since 2003. I was excited to get Olivia outside to take some photos of her and let her check out all the white stuff!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Video of her rolling
Olivia has finally started rolling on a regular basis now and she even let me catch her on video today.
Friday, February 13, 2009
5 months old today!
I can't believe Olivia is 5 months old already. The past few months have really flown by. We are much more into a routine now and the days seem to just melt away and I forget what happened to last week.....
She rolled over for the first time last week on Sunday. Her daddy and I were very proud because being silly parents that we are, we worried she may not do it by her 5 month birthday. But, she proved us wrong and while laying on her back, I left the room and came back to her on her belly! Then she did it just once more for us to see. I have to catch it on camera now the next time she decides to show us again.
She wasn't in the best mood when I took these pictures. We had just gotten home, me from work and her from Nana & Papa's house. So, she w
ouldn't give me any of her smiles, that normally she won't stop smiling and she was flapping her arms half the time. I think we will have to try it again later.
She rolled over for the first time last week on Sunday. Her daddy and I were very proud because being silly parents that we are, we worried she may not do it by her 5 month birthday. But, she proved us wrong and while laying on her back, I left the room and came back to her on her belly! Then she did it just once more for us to see. I have to catch it on camera now the next time she decides to show us again.
She wasn't in the best mood when I took these pictures. We had just gotten home, me from work and her from Nana & Papa's house. So, she w
ouldn't give me any of her smiles, that normally she won't stop smiling and she was flapping her arms half the time. I think we will have to try it again later.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sophie the Giraffe teether
Olivia's new teething toy, Sophie the Giraffe, arrived today and so far so good! She seems to really like it and took to chewing it right away, of course everything I give her or that she can get her hands on she has to test out with her mouth first. This toy is from France and supposed to be the best thing ever. It is made with no chemicals or any of the bad materials some toys are and it squeaks like a dog toy so Lily comes running every time she hears it squeak!
I took a few photos of Olivia & Sophie getting acquainted because it was so cute.
I took a few photos of Olivia & Sophie getting acquainted because it was so cute.
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