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!
