Playful Olivia.

Lately this girl is all about playing. And not at all about sleeping. Oh well though. Losing sleep to watch this cute girl is something I don't mind. She shrieks with excitement and rolls from side to side (not rolling all the way over yet) and is obsessed with tags. Her little fingers try to get a hold of them and bring them to her mouth.. lots of times little, slippery tags slip out of her grip.

Rice Cereal.

About 2 weeks ago I noticed that even though Olivia was nursing regularly she still seemed hungry. I had planned on waiting until 6 months to start cereal so I started pumping more to increase supply but still it wasn't enough. After talking to her doctor I decided to start her on rice cereal. 2 tsp ( I kind of eyeball it) with a couple tsp of BM. It was a huge hit. I was so surprised how much she liked it and that she wasn't spitting it out. We've started to do cereal twice a day (1 tsp/cereal twice a day).
She goes for the spoon.
Yummy Yummy Cereal.
This was the first cereal sitting :) Huge Success (like I already said). But I am pretty excited that I have such a great baby.
MORE CEREAL PLEASE.
It is slightly messy. (Sometimes pushes it out with her tongue).

New Crib!

Olivia's original crib was a white drop side crib. It was cute & simple. It scared me. Bad. Anytime she would get super excited and kick her legs the thing would shake, not to mention if you leaned on the drop bar it felt as if it was going to drop. So before she starts sitting/standing I decided we were getting a new one. After some saving and LOTS of searching for the "perfect" crib. I found it. Right color/right price/right crib. Here it is: an espresso wooden convertible crib. It is sturdy (as in I try to shake it and it does not move) and beautiful. I am so so happy with it.

Alex put it together. With my help of course ;)

New crib. Love it.
Taking a nap in it for the first time.

Happy Halloween!!

For some reason we could not get a pictures of the pumpkins (sans flash) that wasn't blurry. This was the best shot! We had a good time carving.. those stencils are not joke.

Olivia's pumpkin :)

BOOKED!!

We booked our plane tickets for Christmas :) TEMECULA here we come. Cannot wait. It will be awesome to spend Olivia's first Christmas back home with my family.

Apple Annies

Saturday (Yesterday) we decided to pack up the jeep and head south to Wilcox (quite the small town..) to Apple Annie's Pumpkin Patch. Olivia enjoys being outside so much and it's quite a bit cooler there than in Tucson I thought we would have a good time.

Do you think she likes being in her carrier?

Heading in to the corn maze. All smiles :)

We can't be lost - Alex is a Nebraskan!

Seriously.. corn.. everywhere ha.

Olivia fell asleep in the second maze :) So sweet.

Intense right. I get kind of tired looking at the picture!

Love love the sunflower fields.

On our way to pick out some pumpkins!

I've never been/or seen a pumpkin patch before.. how fun!

Picking my pumpkin.

We had such a great time. Such a fun day.

Videos!!

Alex and I have been trying to find a video camera that we liked.. FINALLY we did! It's a Samsung Flashcam (a digital camcorder).. uses an sd card for memory and plug right into the USB to upload! Perfect! It's tiny and super easy to use too :) :) I'm super excited about it! Here are a few:

She is probably about 10 weeks here. This is back in July <3

So much in so little time!

Olivia is all smiles and laughs these days :) I love it! She is finally fitting into her 3 month clothes and weighing about 11.5lbs! (We will find out for sure on Monday - she has her 4 month check up and shots). She is still cutting her two front teeth! I know! So soon - we have had a hard couple of days. The left one is up and out.. the right one is still poking through. Hopefully it is almost over so she can have some relief (until the next tooth decides to appear anyway)! Olivia has also discovered her legs and feet. It is the silliest thing I have ever seen. I'll come check on her when she is in her crib and she will be holding on to both legs looking back and forth at each one :) She is also aiming to get those toes into her mouth! Who would have though babies could be so flexible!

Out to breakfast with my parents. Check out those baby blues.

Still a little big for her. Go Cats!

She loved sitting outside for lunch! There was just a whole big world to look at!

Love this picture. She sure is a silly little girl!

Loving this puppy dog.

I'm such a slacker on tummy time but I try to do it every day! She pushes with all her might to move/stretch/and lift her chest up.

Olivia is a ham.

Grandpa had her cracking up.

Who me???

Get that frog girl!

hmm.. flower size = Olivia's head size!

Haven't updated in a bit. That's because Olivia has started cutting a tooth! Front & center! I was a little surprised it's happening so soon - my baby is growing, growing, growing. Can someone tell her to stop? Anyhow been busy comforting my 4 month old. (Yes 4 months old as of yesterday!) I would definitely say this is hard time for teething to begin since she is still learning how to hold on to objects and cannot yet hold a teething ring (or other objects). So she chews on her fingers or blankets to comfort herself. It's so sad. & I feel terrible for her. Update soon! xoxo