Eric and Krystal

I know this is a bit soon for my normal posting (haha!), but in the last week Olivia has had some new developments. Of course I had to share them!

Last Wednesday Eric went into get Olivia out of bed and found her on her hands and knees. She is now getting to her hands and knees, rocking back and forth, scooting her knees and dives forward to get to things she wants. She also rolls around on the floor to get to what she wants. She also likes to scoot around on her belly to get places! I don’t think we realized how quickly she would start moving. We have been talking about the baby gate we need for the top of the stairs and now we know we have to get it soon!

Now when Olivia gets excited she bounces and waves her arms. It is really cute! She is also starting to giggle more. I can sometimes get her to giggle by tickling her just right, but for the last few days she will just giggle for no apparent reason which makes us laugh and the she laughs again!

We tried green beans this morning for the first time. She ate every spoonful I gave her, but she had a look the whole time, like “uh, mom, what are you trying to give me?” I can only imagine what she was thinking especially since the only taste she knows is breast milk!

And finally…Olivia can now sit on her own!!! She can’t get into the sitting position on her own yet, but she is really close!

I see that it is definitely time of an update! Things have just been so busy here! I have been working four 10-hour days one week and then 5-eight hour days the next. I have been meaning to post, but when I look at my time I quickly realize that spending that time with Eric and Olivia is sooo much more important!

I have been trying to finish this post for over a week!!! So without further ado…

In May we went down to San Antonio and spent some time with Eric’s parents and his brother’s families. It was a great time! We hadn’t all been together in a long time! I really wish that we could all get together more often…it is always so much fun!

In June we went to my sister’s high school graduation and her senior dance recital. I can hardly believe that she is old enough! I am so proud of her!

Olivia is now rolling over front to back and vice versa. She can almost sit on her own, but she is still a little wobbly. At her fourth month appointment the doctor said to start trying rice cereal. At 4 1/2 months it seemed to really hurt her tummy so we waited over 2 weeks and tried again. She seems to be doing much better now. She practically attacks the spoon! It is pretty cute!!!

I hope to get new pictures posted soon. When I get them in the photo gallery I will post to let you know! Here is a picture to hold you over until then!

First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mommies, Mamas, and Moms! It is different being on the receiving end today! I always knew that I would like being a mom, but I didn’t realize how much I would LOVE it! I knew that I would love my baby, but I didn’t realize how truly in love I would be with Olivia. God has greatly blessed our lives with Olivia!

Olivia is four months old now! We went for her check up last Thursday. She is now 14 lbs 3 oz. and 25 1/2 in long. She is in the 90th percentile for her height! I don’t really know where she gets that from, but it is obviously not from me! Haha! She has almost doubled her birth weight.

She has rolled over from her belly to her back and on Friday night she rolled from her back to her belly. She had a big smile on her face after she rolled over! It was pretty cute!

She is now sleeping anywhere from 4 to 7 hours a night with one to two feedings. She also transitioned to her crib last weekend and she has done really well. We didn’t know how she would do because she liked to touch the sides of the bassinet. Eric went in to get her Monday morning because she was awake and this is how he found her…She actually had both arms stretched out like she was trying to reach the ends too!

I am working on updating the photo gallery for April and May.

In the almost 4 weeks since I posted last we have had many “firsts”

-Olivia’s first cold with red, watery eyes; sneezing; coughing; etc. Thankfully it only lasted a few days, but somehow I ended up getting it just in time for our next first…

-Olivia’s first plane ride. She did really well! She feel asleep before take-off and sleep through both flights and the lay over. We went to San Antonio to see Eric’s parents during his spring break and my last week of maternity leave.

Olivia and Mommy before take-off

-Olivia starting taking the bottle. I started trying Olivia on the bottle about 4 weeks before I was supposed to go back to work, but she just wasn’t going for it! While we were in Texas we got bottles that were the same brand as the pacifier that she takes. On Jennie’s birthday…Olivia started taking the bottle. I was so relieved!!!

Grandma Jennie feeding Olivia

-Olivia sleeping more than a few minutes on her own. Jennie padded a dresser drawer and she started sleeping longer and better! I am not sure if it was totally the drawer but also that she was just ready!

-Sadly…my first day of work. I am so thankful that I was able to take off 12 weeks, but it was still hard going back to work. I love being home with Olivia and I LOVE being a mom. Staying home is not what God has planned for us right now though. Thankfully Jennie was able to come and stay with us. We are still on the wait list for the daycare at my work. Having Jennie here has made it a lot easier on me! I think it would have been harder handing Olivia over to someone I don’t know!

These are just a few, obviously, of our firsts that we have experienced lately. We are so excited about all the firsts to come!!!

I am also going to update the photo gallery with pictures from our trip.

Olivia hoping for snow, in her snowgirl outfit the first week of March! Mommy didn’t let her play in the snow in February!

I have been trying to sit down and post for the last two days!!! Now I understand what all you other moms were talking about…and mine isn’t even running around yet!

So…Olivia turned 10 weeks yesterday! I can hardly believe it! I am loving being at home with her! That said…I go back to work in 2 weeks. I am definitely going to miss it!

Some big news is that my high school went to the state finals for boys basketball! It has never happened in the school’s history! It was pretty exciting! Olivia and I went with my family this last weekend to Peoria, IL to watch the game. They got 2nd place! Pretty good for the first trip to State! Like I said before Olivia does really well! It is funny because she wants to be facing out like she can see the game! She cries if you have her turned facing back!

Olivia and I also went to see Madison, Kyle’s daughter. Madison was really good with Olivia and they were so cute together!

More pictures are in the gallery for February and March.

The picture is of Olivia at her first basketball game. Although she does not look very happy in this picture she actually did really well at the game. We surprised my sister, Rachel, with this customized onesie that Eric helped me make with fabric markers. On the back we wrote GO CARDS! It was Rachel’s senior night

This week are going to start working on taking the bottle. I tried once last week and when I put the bottle nipple in her mouth she just cried! Any tips?

More pictures are posted!