The 4-month check-up

Olivia is healthy and thriving. 

12 lbs 14 ounces (25%)

23 and 1/4 inches long (10%)

40 cen. head circumfrence (50%)

Showing off her war wounds in her most flattering picture yet.



Her four month check-up went very well and rather uneventfully.  She's itty bitty, but that's not surprising as neither mommy nor daddy are very big people.  We were given the doctor's recommendations as far as solid introductions and talked about other developmental milestones coming up.  I'm planning on waiting until O is 6 months old to introduce any solids, and most likely we will be skipping the traditional rice cereal route all together.  I haven't totally formulated my plan of attack for it yet, and I need to continue to do some more research.

Olivia got her shots and it about broke my heart.   Luckily, Dave was there this time, so he got the task of holding her upper body down while the nurse poked her chubby little legs.   She cried of course, but she really did well and stopped crying pretty quickly, which makes me wonder how she would handle getting her ears pierced...I've chickened out on it a couple of times already, and I just think we have missed the window of opportunity and will have to wait until she is much older.  This is so un-Mexican and I am reminded of that quite often. 

I cannot get over how wonderful this all is.  I keep waiting to come down from the, "omg, she is SOOOOO cute" and "Dave! Look at her, look at her, she's so beautiful" high that started on December 8, 2010.  But, nope, no luck.  We can't get enough of our little Olivia.

Rolly Polly

Just some things

Busy crazy life! A little blog of all the things that have been going on. 

Livy's classroom at daycare did a themed day, and it was the cutest thing imaginable! Five of the babies participated in college team day and a bunch of the parents were able to come and take pictures at lunchtime.  It was fun! Arkansas, Standford, UT and OSU were all represented.

Saturday we went out to Lake Travis for the first time this year.  The Copelands, the Jimenezs, and JonO and Lexie all came out.  Reese brought his boat so they were able to take it out some and drive around.  I stayed behind with O, Dad, Mom and Annette.

The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, and actually got quite warm for us.  Olivia seemed to have a blast. 

Both grandmas got some much needed baby time with Olivia.  Same day, just after a wardrobe change.  My mom tends to be a bit, um, energetic.  During conversation, and while she was still sleeping, Olivia took her hand and covered her ears! 

Olivia got her school pictures back, and she was less than enthused by them.  They actually turned out really really cute, but we probably won't be purchasing any.  We just had the 3 month photo shoot done, and we also take a ton of pictures daily. 

New Olivia Developments:  Olivia is now rolling over.  It's still not an all the time sort of thing, but it is becoming more regular.  She did it for the first time last Wednesday.  Luckily, Dave and I were both there to witness it.  Then she went a couple of days without rolling over at all, and was back at it on Saturday.  Since then we have gotten a couple of roll overs, both front to back, and back to front.  I have video of it and will upload it soon. 

Olivia has also recently discovered her feet.  She prefers the left foot at this point and has brought it to her mouth several times.  That makes Dave excited because he sees how flexible she is and he can't wait to put her in gymnastics! : )

Olivia rockin' the mullet.  She's bringing it back.

We recently bought this Johnny Jumper thing.  Olivia is still a bit swallowed up in it, even though she is sturdy enough to stay balanced. She still has a couple of more pounds and/or inches to put on before it's more her size.  I have adjusted it as much as it will go, so we just have to wait for our little shorty to grow some.  As you can see her feet are just a couple of inches off of the ground.

Olivia has her 4 month doctor's appointment on Friday.  Holy crap, it has been four months. 

Weekend of Baby Reunions!

Olivia had quite the social weekend!

Friday night we went to dinner at Texicana Cafe with JonO, Lexie, Gammie and Grandpa.  While we were there we ran into Danielle Archambault.  It was crazy.  I know we live in the same city as Danielle so it's bound to happen, but it is always so strange to run into someone from high school, especially when you went to high school halfway across the world in Belgium.  Small world.  Olivia got to meet Danielle and Madison, so yay!

Then Saturday evening, we met up with Mark, Melissa, and Austin in Round Rock.  They are in town from Colorado for a week or so visiting family.  The last time that we saw Austin, he was just a month or so older than Olivia is now, and I was close to 6 months pregnant, I believe.  He is such a big boy now!

Melissa and I with our babies.

Sunday afternoon we had our Bradley Birthing Class Baby Reunion!  It was so great to see all of the new parents and, of course, it was wonderful to meet all of the new babies.  So precious.  I'm hoping we have another reunion once the babies are a little bit older.  It will be really neat to get to see them all as they grow and change.   

The 7 new little families.

Needless to say, Olivia was pooped come Monday and is slowly beginning to recover.  Actually, she did amazingly awesome through it all.  Friday night we may have stayed out a little bit later than we should have, but she still did well.  I'm hoping by keeping her out in the streets we are making her flexible, and not completely ruining her sleeping habits, yet. 

Wordless Wednesday - Shopping Day with Grandma, Aunt Sarah & Aunt Audrey

Our Little Troublemaker

It all just keeps getting more and more fun!  Over the weekend we went to San Antonio to celebrate with my family for my Mom's 50th birthday.  We had such a good time with Olivia, and it was our first time away from home overnight since she was born.  She did amazingly well.  I was a little nervous that she would have a difficult night while we were at my grandparent's home, but she slept like a champ for us!

Olivia is an amazing sleeper at night.  She has been mostly sleeping through the night for sometime now, and will typically only get up a couple of times very briefly, and just to nurse.  Easy peasey.

The birthday girl in San Antonio with her girls! Happy 40+10, Mom.

On our way back home Olivia had a very messy diaper!  We were so close to home, that rather than putting on a new outfit, she remained almost nakey the rest of the drive home.  She loved it.  She went straight in the tub once we got home.

Our weekend flew by entirely too quickly, as it always does.  On Monday, when I went to have lunch at Olivia's school I found out that she had been having a very rough day.  She was very fussy and Ms. Maria said that all of the normal things they do to usually calm her down had not been working.   I took her temperature there, and she was not running a fever.  I nursed her and then Dave and I took turns rocking her to sleep.  When I left to go back to work, she was sound asleep.

 I called the daycare at 2p.m. to check on her, and her teacher answered the phone.  I could hear Olivia crying in the backgroud.  It's funny how you can pick out your own baby's cry immediately.  Ms. Maria said that she had woken up and had been crying again since then, she thought that she was possibly having a hard time transitioning back to school since the weekend, or maybe a stomach ache, or maybe even the very beginning stages of teething.  Who knows??? 

I decided to go pick her up and just call it a day for her at daycare.  I brought her back to work with me, and wouldn't you know it, she was an angel for the rest of the afternoon!!!

It was pretty hard to concentrate on work while she was here, but once she feel asleep I was able to get some things done!

She's rolling from side to side now.

And she's out! :)

We think that she may have had an upset stomach.  That is really the only conclusion I have come to because since her fussy Monday morning everything else has returned back to normal.  Tuesday was a great day for Olivia at daycare.

I love when I catch these two all cuddled up!

Wordless Wednesday! 12 weeks.