In the last few weeks we've introduced two major new toys that she can not live without - her exersaucer (at home) and her jumperoo (at the beach house). She LOVES to be in the standing position and she is as curious as ever - reaching and grabbing at whatever she can get her hands on. Olivia has mastered rolling over and is now attempting to stand solo and take some steps (I'm not kidding). In the last few days she has also begun to take a real interest in whatever we are eating and drinking, and actually reached for mommy's water glass (wrapping both hands around the glass) and brought it to her lips. It seems water is tasty to our little one - a healthy girl from the start! As you will see in the pictures, daddy and Uncle Peter had a little fun with Olivia and beverages while mommy was out. Need to keep an eye on that. She has also begun to show a real interest in Mattingly - he doesn't seem to mind and I think it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
We've had two trips to the beach house in the last few weeks. The first trip was in celebration of daddy's birthday and the whole gang joined us one day - the best part was that we got to introduce Olivia to her great grandparents! Lots of time with family, unfortunately no time on the beach. Mommy wimped out on our first trip (fear of sand in the eyes) and the weather didn't cooperate on our second trip. Good thing we'll be there again in a week or so - we'll do it yet. We've also attended our first music class (lots of interest in the other kids, not so much interest in anything else going on), visited the zoo with Kim and Sophia Beahn and Katie and Jack Higgins (mommy got to see the pandas, Livvy slept), gone out to our first restaurant dinner (with Lola, Papa and Uncle Gaby - she was a star), attended Claire Helmriech's 2nd birthday party (My Gym is so fun!), and had a trip to Tysons for lunch and shopping with Jenny and Katie Johnson (pictures of Livvy and Katie in the stroller have more drama to them then you would imagine - apparently Starbucks doesn't allow cameras - Jenny and I are still trying to figure that one out). Lots of people to see and things to do!
We are having a blast and Olivia is just the happiest little one - we are so blessed! Latest pictures are below...
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| Olivia 15-18 weeks |
