Who does She Look Like

So today while I was taking a few pictures of Olivia, I noticed that her face was beginning to change. For the first time, since she was born, she is starting to look more like me. I always hear that she looks just like my mom or sister, except for my dad, who thinks that Olivia looks just like Brad's side of the family. Here are a few picture . . . let me know what you think. Thanks.



No matter who she looks like, I think she is beautiful and I am so happy that she is mine forever.

Olivia's First Summer

As Olivia's first summer comes to a close I was trying to remember all the fun things that she was able to do, and she was a very busy girl.

Too bad they don't give frequent flyer miles to babies, . . . Olivia traveled to Arizona, California, Nevada and Kansas City this summer. I guess she would be pretty close to enough miles for a free ticket with all her travels.In California, she saw her little friends Avie, Jordan, Logan, Emmy and Nate. She even got to meet her friends Benjamin and Austin from the bay area. Olivia celebrated several "1st's" this summer, namely: she went to her first wedding (she was adorable in her cute little dress) and got to go swimming for the first time in Grandma and Grandpa Lee's pool.

On our trip to Arizona Brad spent a lot of his time taking the Arizona State Bar while Olivia and I were able to party with friends and family all week! Olivia loved to play with all her cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Sellers. She especially loves the baby that Grandma Sellers bought for her.

She then got to visit her great grandparents in Las Vegas and see Grandma and Grandpa Lee again. While busy traveling she also learned to army crawl, expand her love of solid foods, go to the ER (again), and loved tanning while trying all the new water slides that we found on our many trips.

I hope that she had a blast . . .because it was fun for me to watch her experience all the fun this summer. I can't wait until next summer so she can have have a whole new set of "1st's" (i.e. ice cream and walk on the beach....)

Time Goes By Fast

Six months has gone by so fast, it feels like it was just yesterday that we were bringing Olivia home from the hospital on a -5 degree day and she was barely able to fit in her car seat. Now I can barely carry her from the door to the car without my back hurting. I am sad to see her growing up so fast but I am super thankful that she is progressing so well. Our once 3 lbs 9 oz baby is now 12 lbs 5 oz and growing. One of her favorite things to do (and brad's) is to go back to sleep with us in the morning for her morning nap. I know it is a very bad habit and dangerous but we just can't help it. Brad has loved to snuggle with her since the day we brought her home, and would do it all time if that was an option. I just can't believe how big she has gotten when I see her laying next to him.

It has to match

So one of the reasons (just one) that I was totally excited for Olivia to be a girl was to be able to dress her super cute and for her to match me at church. I know that is so lame but it is so much fun. I also love to match her blanket and toys to her clothes as well. One might call me too matchy matchy, as you can tell by her outfit that she wore to church, the dress is compliments of Grandma Lee and the blanket Grandma Sellers. I just loved it.

Marvin the Monkey

Today, Olivia and I met Kristin and the girls at the zoo. We had lots of fun walking in the humid weather. Before we move everyone has to come visit us and go to the zoo. It is so much fun there and it is super close. On the way out to the car, I walked through the gift shop and saw this cute stuffed animals and made noises. As soon as Olivia saw the monkey she got all excited, so I bought it for her to take on her trip to Grandma's house. Brad names all of her stuffed animals and this one is Marvin the monkey. She loves this little monkey that is just her size. It is so much fun to she her interact with toys now. We'll see how long it takes before Brad and I want to throw the little monkey away, but until then it is really cute.

kisses

So, whenever Brad needs a study break he likes to play with Olivia. He has been trying really hard to teach her to give kisses. She has the "umm" smooch sound down, but we are still working on teaching her to close her lips. We have been licked one too many times. Mostly she just wants you to kiss her and she'll make sure that both of her checks are getting some love.

A day at the pool