Lots of firsts!!!

"Mommy I love when Daddy plays on the floor with me!"
Papaw got me to sleep after some time with Mommy and Grammy at their garage sale. (Papaw was sleeping too!)
This is my cousin Caroline who was letting me rest on her. We were at Ben Davis at a basketball game for cousin Kyle. There was no air conditioning and I was getting very tired.
Uncle Jeff wanted to hold me, if you look closely you will see that my head is sweaty because it was so hot and stinky in there.
Grandma Hedges loves it when I come to visit her. See how much she smiles when I am sitting on her lap.

Mommy likes this picture because she caught me in the middle of saying "la la la la"!
I love when people make me laugh!
This is uncle Ben's 24th birthday! I am sucking in my lips for the occasion.
Mommy loves to take pictures of me just to catch that surprised look.
I don't look thrilled here because Mommy had been playing with her camera timer for about 10 minutes and I was over the pictures. (Sorry mom!)

I had to leave my cousin Caroline a note because I had to miss her singing.

This is my cousin Caroline singing! She is in the front row on the far right. She is so pretty!
This is my Great Aunt Togie and Great Uncle Jack who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
I fell asleep while I was being introduced to Daddy's family and listening to the great 50's music.
Mommy wanted to get her picture with me in the swing.
Daddy took me on my first slide ride.

This is the first time that I have been on a swing and I would have smiled, but I was too tired.
I finally can sit in my stroller like a big girl and see what is all around me.
I was so tired after swimming that I just went right to sleep after I put my towel on.
You can tell in my face that the water is a little cold and I am not so sure.
I think that I am going to like the pool.

Daddy even came to visit when he was on his lunch.
I was so brave to have my tummy in the water.
The sun was so bright, but Mommy helped me.
This is one of our first pictures in the water together.
Aunt Lindsay has a pool at her apartment and she let Mommy and I come out so I could try swimming for the first time.

It won't be much longer and I will not fit in my swing anymore!
I just love Lexie! Sometimes when I am squealing at her and she doesn't pay attention I start to fuss.
I love to pet Lexie and sit next to her.
Lexie is such a good girl she lets me lay on her too.
Lexie even lets me pull her tail and she just lays there! (We have the best dogs!)

I like when the dogs give me kisses! I am great at fluttering my eyes in anticipation! Bentley is kissing me here!
Grammy loves to let me touch the flowers at her house.
Grammy is walking me around before the fireworks start.
Uncle Ben makes such silly faces, but I love him!
Daddy is letting me look at what everyone is doing while at the 4th of July bash Grammy and Papaw had for Papaw's family.

Clara kept trying to get me to roll with her, but I was just trying to take it all in.
Mom is always taking pictures, but so is her friend Liz (Clara's mom).
They hadn't seen each other since were 2 months old.
Todd and Jer were feeding the girls at the same time!
Both of our sweeties fell asleep so we took it as an opportunity for a picture.

Clara was trying to get my attention.
Jer was holding Olivia and Clara side by side before they both fell asleep.
Liz wanted to hold me before I went to bed.
Grandma Hedges put me to sleep and I had to wake up so I could go home.
We wanted to show off the outfit that Grandma gave me, but I just wanted to go back to sleep.

I figured out how to sit up (well at least stay sitting up for minutes).
I'm smiling at Daddy because he can always make me laugh.

If you look closely you can see that I fell asleep while I was eating.
Daddy bought this outfit about 13 years ago and he was so excited that I could wear it!
Look at my jaws! I can not seem to bite down hard enough.
Now I just have to get it to my mouth!
Sometimes I have a hard time holding it with both hands.


Mommy hasn't taken the time to write in the blog for awhile so there are a ton of pictures and things to say. First of all in the last month I have been able to experience a lot of firsts for me. The best part is that Mommy has been home with me every day for 2 weeks and Daddy is on vacation this week so he has been home too! Now I want to tell you about some of my firsts.

I got to go to my first 50th wedding anniversary celebration. Great Aunt Togie was so touched to have people come to celebrate this with her and Great Uncle Jack was so excited to see me. He said that God blessed Mommy and Daddy with me! They both agreed. It was so great to meet all of Daddy's relatives. Grandma and Daddy were so excited to show me off.

I am finally big enough to sit in my stroller like a big girl and look out and see everything around me. Mommy and Daddy take me and the dogs for walks quite often when we have to be out of the house when someone is looking at it. By the way we are trying to sell our house so any prayers you want to say about it selling would be fantastic! Swimming was my next big venture. Mommy has been very excited to introduce me to the water although she wasn't excited to get into a swimsuit. Well, we went to Aunt Lindsay's apartment pool and it was fun. Mom lathered me with sunscreen (even in my hair) and put me in the swimsuit that Grammy bought for me. The water was so cold, but I did really well even with my tummy in the water. The only time I didn't like it was when I accidentally splashed water on my head. I slept really good that night from all of the bright sunshine and swimming. I can't wait to go again.

The new thing at home is that I am very interested in the dogs. They are so great! I try to squeal at them to get their attention, but it doesn't work. When they don't pay attention to me I start to fuss because I want them to come to me. Lexie lets me pull her tail and lay on her. Bentley loves to kiss on me, but he isn't sure about letting me pull his tail or fur so sometimes he just gets up when I start to. They are really great dogs and they love me so much. Clara Keiper came to visit me again. We haven't seen each other in almost 3 months. Clara is not even 24 hours younger than me. Her mommy and daddy brought me a cute outfit that matches Clara's. I will put it on soon and send a picture so you can all see how cute it is. It was fun to play with Clara now since we are both working on sitting up and grabbing things.

As you can see from the pictures above I can now stay in a seated position for minutes at at time. Mommy and Daddy still put pillows around me in case I tumble, but they let me practice a lot. I get kind of tired after awhile because I am still having to catch my balance a lot. I do like sitting up though because I can chew on toys so much easier. Speaking of chewing I am teething AGAIN!!!!!! I got my first 2 teeth at 4 months and I think I am trying to cut another one because I can not chew on enough things. Oh and I got introduced to Baby Orajel and I like that stuff quite a bit. I forgot to tell everyone that I got to see and hear my first fireworks. That is because I couldn't sleep in a new place (Grammy and Papaw got me a crib for their house.) Mommy and Daddy held me during the fireworks and I would get very excited in between the fireworks. Everyone thought it was so funny that I wasn't startled by the fireworks. I can't wait until next year. The last thing that Mommy is letting me practice with is a sippy cup. I really just like to chew on the sippy part for my teeth, but I am getting better about drinking water from there. Practice makes perfect they say. Well I love you all and hope to hear from some of you soon.

For Fun

She was sleepy on Father's Day! Happy Father's Day Daddy! I am soooo tired.

She had a rough day watching kids at Mary's! Daddy giving me my 5 month kisses!

Olivia got this outfit from Grammy Cox.

Daddy is feeding me some applesauce and I am trying to help him!

Occasionally I get so tired that I roll over on my tummy so that my thumb stays in my mouth easier! :)

Mommy's cousin Amber is carrying my future playmate (Ethan)! A couple of weeks ago we had a baby shower for little Ethan.

I'm 5 months old!!!

This is how Olivia gets herself to sleep.
Grammy Cox's favorite position! :)
Grandma Hedges favorite position! :)
How funny that both my grandma's love when I sleep on them.
When I can't find my thumb fast enough sometimes I use my other hand to help.
Papaw loves to hold me like this and I do too, because I can see everything.
Grammy took this picture of us. I think we are going to have the same hair color!

Look at our other babies (Bentley and Lexie) they fell asleep like this on the couch.
I'm looking at Grammy right now. We were headed to some graduation open houses.
Grammy snapped a few photos while she watched me. Do you like my dimple elbows?
This is me saying hi from Jon's open house.
You are so silly Grammy!

Where Did May Go?!!!

We were just relaxing on Memorial Day and she was just hanging out on the couch.
We caught her trying to get her feet in her mouth (which she can do and does quite often).
This is after her mid morning meal she was so tuckered she just lay right next to mommy on the Boppy pillow.
She couldn't decide where she wanted to look while Daddy was feeding her the rice cereal.
She says, "Okay I am ready to eat!"

She loves cuddling with her Daddy on the couch.
This was the first time she ever sat in her little seat. She kept arching her back.
This is her during nursery duty at church. Caroline is about 4 months older than her, but we loved it because she was smiling. This was on Mother's Day. (Her 4 month birthday)
Olivia was introduced to her exersaucer today. She was trying to figure out how in the world she was going to get everything in her mouth.

Well somehow we missed the month of May. I can't believe that this is the last few days and then we move onto June. Well, Olivia is now 4 1/2 months old. At her 4 month appointment she was 25 1/2 inches long and 13 lbs. 8 oz. She loves to squeal and make noises especially when she is in her car seat on the way home from the sitter or playing on the floor. One of her favorite things to do is chew on anything close to her mouth and she loves to pull any and everything into her mouth. She is now eating rice cereal once a day. She is starting to like it better, but still isn't crazy about it. Olivia's comfort is her left thumb she has that in her mouth often. We did get her 3 month pictures taken and they turned out so great. We have such a pretty little girl.


Olivia's other favorite thing to do is make squealy noises and have mommy or daddy make the same noises back and she tries to see if she can be the loudest. She also loves to laugh and has been belly laughing much more regularly. Olivia has two teeth already! The great thing about this video is how smart she is. She had been laughing for 5 minutes while Todd was being silly. However, the second she saw me with the camera she stopped making any noise. You can see on the video when she realizes she is on film. She is such a stinker.

Look at our Big Girl!!!!

Doing some tummy time on Uncle Ben's bed.
Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Ben spending some time with Olivia.
Hey mom what are you doing?
This outfit is so cute on her. The Thomas family bought this cute outfit for her. She is sitting kind of silly.
Olivia's new thing is that she falls asleep with her thumb in her mouth. It is very cute.
This is Olivia waiting for the Race for the Cure. The cute hat is from Aunt Becky and cousin Caroline.
She did so well during our walk. She slept through the first part and then she woke up for the end of the race.
During the walk when we walked past the zoo they had the elephants out to greet people. They were very cute.
Ben and Lindsay got their first place together. Mommy and I went with Grammy to see their apartment. Daddy took me over to Grandma Hedges and we spent the day with her. I love to sleep on her this way.
Look how red my nose is when I first wake up.
This is Daddy feeding me since Mommy wasn't with us. Daddy didn't know that I know how to hold my bottle like a big girl.
We just love this pretty dress on Olivia. The weather was so great this week that Mommy had me wear dresses twice!
This is me first thing in the morning before Mommy takes me to "Grandma Mary's" my sitters house.

We had a pretty big week. Olivia laughed for the first time. She of course laughed for the sitter first, but as soon as we got her home Mommy acted like a complete goofball to get some giggles. Mommy has only been able to get me to laugh a couple of times, but I am sure I will be laughing more often. Olivia is quite the talker. Anytime she is spending alone time she immediately starts entertaining herself with her voice. She makes all the cooing noises that you would think a baby would make. She is so stinking cute!!!!
We thought we would share some of our precious moments with you. We love when she talks to us and to herself. We also love the fact that she is truly figuring out how to get things to her mouth. Hope you enjoy these quick clips.