Big Girl OAT

Olivia is getting so big. Everyday it seems like she is doing something new. She is now able to hold her bottle all on her own! She's still a little wobbly at it, but for the most part she can do it herself! It's so free-ing for her mommy! However, I definitely have to keep an eye on her because if she drops it, she throws a fit because she can't get it back on her own. She's only 4 1/2 months, she's not there yet!! She's definitely showing interest in what mommy and daddy eat though. She's just a couple months shy of starting solid foods. Also, she's been pulling her head up a lot trying to sit up. It's crazy. She shouldn't be trying to sit up until around 6 months. She's so advanced!! Our baby genius. :)
In other news, Little Ideas is almost up. I've already done a couple jobs for people and I'm hoping to go live by next week and start "advertising" to others. Please spread the word in any way you can. It would be much appreciated!! Stay tuned for new Olivia news, and anything else that goes on in the Tanner family!!

Big Girl!

Our big girl is sitting up in her Bumbo all by herself! She's getting so big. I love the way she's looking at me in this pic. Like I've totally interrupted her watching tv to put a camera in her face. That's mommy though.

She loves watching tv. All the movement totally has her in a transe!

Happy

Olivia just wanted to say she hoped everyone had a great Fourth of July. Her first was the best!! She went into the pool for the first time and her great grandparent's house. It was so much fun.

3 months!!

Yesterday Olivia turned 3 months old!! She's doing so great. She's holding her head up more and talking (coo-ing) so much. And it's official, she's all about giggling! It's the cutest thing ever and the best sound I've ever heard. I've been trying to download a video of her talking, but I haven't had much luck with it yet. I thought I was a lot more techy than that, but it's hard when your stinkin camera battery dies! I'll have it up soon. Until then I'll have to just post more pictures of my big girl! Olivia has been sleeping through the night for quite some time now and she usually acts as my alarm clock. At around 6:30 every morning I'm blessed to be able to wake up to the sound of my daughter talking away in her bassinet. It's so much better than the annoying EeRh! sound from the alarm clock! I haven't been posting a lot lately because I've been completely wrapped up in starting my own business. My mom and I have decided to go forth with our "talents" and start up a website. Hers will be Gramma Jo's Hair Bows and clearly she will be making bows for little girls. My website is called Little Ideas, Inc. and I am going to be handmaking canvas wall hangings, plaques, hair bow holders, and much more! We're so excited, but there is a lot of work to be done until we're able to launch our sites. We're hoping to go live in August. Everything is going great for the Tanner family and Olivia is very excited for her very first 4th of July. Have a happy and safe holiday!!

Our little Tootsie!

Olivia is smiling every day, but she's on the verge of laughing now. It's so adorable. The other night I was giving her a bath and she was having so much fun she started to giggle. Usually when she giggles it scares her and she starts to cry, but this time it was all giggles. Also, since our little girl is on the gassy side, we started calling her tootsie. She loves it! Ava calls her Toot! She's doing a lot better with lifting her head. She had tummy time and Grandma Jo's house and she was lifting her head to look at a dancing mouse toy. We're hoping to get her to lift her head more by the end of the month. She also got a penguin as her toy to focus on to lift her head and it came with a star registry code. She now has her own star in the andromeda constellation. Andromeda was greek princess. Olivia is our princess. It is known now as Olivia Addison.

Our first!

Since my good friend Cristina decided to do a blog about her family, I decided to do one as well. I thought it would be a great way to keep everyone updated about our lives and about our growing little girl. New news about Olivia is that she's smiling all the time! It's so adorable to see. She's on the verge of laughing but she's so confused by her emotions that it scares her a little and she starts to cry. At her last doctors visit she weighed 11 lbs and was 22.75 inches. She's growing so much! The other amazing news is that she is starting to sleep through the night! I had no idea just how lucky I was until talking to other moms who can't get their children to sleep more than 2 or 4 hours straight! I thank my lucky stars every day that God sent me an angel, in more ways than one!! Our beautiful little girl is doing great and we're so excited for all the new things she's going to start doing and learning.