Thanksgiving

So finally I am posting on Olivia's first Thanksgiving. She had a blast as you can see. We gave her the traditional baby's 1st turkey leg and she had at it! I just thought she would lick it or suck on it, but no, she took a big chunk of it out and proceeded to shove it in her mouth. I was so surprised, but couldn't stop taking pictures. It was so funny. She of course was the hit of the holiday wearing a beautiful brown velvet dress from Pottery Barn. I have been so excited for her to wear that. I purchased it before she was even born! Then her after meal outfit was a cute little turkey onesie with the words, gobble til you wobble! So funny. We had a really good holiday and hope you did too. It's now December and she is doing so much. She's crawling all over the place and standing up in her crib. She's starting to pull herself up on to things and just today took two steps while holding on to the couch. She's a mover and a shaker! We're working on balancing and the next step will be walking. I can't believe how big she is getting and how smart our little girl is. She pretty much said her first word. The other day she was sitting in her high chair, looked over at Ty and said da da. It was adorable. He totally shed a tear. She's definitely daddy's little girl, and she DEFINITELY has daddy around her little finger! We're off to get holiday pictures tonight, so I will post those as well. Her first Christmas is going to be the best!

The teeth

I finally got a good picture of her teeth. They really are some chompers!! Don't get your finger near her teeth. She knows how to use them!

Look at our big girl!

Our little big girl is getting to be so independent. As you can see she sits up all by herself of course and she's totally on the move now. Just the other day she started army man crawling. It looks a little more like a wounded soldier, but she's getting places. I think she just might bypass the whole crawling thing and go straight into walking. She has such strong legs and she doesn't have as much interest in crawling. She's on the move so much, she can no longer be trusted on her changing table, so when I change her diaper and take her clothes off to change her, she has to go in the crib. But now, she's learning to pull herself up and she looks at me from her crib like: look what I can do mommy. It's so adorable. She loves to laugh like a panting dog when she gets really excited, and that's just what she did standing up in her crib. It was so funny.

Also, just last night she waved goodby for the first time as my grandparents were leaving from dinner. It was so cute. She did it a couple times so it wasn't just a fluke. She gave me a half wave as I left for work today. Not a complete wave, but I'll take it. She's babbling so much and she's starting to repeat. I love it. I can tell her to say dadadadadada, and she does! Although mamaaaamaaa was her first "word," she isn't saying it as easy anymore. But hey, she's only 7 1/2 months.

Olivia is so excited for her first Thanksgiving. She can't wait to get her hands on the traditional baby's first Thanksgiving turkey leg (pictures to follow). We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday, and good luck to everyone going out on Black Friday. I may need the luck as well. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Crazy Olivia sounds

I finally did it, I uploaded a video! This video is hilarious. I was at home on lunch today and Olivia was in her playpen making the funniest faces and noises and I just had to record it. She makes these weird inhale laughs that sound so funny. I love it, and as you can tell in the video, I can't stop laughing!!

7 months and 2 teeth

Well, Olivia has just turned 7 months this past Sunday and she couldn't be more excited. She's doing such grown up things now. The picture is of her on the swings at our park. She loves going on the swings. She sits up in highchairs and on her own on the floor. She isn't crawling yet, but she's trying very hard. She rolls all over the place, but going forward hasn't happened yet.

I can't believe it's already November. Time is flying by and we can't wait for Olivia's first Thanksgiving and then her first Christmas! We'll have to uphold the tradition of the new baby with the turkey leg. Yum! Unfortunately she won't be able to eat it, but she'll look cute with it. She's just finishing up vegetables right now with sweet potatoes and then she'll start fruit. I'm sure she'll love that!! She hasn't seemed to dislike any foods yet besides green beans, but it was her first taste so you can't blame her for being a little shocked.

Olivia had a blast on her first Halloween and she was totally adorable in her lamb costume! Of course we scored with tons of candy. Baby can't have any, but yay for mommy and daddy!!

This past month has been huge for baby babble. It sounds like she says mama all the time. I LOVE IT! Of course I'm going to count that as her first word, but it may just be babble. She always seems to cry mamamamamamaaa!! It's so sweet and completely melts my heart! I love that little doll face.

These next couple of months she'll have learned a lot of new things and will probably get even more teeth. It's crazy, but she's growing up!!

Christening

This is Olivia's Christening picture. Doesn't she look perfect?

First Foods

Saturday I gave Olivia her first taste of baby food. She had green beans. As you can tell from the pictures, she did not like it. Her face was totally priceless! She hated it. She looked at me like: how could you do this to me mama? I feed her the green beans for lunch and dinner and by Sunday she liked it a lot more. At first she would only accept about half, and now she's eating the whole thing. She's such a big girl! Her tooth is coming in nicely and she's sleeping a lot better now. Whew! Thursday we will be starting peas. Sorry baby, but you've got to make your way through the veggies and this is one of them. She'll be happy when she gets to the fruits. Olivia also had her 6 month photos done and of course they are adorable!!
This is her fall picture in leaves. She had a blast. Of course she was incredibly smiley and so excited to take pictures. She's a born model of course, look out Gap casting call!! She's going to be a lamb for her first Halloween and of course we had to take that picture as well. Here she is being the most adorable lamb ever! She posed her hands like that too, I didn't. Totally top model!