Cruising Along!

We continue to try and get over this round of sickness. Olivia has had to sleep in an upright position and continues to invade and take over our bed at night. The nice weather has given us some motivation to get out of bed in the morning. We are having some family visitors this weekend so that is also some motivation :)

The other day I rolled my ankle at work... all I was doing was walking to the trash -_- so that has added to the dynamics. One day at a time!

We finally got her photos back from JCP! Here they are:

Oh my goodness do I LOVE these photos <3 <3 It really is amazing how much little ones grow in just a few months. She did really well at the photos. They has us in the back room and it was SO HOT! I think that next time we will try the Valley JCP studios to see if they do a better job. They did take more photos this time. We ended up paying about $35 for $200 worth of photos. Thankfully the CD with all the photos was on sale.

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I started this blog a couple of days ago. Yesterday, Mike's parents got into town. We had a great time visiting and playing with Olivia. then our little one decided that she was just going to start cruising! I cannot believe that she is crawling at six and a half months old! What a proud moment for a parent but also a very scary one. We know that life will never be the same from this point forward. However, I feel like that can be said for a lot of different milestones that people had along their life. My money is on her walking by 8 months. She may be whining when it is just the two of us at home but she is very determined :)

These are from after breakfast with grandpa Ed and grandma Marietta this morning. Mike is off to an audition for the TV show Z Nation again :) and I brought Olivia home to nap. She slept for about 45 minutes... MAYBE and hour. 

As I was trying to move my pictures from my phone to the computer so that they will be easier to upload, Olivia decided to reach too far and slid off my lap. Her chin scraped along the edge of Mike's desk :( Poor baby has a boo boo now on her chin. Surprisingly, she did not really cry at all. I was expecting screaming but she was okay.

(I just have a bunch of random stories today)

I want to say it was Thursday; I wanted to get out of the house so I decided to do some grocery shopping. Instead of going to Fred Meyer, I decided to go to Winco. Olivia has been sitting up so well that I decided to have her sit up in the cart instead of bringing in her car seat. TA DA! I was one proud mama! As I was trying to get her to look at the camera, a gentleman walked by with a grin and giggled. As he passed he turned and asked, "first time shopping?" I replied with, "Yes! While sitting up!" I returned the smile and we went our separate ways. Yes, I get that it may be seen as a ridiculous milestone but I am realizing that I want to catch ALL THE FIRST! I even wrote about it on this app that I downloaded for moms to connect, Smile Mom. It is nice to have a place to go where I know that everyone just wants to talk about their kids and no one gets sick of it :) I also want to capture all of the firsts because family lives so far away.

This is how we started...

This is how we ended... :D

While I was walking around the store, I had a gal come up to me and start talking about Olivia. We chatted for a few minutes and she ended up giving me her number. She has a son who is a little bit older than Olivia. I MADE MY FIRST MOM FRIEND! :D (Okay, I have friends who are moms but we were friends before and most of them have children who are years older than Olivia and those who have kids closer to her age live too far away to get together). I was very excited and hope that there may be some friendships in the near future.

She is passed out in the photo

Here are some of the onsies that people made for Olivia at the baby shower!

CPR! CPR!

Yup... these are 9 month pajamas

Happy to have a clean room!

We already have a big tub full of clothes that she no longer fits. Almost every week I am going through her clothes to see what else she is close to fitting into so that I can pull it out and wash it. I also think that she is just about ready to go up a size in diapers, to size 3!

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We are continuing to give her solid foods and are exploring what flavors she likes. She really seems to like peas and green beans. Strangely, she does not like fruit very much... seriously. The other day Mike was giving her a blueberry apple mix and he said that after the first bite she gave him a questionable look. Then he gave her a second bite and this time the look was more of that of disgust. She immediately picked up her binky and put it in her mouth. And that was the end of that... HAHAHA! I did end up giving her the rest of it the day but she was not all that impressed. We have given her a few other fruit mixes and I even gave her an actual piece of watermelon and she did not like it.

She found the camera!

Alright, the grandparents are on their way back so I better wrap this up. Until next time!