Recoverying

Yesterday morning I came down with a 24 hour bug that my mom had over the weekend :/ I am thankful that it hit me in the morning because I had not eaten since the night before so there really was no reason to throw up. I am thankful to my brothers Ryan and Jon who came over yesterday and today to help us out so that I could rest and get a couple of other things done. I am finding more and more that Olivia crawls after me even if someone else is at the house to watch her. There are times that I am doing dishes and all of a sudden I have little hands clinging to my calf and moving up my leg. It really is the cutest thing! What a great feeling to know that I am needed :)

At one point today I took Olivia back into my room to feed her and to see if I could get her to lay down for a nap. Well, it did not go as planned and she spent most of the time crawling to the edges and peering over into the unknown that lays on the floor... no really, our room is a disaster... Anyways, at one point she found the remote to the TV, which was off, and what happened was so incredible to watch. She picked it up and held it to her ear, then she grabbed it with her tiny fingers and attempted to push some of the buttons. She then immediately turned around and looked intently at the TV and waited to see what would happen. This girl already knows! How can that be?! Not quite nine months yet and she is already on her way to figuring out how the TV works. It is just a beautiful thing to watch her brain work as she figures out the world around her. I cannot wait to see what she will learn in the next few months. Before we know it, we will be celebrating her 1st birthday!

Playing with the kitties ears

Chasing the kitties

Learning how the remote works

It really is one of the hardest things to do when I have to leave the house after Olivia is already awake for the day. I have pictures of her all over my desk that I stare at all day but it is often not enough and I have to ask Mike to send me pictures and/or videos. These days he is getting faster and will send them before I even ask for them. Here is one of the latest ones that he has sent me:

I do not think I will ever understand how some women are able to so easily able to leave their children to pursue a career. Yes, everyone is different but the joy that a baby brings to your life, in my opinion, cannot be beat by anything else. So I may cause some arguments with my blogs, so what... it's my blog! Some people can disagree all they want and then go and read something else :)

This little girl was crawling is circles up until about 9:30pm! A ball of energy she is; and she didn't even take an afternoon nap. I could not blame it on a full moon but I guess I could try to blame it on this crazy weather! Thunder and lightning! Yeah, not my favorite thing when I am trying to sleep.

When Mike got home I asked home if he wanted to contribute anything to the blog tonight. Well everyone, here it is:

"Olivia tired to eat my toes today. Like tried to eat them four or five times!"

Thanks babe... that was great. HAHA! Yes, I know that our baby girl has a thing for toes at this point in her young life. I hope that she will grow out of it before she hits daycare or preschool. 



TOOTH WATCH: There are no new teeth yet but she has been sleeping a little bit better; only waking up once a night at this point.

Hopefully I will be up for blogging tomorrow. I really do enjoy it, I am just so tired all the time. Sweet dreams!