Monday, October 29, 2012

Dear Olivia

Its crazy how much more I love you every day! I can't believe that you are already 6 months old, time is going by WAY to fast and I feel like I'm not going to remember things because they are happening so fast! I want to write some things you've been doing the last couple of months because I know i've been so bad about writing in your baby book and I figure I can just copy it out of here! You had your 4 month appointment in August and you were growing perfectly! The Dr could still hear your murmur but it was faint. We started giving you some real food and you LOVED your bananas and rice cereal. You were sitting up so good in your bumbo seat and had perfect head control, but you hated getting in your carseat! Around 5 months we decided to get you a new one, and thankfully you like that one MUCH better, even though you still cry while you're getting buckled in, you're up high enough to see out the window and you normally just watch things pass by as we drive! By 5 months you were sitting for about a minute at a time and then falling over but you wanted to sit up so bad and be a big girl. You also wanted to move, you started scooting around about a week before you turned 6 months old and you just get better every day, you're already able to hold on to things and stand up but thankfully you haven't figured out how to pull yourself up yet! At this rate I have a feeling you're going to be walking very early just like your Uncle Justin! We took you for your 6th month apt last week and you sure are my little baby! You only weigh 14lbs but you are the cutest thing in the world and everywhere we go we get stopped by strangers telling us how darling you are! You still love to growl at things but you've also figured out how to yell and you're not afraid to use your voice that's for sure! You also learned to laugh and its one of my favorite things in the world, I could listen to you laugh all day long. You love to be outside and it calms you right down no matter how upset you are. We'll sit on the front bench and you love to just watch the cars drive by. Every time you see your daddy you just light up and get so excited, and I'm not sure who kisses you more, your dad or me but I do know that neither of us can stop giving you little kisses all day long! 
You and Gram have so much fun together all day long and I miss you every second that I'm at work. I've got your picture on my desk and I find myself staring at it all day long! You've got the biggest smile and I love that you are so happy! I can't wait until the end of the day so I can pick you up from Grams house and hug you and play with you and your toys and then sing you to sleep.
Never forget how loved you are Olivia. Your mom and dad love you more then you can even imagine and you have so many people in your life that love you so much! All your grandmas and grandpas and great grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. We are all so blessed to have you in our lives and enjoy the laughs and smiles you bring us everyday!!! 

Love- Mom & Dad







Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Dear Olivia

Dear Olivia: 

Today is just another day that I have to leave you with Gram while I go to work and I hate it. I just want to lay around and play with you all day long! I miss hearing you talk to me and smile your big huge toothless grin when I make silly faces at you. Today I miss you extra! 

Love Mom. 




Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Dear Olivia

I want to start writing you letters for a couple of reasons, 1 so that I can remember all the little things and 2 so that when you're older you can have a small glimpse at how much I love you. So for your first letter I just want to tell you a few things I love about you! 

I love how you fall asleep at night looking in my eyes while I hold you close
I love that at 2 1/2 months you loved me enough to cry the entire first day I went back to work because you missed me
I love your giant yawns
I love the way you blow bubbles at your daddy 
I love your big smile and how you coo and tell me stories
I love your baby toes
I love your kisses 
I love that you love to lay on your belly WAY more then your back
but most of all I just love you! 

Love Always-
Mom.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Time Flies

Even if your not having so much fun, time still flies! I'm back at work and have been for a few weeks, the first two weeks of July I was working form home so it wasn't so bad though. Working all day when I'd rather be laying around with Olivia sucks big time! I just want to snuggle with her.
 
Olivia will be 3 months old tomorrow and I feel like she was just born yesterday! She LOVES her tummy time and actually cries when you put her on her back, she started to do sit ups last week and I'm sure she'll be sitting on her own in just a few weeks! She's talking a lot and learning to grab for things even though she doesn't really have it down yet, its coming along. She flirts with her daddy and blows bubbles at him, its the cutest thing in the world to watch the two of them play. She's got good nights of sleeping 7-8 hours and every once in a while she'll throw me for a loop and wake up at 3 completely ready for play time! Its hard to turn down her smile already so I normally end up sleep deprived the next day, but she's worth it! I need to do a real 3 month shoot but until then I took this on Sunday and I LOVE it!! I can't get enough of her! 


on a deeper note, I'm starting to think I have a little postpartum, I looked up the symtoms and the ones in green are the ones I have... 

  • Irritability or hypersensitivity
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Anxiety and worry
  • Crying or tearfulness
  • Anger
  • Negative feelings such as sadness
  • Loss of interest in activities you usually enjoy
  • Difficulty sleeping (especially returning to sleep)
  • Fatigue or exhaustion
  • Changes in appetite or eating habits
  • Headaches, stomachaches, muscle or backaches
that or it might just be my special time of the month... either way. I'm watching it. I actually feel a little bi-polar to be honest, one second i'm fine and then the next i'm either crying or yelling, so I'm pretty sure my hormones are still a little out of whack! 


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