Olivia is getting both of her bottom teeth. The right one has broken the skin and the left is getting ready to make an appearance. We didn’t even notice. No swollen gums. No sleepless nights. No fever or diarrhea. Bart and I were feeding her last night and talking about when she might get teeth. I was telling him some of the signs that I had heard to look for. I stuck my finger in her mouth just to check since she did seem to be drooling a lot more in the past 2 days. I wanted to see if her gums looked swollen or irritated and low and behold my finger touched something sharp. She’s such a good baby–maybe the others will come in easy too! Uh Oh Grandmomma and Granddaddy–you may have to go through teething one more time while we’re on vacation! I’ll post pictures as soon as Olivia will let me in her mouth!

Olivia’s 6 month appointment went well. Well, except the 3 shots she had to have. But she was a brave girl, only crying a few minutes. She is now 18 lbs. 8 1/2 oz. 27 1/4 inches and has a 17 inch head circ. The doctor say she is continuing to make really good eye contact and her curiosity (I call it nosiness) are really impressive. We will continue soy formula and talk about trying milk very slowly at 1 year. She has now tried applesauce, pears, peaches, bananas, green beans, green peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and of course rice cereal. We think the bananas caused her to break out so  we will wait a while before we try those again. But she is growing really well.

Olivia had some more firsts this weekend. We went strawberry picking at Patterson Farms on Saturday. Olivia had a ball and we picked 3 baskets full of beautiful strawberries. Bart and I took turns carrying her and while we picked, so did she. Well, she pulled leaves off the plants and them tore them into pieces ( she also loves to tear napkins, paper towels, any paper really into tiny little pieces).

Picking Strawberries

This is fun!

We also took Olivia to our neighborhood pool. It opened a few weeks ago and we haven’t been able to get there until Saturday and we already had her greased up with lotion from our morning on the farm. She wimpered when we first put her feet in (it was VERY cold!) Then she got used to it. Bart put her in all the way to her shoulders. She sat on the step and splashed for a while. We are looking forward to some great times at the pool this summer. I only have 3 more weeks till I’m out of school for the summer! And these pictures show what I have to look forward to.

This is cold!

Splash! Splash!

I Like this Daddy!

New Family

Olivia got her first cousin and Bart and I became Aunt and Uncle for the first time on Thursday, May 14 @ 3:44 pm to an 8 lb. 9 oz. 21 1/4 inch baby boy. My sister, her husband and Baby Lucas are doing well. They came home from the hospital on Saturday. Olivia has already visited her new cousin and can hardly wait for him to be big enough to play with her!

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Cousins

We all went to Raleigh this past weekend for my cousin Kelley’s graduation from NC State. Olivia had her first visit to Carter Finley and to campus. I’ve included some pictures at the stadium. We even got her some decals so that she will be ready for her first football game this fall. Her daddy can hardly wait!

Looking at the Wolves

My Little Wolfpacker

Daddy & His Little Lady Wolf

 Olivia also got to visit her Great Nanny’s house for a little while. They played pat-a-cake together!

Me and My Great Nanny

Noah Giving Me Hugs & Kisses

I Like Your Glasses Grandmomma

Oreo is Licking My Toes...That Tickles

Olivia is growing and changing so much every day. She will be 6 months old tomorrow. Here are some pictures of her Easter, eating peas, and more things she has been doing lately.

A lot has happened in the last 2 weeks. Olivia had her 4 month appointment. She is 15 lbs. 1.5 oz. (75%). 16 3/4 head circumfirance (75-90%). And here’s the big one–26 1/8 inches (97%). She has officially outgrown all of her 3 to 6 month clothes and is quickly outgrowing her 6 month stuff. Most of what she wears now is 6 to 9 month. I think she is definitely showing her mom’s height tendancies. The doctor also gave us the go ahead to start adding rice cereal to her bottle once a day, hopefully to help with her spitting up. And to start her with the spoon when she seemed interested.

Well, the rice cereal is helping some with the spitting up, but our girl still covers us with left-over soy milk frequently. But she has seemed very interested in our food and watching us eat. So I tried the spoon. Here is a picture of her first tastes of rice cereal. She was NOT a fan. This week, she suddenly decided that cereal is GREAT! She opens her mouth, flails her hands, and gets really excited about it now! We’ll start applesauce later this week.

Olivia was also dedicated at church on Sunday, March 15th. We had Grandmomma and Granddaddy Moore, Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Andrew, Mimi and Pa-Pa Teeter, Great Nanny Stroud, Aunt Amanda and Uncle Z and Auntie Ashley there for the bid day. Here is a picture of Olivia in her adorable outfit.

Dedication Sunday

And last, but not least, Olivia has started sleeping in a super cute position.

Sleeping

Olivia is now 4 months old. I’ll give the update after her doctor’s appointment Wednesday. Here is a priceless picture of Olivia and her daddy watching basketball and racing.

We are out for another snow day today–everyone is out, not just students. Olivia and I are enjoying our extra day at home together. Bart stayed home until about 9:30 to let the roads get a little cleared. We have 4 to 5 inches of snow. It is beautiful!

This is about the only way I get to check email. . . and blog one handed.

My students are on a snow day today, but I had to come in to work for a while. Olivia got all bundled up in her fleece sweatshirt this morning and stayed with her Mimi and Pa-Pa. I thought she looked adorable and thought you all might enjoy seeing her!