Guess who's 5 months old today.....

That's right, Miss Olivia Gabrielle is 5 months old and I can hardly believe it. I know I say this every month, but its truly amazing to watch my little girl grow up right before my eyes. She's learning so much and is attentive to everything.
Olivia recognizes when her name is called and/or being used in a conversation. Whenever I'm updating her Granny or Dad about something she's done she always looks up at me as if to say "why are you telling my business?" TOO FUNNY!!

Miss Liv just might pull up before she crawls. She loves to be put in a standing position and she nearly leaps off of your leg. I should really be recording this stuff. She's not going to believe me when I tell her this when she's older.

I'm also proud to report that Olivia loves her veggies. She's "officially" eating food! She's still getting her bottles in but we've incorporated green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash and pears into her otherwise liquid diet. She loves it and I'm so happy that she loves her veggies. Hopefully that will last ;-)

STTN is still kinda allusive as she usually wakes at least twice during. Her sleeping through the night is so sporadic that I have to mark the calendar to remember the day. I've started giving her a much heavier night bottle. What I like to call a rice cereal smoothie b/c its thicker than her normal bottle. My baby's belly gets full and she's out cold. Hopefully this will mean a good nights rest for me.........what a treat that would be ;-)
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Thank You Lord for Olivia

Olivia's Christening was last night at church. It was a wonderful blessing to have family and friends present to witness us dedicating ourselves to promoting the spiritual, emotional, educational, physical, financial and social growth of our little princess. Everyday I am thankful to God for the blessing of a healthy, happy little girl. Thank you God for entrusting me with raising your little one to meet Your purpose for her.

The ear piercing experience (pun intended)

Olivia had her 4 month appointment on Friday and it was of course time for her next round of immunizations. In hindsight, I probably should have schedule the ear piercing for another day, a day when she wasn't scheduled to be stuck by needles.

She must have sensed something was up b/c even before her Dr moved towards her with the earring gun, she started to turn it up. She had done soo well during her check-up, but then it all went south. G had the duty of holding her still against her back arching, kicking, screams. It was quite horrible. Had I not been busy taking pics I would have certainly joined her for a good cry.

The end result was a beautiful pair of pink flower earrings on the most beautiful Olivia I've ever known.
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The Wonderful World of OLIVIA!

Besides the obvious irony, I am in love with all things OLIVIA! She's the cutest, most adventurous, smart little....piglet ever! Initially I was not in love with the fact that this OLIVIA was a weird looking pig, but she quickly won us over. My Olivia seems to enjoy watching "same name" on Nickelodeon and so far, the cartoon seems to be pretty wholesome.

The books are great! I recently purchased about six at one time from Borders.com. I am an avid reader and I hope Olivia takes on that same passion. Books are a wonderful mode of escape and creativity. I hope to write a Children's book one day. My Olivia will have all of the OLIVIA books and videos too!

Here's to all the fantastic little OLIVIA's!!

Smooching

I LOVE to smooch my baby. Its how she earned her nickname. She is my Smoochieness and my love for her is really indescribable. What manner of love is this??

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