A Message to You Sooner Fans...

"Listen here!"

"Really, Mom?! Why would anyone cheer for OU? That's silly!!!"

"We're going after the WIN!!!"

GOOOOOOOOOOOO
POKES
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I'm 8 Month's Old!!!!

I'm a HAPPY HAPPY GIRL! I love to stand and bounce... I crawl so fast and giggle as mommy and daddy chase me and scoop me up :) My second tooth will probably make an appearance any day now... I hope it's as razor sharp as my first one! I have a new 'laugh' that mommy and daddy say sounds like a little lamb.. I'm so cute! I still love bath time - I can't wait 'til I'm bigger so I can swim in the pool. I'm getting a little bit more hair, but not too much. I can wave bye-bye!! Sometimes, mom tries to get me to show off too much, and I just giggle :) I giggle a LOT!! I'm learning to clap my hands... Well, enough about me! Oh wait - here are a few pics!

Standing!!!

We went over to play at Owen's house this morning so mom could have a cup of coffee with Heidi... and look who decided to stand up all on her own in the pack-n-play!!!!

She was proud of herself!!! And I love her Patagonia top - thanks Heather!!!! I can't believe she's big enough to wear it!

Spoon!

During dinner tonight, Olivia wanted to use the spoon to soothe her gums! What a little stinker :) We couldn't resist taking a pic! Of course, just after the flash went off, she smiled and the spoon (with all the food) fell on her lap!

A Few Recent Pics!

Haven't posted in a while, so thought I would catch up with a few of my favorite photos from the past few weeks!
Nothing is cuter than a sweet baby in a full pa-jammie suit! Cuddle bear!
I wanted to see if Olivia was ready for her new car seat - so we tested it in the living room.. She apparently thought that was a fun time...
This was two weeks ago just before we left for church!
Playing in her new walker!
What a cutie pie! I think half the reason she likes the walker is so that she can pull on the baby fence!
Dad - don't let me fall!! I really want to practice pulling up to my knees!
Olivia loves Daddy.. he's had a few days off work lately, and they've had a fun time hanging out!

She's growing toooo fast -- not quite 7 months, and already pulling herself up to standing!

As of this morning - - Olivia's first tooth has appeared!!!!! She's almost ready for a chile relleno - oh wait - maybe I'm ready for that... OH HOW I MISS MY MEXICAN FOOD!!!!!!

Highchair Time!

Here are some recent pics of Olivia and her start with solid foods!


(This was her first time with rice cereal! She looks a little out of it!!)
This one, I think she's saying, "Who... me??"

I realized when trying to decide which pics to post, that I really need to take more fun pictures of her with food on her face :) What can I say?! We're pretty clean! AND - it's challenging to feed her and take pics!

We started rice cereal about a month or so ago. So far, we've tried rice and oatmeal cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, bananas, and applesauce. She hasn't had much of an appetite the past week (I'm guessing that we might be seeing a tooth soon!!) but tonight we had sweet potatoes and some banana for dessert and she looovveed it!

I can't believe my girl is SO big! Where have the past 6 months gone!?

Side note - at her 6 month check-up last week, Olivia weighed 17 pounds and was 27.5 inches tall! (She's off the chart in height .. in the 102nd percentile! and close to the 55th percentile for weight.)

More Crawling Practice!

"Oh, hi Mommy... You wanna see my new tricks again??"

"Here I go!" "Are you ready?"

"Woaaahh, I'm a bit wobbly!"

"That was close!!"

"Here I go again!" "Are you getting this on film??"

"Not too sure where to go from here!?"

"That's it for now!"

"Come play :)"

"What's in here?" "I better look quick - I usually don't sit up too long before I tip!"