Bows in Our Hair

Olivia's hair is finally long enough to wear bows -- at least occasionally -- and only if she wants to wear one (Lord, she has a mind of her own!)

Computer Problems

I am sure you have probably noticed that there have not been any blog entries for a month. I am about to scream because our computer has decided that it no longer wants to operate and is running at a snail's pace. I can't really spend the majority of my work day posting pictures and entries at work (honestly, I would rather be doing that than dealing with any discovery dispute), so I am in a picture hiatus until Jeremy gets his bonus in July and we can afford to buy a new computer. I hate that because I have SO many good pictures to post. A recap of the past month:

Olivia has a diaper rash that won't go away -- we have been through every rash medication out there for fungal and bacterial infections and we are now treating with a dermatologist. The dermatologist tells us that she is just going to be a child with sensitive skin. I think I will be spending a LOT of $$$ over the next 18 years paying for her treatment! Yuck!

We have discovered that Olivia loves 3 things in life: her baby swing, the pool, and pushing her car. The funniest is watching her push her car -- she beeps the horn and tries to run over the dogs. She always has a mischevious grin on her face when she runs into Jake and Maggie and looks up at me as if to say "2 points!" Everyone seems to think that she drives like me. I am not sure where they get that!

I spent the past weekend in Marco Island for a friend's bachelorette party. Of course, while I was gone Olivia decided to walk as a present for Father's Day! We are spending this weekend trying to babyproof the house even more -- she is getting into everything. I have noticed too that she is eyeing our stairs. I am going to need more than one guardian angel to survive this one!

Happy Mother's Day

We celebrated my second Mother's Day on Sunday and it was pretty uneventful. I had to work in the morning (yuck.) but we spent the afternoon at Aunt Shell's house. Olivia played with her cousins, particularly Grayson who is only 1 month older than she. She was really cute. I receive several Mother's Day cards, but the one I liked the most was the one that Olivia "made" for me at daycare. The ladies at daycare put together cards for the babies to give their moms and they made a footprint in the card -- I cried when I received it! I am such a sap. But the worst present I received was that night -- Olivia decided to poop in the bathtub! I about died. She gets the funniest expressions on her face when she is "preparing" and she had that expression about the time that I was draining the bathwater. Before I had a chance to figure out what to do, I discovered my "present" in the bathtub. Not my favorite part of being a mom.

Good News, Bad News

The good news is that our Derby pool won almost $30,000 in the Derby on Saturday. Of course, our cut isn't that large, but it will be helpful considering what else happened to us on Saturday. Yes, the bad news is that a toilet leaked on us, causing considerable dry wall damage to our ceiling and wall. Perfect timing considering we are trying to sell the house. Ironically, someone wanted to look at it on Saturday -- we told our realtor that it was NOT a good time.

Spaghetti Dinner

Tell me again why I ever thought that Olivia should have spaghetti like Mommy and Daddy? At least I was smart enough to strip her down to her birthday suit!

New Tricks

Olivia is full of new tricks everyday. Recently she has really started mocking us and she is SO cute. She loves to play "So Big!" and she especially loves to hug her bear. In addition to being able to say "mama" and "dada" she can also say "bear" and "baba" (for her bottle) very clearly. I have posted a picture of her practicing "So Big!" and hugging her favorite Care Bear. Enjoy!

More Birthday Pictures

Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Randy stopped by on Wednesday, April 30 -- Olivia's actual birthday. I took a lot of heat from everyone that day because I scheduled Olivia's shots for that morning. I know -- shots on her birthday are not a very nice present, but we had other medical reasons for going on Wednesday. I will spare everyone the gory details. Olivia is 30 inches long and weighs approximately 20 pounds. She handled her shots very well and was a happy baby that night, much to my relief. She had a lot of fun playing with Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Randy, as you can tell. She even had a visit from Papaw, who was also in town. The little girl was tired when we went to bed that night!