My First Blog

Well, I have been considering doing this for quite some time, and it seems like there is no time like the present. I have a few reasons for creating a blog, and only one of those is a little selfish:

1.) I want to document Olivia's life in a way that will allow her to see it one day
2.) I want to keep family and friends up-to-date on her life through pictures and video

3.) I want to show off my absolutely beautiful and amazing daughter to anyone that will look

4.) I want Chris to be able to see his baby girl regularly since he has to be away from us so much

So, check back often because I will try to update at least two days a week. The operative word here is "try" because with a newborn in the house, I can't always guarantee that will be an option.

Now, for the fun stuff - pictures and video of Olive. This first post will be a bit picture and video heavy since I waited until she was 11 weeks old to do this.

Today we layed around the house pretty much all day, I was tired, and O wanted to be held pretty much all day. We had some good bonding time, she got in some decent tummy time and before I knew it the day was over.

Happy Baby During Tummy Time

Then she took a bath

O was born with copius amounts of hair on her head that hasn't fallen out like they said it would. In fact, it has grown even longer. It's at a very weird stage where it sticks up everywhere and I can't do much with it. But after the bath it gets SO curly and it is just adorable, I had to include a picture.

And the biggest event of the day - I caught O's first little giggle on camera! Amazing! And because I know that all of you will love it as much as me, I will include it here.

This is a video of O having a very serious conversation with Mr. Giraffe. But Mr. Giraffe can be very charming, and right about 55 seconds in, he just makes her giggle. I know it might not be a full-blown belly laugh, but I've been waiting for this laugh to happen, and for me, this is heaven.

I truly cannot believe I have lived my life all of these years without knowing this beautiful little person. She is the most amazing thing that has every happened to me, and every day I tell her how loved she is.

One of the other new things she has begun doing is "playing" with her toys. Now, she doesn't grab them and hold them, but she can swing her hands at things and hit them, and I have to say, she has gotten pretty good at it. We might have a future volleyball player. This is a video of her playing with her elephant friend that travels everywhere with her - she just loves her elephant.

I had big plans of putting a lot more up here today, but, I'm tired and she's in bed so I'm going to have some mommy time before bed. I quit my full time job and am looking for a part time job and have a job interview tomorrow morning so wish me luck!