Some Pictures of Our Little Life

Olivia in her swing--she's gotten so big!

Andrew started volleyball in the church league a couple of weeks ago. Here's our friend Alexis holding Olivia, and a couple shots of Andrew's mad volleyball skills. :)

I made Olivia a new toy! It's a jingly loop toy.
(The light color is pink, not white. The pic came out a little off.)

Andrew put down new sod on the edge of the front yard, and Elena went out to "help." She played in the piles of dirt! Here she is right before being whisked off to the bath. It must have gotten in her nose. :)

On Sunday, I forgot to take a picture of Olivia, haha. The dress she was wearing is big enough that she'll wear it again. :) But I did get some pictures of Elena Grace in action. You can see how long her hair is getting! She got the sticker for sitting still while I put the pigtails in. The last picture is when I asked her to say "cheese." :)

Olivia--Two Months Old

Olivia is two months old today! I can't believe how the time has flown; she has grown to. Already Olivia feels like such a part of the family.






In the last month, Olivia has grown a lot in strength and attention span. She can hold her whole chest up while she's on her belly, for limited amounts of time. And she likes to arch her back while we're holding her so she can see more. She can sit up if she's very supported. She likes to watch now--watch her mobile, her swing mobile, and of course people. She can stay awake for longer periods now, even a couple of hours some days.

Olivia is a great sleeper! August 10 (five days ago) she slept 10 hours! In total, she'd gone 12 hours without eating. Since then she's slept at least 9 hours in the night, up to 12. What a blessing for me to get such good rest! She naps extremely well still, even with such good night sleep. I can put her down sleepy but not asleep, which is great! She sure loves to sleep. She nurses about every 2 hours during the day still, but sometimes she goes 2.5 or 3.

Several evenings now she has screamed and screamed, but we're learning how to avoid it or deal with it when it happens. We think maybe she gets overtired, or maybe it's just the weird baby-in-the-evening syndrome. Hopefully she will grow out of that soon!

She still loves sleeping in the Snugglywrap. It is a lifesaver when I need to feed Elena or make dinner and she is fussy. She likes to have her arm out while she's awake, though, so she can see the world.

She is such a cutie! We love getting her to smile, which is not too hard. She loves to smile at us. She has such beautiful eyes--her Daddy calls her "blue eyes." It will be interesting to see if the color changes.

*Update: At her two month appointment she was 12lbs 5oz, 22 in. :)

Little Ladies

Our little ladies are growing up so fast! Elena is looking less and less like a baby, and Olivia is chunking up and getting more aware, with more expressions. But I'll let you see for yourself. :)

I've been taking pictures of Olivia before church, and I've been trying to catch Elena as well. She's a little tougher--she doesn't like to sit still and smile for me in the morning. :) This was the last Sunday in July. (Olivia is wearing the shoes Elena got from Aunt Brenda but never fit into. They are so cute!)





Into August now, Olivia and I were hanging out. She grows so much from week to week!


I made Elena a wrap of her own! She loves it, though she likes to take it off pretty quickly. :)



Last Sunday:


Thanks, Aunt Kelly, for this cute onesie! These are from the beginning of this week.




Here is Elena doing her favorite thing--watching Veggies. She is enthralled, as you can see.


But she did spare a moment to smile for her Mommy. :)

More Pictures of My Girls

I was about to post these pictures when my computer fell terminally ill the other day. Thankfully it lived long enough to email them to myself, and now that we have a new laptop (yay!) I can finally put them up. :)

Elena loves her baby pool in the backyard. And it's nice for me to let Olivia chill out on the porch or inside while we play in the water. It's been so hot out!





Olivia loves watching the ladybug mobile. It was so cute to see her mixture of awe, glee, and a little fear that they would land on her. :)

Hyer Images Family Pictures

Billy and Rachel Hyer (Andrew's brother and his wife) took some amazing pictures of our family while they were here. Thanks, Billy and Rachel! We had so much fun.