Laughing Livy

Here's a fun video of Olivia laughing that is sure to brighten your day!

Olivia's First Solid Foods

Olivia officially ventured  into the land of solid foods on March 11!!  She suddenly began waking up every two hours at night, when she typically would go for a four- or five-hour stretch of sleep at a time, so we made the executive parental decision to commence the solids (which in fact are not solid at all, but I digress).

So far she has thoroughly enjoyed her brown rice cereal with breast milk, and that's about it!  She's tried sweet potatoes and plain yogurt but will only eat about three or four bites before she refuses to eat them.  Yogurt must taste quite sour to her; she makes the funniest face when it hits her taste buds!!

We shot some great videos of Olivia's first solid-food meals.  We've posted them below along with some fun pictures.  Enjoy!

Happy after eating brown rice cereal

After eating sweet potatoes

Being a silly goose!!

Tomorrow she's going to try eating puréed avocados for the first time.  Should be fun!  We hope you are all doing well!

Social Butterfly

Aunt Jodi, Uncle Mike and cousins Jacob, Cameron and Logan visited us last week and we had a wonderful time! Olivia was thrilled to spend quality time with the Schneider Clan, as this video of Logan and Olivia attests (along with the subsequent photos):

Olivia and Jacob

Olivia and Cameron

Pedro was thrilled to see his cousins too!!

Olivia was happy to share her different seats with cousin Logan. Here he is in her new high chair and in her bouncy seat (as you saw on the video, he also loved Olivia's Bumbo seat)!

And here are a couple of photos of Olivia in her new high chair. Her introduction to solid foods will begin in just two weeks! I know she can't wait; she is always grabbing at our food and plates while we're eating!

Olivia has also been socializing with friends quite a bit recently. Her Auntie Lisa payed us a visit last weekend, her Uncle Wade took us out to lunch today, and she recently went on her first baby playdate with my Mom's group. She is definitely on the move!!

Olivia with Auntie Lisa

Olivia with her Mimi and Uncle Wadislav

Olivia in her adorable new romper outfit,
looking mighty happy after her first baby playdate

We'll end this post with another milestone . . . Olivia recently learned how to roll over from her back to her tummy. Here is a video of her trying to figure it out (note that since this video was shot about a week ago, Olivia has officially perfected this roll-over move, although now she can't seem to figure out how to roll back onto her back):

Babbling Baby

We are happy to report that Olivia is making great strides in communication this week! She recently added several consonant sounds to her babble repertoire (these include the "M" and "B" sounds) as evidenced by the video below. Rob and I swear she's saying "MaMa" but others tell us she's just babbling . . . either way we're thrilled parents!




Olivia has also begun her attempts at sitting up on her own. She's not quite there yet, but with a little help she's able to sit on her own for a few seconds.






Our friend Haley also stopped by this week to pay a little visit to Olivette. We were thrilled to see her again, sip some mimosas, and catch up! Here are some photos of her visit.

Olivia was quite intrigued by Aunt Haley's necklaces!


Pedro was also happy to see Aunt Haley :)

And last but not least here are a couple of fun pics of Olivia with her parents:

LivyLou and her Dad are ready for baseball season!

And Mom is still as silly as ever! This hairdo always makes Olivia laugh like crazy :)

Have a great week everyone!

Olivia's Baptism

Happy St. Valentine's Day to everyone!!

This past weekend we had a splendid time celebrating Olivia's baptism with family and friends at our new church, The Catholic Church of St. Ann, in Marietta. We are so grateful that some of our nearest and dearest family members traveled to witness Olivia's Christening, and we know that those who couldn't make it were with us in spirit!!

Here are some photos of the celebration:

Olivia cried a bit when the baptismal holy water ran into her eyes

She has the cutest pouty cry!

Finally calm again

Olivia with her Parents and Godparents

Photos from the After Party . . .