As I write this she is rolling around on the quilt Nana and Papa made her surrounded by toys passed down from her twin cousins. On her tummy she constantly taps her foot like she's contemplating something. Probably how exactly to get the tabby-thingies off the toy. A cat walks by and she lets loose a squeal several octaves higher than humans can generally hear. Even though her voice is generally in the lower range, she can screech with the best of them. Once she gets a little sleepier I'll put her in her swing and she will turn her head to stare at the lights on the Christmas tree next to her. She'll get really quiet and if I could lay a soundtrack down to the scene before me it would be O Holy Night.
I digress into weepy sentimentalism. In truth, while being our Christmas miracle, she's also either in a sleep regression and/or a big growth spurt because she isn't giving me much sleep these days. She's also coming with me to work 2 days a week for the full day now due to Dad's new shift. We're getting through it (she refuses to nap for me) thanks to the high chair I brought in and placed in front of the big picture window. She watches all the people go by and happily kicks her legs while gnawing on a toy. With 2 bottom teeth popped through, everything goes in her mouth and watch out for fingers...she can bite hard!
She quite a bit more mobile and upright too. She rolls consistently and can get across the floor much faster than I anticipated. She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to bounce: on someone's knee, standing up on your lap, in a floor bouncer toy, in a johnny jumper...anywhere. She likes her high chair and her bouncy chair because now those 2 things mean food: oatmeal cereal, squash, peas and sweet potatoes are a hit. Carrots were met with a lot of "meh." I've tried my hand at making food too and it's been very successful! Plug for a cool baby contraption that no one needs but is super cool anyway: Infantino Food Storage squeezable baggies and matching spoons. Very. Cool.
Our girl is SO Happy. She giggles and squeals easily and for no reason at all. She grins at strangers and has found her voice at home: super loud cawing like a parrot. Hilarious. Of course, she is strongly encouraged by her father to mimic his sounds and loud squawking is his specialty.
We're encouraging her to entertain her social side (I doubt she will be shy)...we've been on several road trips, we have a weekly new-moms-first-baby coffee group (Mr Noah has a crush on her...super cute because he's a younger man), we've left her with a couple of babysitters already and she charms everyone she meets...especially our ever-growing list of grandma's from church and Bible Study as well as self-proclaimed Grandpa Rocky who can get a bit distracted by her at the office. Most importantly, we went on our first family vacation in early December to the Oregon Coast. She didn't seem interested in the sea lions but I think she liked the ocean :)
Well, Merry Christmas from our family to yours...and if I neglected to send you a copy of our Christmas card just know that it's this picture with a loving "Bah Humbug from Olivia" on the bottom. xoxo
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