Olivia - Five Months!

My goodness, the time is flying by. How are you now five months old? You were just born! I haven't even written your birth story out yet!

This month has been a lot of fun. You are a big smiler, we know this, but this month you started responding to people and searching people out (especially Sophie) and reacting to people laughing and smiling. There has been screeching/laughing, full-on body wiggles of excitement, and all around pure, unadulterated JOY with life.

I seriously doubt that anyone could resist your mega-wattage gummy smile. You radiate pure happiness. It catches me off guard all the time. When I'm tired in the morning (and you have been waking me up almost every hour and a half, little one, at night lately. Not that I don't love seeing you, too, but try to refrain yourself until the daytime. Okay? Thanks.), all it takes is one crinkly, whomping, wiggly, open-mouth smile and I can't stay grumpy. Conversations are stopped when people see you grinning at them. It's completely refreshing and wonderful. I wish I could bottle it up. Joie de vivre.

And that isn't even a full smile.

Yes, you're in a high chair. And yes, the straps need to be adjusted. I was just trying it out and you seemed to enjoy being in the kitchen with me so we haven't changed them yet. You've had your first taste of an apple (I bit off a bit and gave you the apple to suck on) and of a banana. We are not formally feeding you solids yet, but just wanted to give you something to keep you occupied. You liked the taste but really, really did not like any fruit bits to get in your mouth.

Sophie is your life and your joy. She can get you giggling and smiling just by walking by you. She stayed at my mom's house last week to take a ballet class and you didn't know what to do with yourself in the car without her. Lots of babbling at her car seat and screeching. No one to entertain you! Much relief when we picked her up at the end of the week was had by all.

I'm on a new primal blueprint diet and the gluten-free aspect seems to have had an effect on your occasional diaper rash. In that it is all gone. You were never very fussy, so it's hard to know if there was any effect there.

In other news, we brought the exersaucer home from my mom's house and it is now your busy station. You bounce and laugh and hit the toys and go non-stop. I've tried to get photos, but they are all blurry due to the intense activity.

You recently attended your cousin's fourth birthday in New Jersey and there were tons of kids there. All running around and jumping in the kids' pools and playing games. You were THRILLED by all the activity. You sat on my knee and daddy's knee and bounced yourself for hours. Smiling at everyone and just so excited! to! see! people! Until you finally exhausted yourself.

You are a beautiful, lovely girl and we love you to pieces.

© Kirsten Graham

Olivia, Livvie, Moo #2, Smoocher, Whompinator, Whomper, Toots, Poodle, Liver Bean, Bean, Liver Tude.