March 11-18

Things Olivia Loves:
Seeing Daddy walk through the door
Baths
Jumping (in and out of the Johnny Jump Up)
Playing with her tongue and/or licking things
Strings/tassels/hair (fun to play with AND tasty)
Playing WITH somebody
Being outside
Hanging out with the baby in the mirror

Things Olivia Dislikes:
Drying off after a bath
Getting her nails clipped
Getting her nose wiped
Being on her stomach for too long (but will she roll over to fix it?  Of course not)

We have a budding ventriloquist on our hands this week.  75% of Olivia's non-crying noises have been made with her lips closed.

Olivia would love to be able to stand and walk jump.  She doesn't pull herself up on things yet, but she likes being balanced next to the couch, a chair, or her mirror.  Unfortunately, she hasn't developed the talent of falling into a sitting position yet, so we have to stay close in order to catch her when she falls.  This picture show the problem rather nicely.  As soon as I finished taking the picture, I had to catch her as she fell to the floor like an overbalanced 2x4.




Tuesday all of Olivia's usual pants were in the wash, so I put a new pair on her.  She looked very grown up, but couldn't reach her toes when she was sitting down, so she ended up wearing some comfy sweats from Uncle James instead.

The weather has be absolutely gorgeous here lately.  We've been going on walks every day.  It seems especially summery when you have a baby dressed like she's going to the beach.  :)

My project this week was unpaper towels.  Also known as kitchen towels.  :)  These are more fun, though, because they go on the paper towel roll.  I used old t-shirt backs and flour sack towels to make paper-towel-sized squares and then put snaps on the corners to connect them together.

More pictures:

No fear!  Letting go of the chair.
Good thing Mom was there to
catch her.

She's actually laughing here...
Up close it looks more like she's
terrified.