It was suggested that I get a video of Olivia saying some of her new words. Unfortunately, videos have become harder since Olivia started wanting the camera. I managed, though. Below are a couple of videos, though they're more audio than video since I had to keep the camera out of her visual range in order to get her to perform. :)
Gretchen is in 0-3 month clothes. Some of the newborn stuff would still fit, I think, but it was getting too hard to snap sleepers at the bottom, especially over cloth diapers in the dark. A couple of the roomier sleepers engulf her, but for the most part she doesn't look like her clothes are too big. Onesies and pants are a good choice, because even if the onesie is a little big, the pants cover up the extra length. :)
And speaking of Gretchen, she's a pacifier baby. At least for now. Olivia used a pacifier occasionally for about 2 months and then didn't bother anymore. Gretchen, though, has been trying to suck her thumb since she was born and is perfectly content to take a pacifier, at least until she can get those pesky hands to stay in her mouth where they belong! Olivia helpfully tries to put the pacifier back in Gretchen's mouth (albeit upside down) when it falls out, although she's not above claiming it for her own mouth if Gretchen refuses to accept it too many times.
Since Olivia was born, Bryan and I have been eating dinner after she goes to bed. It's just easier to prepare a meal without her help. When she started eating solids, we started making sure we put some of each meal aside for her to eat for dinner the next night. I knew I'd eventually have to start having dinner ready at an earlier time, but I figured it'd be a few years. However. Bryan comes home from work starving, we don't have quick, easy snacks in our house, Olivia likes to sample whatever anyone around her is eating, and dinner is so much less exciting when one could have cheese and crackers or jelly sandwiches every single night. We tried moving Olivia's dinner up and turning the "snack" into dessert (back when we had pudding around), but that didn't work so well. And Bryan didn't like the idea of waiting to eat his snack until Olivia goes to bed. So this week I told him I'd have meals ready by 6, if he thought he could wait the hour without expiring. It's been going pretty well, especially if I can find a way to get Olivia involved (one night I had her break up all the spaghetti noodles into little pieces while we waited for water to boil -- keeps us from having to cut her spaghetti for her and keeps her busy for a long time).
Pictures and Videos:
Olivia talks:
Playing peek-a-boo around the front porch railing:
Olivia and her giant red ball:
Gretchen takes a nap:
And then Olivia takes over the comfy space to read a book:
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