We took family pictures last Saturday, which was an adventure. Of the 75 pictures snapped, Olivia was smiling in exactly two of them, and those two were individual shots. We did manage to find one group picture where Gretchen was smiling and Olivia seemed more contemplative than whiny, so we ordered that one for the Christmas letter. As Jacque (who was visiting) and I looked through the pictures, she pointed out that at least Bryan and I smiled the whole time. The photographer agreed, noting that we were often looking at the camera as well. We're so talented. :)
Last week we traveled to Bryan's parents' house for Thanksgiving. We were able to spend four days there, and got to see his brother and sister in addition to some extended family. He also got to see some exciting football games, which made him happy.
Olivia is potty trained. She's worn diapers only at night-time for a little over a week now and has been (mostly) accident free. We did have some trouble during naptime at Grandma and Grandpa's house because the house was so big that we couldn't hear her quiet waking up noises in order to catch her and stick her on the potty right away. Other than 2 naptimes, though, she's been fine. I even have a nifty waterproof pad that I made for her carseat in case of leaks in the car.
Gretchen loves food. You already knew this (I think), but it bears repeating. To date, she's enjoyed green beans, carrots, zucchini, sweet potato, spinach, yellow squash, pumpkin, mango, pears, peaches, applesauce, oatmeal, apricot, and zweiback. She's tried leeks, but not enough times to be convinced she likes them. This is in addition to whatever soft foods we happen to have on our plates when she's finished her food (bananas, tomatoes, mushrooms, lasagna...). She also happily takes bites of whatever she can grab out of her mother's hands, which means she sampled melon, bread, and crackers when I wasn't paying attention.
Enough updates. Time for pictures.
Pictures and Videos:
Videos (password BarhorstBrewed):
Someday Olivia's siblings will show these pictures to her boyfriends:
Gretchen being Gretchen:
The girls playing together:
Olivia put this headband on all by herself:
Josef sent me some more edited pictures. The family one is from Traverse City this past summer. The others are from when Josef and Alison visited:
Gretchen and Eli playing together:
Or Olivia's aunt will show those pictures to her future boyfriend(s)
ReplyDeleteI just realized that in the family picture, everyone is doing the Olivia face and she's kind of smiling hahaha
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