Let's hear it for being AVERAGE!

Wooohooo! Olivia had a developmental assessment yesterday with three specialists at the Children's Therapy Center. This was recommended by the hospital when she was born because of her prematurity and the infection that she was born with. We don't get the official written assessment for a few weeks, but they did show us her "grades" and she was in the 50th percentile for babies her age. That means she is an AVERAGE six month old with no deficiencies or delays! YAY! Usually with premature babies they will use your adjusted age, which is when you should have been born, but they used her actual age and she still got an average score. I kind of had a feeling that she was fine but it was nice to hear it officially.

As you can see from this picture, she's learning to sit unsupported now. I'm so excited for this stage because then she can sit in a shopping cart, restaurant high chair, and eventually the swings at the park! It's kind of funny to watch because when she does lose her balance, she does a face plant right onto the floor. She hasn't yet learned to use her hands to break her fall!

just talking to Livia

As a three year old, Jake is constantly talking. Usually to his cars, trucks, or tractors-he makes different voices for each one and carries on conversations. So the other day when I was in the kitchen and heard him talking, I didn't pay much attention. But when I looked over, he was talking to Olivia! I asked him what he was talking about and he said he was telling her about his nap. I tried to capture it on video, but he just stopped talking when he saw the camera. It's not very often that Jake interacts with Olivia, especially unprompted!

What am I supposed to do with this?

Since Olivia is now six months old, I thought I'd start feeding her solids. The first few times I tried she just looked at me like, "what the heck are you doning?" She doesn't spit it out, but she doesn't swallow it either! She just let's it sit in her mouth and stares at me! It's the funniest thing! After the third day of trying she's now getting the hang of it. Maybe she'll like it better when we move into something more exciting than rice cereal.

Just chillin'

She looks like she's just hanging out, but actually she rolled into the pillows and got stuck! =)

welcome to my pillow palace!

Olivia has got a section of the family room all to herself! It's padded along the walls for those times when she won't stop rolling until she hits her head on the wall. I went around the house and gathered up all the extra pillows I could find and made a pillow palace for her. We also had to put up a baby gate because the other day I was cooking and Olivia decided to roll all the way on to the hardwood floor to the kitchen!

Ready for the beach!

Today we went down to the Lake for lunch and a stroll. Jake and Olivia both love watching the boats and the ducks. It's a good thing I took these pictures before we left the house because I forgot to take any when we got there! Her little noggin is so tiny, everything is so big on her!