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!

Sitting is soooo last week!

She absolutely will not sit on your lap anymore, she has to STAND UP! She doesn't like being still in any position. When laying down she rolls over or she scoots forward on her tummy, when she's in her excersaucer she spins around. Her greatest torture is having to sit in her car seat for more than a few minutes. I have a feeling she will follow in Jake's footsteps and be walking at nine months. Look out world!

Sound of the week

Not much to report in the fifth month. She's learning to use her hands more and she loves to stare at them in amazement. She also likes to stuff them in her mouth until she gags! It's hard to watch, but she will do it over and over again. Like everything else she learns, I know this will lose it's appeal and she'll move on to something else in no time. Her favorite sound to make at the moment is "aaaaahhhhh" with her tongue sticking out. She's done with the raspberries already...that was the messy one!