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Look who can stand up while holding on!

 

Sitting Pretty

Happy 5 Months Emmi!

Happy 5 months Emmi!  I can't believe how quickly the last 5 months have gone!

A 1st Grader?

We took Juli to register for 1st Grade tonight. Yes, FIRST GRADE. Isn't she still a baby? How can she possibly be going into first grade? She couldn't have been more excited to go to the big kids school and register if she wanted to. Look how proud she looks!


Of course Livi was not to be forgotten. She needed to get her picture taken too.

While we were in the school, we bumped into Juli's dance teacher's husband. Turns out he is a first grade teacher there. He gave Juli the VIP tour and she can't wait to start in his class next year. Yep, she think's she is going to be in his class. She has a 1 in 11 shot. Let's see what happens...

Goodbye Baby Teeth

Juli lost her first tooth this morning! It was wiggly for a while. Last night we noticed it was REALLY wiggly. I got a call from Juli this morning that it came out while she was eating an apple for breakfast. I'm glad James was home with her. Wiggly teeth give me the heeby jeebies!

I took some pictures when she got home from school. She was proud to show off her toothless grin.

We put her tooth in this ceramic tooth for safekeeping until the Tooth Fairy picked it up.

Juli putting her tooth in the tooth holder.

Waiting for the Tooth Fairy.

Juli woke up to find that the Tooth Fairy came to take her first tooth away for polishing and safekeeping. She left her some money and a cool certificate.

First Day of Kindergarten!!

My baby, wait, can I still call her that? Ok, my big girl started Kindergarten today. I cannot believe it. I swear it was just yesterday that she was born!

She was SOOOOO excited. She could hardly sit still this morning. She got ready faster than she ever has! She couldn't wait to put on her pretty dress and get to school to see her new teacher Miss Rachel.

I guess she really isn't a baby anymore. Look how big she is!

Look how big her backpack is!! LOL

Aww, sisters. How sweet.

I'm going to school too!

Juli at her cubby, she hangs her backpack underneath the bins.

She was very excited to have her name at her seat.

I picked her up from school and she was still pretty excited. She got to be the calendar girl and organizer today. She told me that Miss Rachel is the greatest kindergarten teacher EVER!!

The only bad thing she had to say was that she didn't get to take a nap and she was pretty tired. They don't take naps in kindergarten. They can either lay on a beach towel and rest, read a book quietly or write in their journal. I guess the excitement caught up with her and she was ready for a nap! If that's the worst thing about her day, I'll take it!

Big Girl Bed!

A while back we converted Livi's crib to a toddler bed. She was having a hard time falling asleep at night and she wanted us to sit with her. She did stay in her bed all night once she was asleep. Just getting her to sleep was the problem. Well we really couldn't sit on the toddler bed with her, so we decided to go for a REAL big girl bed. We took her to pick out her new sheets. She picked princesses, of course. Then to pick up her bed. We came home and she helped James take apart her crib, or her "pibby" as she called it.

Once that was all done, in went the big girl bed.

She loved it! Once the sheets were on she kept saying, "It's beautiful! It's my beautiful big girl bed!"

I did have to sit with her, and she did ask for her pibby once, but she went to sleep pretty quickly.

In the morning she woke up and said, " I slept in my beautiful big girl bed all night! I LOVE IT! My daddy made it for me!"

Aww. So far, so good. She stays in it all night, and still loves it. The only downside is that it is REALLY comfortable and I keep falling asleep in it when I lay down with her!

Livi's First Haircut

Juli has been begging for a haircut (she definitely needed a trim) and Livi also needed one (her hair was really uneven) so we took them to Sweet and Sassy for a little pampering.

We usually just do a spray with water, but today Juli wanted the treatment. She was a little nervous about the hair sink, but after a minute she relaxed and enjoyed a nice shampoo.

I'm ready! Of course she picked a purple cape, it's her favorite color!

Almost done! Checking to make sure it's even before a blow out.

Livi's turn! She watched Juli the whole time and then wanted to sit in the chair. I was a little nervous that she wouldn't sit still but she did great! She was really hamming it up. Every time we pointed the camera at her she said, "Cheeeeeese." By the way, that doesn't always make for cute pictures! LOL

Snip Snip!

All done! Cheese!!

Livi's hair doesn't look much different, but it's definitely even now! She did take a good amount off, but since it curls up, you can't really tell.

Livi is ONE!!

Happy 1st Birthday, my sweet, silly Livi!

Livi is Walking!!

She started taking a step here and there a week or two ago. Now she is up to 6-8 steps at a time!! Yay Livi!!

Livi's 9 Month Doctor Appointment

Olivia had her 9 month doctor visit last night. She is doing great. She's 24lbs, 12 oz and 28 1/2 inches long. She had to get her second flu shot last night. For some reason children under 10 have to get 2 the first time they receive it. I don't think we did that with Juli, maybe it's new. Who knows, they change everything so often it makes your head spin trying to keep up!

So Livi is on to the transition to table foods now. She'll still do formula until she's 1, but she'll do more table foods and less baby foods for now. I'm sure she was happy to hear that! She'd take things she can feed herself over baby food and a bottle anyday!

She finished her antibiotic on Saturday, and the doctor said she wouldn't be completely clear yet. She checked and she is still "pink", but not red and bulging. Since it wasn't red, they aren't doing another treatment. Hopefully they will continue to improve and we won't have to do antibiotics again! We go back in a few weeks for a follow up.

Tiny Fingers

Tiny fingers

Tiny toes

I can't believe how fast she's grown!

Happy 9 months, sweet Livi!

And Then There Were Two

Olivia's second tooth (bottom front) has finally broke through. It's not out much, just the corner. Although, if she bites you it does hurt like heck! She is still chewing on everything she can and has been having a hard time sleeping the last few nights, but I'm hoping that gets better now that this tooth is in. She won't let me look at it, let alone get a good picture! Here's our best shot, you can see her "First Tooth" pretty well now...

First tooth on left, second on right

Livi's Been Busy

Livi has been busy the last few days! On Thanksgiving, she started crawling. She still won't do it all the time, it's obviously not her preferred method of transportation, but she' doing it! She still prefers to roll to wherever she needs to go.

The day after that she started saying Mama and Dada and meaning it. She has been babbling and making sounds for a while now. (According to my dad she said Hello in July.) She calls Dada when James leaves the room and she was calling me in the car. She is also saying Nonna and she may have said that first. My mom said she has been saying Nonna but I haven't heard her. She did say Nonna yesterday, but I told her Nonna's not here ALL the time!

Yesterday we were in the basement doing laundry so I sat her in her pack and play while I flipped the laundry. When I turned around she was STANDING in the pack and play. So she's figured out how to pull herself up too.

Still no teeth though! LOL

Olivia's Baptism

{Cake by Nonna}

As most everyone knows Olivia was Baptised yesterday. Here are some pictures (OK, LOTS of pictures) ...

Olivia getting ready

Aunt Ida, Aunt Sofie, Grandma Marie

Everyone at church

Katie & Juli

Olivia listening to Father Guy

Joseph took this picture, I thought it was really neat (it is not touched up)

Baptismal Waters

Parents & Godparents

OliviaKatie & Juli playing outside

Livi in the kitchen

Katie, Maddie & Juli (The Three Amigos)

The end of a long tough day!

Looks like someone else had a long day too!

More pictures on Katie's blog.