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Tag: Olivia’s Growing

  • Charting Progress

    Charting Progress

    Our Parents as Teachers Coordinator stopped by this past week to check on Olivia’s progress and administer her 12 month ASQ Screening.  As I expected, Olivia passed with flying colors and even obtained perfect scores in the gross and fine motor skills categories.  Part of my homework from this session including filling out Year 1…

  • …and she is ONE.

    …and she is ONE.

    A sneak peak of a precious milestone for our family. Olivia’s beautiful spirit, feisty independence, and incredible strength continues to amaze us on a daily basis.

  • 30 Days of Thankful: Week 3

    30 Days of Thankful: Week 3

    Another week has gone by and I am loving Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful project.  Here’s a peak at my pages through yesterday: Before our trip, my Mom and I stopped at Pottery Barn Kids and I picked up a pack of DIY butterfly paper masks to bring to Wisconsin for Halloween.  This darling…

  • In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking

    In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking

    As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out!  I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake.  I…

  • Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Lately, we’ve been: …watching the leaves turn. …visiting the pumpkin patch. …helping Olivia stand and pull herself up on various pieces of furniture. …singing (lots of singing). …practicing different learning concepts like “on/off, open/close, up/down, etc…” with our very active 10 month old. …picking out the perfect Halloween costume for our girl.  Our darling little…

  • Lately… Summer 2013

    Lately… Summer 2013

    Row 1: In late July, James’ parents visited and we tackled cleaning up our yard.  We weeded like crazy!  (I don’t think our yard has had any attention since Olivia’s early arrival.)  The garden bed along the side of the house was completely overgrown.  Due to the unseasonably cool summer temps, Olivia was able to…

  • You Are My Sunshine Party Theme

    You Are My Sunshine Party Theme

    When Olivia was discharged from the hospital, we followed the nurses orders to stay away from public places for fear of RSV.    When the flu season ended in late April, we decided to celebrate!  I knew that I wanted to do something based on song, You Are My Sunshine, since I sang this tune to…

  • Marking 33 Weeks and 4 Days.

    Marking 33 Weeks and 4 Days.

    I was pregnant for exactly 33 weeks and 4 days. Today, Olivia is 33 weeks and 4 days old. So many mixed emotions running through my mind today… Olivia has been outside as long as she was safely tucked away inside my tummy. It’s crazy how quickly this much time has passed…although I can still…

  • Happy Birthday, Lexi!

    Happy Birthday, Lexi!

    Our sweet puppy, Lexi turned 5 today.  This little darling has been a ball of energy and personality from the moment we picked her up.  Even on the most rotten of days, she always manages to make me smile. Lexi and Olivia are becoming such great buddies. Here’s an excerpt of one of my letters…

  • DIY High Contrast Books for Babies

    DIY High Contrast Books for Babies

    During our first visit with the Parents as Teachers program, our coordinator emphasized how fascinating black and white images were to infants.  She recommended this popular board book to help stimulate Olivia’s brain development.  It features a total of 10 large and familiar shapes for babies to study.  I loved the concept of this simple…