My Oh My

So, our computer has been on the outs forever and Chuck finally hooked up our old computer so I could get some blogging done etc. Of course I have NO pictures on this system, but will be adding some pictures to the blog tomorrow from the pictures I have on my parents computer.

So, what's new?

The Vikes are in the playoffs and have their first playoff game tomorrow afternoon. Olivia will have a couple wardrob changes and will be sporting both her Vikings cheerleading outfit that our good friend Carrie gave her, and her Adrian Peterson jersey that my cousin Chad bought her for Christmas. Of course, pictures will be taken and posted. It is very ironic that when Carrie gave us the cheerleading uniform at my baby shower we made the comment that it would be perfect for when the Vikings made it to the playoffs and won the Super Bowl the following year. Who'da thunk it? Oh, Olivia is also starting to sport the Jared Allen (#69 defensive end) mullet. Go Vikes!

OK, onto other things besides the Vikings.

Olivia is a teething fool, though she hasn't gotten a new tooth in since Christmas night. Hmm. However, she drools like crazy and is constantly knawing on things. Or better yet, biting things, more specifically, me. I receive bites on the shoulder and the arm mostly, but have received a few to the face and one on the neck. Not cool. Nothing seems to deter her from biting and most of the time when she is firmly told "no biting" she smiles and bites again.

Olivia's vocabulary is still somewhat limited. She continues to say mama, dada, pup (though she now whispers it everytime she says it, weird kid) and pop pop (that is what she calls my dad). However, we added a new word to our vocabulary as of yesterday. Nnnn no. She says this with her big Olivia smile on her face and shaking her head no at the same time. And yes, it really is nnnn no. However, whenever Olivia is told no, she throws herself back and begins screaming. Can the terrible two's start even before the age of one? Kim is trying to teach her to say mine as well. Great. No and mine, two words I don't want to hear.

Walking is coming slowly, but surely. Olivia stands independently without holding onto anything a lot of the time now and even took four steps towards KB without holding onto anything, but other than that she still likes to drop to the floor and speed crawl to things or cruise around the couch etc. Part of her problem is she curls her toes under and literally walks on her toe knuckles (have I ever told you Olivia is just like me). She does walk with the push toy she has, which is pretty funny because she starts pushing and that thing takes off. It's almost like she is running behind it to catch up.

Just over the last couple of days Olivia has started opening her mouth, humming and hitting her mouth with an open palm. You know, the thing that sounds like an Indian chant thingy. Oh, you know what I am talking about.

Eating is sort of a pain in the butt. Olivia is going through a weird stage where she will put food in her mouth and then immediately take it out and examine it for a while, then put it back in and play with it for a while longer in her mouth. This causes every stinkin meal time to take FOREVER. She loves grilled cheese sandwiches, but I have decided that she can't eat this for every meal. She will not eat any vegetables unless it is baby food vegetables and it is hard to get meats into her. We have no problem getting our dairy, grains or fruits in for the day, its just those darn meats and veggies. I have decided that baby veggies are better than no veggies and she gets two containers of Stage 2 baby food a day. As for the meat, I took the turkey bites she refused to eat and put them in her green beans the other day and she ate them no problem. Well, until the last bite when she decided to gag. Go figure.