Perfect in Purple

Olivia has really started to grow! I thought she'd never grow out of her newborn clothes...and we didn't have much variety of the tiny sizes, so she wore the same thing every other day! But I can't keep up with all the outfits she has that fit her now! She is 11 pounds and changing all the time! She is so alert and loves to just sit on my lap and look around. There are plenty of smiles, but they are hard to catch with the camera because when she smiles, her whole body wiggles in excitement...making for blurry pictures. Oh well...you'll just have to trust me that she is precious!

Olivia's Favorites at Two Months:

• Sitting up (with help, of course)
• Eating
• Music
• Any time she gets to be naked!
• Kicking and splashing in her bath
• Sticking out her tongue

First Haircut

I finally got rid of the baby mullet. It was quick...but all those chubby rolls on Olivia's neck made it a little difficult! Much better now, though.

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think

You can think up some birds.

That's what you can do.

You can about yellow

Or think about blue...

You can think about red.

You can think about pink.

You can think up some horses.

Oh, the THINKS you can think!

Dr. Suess

I never realized how many things about having a baby I had not THOUGHT about. Logistical things. Practical, everyday things that you never notice or worry about until you have to! Some I have figured out...others are still a mystery! My (ever-growing) list:

• Where do you put the carseat when at a restaurant? Turns out they have these luggage rack-type things that are really quite bothersome but do the trick.

• How do you get your carseat attached to the shopping cart? (I literally panicked when I realized that I was on my way to the store by myself and had no idea what I was doing.) Got that one down. Not rocket science, as you can imagine.

• What goes in the car first? Groceries or baby? I chose baby. Baby goes in car, car gets locked, groceries go in trunk, cart goes back to cart return. Problem solved. Works quite nicely.

• Purse or diaper bag? Now, you laugh. But seriously! It is extremely hard for me to find a purse that I love, and even harder to find a diaper bag that I feel like carrying around everywhere! I'd love to just have one bag, but then what do I leave with the sitter or with Ryan? Still haven't solved this dilemma. Still carrying around a purse and a diaper bag every time we go out. Ideas?

• "Sleep when your baby sleeps." That is what everyone says. How this is makes for adequate sleep I am not sure. There is just nothing that compares to a good 8 hours. And when I have those 8 hours back someday, I will have a new 'happiest day of my life'.

• Other moms. My perspective might just be a little bit skewed as of this moment in my life due to lack of sleep, I see other moms in a whole new light! For example, at church on Sunday, I sat on the back row and stared at these women in pure amazement. How did they get that bag full of books and treats packed, get their hair perfect, get their children ready and still manage to get to church by 9 AM? Amazing. I actually cannot comprehend it at the moment. I guess you have to ease into it!

Oh, the things I had never thought.