My video game partner

After searching high and low we finally found the Wii. We looked everywhere for one and they were always sold out where ever we went. It came with Wii sports and Shawntel is awesome at golf it's the only thing I can't beat her at but I think I'm getting the hang of it. We ended up getting Mario Kart with it also and we're pretty even. When Shawntel has had enough though Olivia will play with me, she really has no choice at all and I win every time. For now any way I'm sure once she gets up in age she''ll be the champ and I bet it won't be Wii either it will be something that blows the Wii's mind. I remember when my sister and I got the original Nintendo for christmas. We played duck hunt all day and when my Mom and Dad put us to bed they took the night shift. Video games have come a long way.

Milk does a body good

Shawntel has been doing awesome at keeping up with Olivia's milk intake. Shawntel pumps it and Olivia gobbles it up. Here lately she has been eating more and more we think she's hitting a growth spurt. We googled growth spurts and they said that it will help mommies milk production increase but we had no idea it would be this much. I'm even dipping into it on occasion like the other day I needed a cup for some corn bread and we didn't have regular milk. This is the next best thing. SIKE!!! Hats off to Shawntel though I never realized how hard it is to keep up with a babies hunger strikes. We planted a veggie garden this weekend past with my parents and today all the seeds have popped up except the eggplant. I love eggplant I think that Shawntel sabotaged them. I almost forgot Olivia slept in her own room last night and she must have loved it because she only woke up once. We had both monitors on so when she did cry it sounded like a concert. Besides the one time, I slept great and as for Shawntel not that good but she'll get used to it.

I.C.E.

The past couple of days I've had a landscaping project going in the front yard. I'm not quite done but I'm very close and the only reason I've got this far is because Shawntelly has been hanging out with Olivia. I figured I'd pay her back today and chill out with Oli bug while she paints our bedroom. I'm going to have to watch Olivia alone sooner or later so this is perfect I'll test the waters with Shawntel in the next room just in case. So we started the day by finishing The Good Shepard it was a pretty good movie and I was able to get it in the mailbox before the mailman came so the next movie can get here quick. Big mistake. My cousin even told me that if they go to sleep you need to jump on whatever it is you need to do so you stay ahead. Watching the movie put me right behind the eight ball. I've only been able to get two loads of laundry done post on this blog and watch the rest of the Good Shepard but I have read five books to Oli, we watched three innings of the Cardinals Mets baseball game(she hates baseball) and her Great Grandparents came to visit. Needless to say I have a totally different game plan for tomarrow. The good news is that I didn't have to use Shawntel today, she did sneak in to get a few kisses now and then but I think Oli and I will be okie dokie when it's just the two of us.

Weekend with Granny and Grampy

Well we didn't make it to the seafood festival because it rained the day we were going to go but Olivia got to hang out with her grandparents all weekend. My Mom and Dad came down to see "us" which translates into see her. I'm okay with that because Olivia had a great time. That's the first time they've seen her since she was born. It was cool to hear how many things they noticed different about her. The one thing that has not changed though is she's still a night owl. I asked my my Mom and Dad if Olivia woke them up at all and they both said no. So it was kind of nice to know that somebody got good sleep. Our day is coming I can feel it. Shawntel has less than a month before she goes back to work, it's amazing how fast this time has gone. Our plan is to win the lotto so we won't have to return to work. Sounds like a pretty good plan to me.

Strawberry milk

Today Grandma Kim and Miss Becky went up to Ellington to do some bargain shopping and they found a good deal on strawberries. Shawntel hasn't been able to stay out of them, I don't think they will make the night. Olivia is in for a treat tonight this will be her first strawberry milk. Hopefully since Shawntel is hooking her up with tasty flavored milk she'll return the favor and hook us up with some sleep tonight. We'll see.

Nice Doo

Olivia's hair is growing pretty steady, she's not ready for a bobby pin or a banana clip(blast from the past) but she is starting to get a distinct hair line. I remember wondering while Shawntel was pregnant if Olivia would be one of those people that grow hair all over their faces and how I would handle it if she was. Or what about if she had a really high hairline and looked like flipper. It's good to know that I don't have to worry about that but it is kinda comical because she has developed another hair phenomenon, a baby mullet. I looked up the mullet on Urbandictionary.com and a mullet is defined as a hairstyle that is cut trim in the front but the back is long and often left uncut. Well if the shoe fits Olivia needs to wear it. I think though that anyone will agree with me when I say that a baby ape drape is so much cuter than a full blown adult mullet. On the subject of hair we have a lot of friends who just had babies and they were born with a great head of hair. Olivia had hair but not all over so Shawntel and I were wondering what she would look like if she had it and this is our best guess.

Little Lollipop

Olivia had her 1 month pictures on Friday, so we went to Miramar Thursday to find a cute dress for her pictures. Well once we put her in the dress she started crying (she is her Grandma Williams girl) so the picture is not great the 1st go around but on Friday she wore it and smiled for the photographer. She was a picture ham and posed great. Today we had her 1 month check up appointment and she has gained weight.... she is up to 8lbs 9oz. She is growing fast. She is 21 inches tall and the nurse told us this neat equation to predict her final height. Take Moms height add it to Dads height subtract 4 and divide by 2. So if it is true, Olivia will be 5ft 6in. (taller than her Mom) They also told us that she was in the 38% weight, 68% height, and 77% head circumference compared to other babies, so Jonathan is calling her his little lollipop now. She also got her 2nd round of Hep B immunization. She did really well and didn't jump or cry too hard.