Oh the sunshine

Today Olivia and I spent most of the day outside.
We went to the library this morning for music and story time. Olivia was hilarious. She went to the center of the circle and just waved and smiled and looked around like she was just the best thing. She seriously loves having all the attention on her and definitely has a way of commanding an audience. We went home after and Olivia took a nap. Then we went outside for awhile and played. Then our friend asked if we wanted to go for a run so we went on a nice run talked for awhile after and Olivia and I stayed outside when we got home. She loves being outside. It was a pretty great day until we finally went in for the day and I realized her arms were sunburnt!

They aren't too bad and it doesn't seem to bother her but I feel bad. I should have put sunscreen on her. Because it's been cold enough that we don't spend a ton of time outside I just didn't even think about it. Plus I'm a little nervous she will have a reaction to sun block because her skin is so dang sensitive.

And that thought led me to a spiral of frustration about all her issues. Her skin, her dairy intolerance, her kidneys, her turned out leg, and the most recent the development of breast tissue. I just feel like every month there is something new. And every time we just have to wait and see if she grows out of it or if it's actually more serious. Drives me crazy, makes me feel like everything I do is wrong and nothing is right. I just want her to be healthy and not have to worry whether she's going to have a reaction, or whether she is going to end back up in the hospital from an infection, or whether the antibiotics are going cause long term issues ect ect.

I'm grateful presently none of her issues are too serious and are all manageable. I'm grateful she has such a great personality and can be so happy. She's such a great little girl.

6 weeks till Texas

Well I haven't written in awhile. This semester has been crazy and has gone by super fast! John only has a month left!

6 more week and we will be leaving for Texas! Which means we have 6 weeks to:
-Find someone to take over our lease for our apartment
-Organize all our stuff into what we are taking and what we are leaving
-Get everything we are leaving into a storage unit

And in the midst of all that I am going to California next week for a wedding and baby shower, John has finals, we are going to California for his Sisters wedding, John has a paper to write to try and get onto law review.

AND the day before we leave our little girl turns ONE year old! (SAY WHAT? Yes, it is true. It has almost been a year since she was born. How is that possible, you say? I have NO idea!)

A little update on her.

She loves food. If we are eating, she NEEDS to be eating what we are eating or she will freak out.
She loves to nurse. Seriously, eating has not slowed her down one bit. It's our bonding time.
She loves to play. Wrestling, tickling, crawling around, laughing, getting into EVERYTHING. Yes.
She loves to be outside. She just gets so excited. The sunshine, the wind, the grass, rocks.
She is sleeping like a baby. Meaning she still wakes up several times at night and that is perfectly ok.
She is not yet walking. Probably because her left leg turns out, hopefully she grows out of it. We are currently working on figuring out if it is an actual issue we will need to deal with.
She is still on antibiotics, we will have her tested when we get back from Texas to see if she has outgrown her Kidney issues.


Now for a couple stories.

This morning Olivia woke at 5am to eat. I nursed her and put her back in her crib. She woke up immediately, which either means she's still hungry or she wants to sleep with us. So I nursed her and put her back in her crib, and patted her back for a few minutes. She woke up but stayed laying down (this NEVER happens, if she wakes up she immediately sits up). I kept patting her back and she just laid there "talking" and blowing bubbles. After a while she sat up and grabbed my hand. She kissed it and then she laid back down. This whole process happened 3 or 4 times and then she moved closer to me sat up put her arms up and whined. So I picked her up and took her into our room. She nursed and "talked" some more and then fell asleep. It was the most adorable way to be kept up for an hour at 5am. Usually if she doesn't fall back asleep easily I get frustrated but I had decided not to this time and this is what happened. It was the best.

Sunday after church we decided to go for a walk. We were sitting in a grass field. Olivia was walking around the stroller, using it for support. She kept going around and around and she was just so excited and kept laughing. Then John picked her up and ran across the field put her down and ran back to me. Olivia looked and started crawling as fast as she could towards us. Randomly she would stop, look at us, smile a huge smile, and then continue towards us. When she got to us John did it again and again. She was having SO much fun!


I just love my little family so much. :)