Our Baby Girl is 7 MONTHS old ALREADY!!!

PRETTY GIRL!!!

...Here KITTY KITTY KITTY!!!!

KITTY SITTING!!!

Olivia is kitty-sitting for her Nanny and Grandpa...After a week...Miss May is Finally settling in. Even lets Olivia pet her. We are trying to teach Olivia to be gentle and she is getting better! It's a good thing May seems so tolerant of her!!!
Here is a picture of Olivia, Grandma L and I playing with May!!! Olivia gets very excited (arms and legs start flailing) when the kitty comes into the room and she also says "Ca"...It's too funny!!!

Swimming with Grandma and Grandpa at the Aylmer pool!!!

...AND MORE SWIMMING!!!!

Every thursday, Olivia and mommy go to the swimming pool for mommy's Aquafit class. Olivia LOVES it!!! She gets to play in her little boat (floatation device) and mommy excersices!!! It's so much fun for us both!!!

After our class we spend a few minutes in the baby pool to play some more together...

...blowing bubbles....

...Chillaxin'....

....HI Grandma!!!

Swimming with gibson and Alison!!!

On Wednesday's Olivia and I meet up with Alison and Gibson at a swimming pool in the Westboro area for "swimming lessons"... Well it's more of a class that is the first step at getting babies used to the water...Lots of singing and dancing in the pool. Olivia loves the water and really like this class...!!!

Olivia and Mommy:
The mommy's and the babies:

...Getting used to the life jacket...Gibson was pretty relaxed...

...Olivia was frightened to death...

VISITING WITH GRMA and GRPA LIGHT!!!

Olivia's grandma and Grandpa Light were here last week to visit!!! Olivia LOVES when she has all her "loyal subjects" around to wait on her every need!!!

Thank you grandma and grandpa for coming to see us!!! We miss you both already!!!

Here is Olivia and her Grandma hangin' out together:
...and hangin out with grandpa...yay:

Celebrating LOVE!!!

I'm IN LOVE.

With my husband and my daughter!!!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

THE "LOOK"....

I love to go OUTSIDE...but mommy...Let me dress MYSELF!!!

See my NEW TEETH!!!

Miss Olivia cut her first two teeth last week (1 day apart)!!! She has been such a trooper during the process. I'm not sure she knows what to think of these new teeth but mommy and daddy think it makes her really cute smile even CUTER!!!!

Olivia Michelle

61/2 Months old

Olivia's new ride!!!

Olivia has a new little sled her daddy bought for her!!! It makes trekkin around our hood a bit easier in the snow!!! We took her out on a test drive today...she loved it!!! Or maybe it bored her??? She was asleep when we got home...!!!

...Her sled has a great little wind barrier as well!!!

a GREAT day to be out on the Canal here in Ottawa!!!

The O'Neil's enjoyed a wonderful family day today, just the 3 of us!!! It was nice. Winterlude is on in the Capital right now (always a fun time), and it was a beautiful day to enjoy the outdoors while there was fresh snow, mild temperatures and little wind!!!

Who says FEBRUARY is depressing?!?!?!?

....NOT WHEN YOU CAN GO PLAY IN THE SNOW!!!!

Here is Olivia sitting at our front window watching Daddy shovel the snow:
..."Hi Dada"!!!

Here is Olivia enjoying some winter fun in our backyard:

...trying to catch the wildlife under the bird feeder... ...and finally before we go in...MAKING SNOW ANGELS:

Olivia really enjoys being outside!!!

Olivia is TRYING to CRAWL!!!

I suspect it will still be several weeks before our little miss is actually able to crawl...but in the meantime she has the will and she really is trying with all her might!!! Here are a few snaps of her attempts:

"Hi hi mommy!!! Want me to show you a new trick"...?
"Ahhhaaa!!! Ok, now how to coordinate these arms AND legs..."

"Dang it...FACEPLANT...again :) "

Olivia's FIRST TOOTH is in sight!!!

Well...on the LAST day of January we finally had Olivia's FIRST TOOTH in sight!!! Barely but it is there...working it's way through her little gums!!! Sightings are infrequent, but since she will knaw on ANYTHING right now, feeling it's razor sharp little edges are frequent!!!

She has been such a trooper during this teething process (so far). Although she drooles worse than a puppy and chews on anything for releif, she has been pretty well tempered.
Thats not to say she doesn't have her days...fussiness and sleepless nights have occurred, but overall she is doing great so far!!! One tooth down (ALMOST) and many more to go!!!

Mama made me some more FOOD today!!!

Todays post written by Olivia...

This is mommy and I...just hanging out...like we love to do!!! My mommy is the coolest!!!
Yesterday mommy and I made baby foods for me...Well mommy did most of the work...I did most of the supervising!!! Yesterdays project was spaghetti squash and sweet potatos!!! YUMMM YUMMM I love both!!!

Hereis our first step...We've roasted the veggies...well mommy roasted, I napped...ISH...:

...After scooping out the guts...we then PUREE the heck out of it, adding water till the consistency is just right for me...I really DON'T like this step...I am VERY SCARED of the noise that little chopper makes:

Ohhh...Here is a picture of ME. I am the OFFICIAL taste and texture tester...This is the MOST important step of all. As mommy learned the texture has to be JUST PERFECT or there is no way I'm eating it:

Oh, here is our prepared food cubes!!! This is great...mommy just freezes these food cubes then once they are frozen she puts them in labelled bags and we have a variety of foos stock piled in the freezer for me to choose from:

This whole eating food thing is going pretty well. I'm now consistantly eating cereal, veggies and fruits. My favorite veggies so far are sweet potato and squash...YUMMM...I haven't made a decision on carrots yet..and I definitely DON'T like peas!!! Mommy says she'll try them again later to see if I change my mind. So far I have eaten Apples, pears, bananas and peaches (sauces)...and they are ok...but mommy has to mix my fruit in with my cereal right now cause I find them really sweet. I'll get used to things...

Right now I am trying new things every week and exploring lots of different tastes and textures!!!

Overall... I LIKE FOOD :)