No More Bumbo

Livia can no longer sit in her bumbo seat; she now tries to hurl herself out the back of it so to prevent injury we've taken it away. Now she has to practice sitting up with her boppy on the couch. She's getting so close!

How much does she love her paci?

She loves it so much she tries to suck on it even when it's not in her mouth (in the videos she's making the mouth movements like she's sucking on the paci). If she's awake and Mommy takes it out of her mouth for a picture she'll just suck on her bottom lip.

Some just for fun pics

We don't really have a theme for this post, just some random pictures. I was just texting a friend that Livia is on a nap strike and then she fell right to sleep - wonderful. When she's up I'll get her bundled up and go for a nice walk since the sun is shining for a second day in NE Kansas.

Huggy and Birthday Buddy

Livia has a "Birthday Buddy" - she shares an October 13th birthday with her Great-Great Aunt Karen. Birthday Buddy gave Livia a little teething blanket that has the potential to become a Linus blanket. Livie tries to stuff the whole thing in her mouth while giving it nice baby hugs. I think I wash her huggy at least five times a week because it gets such a workout - the huggy's only saving grace is that Liv's not allowed to sleep with it.

Four Month Check-Up

Stats:

Height: 25 inches (77% percentile)

Weight: 14 pounds, 4 ounces (65% percentile)

During our visit with Dr. Riordan (he is the BEST pediatrican ever) we got the green light to start solids so we'll start some rice cereal in a few weeks. He also said her rash was heat rash - only Livia would get heat rash when it was 2 degrees with the wind-chill today! She's such a healthy little baby which is wonderful! He'd admitted two kids to the hospital with pneumonia today and worked on one in the office so we're just thankful Liv wasn't one of them. Dr. R told us she was teething, which we already knew and he said she looked so alert and we've been saying that since the beginning. She was a brave baby during her shots, one oral and three in the chubby thighs; she didn't cry when the first needle went in but when the nurse pushed the actual vaccine in the tears started. She really didn't cry too long and was rewarded with a new shirt and socks from babyGap when she was finished. We go back in a month to have one more vaccine (somehow we fell behind) and then she'll have more at her six month visit. Dr. Riordan did say we have to break her of sleeping in the carseat in the new two months; her reflux hasn't been flaring up lately so we'll work on that soon. We're so lucky to have such a healthy, smart, strong and pretty little baby.

Another Big Monday

Today we have Livia's four month check-up. She woke up with a bit of a rash (doesn't seem to bother her but it sure bothers Mommy) and blue hands so it's a good thing she did it today since we'll be at Dr. Riordan's anyway. Today she gets shots but a shot is better than the whooping cough. Bobi is coming this afternoon to help Mommy with what is sure to be an epic meltdown.

Here are some more motor boat pictures.

4 Months Old

Yesterday Livia turned four months old. I can't believe it - time really does fly. She's getting so big - she's almost out of 3-6 month clothes already. She celebrated by hanging out with Daddy in the morning so Mommy could get a little nap, sitting in the high chair while Mommy baked a cake, cookies and cupcakes and then she watched the KU game. She still had to get in her workouts - tummy time, the jumper and sitting time. She's a busy girl.

Fun toy

I can't remember who gave this to us at a shower but thank-you again. She tries so hard to get the whole thing her in mouth.

Someday when Livia is Queen of the World

This is what our coins will have on it. Mommy is very bad at pictures when trying to hold a camera in one hand and a very wiggly baby in the other.

Who's that cute baby?

Probably one of my favorite pictures we've snapped of Livia.

Big Monday

Last Monday was the 10th Anniversary of Mommy and Daddy's first date. Bobi came to stay with the Prankster Baby while we had a nice dinner at Angler's down on Mass Street. When we came home Livie was watching her Jayhawks roll over Texas. As you can see she got very excited cheering for her team!

Motor boats and spitting

When she's not spitting, teething or smiling Livia is a baby motor boat. She will do this all day. I hope the video works (sorry about my annoying baby voice).

Happy Tummy Time

Maybe it's knowing that she can just roll out of tummy time but lately she's been loving it! She just props herself up on her chubby elbows and looks around. The world looks very different from that perspective.

How do you get out of tummy time?

By rolling from your tummy to your back! She did it again and this time she meant to. Of course I did not have the camera ready but she officially started rolling over this last weekend. She's such a big girl. We also have a fun new game, Mommy lays on her back and Livie is super baby - flying through the air with the greatest of ease until she spits up down the back of Mommy's shirt (although it is a nice break from the spit up down the front of Mommy's shirt). She just giggles and smiles the whole time - she smiles so much we almost got a picture of it!

Chapped hands

Livia is now officially in the "everything goes in my mouth" phase of life. As a result, her little hands are just chapped beyond belief. We put her gloves on every now and then but it doesn't really help - they just end up soaked so they rub on her skin anyway. When she knocks her paci out she usually sticks her thumb and pointer finger in her mouth. She's a funny baby.

Jumper

Papa and Gigi got Livie a jumper for Christmas. Daddy put it together a couple of weeks ago. Livia has unbelievably strong legs but it turns out she's just a little too short for it still so we put a pillow under her feet. She likes to look at all of the bells and whistles on it but so far she hasn't caught on to the jumping part yet. Mommy's favorite part is the animal/music group of buttons; there are 5 different animals, push it once and the animal makes its noise, a second time it says the name of the animal, a third time is the animal name in Spanish and the fourth is a song. Four of the five are classical songs (it is Baby Einstein afterall) but the fifth one is Old McDonald - it so doesn't match at all but that doesn't bother us one bit!

More from Iowa

These are pictures my grandma took when we were in Iowa. Livia has done a great job in the car whenever we go up to grandma and grandpa's and Mommy doesn't want to brag but so far she's yet to drag her daughter into a restroom on the way up.