Livia's baptism part 2

Pictures with Livia's family

Livia's baptism

Livia was baptised on May 9th at First United Methodist Church, the same church where Mommy and Daddy were married. Livia's Godmother is Jennifer (Benny) who has been friends with Mommy since elementary school. Livia's Godfather is Joe - who has been Daddy's friend since elementary school as well. She's such a lucky girl - she has many friends who care about her.

2nd weekend in May

We started the second week in May with Mommy and Livia getting sick just as people were coming into town for Livia's baptism. We weren't the only ones, poor Reece got sick on his way to see us so Aunt Paige, Uncle Mike, Carson and Reece had to go home. We missed them SO much! We celebrated on Saturday night with a cook-out at Livia's house. Livia's godmother Jennifer and godfather Joe were there with their families along with Bobi, Papa and Gigi, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Leslie and Uncle Brent and Uncle Zach. We had so much fun!

Uh-oh: We're officially on the move

No pictures to document the event and Mommy was upstairs doing dishes but Livia crawled a few feet tonight. Just as Bobi predicted - she was trying to get Abby the tabby cat. Let the baby-proofing begin!

More from Livia's first trip to the lake

While we were at the lake Livia decided she'd try to feed herself. She did a pretty good job.

Wow - it's been a long time

Sorry - Mommy fell down on the job. Let's start where we left off. The first weekend in May Mommy and Livia went to Iowa for cousin Leah's bridal shower. We picked up Grandpa and took Livia to the lake for the first time. It was hard to tell if she could see the ducks, geese or pelicans but she had fun exploring and going for walks in her "Iowa" stroller.

Visitors to Swim Class

Papa came to visit last Saturday. He had lunch with us, watched Livia inhale her lunch, went to swim class and helped Daddy put together Livie's bookcase. It was a fun day.

On the move - kind of

Livia REALLY wants to crawl; I think her first move will be a bee-line for Abby. She's scootching backward and starting to get on all fours. It's only a matter of time now.

Little Water Baby

Livia is having so much fun at water aerobics. Last weekend Daddy and Papa went to watch; the water was freezing (some kid got sick in the pool so they had to drain it and refill it - 2nd time since we started class about a month ago) and there was a sub teacher who had no idea what was going on but we stuck it out for a bit. Liv also got very brave, decided to face plant in the water and tried to do it a few more times but Mommy didn't think it was a very good idea at this point although it was really funny. Notice how we coordinate our cover-up and swimsuit?

Livia the Howler Monkey

This kid has a great set of lungs but I guess she comes by it honestly. Here are some of her "chatty" moments.

Sippy Cup

Mommy and Daddy are all about limiting the number of transitions we do. Livia only gets one, maybe two or three, bottles most weeks but when she does get them she really wants to do it herself. We thought maybe we'd just move straight into the sippy cup. Mommy tried it after she'd already eaten most of her dinner with just an ounce of milk. Liv did pretty well once she tipped it up high enough. We'll keep trying it.

Mommy went to dinner club and came back to this

A naked baby in the media room.

Pool Hat

When Mommy bought Livia's whale swimsuit in January she also picked up the cute matching hat. It wasn't until Mommy was doing a size/season clothes switch did she realize that she bought it 0-3 months: obviously WAY too small. By the time Mommy took it back four months later they didn't have any whale hats left so she tried to find a nice white one. Well, after three stores she found a cute white one, bought it and got it home to put it on Liv and realized it was 12-24 months. The third time's a charm and we got the 6-12 month hat. You know it's bad when the sales lady laughs at you because the receipt's paper trail shows her that it was your third trip in for one silly hat.

Swim Class

For the past month Mommy and Livia have been taking Mommy and Me water aerobics. We were nervous at first since Livia doesn't enjoy bath time but she loves the water; she splashes around and she likes to look at the other kids too. It's been a great way for us to meet some new friends (I would say about half of the boys in the class are named Liam) and it really is a good workout for Mommy; the only downside is that it's from 10:15-10:45 on Saturday mornings: right in the middle of nap time and the Farmer's Market. Oh well, she sleeps really hard when we're done. This is just one of our swim outfits.