Andrews Family

Olivia is off to the races! She started creeping around on all fours a few weeks ago and then crawled a few feet at a time, but in the last week, she has really started cruising. She can get wherever she wants in record time. It’s amazing how quickly she’s picked it up. And when she gets where she’s going, she sits back on her legs and enjoys whatever she’s gotten into. She pulls herself up to kneeling really well and would like to stand, but hasn’t quite figured that out yet. If you help her get started, though, she enjoys holding on and looking like a big girl. Yesterday we went in for Olivia’s 9-month check up (yes, already!).  She’s doing great!  Our little sprite weighs 16 lbs. 11oz. and is 26 3/4 in. That puts her in the 25th percentile.  She has a healthy appetite and almost 20 varieties of fruits and vegetables under her belt now (literally!). She really enjoys getting her little paws on her Gerber fruit puffs and Cheerios and eating all by herself. I just bought her first box of Zwieback toast this week and before I could finish telling JR it was a waste of money because she was never going to eat it all, I was asking him where it went! Starting next week, Olivia and I will be in a Sign & Sing class through Kindermusik and I’m looking forward to learning more about what’s going on in her little head.  We will learn about 50 ASL signs to communicate with each other through fun songs and finger plays. Olivia already makes all the cute baby sounds (mama and dada included, but without the association so far) and has started mimicking sounds, too.  I’ve been working on "Hi Daddy" and she definitly sounds close sometimes.  And in case Daddy doesn’t understand, we’ve got a backup since Olivia knows how to wave, especially for her Daddy. Olivia Grace is a sweet, sweet girl and we are having so much fun with her we don’t know how life could get any better.