Walking with Olive

This morning we went for a walk around the neighborhood - we were both happy to put long sleeve shirts on for the outing (finally!) Olive added some tights and a hat to her ensemble, and we were off. It's fun to see the neighborhood at a different time than I'm used to seeing it (commuting to and from work) -a whole new set of habits and people out and about. We're going further now that the weather is cooperating - I'm keeping my Seattle-spirit alive by going outside and walking to destinations.. I'm also keeping myself in walking shape, so when the day comes to go back to the puget sound, I'll be in coffee-shop walking distance shape! (kristen!)

Olive is 5 months today! Honestly, in some ways it's gone fast, and in other ways, very slowly.. all in all though, I think she's a pretty cool little girl, and we think we'll keep her ;)

Practicing

Olive fell asleep at the dinner table the other night, with Delilah right underneath her. Delilah hasn't been able to get anything good off of her tray yet, but she knows the day is coming when being underneath Olive will benefit her greatly, and I imagine she's just practicing and biding her time...

Foodie

We got the okay at our 4 month doctor appointment to start Olive on baby food and rice cereal, with the goal of it just being fun and experimental. Let the games begin! - we bought her a high chair, put on her seahawks bib, and dug in. It was pretty funny - she mainly plays with it, rolling it around in her mouth and letting it fall out. I get such a kick out of it - a very entertaining way to eat :)

Thursday

Funny Faces

Not meaning to abandon the blog - trying to find the time to write more meaningful things than status updates of daily chores. Enjoying taking pictures of our baby girl, staying in touch with friends, reading books, getting ready for football, keeping doors and windows open - these are the things that are keeping my days full.

Poem

Found today on the interwebs and too lovely not to share:

I need a word

a brand new word

nobody ever heard

I need a word

that can express

You are the dearest

on the earth

{by Monique and Hans Hagen}

That's sweet - makes the run of the mill days a little less so :)

Tuesday

baby photo shoot

Story Time

Morgan and Yew

Olive's view from her perch on the floor

Goofy girl making unintentionally funny faces

Knitting project almost done - Beautiful new fall hat!

Our day was slow.. nothing eventful happened, it was mostly quiet around here - slow-paced late summer day i guess. Oh! i almost forgot - i made reservations for Bryan and I at the Searose - a tiny B & B in Oceanside, Oregon where we stayed during our honeymoon. We'll be staying there in December for two nights while Grandma and Grandpa Fine babysit - I am really, really really looking forward to this. it won't be an exaggeration that i'll be counting down to December 21st starting today! Life will speed up shortly - later this week I'll start watching the little girl across the street every afternoon until her parents get home, and my two Art Appreciation classes will be starting, so I'll get to slowly test my feet at being a stay-at-home mom who works from home as well. I'm sure it will be great - I feel lucky that i get to do this, though I'm sure I'll be a lot more on task grading papers than I have in the past! In the meantime, fall can't come fast enough, and winter too!

What is everyone else up to this Tuesday afternoon?