flower power

every night after bath time, olivia likes to shake it down just like jackson used to do......tonight, she danced around sporting her first piece of mom-b attire, the flower power onesie. who knows, maybe she will have her mother' s love for the 80's music..."come on eileen" (wink)!!!

Blast Off

Today as jackson and i were playing, I was able to see just how big his imagination was becoming!!
Jackson asked me to help him get into his "rocket ship" and blast off with the Einstein's.....needless to say that meant grabbing a sweatshirt to use as the seat cushion, and he reminded me to wrap the arms of it around his waste to be used as the safety seatbuckle!! then I was instructed to shake the basket and tilt it to help him head up, up and away to the moon with leo......
I am loving every stage of his development, but this is truly the most fun; and you just never know what a play time might stir up. love u littleman, to the moon and back, with your Einstein power and all.

love sweet love

my new saying is....."keep close to you those that you hold dear"

snug as bugs in a rug

bejeweled

olivia received her very first piece of jewelry and thus starting her love of accessories!! (wink) a very dear friend of the family gave this pretty bracelet to lady O and i had the best time creating a mini photo session with it as the focal!!

time well spent

the past few weeks have been spent mostly watching olivia sleep, grow and change....we have stuck to the doctor's recommendation of staying at home until her original due date and in doing that i think we have been able to relax and enjoy this precious time, it goes by WAY to fast :(

We have all been a little under the weather and are now just feeling better, olivia included. She had her very first cold; she fought it off like a champ and is better than ever now. My mom was in town all last week during the reign of the colds, but we did manage to enjoy the time with her and little man had the most fun catching gran up on all that he does now!!

capturing a sleepy smile- olivia at 6 weeks

gran playing with littleman- dinosaurs and trucks

Gran seeing olivia in person for the 1st time

olivia at 5 weeks

i thought this shot was too funny not to share!!

glam shots

on wednesday, miss olivia had her first ever photo shoot and although she did not like baring all for the camera, she was a little angel......gretchen and i decided to get a little creative in some of the shots...check out her blog to see a sneak peak of the photo session & tell us what you think!!

http://www.gretchenwhipple.blogspot.com/

sweet words, big gestures

jackson has been so amazing about his new baby sister. we honestly could not ask for him to be so good with her or to her....he loves to "love" her, always wants to check on her and make sure she is ok and is very serious about always saying good night and good morning with kisses and hugs to her. yesterday he even got upset when he could not kiss her hello after school. yes, i am being a little anal when it comes to jackson and school germs around her.
Jackson is really showing a different side of himself with her....so gentle and loving in a way that no one outright taught him to do....he has says the sweetest things at the most random times lately and I catch him just looking at her in a kind way.....this morning, he looked at me while i was feeding her breakfast and said "mommy, baby sister likes you....I think she might love u"...then he said that olivia was sooooo pretty. The best was when i was changing her diaper, which he loves to help with and he said "mommy, hold on a minute, i need to get my babydoll sister too and change it...be careful (pronounced carespall) with olivia though, she is a tiny baby and make sure to keep her safe, so that bad monsters and dinosaurs not get her!!" you should have seen his face...very serious and mattter-of-fact about it!!!
i am loving every minute of every day more now than ever!!