Bug Antennae

Yesterday I put pig tails in Livvy's hair for the first time. They were so cute. She wasn't quite as sure about them. She didn't quite care why I was holding her head still, she just knew that she didn't like it much. Anyway here are a couple of pictures.



There were only half pigtails so they looked like bug antennae to me. :) PS - She was very excited about that box. I wonder why I even buy her real toys, she would do just as well with trash. Silly Girl!

But I'm not tired...

Olivia has recently started crying when I lay her down for bed. She will sit herself up and cry and cry. So I started sitting her in her crib and leaving her lamp on (if it's dark outside) and letting her play with her stuffed animals for a while till she falls asleep. This works really well, except sometimes she doesn't realize she is tired and falls asleep sitting up. I have walked in on some funny positions the last few days.

When I leave her she puts her face up to the bars and cries for me to come back. (She wasn't very upset in this picture because she knew I wasn't leaving while I was taking a picture.)


Here she fell asleep sitting up and her head sort of slouched into her lap. It's a good thing she is bendy!

Yeah for December!

It's been a pretty busy weekend for us. On Saturday it snowed all day! Aunt Jessi and Uncle AJ came over and we played all day long. But first, a couple funny pictures.



I really like manicotti (stuffed shells.) That and macaroni and cheese are my favorite big girl foods right now.




On Friday we had to walk down the street to drop off some papers. It was really cold so we had to get all bundled up. Mommy put some mittens on my hands and I just wasn't sure about them. I thought it was a game. But I look super cute in my mittens and hat. Thanks special grandma Jill!


At bath time on Friday night my hair looked like Medusa, so we thought we would share a couple pictures of that too.


On Saturday night Aunt Jessi and Uncle AJ went with us to the Festival of Trees. For those of you who are not 'Bridges' - My cousin Lindsay's (and Jason) little baby boy, Gavin, passed away last month. He was 3 months old. His short little life was filled with many physical trials. However, he brought so much peace and love to anyone near him. His Bailey relatives decorated and donated a tree for this years Festival of Trees. Here are a few pictures of it.













Here are a couple of the trees we liked the best or thought were the most creative. We only made it about 1/3 of the way through. Olivia got tired and grouchy.













And finally, we decorated out tree yesterday. Here is a picture of it.

Thanksgiving

Yes, I know I am still being a big blogging slacker. What can you do? First, for Halloween we carved a Livvy pumpkin. Here is a picture of them together. (Note the one tooth in each.)


For Thanksgiving this year we met my parents in Las Vegas. Since we will be going to Dallas for Christmas, we thought it would be fun to see them. We all stayed at my grandparents house and butted in on my aunts Thanksgiving festivities. It was a super fun day. We played Thanksgiving BINGO and then went fishing for prizes. Olivia was feeling sick so I did spend a good portion of the weekend cleaning up explosions. My aunt heated up her pool and so we did get to go swimming. It was FREEZING outside, but nice and warm in the pool.



On Friday night we had a big game night with cousins and my aunt. Olivia enjoyed playing games too. Then on Saturday morning Marcus and I got to have a boys vs. girls rematch of Ten Thousand with my grandparents. The boys slaughtered us, again. The drive back home went ok, but Olivia needed to play with the camera case for a while to stay entertained.



Notice the second tooth! Two big girl teeth now!

Fall Leaves

On Thursday Olivia and I headed over to University Hospital to see her cranial/facial specialist about her head. He said that it was looking very good, and that her torticollis is getting better. Then we decided to take the tunnel/bridge over to Primary Children's Hospital to visit Lindsay, Cindy, and Gavin. I love visiting Gavin. He is so adorable, and keeping up with adorableness, was dressed like a pumpkin when we visited. I was able to talk to Lindsay for a while and Gavin just slept. Gavin, like Olivia, knows that being so cute is hard work, and sometimes needs a long rest. Olivia played to the waiting room with Aunt Cindy. Aunt Cindy must be lots of fun, because my super tired baby was having the time of her life when I came out to get her. Anyway, the leaves where being raked on our way out to the car (from the apartment) so we thought we would take a couple fall pictures.














Today we had our ward's Trek or Treat. Basically it is a Trunk or Treat, but inside. They had games, Olivia like the fishing game. We fished over a sheet and "caught" some fruit snacks! Then we went to the classroom and got candy. I had really wanted to dress her up as a bunny, because I always call her bunny (don't ask) but was having a hard time finding a bunny costume. So, last night I was at Walmart trying to figure out what to do, and my smart sister Jessi said "Why don't you just put bunny ears on her?" Well, duh. Or course. So I found a child size bunny ear and tail set. We put them on with some pink pants and shirt and voila! The cutest bunny ever. Her ears were just too big (they were on a headband) so we took one of her headband bows and put that over the ears to hold them on. So she became a bunny with a bow. It turned out really well. After Trek or Treating we took a couple more pictures in the leaves.

I've been waiting for this my whole life!

Finally after 6 months of waiting (so not quite her WHOLE 9 month life) Olivia finally had a tooth break though! It is her bottom middle left incisor. We are very excited here about this and to celebrate we thought we would share a couple pictures. Hopefully it doesn't take another 6 months for the next one to follow.



They are just barely out of the gums so you have to look kind of close.

Standing Up

Wow, I'm a huge blog slacker. I haven't posted in almost a month. It's not like I've been busy either. Oh well. I don't have anything exciting to post, so I will just post a couple of pictures of Olivia from yesterday after church.





PS - You can't really see her shoes in the picture, but I am in love with them. I will have to post a picture of them later.