Oh my beautiful baby girl you are getting so incredibly big! I can't believe in a few short days you'll be 6 months old! 6 months! How did that happen! You will start solids soon. I can't decide if I'm excited for sad. I was so ready to start solids with your brother. In fact we started them a couple of days before he was six months. With you though, it's more bitter sweet. I really do love breast feeding. And once you start solids it's all down hill from here. Only 6 more months and you'll be a year.
You are quite the roller now! You can pretty much get anywhere by rolling! I can tell you want to crawl so badly but you aren't quite there yet. You'll figure it out eventually. It's fun watching you get around everywhere. You always get so happy when you reach a toy you want! Now we just got to get your brother to stop stealing them from you! :)
We took you to California and you were so mad during that car ride. You hated it. You screamed and screamed and screamed! You lasted about 6 hours and then you were so done. You hated every second of that car ride! Lol. I felt so bad. We would stop and you would grin and grin and laugh while you were out of your carseat. As soon as we set you back in it the screaming began again! I felt so bad for you!
It was worth it though! I got to introduce you to your Great Grandma and Grandpa Stetson! I love Grandma and Grandpa Stetson. I don't think I have ever met kinder more generous people in my life! I'm pretty sure they are going straight to heaven when they die. They are so amazing! You smiled for them and I just loved watching you interact. You rolled your baby bum over to Grandpa Stetson's chair and laid their on the floor looking up at him just smiling. It made his day! And Grandma loved holding you! She always wanted you in her arms and constantly commented on how beautiful you are! :)
We also got to go see my Dad's grave, your Papa Tim! You sat there with me the whole time. It was so nice to be able to hold you in my arms. You brought a lot of comfort to your Mom. Going to his grave is good and hard. It always is such a cruel reminder of what I lost. But I'm always grateful for the opportunity to feel closer to him! I know with all my heart we will be with him again one day Olivia. If there is one thing I've learned from the trial of not having my father on this earth it's a testimony of the next life. I'm so grateful for eternal families!
We also went to San Francisco. You mostly just hung out the whole time. And screamed when you go hungry! lol! We had a blast though! We'll have to go again when you and your brother are old enough to remember it!
We came home all of us sick. That wasn't very fun. But guess what? A couple days ago you did something amazing. I put you in your crib in a feeble attempt to have you fall asleep and to my great and utter shock you did! You didn't even cry! You slept for three hours! I was for sure it was a fluke. A one time occurrence but since then I have gotten you to sleep in your crib almost every nap time! True sometimes you don't sleep more than 30 minutes but heck, it's a start! :)
I love you Miss Olivia. You have brought so much incredible happiness to my life and I love you more than you'll ever know!
Love,
Mom
