Big Girls DO Cry

We took Olivia to her two month checkup last week. It's hard to believe she is already over two months old.
She weighed in at a whopping 12 lbs, 6 oz. and is 24 inches long! She is in the 95th percentile for her weight and length.
That pretty much explains why she is drinking 8 oz. bottles without even flinching; and would you believe that when she is finished with that, she usually cries for more.

Also at her visit Livy was given her vaccinations: four shots in the leg and one orally for the rotavirus and she did cry... but only for a few seconds. Right before the nurse gave her the first shot she looked up at us and said, "She IS going to cry, so be ready!" At that time, Livy pouted her bottom lip as if she knew what was coming. We figured she probably just cried because of the initial pinching feeling because she was out like a light soon after the nurse was finished. What a good girl!


What a big girl!


Zonked out after her shots

Gama's Christmas

On Saturday we took a road trip to Gama's house! Gama is Livy's Great Grandmother. We had a fun time eating delicious food, opening presents and having lots of laughs with the family. Livy slept a good bit of the time but when she was awake, she enjoyed being held and making everyone laugh with her infectious smile.

Next week we leave for North Carolina! We are going to meet up with family and friends and attend Johnny's graduation ceremony. So, pictures of Dr. John R. Samuels Jr. will be coming soon!

In the meantime, here are some pictures of our early Christmas celebration as well as some other pictures I couldn't resist taking...

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Success!!

Our road trip went very well. Olivia slept the entire trip over and almost the entire trip back. The traffic jams made our trip back quite a bit longer than expected. We find she is happiest when the car is moving.

The first morning we all got up and went for a walk in the chilly weather. Yes, it even gets a little cold in South Florida:) The rest of the time was spent cooking, baking, hanging out with family and friends, wave-running on the lake, eating and sleeping (okay, not so much sleep).

Enjoy these pictures of our Thanksgiving adventure!

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Two Month Old Livy!!

Anticipation

Our first road trip with Livy (and of course the minivan) is right around the corner.

On Wednesday, after Johnny gets home from work, Livy, Ellie, Boots, Johnny and myself will load up and travel about 3 hours to our Thanksgiving destination. Well, at least it used to be a 3 hour road trip - we'll see how it goes now that we have "Little Bit."

This past week I have been mentally packing. It's amazing how many things there are to think about when traveling with a baby - from bottles and diapers to clothes and toys. Johnny and I will probably arrive with nothing more than the shirts on our back.

Anyway, we are looking forward to spending time with family and digging into tons of delicious food!

Be on the lookout for pictures of our highly anticipated road trip.

53 Days!

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Baby Boots

Boots, our first baby, makes yet another transition.

Let me give you a quick timeline of Boot's life.

In October 2002, Boots was given to us by a friend as a 3 week old little kitten. He had the run of the roost. All of our attention was given to this little ball of brownish-black fur with white feet - hence the name given to him by Johnny - "Boots".

In May 2005, we adopted Ellie, a sweet little treeing walker hound, from the SPCA. Boots quickly welcomed her into our home and even started to "look up" to her.

A series of big moves during summer 2008 from one apartment to the next may have made any other cat "turn up it's tail" on us.  This is especially true since he moved from a house and a neighborhood filled with his kitty friends and grass to roll in.

On top of all these moves, Boots began to notice that one of his owners had an evergrowing belly which he didn't quite know what to make of. So, he decided to hide anywhere and everywhere he would fit (and if you have met Boots, fitting into places is a challenge:)

Boots, being a curious cat, decided to wait it out and see what came of it all.
Currently, Boots has made it his daily job to remind us that he is still our baby.

Though Boots has endured many changes, at the end of the day he purrs louder than ever as he is confident that he will always be our Baby Boots!