5 Months Old

Where oh where has the time gone? On Monday Olivia turned 5 months old. We can hardly believe it has been that long since she was born. We spent the holiday weekend in Augusta visiting family and meeting the newest member of the family Jack Mason (congrats Kim and Steve). Olivia enjoyed seeing her cousins, her great grandmother, and all her aunts and uncles. She also spent a lot of time "talking" and rolling over during her visit. She has now started sleeping on her tummy sometimes, which scares Mommy, but she seems to like it and continues to sleep between 10-12 hours a night (believe me, we know how lucky we are to have a baby that sleeps through the night). Olivia's newest trick is to put her feet in her mouth. Here is a picture just to prove how limber she is!



At the last doctor appointment the pediatrician discussed starting solid foods with Olivia. Since Nicole is exclusively breastfeeding it is important that by 6 months old Olivia be receiving solids in addition to breast milk so she gets enough iron. Because of that, we recently purchased a baby food processor and are reading up on making our own baby food (Super Baby Foods is an eye opening book) so that we can make sure the food she receives is organic and nutritious and free from additives that are added to jarred baby food. While we realize this is more labor intensive to do, we think it is important and are excited about the challenge. This weekend our plan is to get the high chair put together and begin making food.

And lastly a member of the Smith family reached a milestone over the holiday weekend. Mark turned 30 while celebrating with friends in Vegas!What a year this has been!