EASTER WEEKEND

Ok... this is a late post and pictures are coming, we promise. All in all, last Sunday was a special day for Olivia's first Easter. We started it off at the 9am church service at Mission Santa Barbara, next, brunch at the Haydens (our friends) and then a late family lunch at the Moores! We had a super fun time and Olivia did great with all of the events. I guess you could say she is a great social butterfly already!
We did not have her search for Easter Eggs or anything like that as she is still so young. However, she did enjoy her very first Easter Basket from Grandma and Papa Rollin filled with books and duckies. Thanks! And the vintage bunny we gave her is a big hit as she loves to chew on it's ears and give it a hug.

We are truly blessed.


The Moores






Olivia and "da-da"


Just beautiful Olivia

Ok... last bit of pics we love!

Olivia and mama

More pictures of our beautiful Olivia

Olivia and her favorite dolly: Mermaid

Olivia in the carseat

Olivia posing in her high chair, outfit by Aunt Christy

Olivia with Cousin Madison

7 months this week!

Hello dearest family and friends,

I can't believe the last time we blogged here, Olivia was just 6 months (We will try to be better about this. To be honest, I am going to blame it on Facebook, as I have spent more time updating that then our blog, shame, shame.). This week, on the 8th of April little Miss Olivia turns 7 months as we have A LOT to report. First, she is now "scooting." This means that she is not quite crawling, crawling but that she essentially drags her body across the floor to get what and where she wants. It is definitely a sight to see! :)

Regarding food. Well, she loves solid food now and thanks to Grandma Carol we now have the means to make our own organic baby food. That is right, we are the proud owners of Bebacook, the French baby food maker that is a steamer, blender, warmer and defroster. This little gizmo allows us to prepare fresh, healthy meals for Olivia. Thus, so far, everything that we have given Olivia to eat has been that of which we have prepared from scratch. Neat. What is more, Olivia can now "open wide" when we ask her to! Bring on the peas, bananas, sweet potatoes, apples, pears and zuchinni (so far what she has eaten and liked - ok, yes, zucchini was a stretch but she did eat a couple of bites before refusing.)

In addition to solids, Olivia simply thinks that water, yes, H20 is the best thing ever since sliced bread (she can even blow bubbles with her water - not that we want to condone this but it is funny). Oh... that and bananas. In fact, when you give her either, she smiles and kicks her feet. It truly is a sight to see.

Another little development that is kinda funny, is that she now krinkles her nose when she looks at you. We don't know why... she just seems to do this.

Moving on from Olivia's developments to just the past months happenings, really, over the course of the month we have traveled to Cayucos as well as Burrel to see the Rollin clan and each weekend when we have not been out of town we have enjoyed our time with our family in SB, the Moore's. We have come to the conclusion this it truly is a blessing for both of our families to live in California so that Olivia can see everyone and that we are especially lucky to have the Moore Family in SB with us as Olivia gets to visit regularly with grandma, grandpa and her aunt!

So, other than scooting and eating and smiling, Olivia is still a yogi and swim queen. We are enjoying every second of her and can't wait for her next little development.

This past weekend Kevin was a champ and built a salad table so that we could start our garden outside again. So over the course of the week I will be planting arugula, spinach, butter leaf lettuce, basil and parsley for starters. We will also be planting tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, eggplant and green beans. We think that it will be great for Olivia to see all of the action outside as we grow our food.

Well, tis all for now... until next blog. We have much to be thankful for.

The Moore Family

6 months old!

Olivia @ 6 months and 1 week

Olivia relaxing on Papa Rollin (Grandpa Rollin's legs)


Hello dearest family and friends!


As we write this Olivia is now 6 months old and 1 week!


So with turning 6 months comes introducing solids. So....the pics we have for you this time are last weeks pics of her first feedings.


To give you an update, all is well. Olivia is the love of our lives and we really don't know what we would do with out her. She really is the happiest baby on the block. Sure she has her ups and downs but overall, her demeanor is quite composed and happy.


On the development front, Olivia is still rolling from back to belly and belly to back. Her newest trick is sticking her bum up. She also decides - on some occasions - to carry on a slight growling noise .... which is very ladylike ;)


As for mom and dad, we are doing well too! We both are still working hard and managing some play time in SB. Emma has been starting to run again and Kevin is still paddle surfing galore - with an occasional cycle here and there.


As for Astro, he is LOVING Olivia's introduction of solids due to the fact that one of Olivia's favorite things to do is get her hand full of food and then wave it to the side for Astro to lick the food off. We know you are thinking "ohhhhhh" "gross!" ... but with Astro it really was inevitable as for those of you who know him can understand that the dog just LOVES food. So all in all.... it is a win, win. Olivia thinks Astro is the neatest thing ever and Astro just loves Olivia even more (due to her food sharing).



Tis all for now!


Until next blog.... we are truly blessed,




Emma, Kevin, Olivia and Astro


Olivia trying out organic yams - Kinda yummy according to Olivia

Olivia trying out organic brown rice cereal (and sporting her Wellesley College bib, thanks Aunt Christy) - YUM!