WOWSERS! It's been over a month since my last post. I really am sorry. I figured today was as good as any to give everyone an update. Sweet Baby Olivia (SBO) went for her 6mo check-up this morning. With that comes another round of shots!! First, her stats. She now weighs 13.2lbs, and is 25in. She has gained 2lb and 2in. The doctor said she's doing great!! She also informed us that SBO IS teething. HALLELUJAH! A lot of things now make sense.... she all of a sudden started waking up in the middle of the night again the past few nights, and she's been out-of-the-norm fussy. We've seen the "buds" from the front of her gums for a little while now, but haven't felt anything. The doctor told us they're definitely coming now. Oh, she's been sleeping through the night for almost 2 weeks now (including the past couple nights)!! She started it all on her own! I'M SO PROUD! Ironically, Carl and I had just been talking about how we were going to begin encouraging it, but we didn't need to. A few nights later she did it all on her own, and has been doing it since. AMAZING! Granted, the past couple nights she did wake, but I didn't bother her. She just cried and whined for a little bit (no longer than about 12 minutes) and back to sleep she went.
Now, the shots!! Ah, shots! Who likes them anyhow? Let me just tell you, I really don't think that SBO has much of a problem with them. The nurse that gave the shots had the band-aid ready to go. She peeled off the paper backing from one side of the band-aid and placed it on her thumb knuckle. She gave the shot, wiped the injection site, it registered to Olivia, she frowned, whimpered, the nurse started putting the band-aid on, and Olivia was over it by the time the band-aid was on all the way!!! She cried an actual cry when the baby scale made a loud sound. Imagine that!

This is from Olivia's baptism this past weekend. She is now officially a Catholic. Pretty soon she'll be starting school!! But first, she's getting her ears pierced!!