Bon Appétit

A couple weeks ago, Olivia made a big new step(well, not literally): starting to eat solids!  Her pediatrician gave us the okay, so we went out and bought bowls, spoons, and rice cereal for our baby girl!

Examining her new food and feeding devices.

She's not quite sure what to think of it yet....

Here's some shots from her first bites of rice cereal!

"That stuff's pretty tasty".

Despite getting a messy face and neck, she did a pretty good job eating and seemed to like it!  She is still working on perfecting her eating techniques-- for example, sometimes she just sucks on the spoon, or puts her fist in her mouth and chews on it instead of letting us feed her.  Also, sometimes she just wants to talk with Nick when he tries to feed her, but that gets a little messy!

We decided not to get her a high chair until after the move to our new apartment. So once we were sufficiently settled in, we ordered one and then eagerly awaited its arrival.  Olivia sure was excited when it was finally delivered!

The box came with a baby instead of a high chair!  Just kidding :)

She couldn't wait to open it!

Olivia loves her new high chair!  She usually sits very patiently in it while we eat dinner and then we feed her some cereal when we are done.  She finds the plastic tray particularly interesting and likes to touch it.

Olivia is 6 months!

What a month!

"Did you miss me?"

May has been an exciting/busy/fun/exhausting month for us!  Nick finished school in the beginning of May; he did really well on his finals even though we were preoccupied looking for a new apartment (more on that subject to come).  He is now officially a second year grad student!

We then had a parade of visitors come see us all within a couple days:

Whitney!

Matthew!

And Megan!

Then we decided to go do some visiting ourselves.  So we drove up to St. George, UT for a Lindenlaub family get-together!  We had a blast swimming, visiting Zion National Park, and got some lovely family pictures taken.  It was so nice to spend time with family for a few days!

Olivia's first time swimming!!

The whole Lindenlaub clan!

We also got to go to the temple while we were in St. George, which was so nice because we hadn't been since before Olivia was born!  It is a beautiful temple and we're grateful we were able to go.

The cute little old couple that we asked to take our picture didn't really know how to work a camera...but here's us outside!

After that, we zipped back home to finish packing and moved into our new apartment the next day!  Things are still a little messy, but we unpacked our last box today!  Olivia was very patient while we were preparing for and dealing with the move.  She was even kind enough to help!  Here's her helping us pack...




...and unpack!



P.S. Did you know notice something new and exciting in the first picture?  Yes, Olivia has mastered the art of sitting on her own--she's such a big girl!

We Love Moms!

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing mothers (and grandmothers, and great-grandmothers!) that we know!  We will be travelling tomorrow so this post is a little early-- but we wanted to share some pictures from Olivia's Mother's Day photoshoot :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Recent Discoveries

1. Hands are great for grabbing things that you are interested in.

2. The baby in the mirror copies everything that you do.

3. Birthday wrapping paper is both amusing and slightly frightening.

4. Peekaboo is a delightful game!