Not a fan of mangoes!

Momma's First Mother's Day

We were blessed to have a full house on Mother's Day weekend.  Although I admit to handling stress VERY poorly, we had a GREAT visit.  We just hung out and took it easy.  Sunday we had a delicious brunch at the Inn at Virginia Tech.

I am one blessed woman to be the Momma of this little beautiful little girl!

Country Roads...

Olivia and I made a trip home to WV for a quick little visit.  It was good to be home and visit with Nonna and Grumpy even though the Grump was having a new roof put on so there was a lot of banging hammers and singing roofers (even a quick fight on Monday morning...NO JOKE!).  We did some visiting with cousins Kaleb, Brenna, and Darcie, did a little shopping, and even had a dinner date with The Grump.

Fun with Nonna's frog!

Dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings with the cousins!

Cereal fun with Nonna!

LOVE the jumparoo Grump bought for me!

Sleeping in Aunt Catherine's old room....so comfy and cozy!

Nothin' like a QUICK trip to Tanger for some shopping! This baby needed a new wardrobe!

Like my new shades???? 

Dinner Date with The Grump at The Metropolitan....Sweet Baby Girl.

Cereal, Sweet Potatoes, and Peas....Oh my!

Olivia has been doing great with her rice cereal so we have moved on to sweet potatoes!  She is such a fan!  In a few days.... sweet peas!

Momma's weakness....

So...I admit it. I just can't handle it when Olivia sucks her thumb.  It absolutely breaks my heart.

How is it POSSIBLE that 6 months have passed?

Olivia is SIX months old.  It takes my breath away to utter that sentence.  She is the sweetest thing that God has ever made.  Her nickname of "The Bean" has really stuck with Daddy and now Momma is calling her that too.  Some new developments in our house: Olivia turns her head when you say her name, she squeals and squeals when she's playing, she sits up really well on her own for about 5 seconds BEFORE she falls over (ha ha), she has really figured out how to manipulate things with her hands, she reaches for things up high on her jumparoo and Mammaroo, she has warmed up a bit to tummy time and pushes up while she flails her legs like crazy, and she's staring turning her mobile on in her bed.  Olivia was also in her first "modeling" shoot for a friend redoing her advertising for her business.  (We will post those pics when we see them!)  It's been a busy month!

Like Momma....Like Daughter