She's on the Move!!

Olivia has figured out how to roll from her back onto her tummy. It was figured out by luck I think. She is a very laid back baby until it comes to feeding. When she wants her food, she wants it now (she takes after her mom). She was so mad last night that we didn't get her a bottle right away that she worked herself up and rolled over. As horrible as it sounds, we wanted to see her do it again so we waited another minute to feed her so she'd do it again. Now she's rolling over in her crib too. What a milestone she has just hit. In no time she'll be crawling around the house. Mom - you said you needed an idea for Olivia for Christmas. Sounds like a baby gate will be needed soon!


We've had such a great week. Last week was fun seeing everyone for Thanksgiving. It is always fun to see family and of course, stuff our faces. We actually started our Thanksgiving a week or two before with Thanksgiving with my dad. Next it was Thanksgiving with the Byers on Thanksgiving day, Thanksgiving with my mom on black Friday and then Thanksgiving with the Zimmerman's on the next Saturday.


Something very cool happened on Thanksgiving day as well. My nephew (first nephew) was born. John Wyatt Hauptman was born at 8:54pm. He's so cute. I have to get all of the time in with him that I can because they will be moving shortly after Christmas. Finally a boy in the family and he leaves! Congrats guys!!


We also got our Christmas tree up last weekend. McKenzie seems to think that once a Christmas tree is up it's suddenly Christmas. Every day she asks if it's Christmas yet. Then once it starts snowing,s he is convinced Santa is coming. Next year we may not put up our Christmas tree until a week before. I have learned from last year though not to put presents under the tree until about a week out. Otherwise she will constantly ask to open her presents and carry them around the house. I'm sure some would end up disappearing. Although, anything we can't find seems to always be behind our living room t.v. That is McKenzie's hiding spot for everything. I had a package delivered while I was in Des Moines for class and she decided she'd hide it behind the t.v. until I came home. Unfortunately, she forgot about it once she hid it.


After Thanksgiving, we decided to take a small family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City. We had a lot of fun. Surprisingly Olivia slept the entire way there and back. Lucky for us because she hates the car. She will cry nonstop once in the car. We had a lot of fun at the water park and arcade. McKenzie also got to go to the kid spa and get a chocolate manicure. She loved it of course. Olivia seemed to enjoy her first time swimming. She's always loved her baths so that wasn't too surprising.


Well its back to normal everyday life for us. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Now on to Christmas!!


The Byers