The Engbers Blog

Jon's weekend with Olivia started off with a scream fest!!! Friday night I had to work again and Olivia decided to scream from about 7:30 to 11:00 while daddy was taking care of her. He bounced, patted, burped, fed, sang...but nothing seemed to work. Finally, Livi wore herself out and fell asleep from 11pm to 5am. I am pretty sure Jon was a little worn out too! Last night I went into work again and we were all a little nervous about how it would go. Thankfully it went much better and Olivia was a little angel for her daddy!

Olivia has discovered her hands! Her hand will wave in front of her face and then she will stare at it and then right to the mouth it goes! She mostly sticks her WHOLE fist in her mouth at this point, but is getting better at finding her fingers to suck on. Livi happy about bathtime! This is about the best "smile" I have gotten on camera so far. She really does have great big smiles, she just doesn't care to have one photographed I guess :)

Erin is rocking Livi to sleep after her first day back to work. While she was at work today, Livi and I spent some quality time together at home. Livi wasn't too excited about eating from a bottle at first, but did better as the day went on. She was even happy enough to let her dad give her a bath this afternoon! But by about 7 o'clock, we had exhausted every toy and game that I could think of and we had already used all of the milk Erin left in the fridge. Needless to say, we were both very excited when mommy got home. Erin's first day back at work went well too. She stayed so busy that she only had time to call home twice to see how things were going!

This picture was just too cute, I couldn't resist sharing!

Me, Jon, and Olivia are already on our last week in N'west Iowa. Jon finishes his rotation with Dr. J on Thursday and then we head back to Iowa City. We have been enjoying our time here very much and can't believe how fast it has gone! I go back to work a week from today. Thankfully I can leave Olivia with Jon for the day and then I have the whole week with her again, so I can't complain too much :) I am still a little nervous about getting into the routine at work again, but I am sure it will all come back to me quickly! Olivia is growing, growing, growing. It is amazing how much she has changed and developed in the past month. She is starting to explore her hands and suck on her fist. She is smiling a lot!...and she is really starting to coo and babble. She is still the gassiest baby we know :) Here are some more of my favorite pictures: Sound asleep, all snuggled in. All ready to go for a ride in the car...look at those cheeks. Love my Paci! Susie the dog not quite sure ...

I love this picture of Olivia relaxing on the couch and thought her star pajamas were somewhat patriotic for election day!!! Only 18 more years until she can vote :)