Olive blogs

Olive in the act of updating her blog. Yeah, she's pretty advanced ;)

Another video

Olive was in a funny mood this morning. Lot's of babbling and climbing/crawling, so we took a quick 1 minute video.

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Olive and little neighbor Jessica pass the Giraffe.

Now what?

She has been climbing up on furniture throughout the apartment but doesn't quite know what to do next.

A little yellow

Olive enjoys her hand-made outfit from Maureen. (though, it's getting too small)

Breakfast

3 minutes of Olive eating breakfast.

One Tired Giraffe

After a long afternoon walking through brooklyn, posing for photos and having strangers point and say "awww look at that!" Olive reached her limit. She looks older here somehow.

Halloween!

Giraffes
I like them
Ask me why.
Because they hold their heads up high.
Because their necks stretch to the sky.
Because they're quiet, calm, and shy.
Because they run so fast they fly,
Because their eyes are velvet brown.
Because their coats are spotted tan.
Because they eat the tops of trees.
Because their legs have knobby knees.
Because
Because
Because. That's why
I like giraffes.
-Mary Ann Hoberman

Olive and her mom

Not sure what this goofy expression is about. Is someone hamming it up for the camera?

Dad loves Olive

We just realized almost all of our pictures are of Olive by herself. Here's one of her with Steve.

Crawling

Not too fast yet, but she's definitely crawling forward at 6 1/2 months.

Crazy Baby...

... is crazy

Hi Dad!

Just a sweet picture

What mess?

Olive goes to town on some Sweet potatoes (or were they carrots?). Her diet now includes these as well as peas, pears, apples and banannas. Oh, and a little greek yogurt as well.

Friend Jessica

Our upstairs neighbor Jessica came for a visit. Olive enjoyed the company.

Serious baby...

... is serious

Ben and Monica Visit NYC

Ben and Monica met us in Manhattan for brunch at Bar Americain (a bobby flay restauraunt) before their 60-Minutes interview. Olive was a bit noisy in the restuaraunt but happy to see her west-coast relatives.

I remember you well..

Olive goes out for a night on the town and visits the famous Chelsea Hotel, where she meet's her folk's old college friends Jensen, Andrea, James (pictured) and Elizabeth (with her friend Tim).

Lazy afternoon

Messy eating

By the way-- today is Olive's five-month birthday. Happy Birthday! Hooray!

Almost crawling?

Nancy and Olive

Olive loved having Nana Nancy visit. This picture doesn't capture all the giggling.

Reading with Dan

Jichan Dan reads Olive a book about hippos and belly buttons.

Entranced

Yikes! It has been such a long time since we posted anything. So here's one of Olive from a few weeks back, standing in her jumper and looking absolutely fixated on something... television perhaps? She's watched a few segments of "Big Bird Sings." We like the one about the number 4 best.

Bathing Beauty

She was happy to see dad after his business trip

Baby Bonnet

Olive wearing a bonnet of Rachel's from the 70s

Olive sits up... almost

A series of photos from early July

Tickle Monster!

Olive at Play

Olive on her play mat. Nothing too exciting, yet.

Video: Olive Speaks?

Olive's College Fund

Several of you have asked about Olive's college savings fund. Well, we just set up a 529 plan to help us save for her education. If you are so inclined, or wish to give her a gift in the future, this document will show you how. Thanks in advance.

Olive with Steve's cousin

We'll let just about anyone hold the baby! Seriously, Robert and his family were terrific hosts while we were in Boston for his 40th birthday party. We had a wonderful weekend.

Olive and Great Aunt Louise

Grandpa Fred

Olive and Leo

Think these two have a future together? Steve and I hung out with Miranda and Matt and their new baby, Leo, in Cambridge. Here's one of the two kids propped up together on the couch.

Uncle Craig came to visit

What a face! On Olive, I mean. Craig looks dapper as usual.

so little!

It's hard to get a sense of size from close ups, so I took this one of Olive looking ever so tiny and sweet.

She's actually getting quite big-- 11 lbs., 4 oz. according to the scale at the doctor's office.

Olive Collage

It's been a while since we posted some pictures, so here's a bunch at once

Grandma Linda

Steve's mom has been here all week and Olive has been doing lots of napping on her chest. It has become one of her favorite places to be.