If this blog still exists in some form in 12 or so years this is the first entry I can see Olive finding to be truly embarrassing. I want to talk about her poop and gas. According to the books I've read, one way to know if your baby is healthy and getting enough to eat is if they have at least two quarter sized poops a day. I don't have to worry about this because Olive poops 6-8 times a day. And it's not just that she poops a lot, it's the noise that goes along with her poops. She is so loud you can hear her from across the room. The other day she was in the bedroom with Mark and I was in the bathroom with the door closed, and I could hear her poop. Along with the sound comes the velocity. I am waiting for the day when she is getting her diaper changed and she decides to poop, because I am pretty sure it is going to shoot across the room. Based on the sound, and how it feels through her diaper; if there weren't a barrier stopping it, she would be a projectile pooper. She also has force and sound behind her toots as well. When she passes gas it sounds like an adult. It is hilarious and cracks us up every time.
Here comes the part where she defies the laws of physics, twice this week when I was holding Olive in an upright position she pooped and it somehow ended up going up the back of her diaper and coming out the top. This physically doesn't make sense to me. If she is upright, how does the poop climb up her back?
On a side note When Mark was holding her today she pooped and it shot out the leg of her diaper, and all over his shorts. I was in the bedroom on the phone at the time, and all I could hear was Mark saying several times, "Oh my god," with increasing urgency in his voice. At first I thought Tiger must have either done something really good, or really bad, (Mark was watching the Masters at the time) then I thought maybe he dropped the baby. Nope, he came in the bedroom with poop running down his shorts. The funny thing was the poop was just on a small portion of Olive's leg hole of her onesie. She barely even had any on her leg.
Anyone who knows Mark knows he loves to watch Maury. He only watches the "Baby Daddy" episodes, and typically roots for the men not to be the father. Anyone who has seen one of these episodes also knows that often times the women make claims that the man must be the father based on some physical feature she believes the baby and "father" have in common. Sometimes these characteristics are more legitimate than other times; they have the same eyes vs. they have the same cough, or the same big toe. Mark and I have always joked about going on Maury, I told him if we go I am going to claim that Olive must be his since they have the same digestive tract. She poops and farts just as much as he does, and with the same loudness as well.
Alright enough poop talk. Here is a list of the things I am loving about Olive right now. I love every moment with her, but these are the moments that stand out just a little more than the others.
- When she smiles in her sleep.
- When her hair looks extra crazy after she sleeps on it funny.
- The face she makes when she is trying to poop.
- When she looks up and realizes it is either Mark or me, and she smiles.
- Her cooing noises
- Her pooping noises
- When she sleeps with her head on my chest.
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Getting some love from Mommy |
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Talking to Daddy |
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She finds her Daddy fascinating. |
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Saying goodbye to Aunt Stacy. |
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Happy girl. |
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Dreaming of IU's basketball future, and hoping it will be better than the recent past. |
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happy |
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First time with my headband. |
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My first doll from Nadia at Daddy's work. |
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I make this face a lot, but I am getting better. |
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Laying on my beautifully monogrammed blanket. |