Crawling & Clapping

My last post was just a couple days ago, at which time Olivia was NOT crawling. But she gave us an official move last night and now we can say, "SHE'S CRAWLING!" She's not up on all fours, but pulls herself along, with her left arm tucked under, just like Abigail did. We called it the WOUNDED SOLDIER crawl. It doesn't matter how she's getting around... when she's intentionally mobile, it's crawling! So we now have a crawling baby in our house. She's still trying to figure out the movement when up on all fours, so we'll see if she really gets up pretty soon.

She also is clapping now. It's so cute. She's been watching us do it lately, and just smiles away. But now she can do it herself too. It seems like she's grown up quite a bit in the last couple weeks. Oh boy! Here we go!

Sitting up!

I can hardly believe that Olivia is 8 months old already. We've been home for three months. It seems like we only arrived yesterday and yet in some ways it seems like we've been home forever. Olivia is doing very well. She is now sitting up and is working on crawling, but not quite there yet. She is getting up on her hands and knees, so it should be soon! She STILL doesn't have any teeth, although I thought FOR SURE they would be in by "tomorrow" which I've been thinking since the day we met her. She is eating well and sleeping well. She smiles much more easily now and even giggles sometimes when we look at her.

Abigail & Emma are still LOVING their baby sister and are eager to do whatever they can to help her. They love to make her smile and giggle now, and it is such a joy for me to watch. I KNEW they would be good with their baby sister, but I am continually amazed at HOW MUCH they love her and how good they are with her.

Here's a picture of them putting barettes in Olivia's hair!

And here's a picture of story time before bed.