Six Month Check-up

Well if you haven't heard, Olivia is sick. She has a little cold. But she is getting better. She is six months now! She had her 6 month well-baby check-up and aside from having the cold, everything looks good. She weighs 16 lbs 7.5 oz, and is 26.5 inches long. And she has a tooth! Actually, one and a half teeth. They are coming in on her bottom. No crawling yet, but maybe soon. I have taken some new pictures of her but I have to wait to post them. I think I have loaded the maxium number of pictures on this old computer. Our new computer is in the mail on its way to us. So as soon as I have that up and going, you will get the six month progress picture. Until then!
P.S. In case you are wondering what size she is in: Sleepers- 9-12months, Onesies- 9-12 months, pants and shirts- 9 months. And if you are wondering what she needes: pants and sleepers! :)

Botanical Gardens

Last month, Mike, Olivia, and I went to Southeast Botanical Gardens. It is a little piece of paradise here on Okinawa. It's located right around the corner from our house. If we weren't surrounded by the base gate and fence, we would be able to walk to it! Its basically just a giant garden, but it is so beautiful. They have hundreds of tropical plants and flowers and even grow their own passion fruit. I just realized I never posted pictures of it here on the blog.

A little Off-roading for the stroller


Definately a place for to go to for whoever comes to visit us!


Silly tourists

We took this train that toured around the gardens. It was a good idea at first, but then we realized the tour guide only spoke Japanese. So we had no idea what was going on. People were "ooohhing" and "aahhhing", and we just sat there. The only word we knew was "shopping" and "pineapple"- apparently they are the same in English.

Warning: The tree sways back and forth when the wind blows.

USO Craft Fair

A few weeks ago we went to a craft fair at the USO. They had local vendors there. Well we came across this "toss the hat" game. They had Okinawan glass (Ryukyu Glass) pieces displayed, and you had to get the hat to land on one of the glasses. Whatever it landed on, you won!
Here are the rules:

Me playing...

I won!


My Prize!

A funky creature on display at the fair. It is crafted from wood and shells.

Play Time!

Olivia is getting so big! Hard to believe in a couple weeks she will be 6 months! We are all doing good, even Jill. We are getting settled in over here. We are all unpacked, so that is a plus! Sooner or later I'll post some pictures of the house, but for now here is a video of Olivia playing. She can pretty much sit on her own now. She doesn't sit up from laying down, but if you set her up, she'll stay there (a little bit wobbly still). No crawling yet, she still hates her tummy. We have even tried to bribe her with a bottle placed in front of her, but she wants none of it. Bit by bit we are working on getting her used to her tummy. Sometimes she does well, pushing herself up farther and farther. She seems like she would know how to crawl, just won't take the time to do it! Anyway here she is! It takes a little while to load...

Note: Tilt head to left side to get the full effect! Sorry!

Olivia has a boyfriend...

Well, not really, but she met another baby that is her age. And she was very interested in him. He was born April 24th, so a week or so before Olivia. He was premature, only weighed 4 lbs! But he is bigger than her now. His name is Gabe. Look how cute they are...(ignore us moms, we were not ready for the pictures).

5 Months Old

Yes, I know I'm late posting, but we got our stuff, so we have been unpacking! Anyway, here are Olivia's 5 month pictures!! She is getting so big!
Big Smile!

See, it says "5 months"

Reading already...

ExerSaucer = Fun

Well I couldn't post without putting up pictures of Olivia! Here she is playing in her exersaucer. We searched and searched around here for an exersaucer so she could play. They didn't have any at the BX or PX... I was able to find one at the Thirft Store. For $5. We bought it, took it home and cleaned it up, works perfect. And she loves it! Best $5 we spent in a while!
She loves spinning this...She is really good at it!

Look at me stand! Chunky legs...

What are you looking at?

Kind of a smile...

Are you done?

Out and about in Okinawa

Last weekend, Mike and I went exploring. We basically drove off base and tried our best not to get lost. But I took some pictures so you guys could see what the scenery is like around here. Notice which way the cars are going!

On Kadena, going towards Gate 1, that's the ocean ahead.

Off Base...


Japanese McDonald's!

A cool bridge going out to the ocean...

On Camp Foster...the Ocean is ahead, and it's about to pour...

Sort of a Skyline w/ windmill on Camp Foster (Marine Base here)


What do you think?

Our Address

I thought I would post my mailing address, you know, in case anyone gets an urge to send us something :)

PSC 80 Box 13278
APO, AP 96367

Sister Sister

As most of you know, we are eagerly awaiting for the arrival of Izzie or Izabella Ann (I think I got the spelling correct). My sister, Betsy, is overdue. She was due on September 20th...and is still cooking. I guess Izzie likes her mommy's tummy too much! It was very neat being pregnant at the same time as my sister. Well, about the same time anyway. While I was home I took some pictures of her belly. Not meaning to, we ended up taking one similar to a picture Kelly took of me. People always say Betsy and I could be twins...What do you think?

Besty- August 2008- 8 months along


Me- January 2008- 6 months along