Olive's World: Happy fall 2011!

Hooray for fall! It is my first fall ever, but it is mommy's favorite season, and daddy loves PUMPKINS, so I imagine I am predisposed to liking it! First things first: happy anniversary to mommy and daddy! They celebrated the happy occasion by going out to dinner (I don't know where they went, but I think the food was spicy....and there was definitely some....curry? from what I tasted in the MILK!), while I stayed in with my new babysitter. I really like her, and she really has a soporific effect on me!! I did cry a lot just before mommy left, which made mommy really reluctant and sad to leave (yes, I was crying when she left, and she was already 20 minutes late!!!), but I got over it soon thereafter. As an anniversary gift to mommy and daddy, I slept from 730pm until 550am straight! Woohoo for me! And, you know, that was just a one-time gift, so I don't expect that I will be repeating that performance anytime soon. I mean, you have to save that stuff for special occasions!!

I'm thinking about it. Give me a minute.

Ok, done thinking; I love PUMPKINs!!

So, I have discovered that I quite love bath time! Even if I am upset beforehand, as soon as I get in the tub, I quiet down and get very calm, and just look adoringly (and unblinkly!) at mommy. She has gotten quite adept at bathing me -- maybe too adept -- my baths are usually over in just a few minutes, before I have even gotten to settle in and really enjoy myself! That's probably why I always throw a crying fit within 15 seconds (yes, it is that exact, you can count it down next time if you don't believe me) of being removed from the tub!

Me at 2 weeks.

In other news, as you know, I have been growing like mad. But, just to further illustrate that fact, I thought I would show you some comparison photos of just how much I have grown!! Amazing, right?

Me now.

Before.

And my newest thing that I love is to suck my blanket. I still don't like pacifiers, and although I occasionally will suck my hand (I still prefer the whole hand rather than any particular finger, I mean, why choose when I can have them all!?!?) or mommy's or daddy's shirts, I really REALLY like my blanket (even if I end up with a mouthful of lint!). Mommy thinks it is gross and I know it makes the blanket all wet, but I don't care!! I love it!! I will spend hours sucking my blanket at night when getting myself to sleep, or sometimes after waking up. In fact, although mommy always tries to swaddle me in a neat little bundle when I fall asleep, by the time she finds me awake hours later, I always will have been sucking my blanket for a while, and will have broken out of the swaddle -- and in quite a peculiar fashion no less!