This is coming a little late. If you have been in the Burton household lately, it is a mixture of making bottles, laundry, 11th grade essays, fundraising for school, cooking dinner, giggles, barks from Stella, and Kenny Chesney music blaring in the background. That's just a typical Thursday night! Needless to say it has been a while since I have been able to post anything about my sweet baby.
Vivie made it to the six month mark in early August, and I have been thinking for a while about how to blog about her being half a year already! Then of course, inspiration come knocking from none other than my friend Sarah's blog. Her sweet girl Olivia, yes we have Livy and Vivie in the family, turned 2 last week and we had so much fun celebrating with a tea party! After reading her blog about Livy turning 2, I thought it would be a good idea to document who Vivie is right now.
Right now, as I am typing this Vivie is growling at me. Yes, I typed growling! That is her new favorite sound to make along with blowing raspberries, and dove-like cooing sounds. She loves to squeal and laugh, much to my delight. I am not sure if I have ever seen a baby smile like my sweet Vivie. She smiles from morning to night, even when I wake her at 6 in the morning or from a long nap to go to Target.
Vivie laughs at everything. I wish I could take credit and say she only laughs at her mommy, but she laughs at strangers in Publix, her friends at school, Stella, the blue sky, I could go on and on. I pray and pray that she will hold on to her joyful spirit. She is so carefree right now, and full of sunshine.
Vivie loves grabbing things now. Especially Stella's hair and mommy's jewelry. She can now hold her sippy cup and put her pacifier back in her mouth. She is just now starting to look at books, and mommy LOVES this! She loves stuffed animals and her glowworm.
She is looking at books right now, and seems to love looking at the pictures. Of course for the English teacher inside of me this makes my heart sing, but I won't get my hopes up that she is a life-long lover of books like her mama. I love watching her flip the pages and look at the pictures.
Vivie loves animals! I cannot wait until it cools down and I can take her to the zoo. She is obsessed with watching Stella, and is equally intrigued by cats and birds. She loves looking at the bird feeder at her school, and gets so excited when she sees a puppy!
I made her mad for the first time last week. She wanted to hold a bag of chips at Publix and when I took them away, she gave me an awful look and started wailing. I have no doubt that will be the first of many, many, many times in which I will anger her by not giving her what she "thinks" she wants.
She loves when I sing to her and dance around like a crazy person. I am convinced she is going to love Kenny Chesney and country music as much as I do, because it has been putting a giant smile on her face since she was 3 months old. I love sitting her in the bumbo, cooking dinner, and singing to her. Those parts of the day are the best, and I treasure every second I can put her up on the counter and sing to her without her wishing I would just go away. There is nothing like that big smile and look of adoration from her.
Like I mentioned in a previous blog entry, it does not get much better than life with Vivie right now. Each day is a new adventure with her and watching her thrive. From sitting up to learning to crawl, to laughing hysterically, to growling at her mama, to melting her daddy's heart, there are no words that can capture who she is. What did I do to get so lucky to have her in my life? How did this happen to me? How did I go from wondering what it would be like to see her and love her, to experiencing this unbelievable six month old? I guess I won't try to question my blessing of Vivie, but just soak up all her love, cuteness, fun, and excitement. My ray of sunshine is beaming so brightly right now, and I am going to enjoy every second of it.
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