Olivia is 4 months old!

It's hard to believe our sweet Olivia is already 4 1/2 months old! As I've said before, she truly has the sweetest nature. Here are a few pictures from our little photo shoot the other day. Here are a few of my favorites!

Nov . 12

Every week I take Olivia's picture on Wednesday (she was born on a Wednesday) with the same doll to show how much she has grown. I put out the blanket today to take her picture, and of course Luke had to grab his blanket and his "doe" and be in on the action. He wants to do everything she does.

What a sweet girl. I know I've said that a lot, but it's definitely true. Her hair is growing, so I'm itching to put hairbows in.

What would we do without a giraffe?

When Luke was 3 months old, he received a giraff blanket as a Christmas present. Little did we know , that giraffe became his best friend. You've probably seen this giraffe in many pictures on here but now that thing is definitely not so clean. I wash and wash it but it just doesn't look the same. He has to have it to sleep and if he gets hurt, he immediately starts calling for his "doe" . Luke speaks his own language, so to him giraffe is "doe". Anyway we found a pink giraffe for Olivia, "baby doe" as he refers to it. Forrest thought it would be good to see if she likes it yet - well she immediately took to it. Now she sleeps with her "doe" and rubs it on her face to go to sleep. Not sure if Luke will be able to give his up before he goes to college, wonder if Olivia's addiction will be the same?

Luke at 4 1/2 months

Olivia at 4 months

Fall fun

My adjustment to life in Central Asia with 2 small children hasn't been easy. Although I've lived in this part of the world for almost 5 years and the lifestyle is normal to me, it's been a harder transition this time. Maybe I got used to all the ease and convenience of the US, plus being so close to family and friends. (oh and did I mention a Target with a Starbucks inside?) But here we been having major power outages, cold weather already , and I'm really homebound with Luke and Olivia. But today I decided to have a better outlook on life - to stop from all the cleaning and washing diapers , etc and go outside and play in the leaves with my little guy. It's cold, but I he can just wear layers - I don't think he ever gets cold anyway. We're going to have to do this a lot this winter , to learn how to rest and have fun in the midst of a sometimes stressful life here.

Check out the new haircut. He was way overdue. Not too bad for only a $1, huh?

Finally I got a good smile!