Jumperoo

If you can make it through the long video below (sorry folks!) you will see that our little Olivia has now mastered her Jumperoo.  We still have a pillow at the bottom so her little legs can reach, but given her genes, I'm guessing that being a little shorty is something she will have to get used to!

One realization I had watching this video is that Matt and I may be going a bit overboard with our encouragement of Olivia.  Before she was even born, we made a conscious decision that we really wanted to praise and reward her in order to build her self-confidence.  Matt's parents really did this with him - to this day, I think they honestly believe every thing he does is amazing and every joke he tells is hilarious.  In fact, when we first started dating it was a great source of enjoyment for me to make fun of him about this.  It reminds me of this Seinfeld clip (the whole thing is great - but I'm really talking about 1:48 in). 

I enjoy kidding him, but I really do think its sweet and endearing.  However, we may be taking that to an extreme.  Perhaps every poopy diaper doesn't deserve clapping and "yay-ing"?  Maybe we shouldn't tell her she's "amazing" after she eats? 

So....maybe we'll tone it down a bit.  Its tough though, because at this stage we are truly amazed by every little laugh, smile, coo and noise that she makes and you'd be hard-pressed to convince either of us that she's not perfect! ;)