Olive's Swing

We have a little swing we got for Olive in Florida at Target. Originally, we had a nice bouncer for her (gifted to us from our good friend Beth, her sister, and mom). Olive really seemed to like the bouncer and for the longest time we didn't even use its vibration feature. (Partially because we didn't pick up the right battery for the longest time, but also because Olive seemed to like it just fine without that feature anyway...)

Well finally we got the right battery and Kevin ended up taking apart the wrong part of the bouncer. (The little box that holds the wiring.) And of course, when you open that compartment, all the parts pop out and you spend forever trying to put it back together. So I spent an hour trying to put it back together and in the process some of the delicate wiring broke.

I thought I would try to exchange it so we could replace it with one that would work with the vibration function. Luckily, (because of the upcoming move) I had held onto the box and the receipt was still attached. Upon further thought, we decided it might even be smart to just exchange it for a gift card and then re-buy it in Florida so that it would be one less thing to move. So that's what we did.

Well of course we got down here and the Target doesn't carry it. OF COURSE. So that's basically how the swing came about. Olive seems to like the swing pretty well but sometimes I get her to nap better in it when it isn't in motion. So I am still weeping about the bouncer and feeling guilty that the fantastic gift my friend got me has been replaced. I should have just exchanged it in Orem. It really wouldn't have taken up that much room in the move. Oh well. Hindsight, I guess.

I caught her smiling in the swing the other day, here is the footage. I am really glad that, as we approach the 2-month mark, Olive is starting to entertain herself SOMEWHAT. (I can't wait until I can get something done!) I used to have to feed her into a coma previously.