She Makes It Look Easy...

10 Months Old!

In just two short months Olivia will be a year old already! So hard to believe!

She is amazing! She is walking with ease (I counted about 35 steps down the hallway today) and eating so well. We haven't found a food she doesn't like yet! We just love our "Baby Livia"

PLAY food

I told you that Olivia likes to eat everything... I really meant EVERYTHING!!! Including play food.
Just kidding, of course!

Pointing

Olivia has started pointing. She isn't pointing at things she wants or needs. She just points. And it is funny!

Singing & Dancing

Birthday Weekend

Since it's our birthday weekend you might have thought the pictures would be of us. But, that is not the case :) We had a wonderful weekend complete with a yummy & funb dinner at Bella Italia with only adults and a nice breakfast at my mom's followed by a relaxing day of playing with the girls & laughing at all of the cute & funny things they do.

Olivia is walking so well already. She takes up to about 18 steps on her own now. But when she gets close to someone she lunges forward. So cute & so sweet!

We love it when she throws her head back and laughs at someone.

Here she is laughing at her Papa.
Natalie entertained us with her singing & dancing.

Olivia not only walks but she loves to climb up things too. People, toys, you name it. She climbed into the Dora chair at Nana's.

Then the sun came out and we got to get outisde for a while. Olivia loves to hold on our fingers and walk around outside.

Such a great weekend! Yeah!

Sometimes...

Sometimes she falls & then just lays flat on her back for a minute. It makes us laugh! This is one of the rare moments that she is actually still.

Happy Girl

Pretty as a Princess

Natalie & Papa & the Big Fishy

A Few Extras from Christmas

Found these on my mom's camera...

I just love this one!

Olivia opening presents... oops! those are Nana's presents :) She was totally into it.

Hi! Look at me with my new toy!

Monkey See... Monkey Do!

Of course, anything Olivia sees her big sister do... she wants to try to do it too!

What we did with our extra day off...

Danced in the living room... ...and practiced walking :)
...took a break to wave to Mama

...back to walking.

Back to Work

Obviously I'm back to work because the daily blogs stopped... :(

Here's Natalie's first bento-style lunch...

A princess castle ham & cheese sandwich, grapes & blueberries, a princess shoe cut out of fruit leather on top of graham crackers. Pretty cute, right?!?!? She LOVED it. Here are the girls in their ADORABLE matching jammies from Auntie Corinne. Natalie is amazed at Olivia when she stands up or takes steps. It's so fun to watch them interact & play together more now that Olivia is really mobile.

The "big cheese" face. So funny!!!

Using a big girl cup :)

1/10/11

A Sunday morning from Natalie's perspective...

1/7/11

Olivia & the cottage... This is the funniest thing happening around our house right now. This tiny girl gets CRAZY with the cottage. She thinks she is such a big girl when it comes to the cottage. She climbs in, plays with the sink inside, looks through the windows, opens the door. It is hilarious! I have video. I'll try to share that soon too!

She sometimes falls down but she is such a tough cookie. She gets right back up again!

One of the funniest parts of the whole thing is how she loves to smash her face up against the mesh windows. I have no idea where she got the idea because Natalie doesn't do that. But Olivia does and she knows its funny so she keeps doing it!

She even tips the walls over.

1/6/11

her happy face... ...her sad face...
...her messy face!

1/5/11

Even though we have to bundle up to go outside, I am thankful that it isn't raining this week so we can get out, take walks, & get some fresh air.