This morning

It was such a pretty, sunny day with fresh snow this morning. I couldn't resist taking Olivia into it for a few minutes to get some pictures! John got to start late this morning so it was nice having him around for a couple hours too!

My mom made the sweater and Sandy made the hat! They look great!

Christmas

Wow it has been a while since I have put up a new post! We have been busy with the holidays, traveling and briefly being sick. :( Luckily Olivia never got the sick part! Back to the holidays... I worked for 3 nights and we took off as soon as we packed up the truck Christmas eve morning. The trip wasn't bad at all. It would've been a little better if I got more than 45 minutes of sleep during the ride, but I would much rather have that than a scary snowy drive! We were off to John's grandparent's house for the usual Christmas eve get together. We had a great time and got to spend several hours there visiting. Olivia did great and had a lot of fun visiting with Lily who is almost 2. I don't think I got any pictures since we were having so much fun!

Christmas morning we woke up at John's parents house and Olivia opened a lot of presents! She really got the hang of ripping the paper off and seeing what was inside. I'm sure next year will be even more fun!

With the farm toy from us:

Her big flounder from tante Marie

Then Christmas day we headed over to Auntie Diane's for a few hours. Olivia was great- especially with all the breakable things around! We avoided her running straight into the gigantic fireplace a couple times and she only lunged for the glass lit candleholders once or twice... nothing broken or burned thank goodness! She had a lot of fun running around and seeing everyone!

Loving the gigantic mirror with Madeline.

She kept sticking her tongue out at Madeline. It was too funny!

And on our last full day in town- Sunday, we went to my mom's house on Vashon. She is in the process of re-doing the floors. They already look great though with just the carpet removed! Olivia loved being in the middle of all the action of unwrapping presents. We had cupcakes in the afternoon that she really loved too!

That was our Seattle Christmas trip! We had a great drive to and from Seattle which I was very happy for! Last night here in Spokane I think we may have gotten close to a foot of snow so I am glad we are home now!

Playdate with Brenna

Brenna came over yesterday afternoon and the girls had a lot of fun! It was funny seeing them interact since they hadn't seen each other in a couple months. At first Olivia seemed a little unsure and Brenna was a little shy, but they warmed up pretty quickly! Soon they were sharing toys and Olivia followed Brenna wherever she went. Brenna liked to read books and push the baby stroller. Olivia liked to touch Brenna's hair and dance! It was hard to get any pictures since a certain little girl wouldn't sit still. But you can get the idea! It is hard to believe they were such little babies not so long ago that would lay still for pictures!

Holiday decorating

I made this banner:
My glitter house collection. Love them!

Here are some pictures of decorating around the house. We didn't put out a ton since everything has to be up high away from little fingers. We also haven't bought a tree yet, and I am a little nervous how that is going to work out... We may get one today since it looks like John will be home a little early for once. I considered not even getting a tree this year, but it just isn't Christmas without a tree so I guess we better do it! I go back to work tomorrow night and then only have 2 days off before another 3 day stretch, so I will only have 2 days off between now and Christmas. Where id the time go!? I feel like I have so much to do and no time! I still want to make Olivia her stocking since hers is a "baby's 1st Christmas" one from last year. We will see if I get anything done!

Olivia "helping"

SHe loves looking at the lights

Planning her next move!

Playdate with Elsie

Elsie and Amanda came over for a fun playdate and to have lunch! Olivia really likes seeing Elsie but I think got a little jealous of whoever was holding her! She would want to be held with Elsie too. It was pretty funny. Oh and when Elsie laid on the boppy- so did Olivia. I'm sure these 2 are going to have tons of fun together soon! Elsie is so cute and is much more interactive and less baby-ish than last time I saw her! She loves to smile!

14 months

A little late, but better than never! Olivia is 14 months. We have a little toddler on our hands now! Here are her stats:

- She is wearing 12-18 month and some 18 month clothes

- Size 3 diapers, and sometimes size 4's (she fits in both according to her weight)

- We haven't weighed her this month and she is currently napping, but I would guess she weighs between 23 and 24 pounds.

-She still loves to eat most of the time! She loves cheese, all types of fruit, pasta, and sometimes meat (but not too often). She still does 2 bottles a day ( in the morning and before bed)

-She has 5 teeth to eat all that food with. 2 on top and 3 on bottom, with the two next to the top ones *very* close to popping through!

-She has been a little more fussy lately and it may be due to those 2 teeth.

- She has been wild and crazy with her adventurous personality these last few weeks! She currently likes to pull out the bottom stove drawer and stand on it to get up higher on the stove. She also likes to get up on the fireplace and stand up there dancing and laugh, and just yesterday put an entire shape toy in her mouth. Good thing it had a breathing hole! That one got taken away... Oh and she also stands on her little rocking chair and "surfs". She does that on her little piano sometimes too. She LOVES to climb!

-We took her to Santa the other day and he was the first person she was absolutely terrified of.

-She still really hasn't had any illness *knock on wood* other than a runny nose /congestion around the time of her birthday. We are taking her out more to play with other kids though, so that may change soon!

-She is still sleeping all night- going to bed around 7 pm and waking up around 6 am with *usually* 2 good naps a day of at least an hour each.

-Still loves her bath time! She just uses the big bath now and has tons of toys to play with in there.

-We think she is the cutest thing in the whole world and love every day with her! Love you baby girl!

Santa picture

Well this year's santa picture was interesting. Last year Olivia was a tiny baby who could care less who was holding her- as long as she was being held. Normally this is still true. She loves people, whether she knows them or not! In fact tonight at Target she was smiling at a stranger and putting her hands up to them for her to pick her up. Funny girl. Anyway, Santa was a different story.


Yes something about him scared her to death. He was very nice and even tried to give her a peppermint stick to cheer her up and she was having nothing of it. She normally also loves food. Not when this strange bearded man in a red suit wanted to give it to her! Oh well, my picture looks a lot like this from the same age. Now we have a picture to document how she reacted to santa at 1 year old. Hopefully she reacts a little better at 2!