Professional pictures

Our neighbors daughter is a very talented photographer. We were so lucky she wanted to take pictures of Olivia for her portfolio! She is Jenn of Jenn Alberts photography in Spokane! They look so great!





I'm pretty sure Olivia was being a chicken in this one! She likes to act and sound out chickens.



She even took some pictures of my hair clips! They look so much better when she takes pictures of them than when I do- that is for sure!!

I love having so many pictures of my sweet girl and seeing how she has changed so quickly!! Thanks again Jenn we REALLY appreciate the work you put into these!

Easter weekend

I am so behind- I came on here to post some more pictures of the last couple weeks and realized today is Olivia's 19 month birthday! I am going to try very hard to get pictures of her later! I can't believe how quickly she is growing up. These are pictures from our Easter weekend. We took Olivia to her first easter egg hunt on Saturday where they divided everyone up into age groups, so she didn't have older kids running in front of her. :) She got the idea before we even put her on the ground- yelling "Egg!" She quickly knew to put them into her basket! After she got a couple though she was more interested in looking at all the other little kids. It was over in literallly seconds even though there were thousands of eggs on the ground. Thats ok though, she had fun!




Her very first egg:

Sitting with her basket of eggs:

Family picture after the hunt:

The next day on Easter at Dads house, Olivia is in her pretty Easter dress I bought last year!

Outfit change for playing and easter egg hunting (and also flying with daddy)

Another family picture. She didn't take off the ears surprisingly!

Checking out her special elmo egg.

random

I have been such a bad blogger because I have been so busy between chasing Olivia, working and now making hair clips and other things for my new etsy shop! Anyway we are all doing great over here- John is busy building a fence in the back yard, Olivia is running around talking more and more every day, and I am busy chasing her and taking her to play groups and tumbling class (as well as working). Olivia says tons of words now, and just today started saying "Elsie" and "off". I also felt inside her mouth and she is getting one of her back teeth! That will put her at 9 teeth, She has 4 upper front and 4 lower front right now. Here she is on the ferry heading to Vashon. Picture with daddy. Family picture!

Group photo with the kids on our way to the beach. Wussy Julie stayed inside the house.

Walking on the rocky beach with daddy.

Playing inside with Madeline. They love each other so much and Olivia even says Madeline (in her own way, but it is understandable!)

Being a ballerina practicing with the potty.

Stops briefly to stare up at the tv (elmo was on of course)

picture of us

she absolutely loves the ipad!

staring off today

Still kind of dazed with happy Elsie.

Giving Elsie a hug. She was so sweet and gentle for the most part with Elsie all day! She kept saying her name over and over and even fed her puffs (but ate more herself of course)

running through the park

the girls. 10 months apart.

Olivia learned TODAY how to climb up into the equipment and slide down the slide by herself! Scary but exciting also. She didn't know how to turn around so she went down head first. She even got off without falling at all.

That's all the photos for now, but I will try to add some more from previous weeks another day. Olivia is so much fun but active as ever! Like I said before, she is in tumbling and seems to REALLY like it! She ran and laughed pretty much the entire 30 minutes. She learned how to log roll and can do it by herself now! She loves the somersault mat and the little high bar. Fun times!

17 months

Here it goes. Olivia was 17 months old yesterday but didn't feel good at all. She was tired and had some sort of stomach bug. She was very cuddly though which was a nice change! She didn't want to eat much but I made sure she got some food in and lots of fluids. That is how she spent her 17 month birthday! Today she woke up like a new girl, happy and her normal hungry self. I am glad it seems to have passed quickly! She is still a little more cuddly, but I can't complain about that!

Here are her 17 month stats:

- weighs 23.2 pound on our scale. Must be losing a little due to how active she is!

-Still eats great. Loves pretty much all fruits, cheeses, some meets (like deli turkey and ham) loves peanut butter and mac and cheese. Not a big fan of banana and recently pears. She also doesn't like much cooked meat, but does like her chik'n nuggets (tofu).

-Is a crazy active girl, climbing everywhere, opening doors, etc. The other day at the YMCA she was in the daycare and they said she climbed up into the big fort several times and they were afraid she wouldn't get down! That's our climber! Also, she has started opening doors very frequently, so most are either locked or secured. She is allowed into her bedroom, the coat closet, and the towel closet. That's it! We had enough of her letting Martini out, getting into our bedroom, he bathroom, etc.

-She is saying many words, including mama, dada, papa, hi, bye bye, ba ba, balloon (sounds like ba-oon), dog, wawa for water, apple, all done, thank you, moon, and airplane. She has also said powder, cracker, and tractor several times. She is getting much better at repeating and we have noticed a big difference in her book reading. She can finally sit still enough to read through books and wants to go through some of them over and over.

-Her favorite book at the moment seems to be a baby color book. I think she likes the big pictures. She especially loves the tractor picture.

-She says dada all the time and runs to the door or window pointing outside saying dada. She knows that is where John comes form when he gets home! She also loves to wave at him form the window as he walks in.

-She took her first airplane ride 1 day after her 16 month birthday. She did great and it was a very long flight, but we survived! No major meltdowns as long as we had a lollipop to bribe her. She loves waving at all the people.

-She still absolutely loves the water. She loved playing in the sand in Hawaii and running into the ocean as well as swimming in the pool. We are starting her in lessons this upcoming Saturday!

- Has 8 teeth now! 4 on top and almost 4 on bottom. One is about halfway in.

-Still thankfully sleeps all night and usually has one nap a day. 2-3 hours if we are lucky!

- She gets more fun everyday and makes life interesting!! We love you baby girl!

where we have been

paradise.

my very favorite photo from the trip. maybe ever.

Its nice too look at this while I see a foot of snow accumulating in the back yard right now. More details of the trip later!

16 months

I am such a bad blogger and mommy. I haven't had a time to post anything for a month! Soon our baby will be 17 months old. I did take these pictures on her 16 month birthday though- promise! She got a mani pedi that day from auntie Jenny too! Apparently she sat through the whole thing like a good girl! She loves to be girly! She loves to put on necklaces, as well as carry around a purse.

I am not going to go into a big list of everything she does this month since I am so far behind, but she is getting more fun and yet more challenging every day! She is much more interactive and is sounding out words. However, she is becoming more clingy to John and I and would love it if we carried her around the house 24 hours a day I think! A little difficult sometimes! Most of the time though she is still our happy sweet girl who loves pretty much everything! She loves these little photos shoots, and climbing all over the bench. That is another HUGE thing this month. She can now climb on and off the couch as well as open doors! Luckily she hasn't done the door thing too much but she does get on and ff the couch as she pleases. I try to just keep a close eye on her since taking her off the couch doesn't help! She is still our happy busy girl!

15 months

I am a few days late on this one- but I really want to try and keep up on her monthly stats since she continues to change so much! Hopefully I can do this until she is 2 years old.

- You are such a "little people" as daddy likes to say. Running around "talking" in only in a language you understand. You look at us like we should totally get what you are saying. It is so cute!

-You know how to sign "all done" and "more". We haven't been too consistent on the signing, and I think you would pick it up pretty fast if we were better about teaching it!

-You say "mama' "dada" "oscar" "papa" "baba" (I think for your bottle AND your pacifier) "da" for dog. I have heard you say ba ba for bye bye. You whisper "hot", although we were thinking last night you may think hot has to do with lights! (since the fireplace is lit up and the stove is lit up when hot- you pointed at lightbulbs at costco last night and whispered "hot") I also swear you said kitty cat the other day when you had a cat on your shirt, and in the past you repeated waffle and powder after I said them.

-You understand a lot more than we think sometimes! If we ask you to get your dolly or get Martini's toy- you will run and get them. I asked you to pick up your plastic banana last night, and you went and got it!

-You have 6 teeth now! A 3rd one has finally popped through on the top this month.

-You are such a happy girl most of the time. You constantly laugh and love making everyone else laugh. You make an O face with your mouth when you want people to laugh.

-You still love everyone- including strangers! We set up your first savings account for you yesterday, and you immediately wanted the banker to hold you the whole time. You played with her keyboard and keys, and smiled and waved at other workers! Everyone loved you! You are not a shy girl!

-You are wearing 12 month pajamas still since the 18 months are pretty baggy, but wearing 12-18 month clothes in pretty much all brands.

-You love to play peek a boo, have us chase you around the house, carry you on our back and play on the couch. You love when we put something over your head like a blanket or shirt so you can run around like a crazy girl! You are really loving shutting doors lately. You always shut the cabinet doors if they are open, and your bedroom door if you are in it! You are climbing on the big chair in your room all by yourself now, which makes me nervous!

-You still sleep through the night- going to bed between 7 and 8 pm and waking up around 7 am or earlier if daddy has to take you to papa's house. You nap 1-2 times a day depending on what we are doing. Usually you nap 2-4 hours total throughout the day.

-You are still a good eater. You love cheese, fruit, waffles, and ham. You still will not let eggs near your mouth- no matter what we do to disguise them! It is kind of funny how you can detect them!

-When I say "Is daddy home?" You run to the front door and look out the window. If he is home you start waving like crazy and banging on the window and laugh.

-Your hair is getting so long, but I don't know if I will ever cut it! I love the way it looks and all your little curls in back.

Well that is pretty much you these days. You are silly, happy, crazy, running around constantly, busy, climbing, and exhausting, but we love every second with you!

A rare moment laying on the ground

Where did my baby go?



This is you- laughing with big smiles.

Standing behind your chair.