MD Visit

Olivia had her 18 month doctors appointment today. She is at about 30 inches or so tall, but still just under 20 pounds. One of the nurses said she looks like a gymnist because she's petite, but has muscular legs. She is pretty strong for a baby! He said she seems perfectly healthy and is advancing really well. They gave her a book for her to keep and watched as she pointed and called things out and pointed out things I asked her to find. She found the bird, duck, babies, etc. They asked if she talks much - of course she was kind of quiet there, but I'm like She talks constantly! She'll try to say just about anything we ask her to (and of course things I'd rather her not). She only took about a 20 minute nap today so she was really cranky for the appointment (and otherwise today). She finally crashed around 7:00 tonight. She also got 3 shots today at the doctor's. Between those and them making her strip and sit on the scales I'm sure she pierced a few ear drums with her screams. My mom went with us and said she was expecting glass to shatter from them. I was glad she was with me though; Olivia found a lot of comfort in her being there and "saving her".

To The Zoo

Last weekend Olivia and I went to the zoo with my friend Ginger and her daughter Kya. The two girls are wonderful friends. They go to the same daycare and Kya is Olivia's little mommy. It was great - Kya insisted on pushing Olivia in the stroller through the whole zoo! Other than that Ginger and I took turns carrying Olivia so it wasn't bad at all. Here are some pics from the day:

Here are some various pictures from the last few days. One is of Ken on one of his bikes. We have 4 bikes for sale, by the way, if anyone is interested.
One pic is of Olivia and Rachel together after Rachel's band concert a few nights ago. It's so hard to get a picture of them together and all I had handy was my phone, so it's not great.
The rest are of a very cool baby. When Olivia has her sunglasses on she says "cool". It's my little rapper baby!

Easter

Well, I took about 200 pictures today of Olivia. My mom came and got her this morning and took her to church and then to some family members' houses. I took the opportunity to take a nap (I've got a cold). I've posted some of the pictures from today below. Also some from the last couple days. We dyed easter eggs a couple nights ago. Yesterday we ran errands and got mommy and Olivia new sunglasses. Olivia had to wear hers all the way thru Target saying "cool". People thought she was hilarious (did I mention they still had the plastic backing on them?).
Olivia turned 18 months old on the 9th. Getting so big! She talks constantly and we are starting to understand more of what she is saying. She'll repeat almost anything you ask her to say.

Photo Shoot at Misty's

Today Olivia and I went to Misty's house to play and have a little photo shoot. I think Olivia had a great time playing with the duckling, bunny and cats and Misty got some great pictures of Olivia. Thanks again to Misty Melvin (www.walkbyfaithphoto.com)for having us over! Here are some cute ones from today:

Photo Shoot

Well, Misty got me itching to do a photo shoot with Olivia. Since it's still kinda cool outside I set us up inside. Here are a few from tonight. Let me know what you think!

My Sick Baby

Well, it finally circled to us. My friend Ginger texted me this morning that her five-year-old daughter started throwing up at 2 this morning. They go to daycare together. Then I learned that the daycare provider's son is also sick. This after my friend Amy's twin two-year-olds were sick for a few days. Not just sick, but coming out both ends. Yay. The twins go to the same daycare too. Guess it was just a matter of time. At about 4:30 this afternoon Olivia started throwing up. She's continued to do so every 20 to 30 minutes since. So, I've spent the entire evening holding her and cleaning us both up. She's been crying alot. I think her stomach hurts. I finally got her to sleep a little on the couch which she NEVER does. I'm trying to figure out a plan for tonight. Do I keep her in a pack-n-play in the family room and sleep on the couch? Do I sleep in her twin size bed in her room and put her in her crib? I have a feeling we will not be sleeping much either way. Luckilly I'm off this weekend so I can take care of her. We'll see how things are going for Monday when I go back to work.

Some March Photos

Almost 17 months old

Olivia will be 17 months old on the 9th. She is still under 20 pounds and in 12 month clothes. I think she's getting taller though. We went to the grocery store today and she seemed to think she was there to entertain. She was making funny faces at everyone we passed. We get so many people who stop us and tell her she looks like a doll or she is sooo cute. And she plays up to them the whole time, giggling and batting those long lashes.
I bought Olivia a potty a few days ago. It's got Winnie the Pooh and friends on it and she just sits staring at the picture of them on it. Right now she is most interested in taking the bowl out and running around with it . . . on her head. She pee-peed on the big potty a few nights ago so I thought I might as well get her her own potty to get used to. No pressure though.
Olivia is picking up new words like crazy now. She can tell us she wants "more" or that she's "done". Or if she wants "milk" or "juice" (almost always juice, but that's too bad). We have been working on nodding our head 'yes' instead of always shaking 'no'. It's so cute when she does it - it's so exaggerated. But, if I ask her if she's done with supper and she is then she nods yes.
The other day I told Olivia, "You pooped, I can smell it." She says "Pooped, shew." She cracks me up! And she anounces when she toots now. She's pretty proud of herself.
She's into baby dolls now. She carries them around and feeds them with her own cup (we really need to get her some play bottles). She's also starting to try to draw and color. She's also gotten very lovey. Olivia will crawl up into my lap, get face to face with me and just smile. She likes to give momma kisses and then gives me a big hug.
I haven't taken many pictures of her lately, now that it's warming up I need to work on that!