Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in North Carolina with the Dickson family and Joe and Emily. We traveled on Thanksgiving day so Olivia dressed up like a pilgrim. Everybody in the airport loved her and quite a few people asked if they could take a picture of her...Olivia loved it

We all went for a walk to the pond in the Dickson's backyard. Olivia had fun walking with Joe and her dad.

Olivia really enjoyed playing with her cousins Reed and Max. Max giving Olivia a good-bye hug-Olivia was sad to leave.

Happy Halloween!

Our cute little bumble bee!

Olivia's favorite spot in the house. She loves to climb up on the ledge and look at the city and watch the boats go by on the river.

Ward Halloween Party

We went to the ward Halloween party Saturday night. It's important to me that all of our costumes go together. This year I wanted Olivia to be a bumble bee...so Matthew was a beekeeper and I was a flower. Our family actually won the costume award at the party-it was a lot of fun!

During the party Olivia went over to the food table and reached up and grabbed a cupcake off the table and started dipping her finger in the frosting and licking it. She was very pleased with herself.

Trick or Treating-New York Style

Halloween morning Olivia was apart of the Long Island City Halloween Parade. She marched with other kids down the streets of our neighborhood. After the parade everyone went trick-or-treating.
Olivia went trick-or-treating at a restaurant, grocery store, the police station, and ended at a bar. The bar had a big bowl of candy the kids where suppose to grab from. Olivia had other plans... she decided she would like to donate all of her candy to the bowl. She unloaded her whole bag into the bowl, Matthew had to convince her to take some back.

Pumpkin Fun!

We had a lot of fun decorating pumpkins for Halloween.
We each selected our pumpkin at the store and Matthew and I carved our pumpkins and Olivia painted hers. She enjoyed painting the pumpkin, but I think her favorite part was helping to scrape out all of the slimy seeds.

The artist at work

The final product

Olivia's masterpiece

A Good Listener

These last couple of months Olivia has become really good at understanding everything that is going on. I really feel like she almost understands every single thing I say. She can successfully complete any task given to her, putting her dirty clothes in the hamper, closing doors, finding the phone, taking out the garbage, putting her toys away, selecting the books she wants to read, etc.

She has really become good at prayer time. Whenever I say it is time to pray she immediately stops whatever she is doing, folds her arms, bows her head and after the prayer she says amen. Sometimes she even tries to say the prayer along with me.

When I call Matthew at work to tell him something cute Olivia has done, she will often reenact the event while I am telling the story to Matthew.
She is growing so fast, it is so much fun to spend time with Olivia!

Grandma Mary comes to visit

Grandma Mary came to visit Olivia a couple of weeks ago.

All of these wonderful Lambert family trips we have had this summer sure have helped Olivia get to know her extended family better. Olivia remembered Grandma Mary as soon as she saw her and they were great friends the whole time she was here.

Olivia enjoyed going to the park with Grandma Mary, reading stories together, and Olivia even wanted Grandma Mary to hold her hand as they walked down the street together. It was a great visit and we were all sad to see Grandma Mary leave.

Her new thing...

Olivia has started pursing her lips a lot. I'm not sure what started this, but she loves to purse her lips all the time. It's really cute!

14 months old

Olivia is 14 months old...I can't believe it!
She has such a fun personality, she really likes to be silly and make you laugh.
She is really trying to talk a lot more, her vocabulary seems to grow each day.
These are some of the words that she says clearly:
mom, dad, hi, bye bye, all done, dog, go, no, eye, nose, & toes
These are some words that are clear to us, but probably not to everyone else:
Jesus, down, tree, baby, book, duck, head, light and hat

Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun Labor Day weekend. We went to Central Park and found this great water playground...Olivia absolutely loved it, but it wasn't her favorite part of the holiday. We gave Olivia ice cream for the first time, it was actually frozen coconut milk since Olivia is allergic to dairy. I thought she would eat a little bit of the ice cream and that was it...I was wrong. Not only did she snatch Matthew's cone from him when he offered her a lick, but she sat on the steps and devoured every ounce of the ice cream and cone. She loved it!

Summer of Fun!

We have had a lot of fun with family this summer. Olivia has really enjoyed seeing all of her extended family.


We went to Raleigh and hung out with the Dickson's for a few days. Olivia enjoyed playing with her cousins Reed and Max.

Grandmother came and visited Olivia a few times this summer. Olivia always enjoys when grandmother comes.

Olivia had a great time at the Lambert family reunion in Utah. She loved being around the whole Lambert clan. We were all up at Aspen Grove and Olivia loved walking around saying "hi" to everyone. One of the camp workers came up to me and said they had never seen such a friendly little girl...I would have to agree she is very friendly.

Our last summer trip was to Long Beach, where Olivia was able to see all of my family in California. She had a great time playing with everyone...unfortunately I didn't have my camera in Long Beach, so I guess we will have to go back so I can record the fun.

Wedding

We all had a wonderful time at Joe and Emily's wedding, especially Olivia.

Olivia spent alot of the night on the dance floor. She danced the night away. Her signature move was bouncing up and down while slightly leaning forward...it was really cute.

She really enjoyed dancing with all of the other flower girls, they were so sweet to her.

Another big event at the reception was Olivia took her first steps. She had been standing and taking a few steps at a time for months, but it was on the dance floor that she stood up and started walking around by herself for the first time.

Olivia loves the beach!

We spent a few days at the beach in North Carolina with the Lambert family before Joe and Emily's wedding. Olivia loved the beach!

She enjoyed playing in the sand with her Uncle Josh

She reallly enjoyed going out into the water.

She kept wanting to go out deeper and deeper. Olivia definitely doesn't have any fear.