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.

Happy Fourth of July

We hung out at the park to celebrate Olivia's first 4th of July.

It is a really big park and we thought Olivia would like to play on the grass with everyone else or swing in the hammocks, but she headed straight to the railing along the river and didn't want to leave. She had such a fun time!

Our Little Girl!

Our sweet Olivia has grown so much these past 12 months.

What a blessing she has been in our lives!

July 3, 2008

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Happy Birthday Olivia!!

Happy Birthday Olivia!
I can't believe that our little girl is one. Time has gone by too quickly. I am so glad that I have been able to be at home with her and watch her grow up so much this past year

We decorated the house for Olivia when she woke up-she really loved playing with the streamers.

We really wanted to plan a very fun day for Olivia. If she wasn't sleeping we are all having fun together. We started the morning by playing at the new park in front of our apartment.

Next we went to the zoo at Central Park. She loved the penguin exhibit. Here she is walking around the jungle exhibit with dad.

We knew her birthday wouldn't be complete if she didn't have a chance to play with some dogs.

We got Olivia a life-size Cocker Spaniel for her birthday. She gets really excited while playing with the dog- she really seems to like it. For some reason she enjoys picking the dog up over her head and slamming it on the ground-she's very strong.

Olivia thoroughly enjoyed squishing her cake between her fingers.....

feeding her cake to others........

smearing the cake over her body, but would not even consider taking one single bite herself.

We had a wonderful day with Olivia. We love her so much!

Olivia loves family!

May was such a great month, Olivia was able to spend so much time with family. At the begining of the month we went out to Long Beach for Belle's baptism and baby Isaac's blessing. All of her cousins were there and she had such a fun time trying to keep up.

On the way back home we stopped by Salt Lake to visit all the family in Utah. She really seemed to have a fun time with her cousin Ella.

Aunt Liz came back to New York with us and stayed for two weeks. Olivia loved every second Liz was here. Olivia played a special game with Liz. Olivia loved to run toward Liz and then turn away as soon as she reached her...Olivia thought this was pretty hilarious.

While Liz was here Joe drove up from DC. He was so sweet to Olivia and she enjoyed playing with him.

A few days later grandmother came to visit and Olivia really enjoyed having her here. Grandmother is Olivia's most frequent visitor and Olivia always looks around the house for grandmother after she leaves, she is so sad to see her go.